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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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project-cross-contour-on-organic-forms.mp4
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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!
Looking for feedback 👋
This my attempt at drawing a couple of ginger roots from reference. I feel like these drawings don’t quite sell the “3D perspective” feel of the object.
Not really, dude. They look pretty 3D to me. Maybe shading will help?
It was funny because, my first thought after looking at the image before reading the text was: WTF is this guy trying t draw? Ginger Roots? Oh yes, he is trying to do that xD
Great work, man
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4d
Hey Jen! I made a couple of notes for you below. Hope that helps :)
I am really confused right now. 1. Doesn’t the lines get more dense as they get further away? Why isn’t that the case with the bottom part of shape 2 of image 1? 2. If the claw is more flat, and we are seeing less of the top, shouldn’t the lines be more curvy on image 2 with the new claw? Thank you!
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15d
You really capture the form, especially that little nub on the right side. Well done.
Haha, so I kind of fell off of uploading my projects. I think I got a little de-motivated during the regular perspective part as I didn't feel like I was "doing as well as I should have been" which is obviously the worst mentality to have with any hobby. I decided to just carry on with the course without sharing as I found that made it easier to do the projects as I wasn't worried about sharing them after.
But I'm nearly caught up now in the class and just finished the cast/shading project and I'm quite happy with it which reminded me what Stan says a lot that so many of these projects are about learning how to do X well not making a good Y drawing.
So I decided to go back to all of my projects I could find (some of the regular perspective drawings I think I threw away) and finally share. So I'll be spamming all of my projects today :)
This course has been 90% drawing and 10% therapy lessons for me xD
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18d
Thanks for sharing! This is such a charming little crab.
I really enjoyed practicing this, is this maybe a bit too busy with too many contours? I struggled a bit with the shaded area too. Any advice and feedback is welcome.
So I’ve been trying more blobs with cross contours and realized something. How much cross contours is too much cross contours. Some of my blobs feel really cluttered and I’m wondering if that’s because there are too many cross contours in my blobs. Any clarification is much appreciated.
I suck at this. It seemed a lot easier in my head but then again maybe I’m just messy. I tried using my arms to make sure I wrapped around the forms. Well at least I tried and that’s a learning opportunity. Looking forward to learning more from Proko.
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28d
Amazing examples of structural and gestural drawing.
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28d
I love the penguin with the bowtie and shoes 😁 These are excellent!
Good fun practicing this new element; can definitely see the potential. Not sure what to do with the flat areas quite yet. But fun anyway.
Thanks much for the feedback, Melanie. It is quite helpful, especially with the visuals you provided. Much appreciated.
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29d
It looks like you had fun with this project! Glad to see it. I wanted to share this visual with you. I noticed some areas in your seal where the cross contours formed a T intersection with the contour lines. If you curve those lines a bit more on the approach to the contours, you'll give that shape more volume.
Imagining the cross contours as cross-sections of the object is a helpful visual cue to give you an idea of how much to emphasize the curve. It's a lot to think about while you're working, and it's a pretty complex function to visualize the unseen side of the thing you're drawing, but you're on the right track and a small bit of adjustment to those T intersection areas will really give volume to your seal.
