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Cross Contour Project Deadline Extended!
I decided to add in an additional project video to practice cross contour. I'll show you how I turn up the difficulty level on ginger root blobs and turn them into characters.
Deadline: 6-10-2024
Turn the Difficulty Knob
- Start with random ginger blobs. Make them humanoid by adding limbs and a head. Focus on mass rather than anatomy and proportions.
- Use photos of people in dynamic poses. Ensure the photos have depth (things coming towards you, body twisting, etc..). Avoid static poses.
- Create specific characters with pre planned proportions, like a monster ogre with a club. More specific characters add more constraints and chances for errors.
Refine the Drawing
Switch to a black pencil for cleanup. Focus on line weight and clean up your shape design. Adjust cross contours to show depth and volume. Emphasize interesting shapes and avoid symmetry.
The second one with the ginger root person trying to uproot himself was likely a tad bit ambitious for my current skill level, and likely some anatomy knowledge would've helped me out, but at least it's an entry. I think I'll try maybe a few more of the simpler kind before looking at the critiques. Otherwise, a very fun exercise!
Done this yesterday before bed, I think I messed up, they look more like generic blobs rather than ginger root people.
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4d
These look great! I do think you had a better grasp on the "ginger root" aspect in that top left corner drawing. It has a lot more random shape design like ginger roots have. Your other people are great, especially with the perspective, but I do suggest getting a bit more playful with the shape design and really exaggerating things. Looking at photos of ginger roots could definitely help!
My ginger root warriors, I took a couple of weeks with this one, these are my favorites.. done in procreate.
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6d
These are so cool!
Did the ginger golem need a giant axe? No, but did he get one? Yes. The other one is too flirty for my liking. Hell, the truth is they both make me uncomfortable, lol.
Great work!
Well done getting this far.💪
I look forward to reaching this lesson myself.
Hello, here are my cross contour Ginger Root People, pretty interesting project. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
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12d
Great character in both of these. I like that you used a combination of straights and curves to make up their bodies. Continue to play with that instinct, I think it will serve you well. As far as feedback: try doing your ghosted, sketchy lines a little lighter, then lay in heavier as you "find" it. This will give a cleaner look but retain that great energy you already have. Cheers!
Hi, here's my exercise. First I did it digitally, since I wanted to quickly test out a lot of combinations. I then selected my favorite one to redo cleanly in my special Proko sketchbook :) Thanks
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18d
This is a fun way to approach the project, doing a bunch of quick combinations and then refining your favorites. Definitely gets that practice in. I think you nailed it!
Some kind of ginger root people. I would have liked to do more, but I have less time this week to draw and I wanted to get into the next project. It's an exercise that I will get back to eventually.
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29d
These look great, loving your linework!
Very fun project the first ones turned out a little too humanoid, so I tried to make them look more like gingerbread men. I'd appreciate any feedback :)
This was definitely one of the more enjoyable projects. I really like this mushroom professor.
Yes, he is my favourite, too. All your characters are really cool! But why didn't you trace over the feet of the first one?
Seem to be lacking behind a bit after these pros here but wanted to share because I had tons of fun. Effed up the right arm of the left character but decided it looks broken, so I added the right one as the one braking it and seeing the scene come together while painting the right character with no reference was fun af! Went a bit overboard with the cross contour, mainly to try out stuff with it and I didnt care as much about line quality because my searching lines in red were already messy :D
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2mo
These are great!
This surely was fun. But not so easy as it apparently looks. Gave it a try 1st one from pose reference and another from imagination
A ginger root character crossing a soapy bathtub... stretching all the limbs to counterbalance body falling to one side.
I started to adjust the shapes to improve asymmetry and interestingness for characters, but somehow ended up as 2D character (the right one). Suspect that it is due to attachment of limbs were non-normal positions (intentionally), or body-contours were not curvy enough.
Some ginger root people for the assignment. I copied one of Stan's to get moving. Then picked some random pose reference.
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3mo
Very fun, the poses you chose are nice and energetic!
I don't really have one complete ginger root person (well, there's sort of one) but a bunch of little parts. I kind of struggle with the character design aspect of this, even though I know that's not the point of this exercise.
There's a head in here I kind of like though!
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4mo
I love these. They are super cute.
I found this difficult, there was a lot to think about at once. Gesture, 2d shapes, the 3d shapes/perspective, pose, etc. I think I shoulda started easier with just torsos / limbs. I'm happier with the last monster one I drew though
