Demo - Simplify Snail and Boots to CSI

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Demo - Simplify Snail and Boots to CSI

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Stan Prokopenko
It’s time to simplify those snails and boots! I show you how I would do it in these step-by-step demos for the level 1 CSI project. Make sure to check back tomorrow for my level 2 demonstrations!
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Kivi
1d
The boots gave me a hard time but the snail was fun to draw.
@gavinotheelf
I feel like I did the snail well enough but gave up on the shoes
Patrick Bosworth
Nice job, the snail looks great! The boots are on their way too! Keep up the good work!
Couy
7d
Felt a little defeated and overwhelmed before watching the demo, quickly making confident lines and ignoring the details was difficult for me. I followed along with the demo and used a 2H to map in the big shapes then used a 3B to confidently get my CSI lines in. Still not as quick confident and accurate as I wanted but now I am feeling better! Attached are my two attempts before the demo and then the attempt while copying the techniques shown.
@moon_flower
mae
11d
pre demo- boots were on procreate, but I forced myself to not use the undo feature
Lin K.
12d
Boots before and after watching the demo. Still some scratchy lines I need to work on, but I feel like I definitely see imporvement.
@swerveye
12d
This was so difficult. The boots felt like a throwback to an art class in college where we drew a pair of boots for 3 hours. I did the snail twice before watching the demo. I felt kind of mixed on sketching out proportions vs. drawing confident lines. Like how much can I sketch in before I'm missing the point? I'm not sure. It's definitely an exercise I need to do more of. For the boots I got frustrated and after drawing nice lines I colored it in a bit. Kind of ruins the point but I forgot to take a picture beforehand. It was easier after watching the demo - especially the emphasis on how we are currently not trying to replicate perfectly. The proportions of the boots definitely tripped me up initially. And then of course the shoelaces were a pain.
Marcin Ch
21d
Snail and Boots before and after demo, if you guys have any thoughts please don't hesitate to share! PS: sorry for the quality of scans.
Account deleted
Here are my versions of the level 1 photos. The boots were really though for me, especialy the laces. Any feedback would be welcome 🙂
Darth Illustrator
Project 02: Simplify to CSI Before Demo & After Demo 1) While drawing I look more at paper not subject, which is advised. But while looking at subject more, not feeling confident and fearing of spoiling the sketch
Patrick Bosworth
Excellent progress! Keep up the good work!!
@notapirate
Here is my first and second attempt at drawing. (NGL, the first time I drew the boots, I definitely made them look cartoonish, which I kind of like, but the snail, I could have spent more time actually doing it on my first attempt.)
@collinp
27d
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Matthew Cabral
Felipe Godoy
Those are my 2nd attempt on drawing the level 1 references. I did those after I watched the demo and did it on my own, not drawing along with Stan. I definitely felt more confident and comfortable drawing the laces.
@banane
28d
Great improvement! I really enjoy your second boots, they look much more organic. I have the feeling I can feel the flow of the zipper opening on the right shoe
Mary
1mo
loved the snail but I gave up on the boots for now it tripped me much more then level 2 exercises. Those lace made my adhd brain go crazy tried and couldnt do it. Will come back to that one later and I’m finishing my exercise 2 for now ahah. The video really helped thought to understand why I found it that hard
Estel
1mo
This exercise took me a little over 4h. The boots were a challenge not just because of the straps, but also their perspective. I added some line weight as well. Great exercise, it helped me a lot on how to approach a sketch.
@mordu
1mo
Wow.
Gordon Clark
Boots were very difficult but I'm quite satisfied with the result !
@mordu
1mo
You should be
@mordu
1mo
Do I suck
Estel
1mo
Not at all! :) Love the sketch! Besides we all suck until some day in 15 years when we stop sucking :D
Marco Sordi
I don’t think so. Proportions are very good! Maybe you put too many information in the shell. Have u already watched Stan’s demonstration video and his critique? He says a couple of things about common mistakes that many students make in exercises like this one. Try again and repost it. I’m sure u will make important improvements 👍🏼 good luck!!
Keith Hayden
Here's my snail and boots!
Marco Sordi
2025/6/5. Good morning everybody. Here's my assignment for this project. I cheated a little adding a flat value just for enhance the tridimensional forms. Thanks for any comment or critique.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Very nice 👍
@mordu
1mo
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