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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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ASSIGNMENTS![]()
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You'll be assigned two projects to practice gestural perspective. This first one is a little easier, while the second will be mainly for level two, but I encourage everyone to try both. The main focus is on creativity, iterative improvement, and applying your perspective knowledge intuitively.
Level 1
Warm up with a simple doghouse. Use deformation methods to create an interesting shape. Avoid random deformations; make purposeful changes. If a deformation doesn't look good to you, change it.
Then design a more complex building, such as a house, apartment, motel, cottage, or church. Add multiple parts to the building, like a chimney, room extensions, or separate buildings. Apply the deformation methods to give them personality.
- Make decisions with a purpose but also have fun and explore.
- Follow your gut and make changes if something looks wrong.
- Spend time on the project until you're proud of it.
- Iterate and improve your design; don't just copy my example.
- Practice multiple times to make it easier.
- Focus on adding gesture and personality to your forms, not just accurate perspective.
Level 2
For level two, try designing a tree house. This is trickier due to the interaction between organic and inorganic forms, more complex design problem, and lack of a solid foundation.
Deadline - submit by July 9, 2024 for a chance to be in the critique video!
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8d
Nailed it. Super cute barn!
Is it just me or are these assignments getting more and more fun?
In the first drawing I was figuring out how the 6 different kind of deformations work, so it felt kinda messy and not matching. The second drawing went better. I did struggle with the twisting of the box a lot, especially to get it turned all around. I lose sight of which corner goes where when doing more than a little bit of twisting. So my second drawing ended with a strange kind of slide.
The third was the tree house. In this one it was a challenge not to lose perspective when looking up and down on things. I tried my best!
I guess I spent way more time on these drawing than intended, but the fun factor was soooo high ;-)
Had lots of fun with those. If you see something wrong don't hold it in!! Let me know in the comment.
i did the first one with stan on the demo and then i felt confident enough to do my own
would love some advice
Did curving, bloating , I’m having trouble staying grounded in perspective with these deformation hope it gets easier with more practice
Made a rough version for both images then cleaned up a second revision. The first house was inspired by the mystery shack in Gravity Falls. It was interesting watching the thought process happen making choices. With every decision I made, my personal taste reflected back on me. This project felt like tapping into the imagination, breaking down any barriers to unlock full creative possibilities. Definitely was hard but the work was enjoyable like being on a journey immersed in the world you’re creating!
Looking for feedback to improve 👋
I created a small village within a larger bounding box.
I feel like I struggle with coming up with ideas on how to make the scene more interesting. I also have troubles designing shapes and showcasing interactions between multiple buildings in a fun way.
I picked up a few reference images to look for interesting concepts, but I couldn’t really find the intersection between what I could draw well and things that actually stood out to me.
I tried to focus most on just changing the shapes of these houses and trying to come up some fun arrangement of the village. But it just feels like a bunch of individually placed houses, not telling a whole story.
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2mo
You might take a few minutes as you're brainstorming to come up with a short narrative for your scene. It could be as simple as stringing a few words together. Doesn't have to be too involved. You could set specifics such as time period and geography, which would determine styles of buildings and how they're arrayed. Just something to ground your creativity in, sort of like how you made a 'bounding box' for the start and end of your village. By creating a narrative, you've built a sandbox to explore ideas within a chosen theme.
Seeing everyone’s wonderful drawings here made me realize that it’s not good to cut corners just because it’s practice. I’ll set a time limit and try to give my best within that time.
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2mo
This is so cool. It really does look like it's bursting at the seams.
