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As we continue our master studies project, I’ll show you my process for doing a couple master studies from one of my favorite inkers, Roberto De La Torre.
My first attempt on Conan . I struggled , quite a bit with getting the lines in the right shapes . Constructive feedback is welcome.
Drew along, then added some more characters. The first time I ever inked I realised it works really well for me, naturally. It just feels right, like no other media. Graphite has been my biggest struggle up until recently, but still tests my patience a lot. Doing "ink lines" with a graphite has really helped me tame the graphite even more and opened my eyes to its possibilities.
I drew along as I watched. And then I misspelled Robertos name as Robert. Clearly I need to pay more attention to the screen.
I did another master study. By Jeff Watt. I had some fun, It took me an hour. I am very impressed. Since, I have stopped using eraser, I have improved. And my drawings have become more cleaner.
I have done few exercises on line quality (master studies). After few drawings, I have realised my line quality is getting better. I started these course 3 months ago, and the improvement I have made, make me proud of myself. I can only say thanks to proko. Here's are some of my drawings.
I tried to do some studies on Glen Keane, Eliza Ivanova and Charles Dana Gibson. I know, the girl's proportions are off..
Was trying to study the eye of this Mike Mignola piece. It was fun having to hold my tools in new ways to get the lines and heavy shadows of his work.
These were fun and humbling. With the Kim Jung gi one I struggled as he used a brush pen with such skill giving him a bigger range of tapering and line patterns tried to stylise his line weight with my pen. Really enjoyed the Nicolas uribeb piece was not sure how far to go to make the marks that were values in the picture but think I might have been able to do a bit more. The figure drawing was pretty hard because of the continuous complex lines and the anatomy and flow of the lines is so accurate in the picture that it was hard to focus on the lines felt I am missing the hand skills and knowledge to create lines like these but hey always learning
got inspired by this demo and decided to challenge myself to use the brush pen
dudeeeeee, its way harder to do confident lines with this.
I've never drawn anything like Robert Le La Torre and this exercise was definitely challenging to me. I tried to focus on his brush (or ink?) stroke instead of contour. Even though they are far from the perfect, I enjoyed the way they came out, especially I liked the way the left guy look. I'm having a tough time to get the conan's face dimension right (looks too wide), but reminded myself that it is not about the accuracy. I appreciate any critique /feedback.
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3mo
These look terrific. I think you did a good job of varying the line weight. That Conan head can be tricky. The cheek bones are very wide but the eyes themselves are not very far out. Also watch the angle. In the original, there is an upward slant to the right, which is easy to miss. Great job!
I think the big takeaway from Robert de la Torres’ work is how he tapers lines, but also the direction he starts the lines. Especially on the first drawing, he uses the start of a line stroke to indicate the edge and curve of the end of a hair. Then he tapers to indicate highlights, especially on the bangs of the first subject. His style is so sick I had so much fun imitating it.
It’s interesting that he reverses the direction of the lines to indicate flyaways and imply messier hair, where the stroke starts in the hair and tapers out on the edges.
My first drawing was too soft with my lines. After sharpening my pencil a bit and leaning more into the tip of the pencil, I think it looked better. I don’t like the proportions as much on my 2nd drawing but I honestly don’t mind since I focused more on the lines themselves.
Please someone tell me this demo was meant for Level 2 students! 😭 I was feeling so confident with my drawings and I really loved my lines. But after doing this demo and studying other master draftsmen like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, I don’t feel as confident anymore, and my lines suddenly look like they have less character.
I think it might have been a little too soon for Level 1 students to study line work from masters and try to imitate them. Now I feel like I’ve forgotten how I draw my own lines! 😅
I disagree! I think you captured the energy of the strokes pretty well. Remember that you are practicing, not producing a masterpiece. It's dangerous to fall into that trap when making studies, but it's very common in the beginning.
Think about it like this - drawing from a 2D photograph is very hard because the image is already flattened. You need to see "beyond" the photo and exaggerate some things to produce a believable image that is "alive". It's the same here - don't copy, but imagine the thoughts and impulses going through the artist's mind while he or she moved the pencil (or brush) over the paper. Now try to understand why some choices were made, and make your own but similar choice.
In the beginning, your strokes will be naturally timid before your mind and hand builds up the bravery to exaggerate. Dare to do mistakes, they will propel you into better and better studies and eventuall start to sip into your own art. You are definitely on the right path!
