This is what i did for the imagination drawing. Can i get some advice on this? I feel like i didn’t do much of a charecter design. I'll add the studies in my replies after some time. As i am outisde and don't have the studies.

I'm being a bit lazy here but I'm going to post an old project that I did back in 2021. It was for a creature design competition and required full reference sheets etc. I usually don't download and save my references. If I do use a collection then it's saved on PureRef. I'm posting the pics in order starting from ref boards, then anatomy planning and then a failed sketch (because I think posting these is VERY important for transparency), then a new sketch, inked linework and the final illustration. I have another project at my ArtStation which I've kind of abandoned but it includes a similar project with brainstorming and composition planning: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ELwyPK

I'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this one, but since it was a "learn to sketch from imagination" project for me, I guess this will do :). I did practise line weight here too, and simplifying, so it's a fusion of what I've learned on this course so far. Truthfully I just really wanted to share this work with you guys because accomplishing it made me so happy! My original plan was to imagine and then sketch just as gorgeous a headdress as I could. Little, precise details are usually very tedious for me, though, so I tossed decoration and decided on a head instead. I had chosen a rich colour pallette for painting, which I was very excited to get to use on this, but then this black and white, kinda "dark and stormy night" simplicity appealed to me, so colours have to wait for another day. I also had planned to emphasize his eyes and wanted to try giving him some very intense full-of-feeling-gaze. I was going to work on the eyes last, but once I got to that point, I thought the white eyeballs alone actually looked cool and gave the drawing a sense of a ghostly being or spirit or... something :D. What I feel proud of here is that this is the first time I made every decision based on how I feel about it and what looks good to me. It has been a challenge for me to let myself loose and not think about "correct" and "perfect" so much. I wanted to do it this way, so I did it this way, and now feel awesome about it. But most of all, I looked at my drawings from last year, compared them to what I've drawn during this course, and I could see a real difference. I have really learned stuff! It's not only that I can now draw lines of little better quality than before (long way to go with that still), but the overall approach to drawing anything is different. And... I'm able to do more now than I was before! I can actually execute some of my visions with the knowledge I've gained. And that makes me so happy! And motivated! And... I love it! This got long enough (again), so: 1st picture is the first, exploring sketch / 2nd picture is sketch cleaned up / 3rd picture is what it turned out to be. Thank you for sharing!

Waiting for a new lesson from Stan, I made other sketches from imagination. I got the amazing ideas from an app called Virink. What do you think about?

This is my camelion after a few sketches. It's the best that I came out with, would love to hear your thoughts!

Here are some experiments in gorilla drawing. At last I tried to be more daring with my imagination.

This one is better.

Drew some pandas in different shapes, so that I could finally tackle my brothers tattoo wish...I´m not sure if the final product has enough character, but it sure was fun. :)

I was definitely going for a fennec fox… but God knows what these are.:(

Attempt number 2 at sketching from “imagination “. Forgive the inking, playing around with some different type of pens, but it does makes it easier to see versus the red pencil.

Tried to draw a bat from imagination. This was done before the demo. these are the refs. below are the sketches. the last image was the imagination drawing. this was really difficult for me, so I‘d appreciate any feedback

First time I sketched something from imagination. Was super funny :) My linework ist not good and I think I should more often think about where and how to draw a line instead of just skribbling :)

Hi Everybody. As indicated in a previous comment, I am lagging a bit behind. Without any much searching I opened google and typed in american black vulture for references. I have a story in my head about a vulture (I have one in my backyard that has been around since 2011). So I was drawing loosely from reference and life. Sketching. I have not made the final final character just yet but I am playing with their poses. The vulture I have in mind is not at all evil. He is just a sissy. All the ladies are bigger anyway, but he actually likes humans so he is a bit weird. His skin on the head and the way it hangs reminds me of the wigs that were worn in courts so maybe I am going to make him a judge... He is a loving husband and a loving father too... But really too sweet for this world. He lets a yellow headed cara cara steal his food.

Inspired by someone who posted on the YouTube version of this video, I drew a Pigmeleon

So much fun! I still need to work on my lines, but I had fun.

Prof P: Watching your process, and sometimes even copying it for a while, really helps me to develop my own. Thank you. This video was a lot of fun.

Compared to the attempt I had before watching the demo, this one was a way more pleasant experience. Seeing how to approach this type of exploration was very helpful in giving the process a bit more structure for me. Only after watching this did I realize how chaotic I went about it on the first try. These demos are great. Thanks!