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Level 1
Simple Blobs: Visualize how cross contours wrap around random blog shapes from different angles (add eyes and limbs if you want to make it more fun!)
Ginger Root from Photo: Start by drawing the ginger root from the photos provided in the downloads and then try to invent your own. These are essentially blobs that grow other blobs, like bloated tree branches.
Simple Creatures: Draw seals, sea lions, fish, worms, snakes, sharks.. any simple blobby creature from photo reference. Find your own photos on pexels.com or unsplash.com
Level 2
Complex Creatures: Draw more complex creatures like lobster, shrimp, beetles, etc.
- First do the lobster photo I provided in the downloads. Then find your own reference on Pexels or Unsplash.
- Start with simple dynamic shapes. Remember what we learned in the Shapes section!
- Add the cross contour lines to show the forms. Simplify, but not too much so you don't lose the essence of the form.
Change the Pose: Change the pose a little from the photo to force yourself to imagine the forms instead of only copying.
Deadline: Submit by 05/31/2024 for a chance to be in the critique video!
My assignment. I think I might have messed up the direction of some of my cross-contours but I can't really tell. Any advice would be welcomed.
Decided to do a few more before I try the ginger people exercise considering I wasn't too confident with my line quality and my grasp on the directionality of the contours. Hopefully I've done better with these.
Level 1 and 2. Another great project. Really got into this one. The course structure has stacked really nicely, with skills leading into next projects. Thinking in terms of boxes really helped to find the perspective on rounded limbs.
As always; All feedback welcome.
I feel like I get the basic concept. Will probably just need a lot more practice doing this.
I hadn't drawn much in a few weeks due to a lack of motivation because of the AI drawings, but we're back to the course. I'm submitting my project before watching the videos. I used references for both animals.
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Excellent job with the cross contours, and your line quality looks great 👍
I feel, like I tend to use too much cross contour lines. Especially on the ginger. I tried to reduce them on the animals. Since the lobster was looked too disgusting to me, I used a character from the little mermaid , instead.. The bird is from pexels.com.
Feedback is very welcome :)
Some blobs, some gingers, some sea creatures... does Jabba the Hutt counts as a Blob?
The raptor below totally inspired me for some dino's
I did these shapes and sketches for the cross contour practice. I like the rex hehe little paws/claws.
Not sure if this is what we're aiming for. Suspect I'm adding too many cross-contour lines. Also, made a proportions howler on the drawing of my dog and I think she knew because she came up to me crying while I was in the middle of it. Sorry, Maia.
I really like your organic forms and gingers. The Cross contour on Maya I think was great also, just some proportions mistakes that you also figure it out. great job.
Ooh, I like that you made the dinosaur's hind leg boxy! It feels a lot more structural and it's more interesting to look at, compared to if it were drawn as a smooth cylinder.
I feel like I'm doing pretty well with the blobs but with more organic forms I feel like I'm not quite getting it. Like on seals the area around the eyes changes from the shape of the snout and I'm not sure how to visualize and represent that.
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1mo
You have the right idea to follow the form with the contour lines on the snout. You just want to make sure that your "cross sections" are all going to same way.
I plan on doing a lot more practicing! and the next times ill def focus on using line weight properly for added depth
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1mo
These look fantastic!
CATS! (and some weird thing from my imagination lol) (also, I wanted to draw ... cats ... and I also wanted to add details (and also, I have no idea how to even begin to draw a cat), so I did a tutorial from Draw Like a Sir (from YouTube). Also, I found reference 3d models on SketchFab, which I used for the cat I made ... and midway through, I decided to change it up a bit when I was doing the detail TwT. Also, I drew some other stuff that I found to be cute, and I did change them up (they range from a little to I had to use some imagination) for the 3rd image (◕‿◕✿) (ALSO, this is my second post here)
Not to self ... I think I need to work on my spacing with the cross-contour (I say that for the cat I did 😭😭😭)
My first ginger roots. I think they turned out decent, but I can’t really figure out what makes them look a bit flat. Appreciate any pointers where I can improve.
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1mo
Great ginger roots! I like the way you used line thickness to indicate shadows. You're on the right track; I think if you make your contours a bit rounder you'll give the ginger root more volume. Especially where the pieces are coming towards us. I hope my visual below helps!
This felt like good practice being that I was surprised by how much brain power it took to lay down cross contours at the form intersections without it looking janky.
