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Varying line weight can make a drawing more interesting and communicate a more complex story to the viewer. In this lesson, we’ll learn about the importance of line weight when creating engaging and interesting art.
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@goferknight
2d
I am quite behind on the course (Working my way through the Lines section at the moment); however, I am quite proud of how this alligator came out considering I started this course with zero drawing experience.
The proportions are off and I did remove the right portion of the alligator since I wanted to focus on the more complicated parts, but it came out much better than my other drawings.
Any advice on how to approach the scales would be appreciated. I tried a few different things, but they come out weird. I end up erasing them out of frustration.
@chikki
2d
I think your accuracy of the picture and the area where you used some of the darker lines is good! However, you can make the border area of the whole alligator more thicker, with the shadowing border areas even more thicker to indicate shadow.Once you do that, you can use thin dark lines on the scales. u can notice, on the scales that there is small part having some light on it, so make sure to make that part using think light line. (BTW if you're talking about the shaper of the scales, they look fine.)
Pat Lou
7d
I tried to do emphasis, unity and seperation, depth and form, and light and shadow. Any feedback and critiques are welcome!
James Paris
26d
Fell into the same trap again, kept zooming too much to really refine my lineart, only to realise that it was barely visible once the project was finished and colored :)
Alex McCaleb
25d
see you space cowboy~

@justino
1mo
I tried to use the line weight in all three ways. The (bubblegum)snake is because I have been trying to draw snakes recently. Any feedback welcome!
James Paris
3mo
Two of my last drawings : these days I'm exporing lineweight because I always struggle to decide if I want my art to have heavy or fine lines.
This time, I did heavier lines to suggest occlusion shadows and light direction.
Overall it seems I made a better job on the first image,I think I lost focus on the werewolf because he's a bit all over the place "lineweight wise".
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3mo
If you pushed the darks around the wolf’s face and hands, you could maybe focus it more.
These are really cool drawings. Keep it up!

@toph
3mo
I forget that I can kind of draw lol. I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to draw the cup, but here we are. I think my line weight looks good, but I’m biased, so please give any critiques!

@labuge
4mo
few practice on the lines work. after practicing sketches from observation and imagination on FrenchBulldog, i realize how much my imagination versions were close to toaster, so i decided to do a toaster one...

@toph
3mo
This is so cute!
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4mo
Haha

@markimus
4mo
This was my attempt at varying line weight. I started with a light sketch approach because I wanted to try to improve on that. The base of the hammer was difficult for me. I would welcome any constructive feedback! I had fun making this one =)

@toph
3mo
You definitely varied the line weights! I like how you made the hammer the focal point with how dark the value is. My only suggestion is making the lines on the handle a little bit thinner maybe

@shopdoc
5mo
Here is my submission for line weight. Love learning this new (to me) skill.
Rob Sinzieri
6mo
Are there any examples of artists doing two methods or even all 3 methods of using line weight (1. outline, 2. show depth, 3. to show light and dark areas) at the same time, i.e. in the same piece? or is this a decision that is made before and then carried through to the end of each piece? Is it common for artists to switch line weight usage, for different pieces? (1 project, line weight is for light/dark, 1 project for depth?)
lukewarm paint
7mo
My first try at line weight by adding it to a sketch I liked, pretty fun.

@joel2311
10mo
where does kim jong gi uses Thick lines on the inside exactly?
Chantel Brockmann
1yr
Definitely highlighting my lack of human anatomy knowledge. Proportions are way off. Regardless, line weight makes a huge difference. Probably my favorite lesson so far.
Side note: My shading is hella scratchy on the background. I think I used too hard of pencil for it. Plus the paper I’m using is pretty grainy.
Salem Reid
1yr
This looks amazing!

Nicole Guz
1yr
I havent watched the demo yet and so I wanted to see if I understood the lesson. Let me know if I did wrong. Thank you!
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1yr
It looks like you understood the assignment. The Importance drawing is so clean and bold. I think the Light and Shadow drawing could be pushed a little more.
Good work!

@joel2311
1yr
here is another quick one

@joel2311
1yr
one is drawn with the hierarchy of importance and the other one is drawn with light and shadow in mind. Like always any criticism or feedback is welcome :)

Sapphire Bandit
1yr
Decided to do line weight out of importance today, definitely an interesting concept that could probably help my drawings be better. I think I did decently well with the rhino, finally got a good reason to use my 8B at least. Any comments, feedback, or critiques are appreciated!
Johannes S.
2yr
Tried to apply the rules on a simple house. I hope I got it right.
Johannes S.
2yr
And another one.

@akuratheid
2yr
anyone know a website of images i can sketch for practice?
Jamal
1yr
I know its late, but for anyone coming later, I also recommend QuickPoses.com. I use it for gesture/figure drawing. You can set timers for sketching the poses too.

Dwight H.
2yr
If you're looking specifically for photos made for art reference, there are dozens. Croquis Cafe, Bodies in Motion, and JookpubStock at some of my favorites.
I also recommend just using "normal" photographs and film stills for reference and inspiration. You can use sites like Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, and Filmgrab.

@jarmiger
2yr
I often use Pinterest
Daniel Wood
2yr
Daily sketch from yesterday and today. Still focusing on using line weight to define depth, and a little shadow.
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