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Alright guys, now that you’ve had some time to work on your level 1 “Learning to Sketch from observation” project. Ill show you how I would approach the sketches.
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Sean Hennigar
10d
Here is my second attempt at the exercise after watching the demo. The first time I was being too hesitant. This time I tried to focus on getting strong lines down and worry less about proportions or clean lines. I think the hand turned out much better. Not so sure about the VR girl.
The guy from BluishDot
14d
Here is another attempt at the exercise. I choose these reference images at random after searching for something like "clean line drawing."
Rahul Paul
11d
You understanding of form is really good. Gg!
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Vin
20d
Here are my before and after drawings. The hand and the penguin’s body and head shapes were challenging to draw. I would appreciate some feedback.
1, 3, 5 are before.
2, 4, 6 are after.
Sean Hennigar
10d
You did a really good job on the second hand. Much better than your first attempt.
The guy from BluishDot
14d
Hi there!
I think that the after drawings show great improvement! Really nice job.
I would suggest you keep practicing with the same amount of focus and commitment. Maybe try out some different references and try to apply what you learned from the demos again. That way you can really work on solidifying the lessons.
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@mertaal
25d
I did the hand twice as I messed up the finger proportions quite badly. Not that happy with either of them to be honest! I found the penguin the easiest by far.
Rahul Paul
11d
The penguin one would've still better if you followed the s-curve rhythm throughout. In its body as well wings and legs. I hope you get me. ❣️🙏
Christian R
1mo
I did all pretty quickly
As I didn’t want to think too much, but turned out decent. The extra detail I added was at the end; I almost wish I hadn’t bc I ended up adding extra lines. This also qualifies for my day 14 of my other challenge.
Sol Garcia
1mo
The penguin was probably the most challenging in terms of making it look correct. The other ones were challenging as well and I think I need to work on the making my drawings fit on the page. i will say the boots for the VR girl are super fun to draw and I'm am satisfied with the fingers for the hands. I will be practicing this exercise more for sure. Any critiques are appreciated :)
Chris
1mo
Gonna need a boat load more practice. How much construction is too much? I get the impression this is supposed to be done mostly without it but I’m not 100% sure on that. Any pointers?
1mo
It's totally fine to have construction! Searching lines, construction, and rhythms are key to the initial lay-in when it comes to observational sketching. You can even think about it as its own stage: starting out with light pressure for the lay-in, and once you're able to find the correct lines, you can go over the sketch with a darker line to make it appear more clean and final.
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@johnystrongman
1mo
Need to switch more to sketch mode, still sometimes catch myself tryharding
Osama Elkholy
1mo
Văn Hiếu Võ
1mo
I couldn't help but lightly "ghost" some underdrawing lines first. They really helped me find a reasonable proportion and feature placement without measuring.
@johnystrongman
1mo
really like the penguin👍
Yury
1mo
Every time I see Stan drawing, I get fascinated by his zappy quick moves of the hand. This quick move makes pointed lines. When the music is turned on and Stan is quiet, I feel like the video was speed up. These move are really quick and sharp.
Jasmine
2mo
I really enjoyed this one. Feedback is appreciated!!
Savannah
2mo
after the demo i wanted to practice some more on different references and pokémon’s have easy shapes so it helped me find the basic forms. except on the view on eevee that one was though haha
Yury
1mo
nice references and real good execution!
2mo
Your Mew is so good! Pokemon are so hard to draw because they have exact proportions.
Kuba Pruszyński
2mo
That was fun. Probably I should work more on precision and spend some more time on these
Kuba Pruszyński
2mo
After watching demo
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@kaj
2mo
Okwudili Udeh
2mo
Did the first two normally, but got a little more comfy with the sketch concept on the third.
Alan Seedhouse
2mo
Here are my assignment sketches. I did not allow enough space for the hanging thingy in the VR girl sketch
@osa
2mo
Here’s my second attempts-ish. I was just doodling based on them before turning them into true sketches.
2mo
Very nice!
L
3mo
Second attempt
Osman Perez
3mo
2mo
Very cool! As you continue to sketch more complex subjects, it can be helpful to break the reference down into more simple shapes that capture the general idea or act as building blocks for the object. Like in these examples, you could start with just basic squares and triangles for the geometric house design, or ovals and cylinders for the (very cute) fennec fox. This can both make tackling subject matter easier, and also help assess proportions and relationships between different areas of the drawing.
Fasih Siddique
3mo
Thats Some Amazing lineart Dude can you give me some tips on lineart pls
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Dermot
3mo
For anyone interested.
I came across Chromacolour in the UK who supply:
Prismacolour 20045 Col-erase - Carmine Pencil 1277
and
Prisma 20044 Col-erase - Blue Pencil 1276 Both boxed in 12.
https://www.chromacolour.co.uk/
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