Demo - Simplify Pear from Observation
Demo - Simplify Pear from Observation
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Demo - Simplify Pear from Observation

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Demo - Simplify Pear from Observation

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Stan Prokopenko
Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with. Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 1 students.
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jok3rhappy
Left is before the demo and right is after. Critiques welcome.
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Audrey S
Very nice improvement! I would practice two things: 1. Even tone - practice your shading and getting even tone throughout an area. I can see your pencil strokes a lot. I personally suffer from this and I find it's when I try to go to fast with the shading and I don't get enough coverage 2. Maximizing the use of your values. On your pear, I only see 4 values. This may be because your darkest halftone and your lightest shadow are too close in tone. try making sure that you've got a variety of tones to help describe your forms. In the critique video there are a few examples of this. Great job on this and keep up the good work.
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peisenberg
Here are some attempts at drawing the pear. The first was done before watching the demo, the others after. I was trying to get better at simplifying and in differentiating the 5 values. It's amazing how many little decisions you have to make to "simplify" things. This was really fun. I learned a lot from this.
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Audrey S
Nice work! you did a really great job at putting down even tone!
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ezekiellichten
Before the demo and after, with an extra challenge of an Avo i found on google image search. Critiques welcome.
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Avonpreet Mal
Hi, here is my side by side comparison. The one on the left is my first try. and one on the right is me following along the demo clip. Any thoughts where do i need to improve more?
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Eric Navarrette
The one on the left is my pear before the demo and the one on the right is me following along with the demo.
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pepesandtana
Pears, first try no demo, lets try It now with demo, can't upload first one, but thats it
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sark
I did these two. First one on the left without video and right one alongside this video. Hard to nail proper pencils with a digital brush, but the lesson is learned regardless.
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Audrey S
As Memori mentioned, the improvement is great! Your edges are much harder and your shading seems much more consistent. For at least these kinds of value studies, you could use a hard brush and preselect your 5 values and to it more as a painting style. If you're trying to learn the right pressure control and shading, I recommend using paper. I've found that the drawing style on digital doesn't translate well mechanically back and forth. Disregard if you're planning on being completely digital :)
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Memori 0
yup, I have some issues trying to learn digital too. The improvement is noticable!
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Adam Shephard
Gave this a go. I feel like I didn't get the values correct, and the defining lines between each value is too harsh. I''ll give it another go and compare!
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Audrey S
Nicely done! I really like how your line direction in shading help describe the form. Be sure to practice even tone. It's a little blocky in your halftones and it's hard to tell if it's supposed to be one tone or two. Also be careful about outlines - you'll want to avoid that. Otherwise, great job!
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Memori 0
The lightest shadow and darkest halftone are way too close in values, you could just go over the shadow values again to make it darker. also, don't outline your shapes (like the highlights and cast shadows), let the value itself be the seperation.
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aingram
First try…. Much room for improvement.
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Connor Pillsbury
Pear homework, eaten and consumed nicely. Top left one I drew before I watched the demo, then made a few corrections. After watching the whole demo, I attempted another pear on my own. I think my shapes look nice, but my edges could be sharper!
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pasha
Pears before and after watching demo. Watching it gave me new way on looking at the subject, especially things that I struggled in first attempt. I had a lot of fun with that project and I can't wait to learn more ;)
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devilrouge
My first homework. I will definitely continue to pratice this. was a lot of fun and i learned so much
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Jane C
First homework
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Daniel
Critiques are most welcomed. ありがとうございます。
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pepesandtana
Maybe the proportions at first one cpuld improve but in mybopinion you do It nice!
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shortayjorday
Just starting this course. Posting results to get used to posting things. First pear is before the demo and only using HB pencil, second pear is after using HB, 2B, & 4B pencils (didn't have a 6B)
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hunterb7557
My before and after the demo. I did switch brushes as well for the second one but overall feel it's better not amazing but a start
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murai
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strawberrimilk
I'm a little late for this, but decided to post it anyways. I'm working digital on ibis paint with my iPad. If anyone has helpful critiques please feel free to comment! I'm here to improve and get better. ♥
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milliepants
Little late to starting the course. First attempt at some fruit :)
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Luca Varisco
My attempt
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