Remember that gesture is not the contour, so don't just copy the outlines. Look for the movement and energy throughout the shapes. Use your whole arm and use the looser sketch line that we learned about.

Level 2 - Draw from Memory or Imagination

Start with the level 1 project and after 5 to 10 poses, turn the page, put away all the reference photos and do more drawings from imagination or from memory.

You can try to invent your own poses and design those shapes to be dynamic. Or you can try to remember the poses you already drew and use those as inspiration. Try to push and design with a focus on drawing dynamic shapes. It doesn't matter how accurate you get to the original photo, it's more about designing the shapes to look dynamic and interesting.

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Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (8/24/23)

* Because of the large amount of reference images, it would help a lot of you include the reference you used for each drawing. I'm more likely to select your submission for the critique. Thank you!

mike mcdonald

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I did this many times, this is probably my third attempt. Would love feedback

Thomas Nolan II

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I had intentions on drawing many more, but would likely get caught up spending too much time this summer drawing blubber bodies. Thinking critically, my tapered strokes need improvement which a meticulous hand is likely at fault for. Replicating the referenced image rather than capturing the gestural energy is a chronic mistake of mine. PS. The referenced image is numbered next to each sketch.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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These look great! The variety of soft and sharp lines looks really cool.

@chikki

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Rlly good!

Natalia

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Pat Lou

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I tried sketching references 1 to 10 while focusing on gestures, but I don’t think I’ve fully grasped it yet. I really enjoyed it and I plan to sketch more of the references. Please feel free to share any feedback or critiques!

@ryandt21

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Up till 15 was before the demo, the rest after an the unnumbered were from imagination. While they could be better, I think I improved when comparing the first set to the last.

Tori Tempo

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Abitha J

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Here is My Level 2 - Draw from Memory or Imagination

Abitha J

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Here is My Level 1 - Draw from Reference

Mattia Ferrari

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10d

Thats my attempt to the drawing seals and sea lions in an intresting

Elijah R

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14d

This one was very loose, it certainly wasn’t clean and honestly I felt like there was something I was doing that didn’t align with the point of the project. I felt that I had not properly conveyed the gesture. A little confused but looking at everyone else’s job as an example I’m sure I’ll get it soon. The number represents which image it was based off of. Still found the entire thing entertaining :)

Elijah R

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13d

I did these after watching the critique and after taking note of other people’s drawings. Both of which really helped, hope you can see the improvement I saw.

Merry Lee Sharin

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15d

Drawing Basics- Dynamic Shapes- Seals Hi all, sorry I was off course for almost 2 months. Glad to be back! A little rusty, but excited for seals! I might try some from imagination tomorrow.

@jjones

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21d

A few pages of seals. I think I was more focused on the gesture and lines versus shape design. But I tried and had fun.

Moses

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21d

this was fun! line quality still suffers a bit from shaky hands and lack of motor control

Tommy Pinedo

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21d

Very nice :D

Melanie Scearce

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21d

Awesome! Looks like you’re finding the flow 🏄

Juan Andres Gonzalez Trejo

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22d

i did the lvl 1 be cause i dont have enough knowledge to remember a seal/sea lion from imagination, but decided to take de references and try out diferent poses

Carlos Pérez

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21d

i like em , they look graceful

Shou

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22d

(lvl1) Here are some of my attempts, I tried to be a bit more gestural then what I'm used to, wasn't easy. Got a different pencil (fixpencil by Caran d'acge) from my usual mechanical one (0,5cm), the thicker lead definitely helped me get a bit "messier". I think the later ones are a bit better in that regard. Maybe an even thicker/non-sharpened pencil could help me feel a bit freer? Critiques and general advices are welcome.

Eryk Świątek

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24d

Melanie Scearce

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23d

Hey @Eryk Świątek, nice job with this assignment! I really like the flow in the top middle one. I noticed something happening in the ones where the seal is lifting its head up and twisting, it seems like the seal is segmented into two parts that don't connect well. I included this example from the video to show what I mean. Try drawing through where the point of contact is -- this will give you an idea of the form even though a flipper or something else may be covering it.

@thenerdyknight

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24d

Thank you for another excellent video, will there be lesson notes for this video as well? They are so useful for me to recap the information the next day, thank you so much! :D

Bohdan Fedorchenko

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30d

The first 10 before the demo and 11 more after. At the beginning, I tried too much just to copy what I saw and adjusted a little. After the demo, I began to think more about shapes and allowed myself to change more from reference. I like the latter ones more, so I hope I improved

Isaiah

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1mo

These creatures were interestingly simple yet full of dynamic shapes 🙌, Fun assignment.🫡.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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1mo

Nice sketchbook page

@linetime

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1mo

Had fun with this one! I could see where to push things to make the shapes more dynamic though there’s room for improvement but seeing the bouncing angles inside the shape he goes over in the lesson is harder for me to picture at times.

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