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So, you might be thinking that.. a line is just a line. Right? NO! IT’S NOT JUST A LINE...it's so much more than that!
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deez nutz
1mo
I love this guy! its almost for the first time i focus on drawing for atleast an hour
Jyoti Doiphode
4mo
Trying to make confident strokes like you. But I lost my proportions. I made single stroke and focused on line work only. I think it is my first day of drawing.
Devon D. Yeider
4mo
Line drawing. Tried to stick to just CSI
luciovm
4mo
I can't believe that this might be the first time I actually follow the project rules (I drew it with CSI, without shading, finding big shapes and all. But when I finished I forgot to take a photo of it as it was and I started drawing random shading lines on the drawing just because I was bored
Gracie Clark
4mo
Working with lines
Devon D. Yeider
4mo
This is really awesome! Love the Bernie Wrightson. I think this is really how we should be doing this: draw the lesson, then apply it to things that interest you, then go through the demo. Well done 👍
alida_
4mo
I'm a bit late, but here is my day 1
Devon D. Yeider
4mo
Wanted to finish this drawing and found it as an opportunity to practice my line quality...and oh my lol granted, I know the tools are very different (Moebius probably used a dip pen? And I used a Staedtler lead holder {4B?} ) but this got messy... particularly the contour line shading. Values aren't the best either as far as the contour lines. I, did however, find some lines getting easier towards the end like the shadow lines on the walls. But it's a start!
bonnieblue
4mo
I was one that copied Stan's drawing, so this is my final attempt. After demo & studying his drawing, but I did this one from his reference photo. Glad to be done w/ this pear!
VAGABOND
4mo
Day 228: NOTES
Erin
4mo
Aldo Castañeda
4mo
:v I need more pencils, one is not enough
4mo
Moving the challenge thread to it's own lesson -> 2 Week Drawing Challenge
Carlos Pérez
4mo
Did some exercises following Bridgman's book. Had fun doing this and I'm also trying to find my mistakes after I'm finished with the drawing.
Will try to draw everyday for two weeks but I might not make it since somedays I end up too exhausted from work
Abby Flynn
4mo
Asked for help
Exercise in drawing funny faces from Andrew Loomis’s Fun with a Pencil :)
Hazel
4mo
This book is really fun.
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Clowndev
4mo
Asked for help
My arm is still sore from drawing mushrooms, but I will draw! I have amassed the mass of useless objects that I call my live reference corner! Now I get to actually use them, yay :)
Hazel
4mo
THis is sick, I love the spoon drawing.
Patrik
4mo
Asked for help
Hi, what exactly does "linear drawing" mean? Only outlines?
Dru Drax
4mo
I believe "linear drawing" just means a drawing that only consists of solid lines. so you draw any object and any feature of that object you want to include in solid lines.
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4mo
Outlines are just 1 application of lines. There are many other things you can indicate with line other than the outer edge of something. Perspective, gesture, measuring and other things I mentioned in the video.
However, lines can also be used for shading, and I wouldn't call a drawing that was shaded with lines a 'linear drawing'.
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Andrey
4mo
Asked for help
I’m going to draw skulls so far done 9. Most aren’t accurate but it’s okay. This way I can have some mileage with construction as well as basic foundation to the portraits.
Hazel
4mo
Skulls are fun. They always get me at the lower jaw in certain angles, its such a funny shape. Sometimes I have to catch myself and draw what I'm observing and not what I think it should look like.
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Jay Galvan
4mo
Love this! I have an old skull form Halloween :)
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Rui Pedro
4mo
Scott McCloud has an amazing view regarding the power of lines in his "Understanding Comics" masterpiece.
Patrik
4mo
Hi, what exactly does "linear drawing" mean? Only outlines?
Jerry Ye
4mo
not necessarily outlines, it just means drawings that mostly consists of lines, typically with no shading or blending. You can still portray shadows with a bit of hatching but that is kept to a minimum. Outlines are just 1 part of a line drawing, as Proko mentioned, there are cross-contour lines as well, typically used for construction or indication of shadow.
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Rui Pedro
4mo
Asked for help
Let’s go, then!!!
4mo
Nice job!
btw, after posting the lesson, I decided to separate the drawing challenge to its own thread. So you can repost your day one there -> 2 Week Drawing Challenge
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Andrey
4mo
Nice boxy cup! ☕️
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