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In this demo, I'll explore line weight organization using the hierarchy of importance method. This method involves emphasizing important elements of a drawing using thicker and darker lines, while less important elements have thinner and lighter lines. Join us in the premium course to watch this demo and all future demos.
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In this demo, I show the "hierarchy of importance" method for organizing line weight.
Check back next week for my demos on the “shadow and light direction” method and the level 2 project!
Just redone this project after watching the demo. This time I used a Marc Brunet sketch as background to make it a little more fun to myself. Every feedback is welcome :D
Really nice line quality. I think I’d reduce the line weight on the legs a bit. Right now they feel more important than the hand overlapping them, which makes that overlap less clear. I’d probably keep the strongest emphasis around the head and silhouette instead.
No printer so I decided to draw some other animals and play around using different line weights.
Before and After demo
I think i was thinking about the light and how thin the outline it becomes with shapes of the rhino.
Now i now how the line works in this aspect, i never thought of it like this
pre demo/ post demo
for pre demo i used HB and after demo i realized my mistake and used 6B pencil
the things i learnt from this demo
so tiny details can be combined and reformed
express weight in lines
line weight can be controlled by not only thickness but also its softness and darkness
and i dont need to express everything through a single stroke
enjoyed rhino!
No printer so I drew the rhino first. Not sure if it is correct but I was using 6B pencil for the darker/thicker lines and lighter pencils elsewhere.
So I have sketched this T-Rex by observation, keeping in mind to organize the line weight in hierarchy of importance. I feel that I may have overdone it by adding too many unimportant lines.
This is my attempt at line weight 32/185 lesson. I learned a lot about varying the weight and line color value of the lines to try and convey form and depth.
This was fun; I will continue to practice and work on this skill in my drawings!!
Line weight work with the before and after the lesson, even tho the thing is very hard and you have to be really patient and focused, weirdly I feel like I have pretty good instinct with were to put which line and in which intensity
I drew the first rhino with a fixed width pen (on digital), but after watching the demo, I tried again using a brush pen.
This is my final rhino. I tried to give the impression of height and size, so increased line thickness on the front and lower parts as though i was looking up at the animal.
These exercises have been different for me since usually i get so caught up in trying to get the shapes, dimensions and positions right that i kinda lose focus on what the goal of the exercise is. This time, tracing the lines (felt like cheating but) allowed me to focus more on the goal of the exercise. lol
