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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!
Here's my before and after the demo snail and boots drawing. The boots were very hard.
I felt really good about the snail after implementing the simplify strategy. Also generally about the boots but I have to admit, it's late at night and I ran out of steam. Then again, I don't think we were really intended to do a bold outline but I liked how that left shoe looked so much that I raelly wanted to do it! I feel like I'm grasping simplification at this point.
This project helped me be confident in my lines! I had to erase but it was fun! I’m watching the video now and follow it.
My attempt at pre & post drawings. I found the shoe laces quite challenging and noticed I got a bit impatient drawing them!
You made some excellent improvements between the two boot drawings. The proportions look much more accurate, and the difference in the confidence and clarity of your lines is night and day!
On the post-demo boots, the middle line in the toe of the boot on page-left is rather wobbly. Did you draw the entire complex curve in a single stroke? If so, I wonder if breaking it up into an S-Curve and C-Curve could help you perform the stroke with the same level of confidence as the other lines in the drawing.
Keep it up!
These look great. Excellent jobs on those laces It looks to me like you simplified really well. Keep it up!
Something definitely clicked after watching the demo. Describing the motion as "pulling" when putting a line down really helped relax my lines a little. I don't know why lol
Anyway, before and afters (before on top):
The boots almost made me stick my pencil through my ipad. It's so hard to make sense of the laces, trying to keep fluidity of motion while drawing while being accurate enough with all the details to not have the boots drift off. And then there's so many parts of the shoes that are out of focus and creased, making folds.
Idk if the intention really was to make it this tricky, but to me this felt more frustrating than challenging.
And the remaining pieces. I think the snail and camel were significantly easier to pull off. Captain Skull is hard to simplify but I think it worked out okay.
The first drawing is before the demo. The two drawings after are my second and third attempt at the snail after the demo. I seem to get worse after the demos. My line quality appears horrendous to me. I'm definitely pressing too hard and need to ease up. I feel like my thinking gets better after the demo but the output gets worse. A bit discouraging. I'm going to attempt the boots one more time but I'm a little apprehensive to try at the moment. Any and all feedback is welcome. Thank you and take care!
Hey Jon! I think you're being a little too hard on yourself! I see a big improvement in your lines and the clarity of the shapes. When I compare the first and second drawings, the lines in the second look much less "hairy" and I can see that you were thinking more deliberately about the curves and how you would break them up. I especially like the shape you chose for the shell in the second drawing.
Regarding your feeling that the drawings are getting worse, I think rather than "worse", they are just getting simpler. In each subsequent attempt, you are breaking things down more, eliminating more details, and that might feel like it's making the drawings worse. But the objective here is to simplify shapes and practice lines, so you're actually doing great! I think if you continue to focus on the process of breaking down the subject and communicating its structure, you will start to see the improvements for yourself!
This demo really helped me to loosen up, I tried the snail again and the boots I want to give a shot again. I remember being really perfectionistic and apprehensive to place lines and this demo helped me realize that. It’s a balance.
I made my new snail bigger too. Feel free to critique any advice is appreciated.
(image with the notes is my first attempt.)
these are the boots, my first attempt has notes. They were still a bit tricky especially the laces, but I feel my lines are more confident. Any critique is appreciated.
Probably not getting better today :) Struggle a bit keeping the lines confident. Believe I need to spend a bit more time analysing and thinking before doing.
Feedback welcome!
Because of my shoulder injury and the small size of my tablet, I can only use my elbow right now :c This was the best I could do
I felt like my first attempt came out a lot better than after watching the demo, I felt like I tried to focus more on construction than the actual lines themselves where as the first attempt I solely focused on drawing what lines I did see.
This one was toooough, but fun! The shoelaces were the part I struggled with the most 😭
Top image was before watching the demo, bottom was after. I think my original snail looked better since it gave more of a rounded feel. Maybe I started overthinking it. Like most here, I hate the laces too! 😀
This is my attempt after watching the video. Need to come back to this after I gain some more skill.
