Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination
Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination
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Pick an animal, a bug, or some kind of creature, and find several reference photos to use as inspiration to sketch a new character.

Don't copy the photos. Feel free to explore with proportions and exaggerate or simplify things to make it your own. Do multiple sketches to experiment and try different ideas.

Once you think you have a clear idea of a character, do one full page sketch. Even in this final sketch, try to use loose, confident lines and focus on the shapes of the character you have in mind. We're trying something new here with this project by starting to develop our ability to draw from imagination. So it might be a bit of a challenge, but don't sweat it.

Let's keep it loose and rough with our sketches and just focus on letting those creative juices flow. Don't focus on the cleanliness of your lines. We're sketching, and when you post your assignments, please include the photos you found and all your experimental sketches.

If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by March 9th

And don't forget to have fun!

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mariabygrove
After watching the critique video, I felt like giving this assignment another go. I chose the FENNEC FOX. First I did some studies from the reference photos (in pencil), then some pose sketches in red pencil (trying to see if it helps me to stay loose but unfortunately it doesn't look all that good in photos, sorry). In the end I decided to go with the classic sly fox for my end drawing. There are red sketch lines underneath the pencil final but I'm afraid they're hard to see. My drawing was nowhere near as creative as some in the forum but boy was it fun doing the studies ;)
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mariabygrove
This might have been a bit too difficult for me at this stage and I ended up not so much drawing from imagination but more like slightly altering the pose of the animal I was looking at. Still, this was fun and satisfying!
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gabitomazelli
Chicken quick sketches
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CHARLES DEIGHAN
Here's the second part of this assignment. Plus the inspiration I got from these photos.
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CHARLES DEIGHAN
If you mean my bee drawing. thanks.
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stefler92
photo 2 is awesome !!
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Kayla Mateus
I love sloths, they are just so cute and always look so chilled out. I wanted to create a sloth that exemplified those aspects. Would love to hear your thoughts!
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Liandro
This is fun! I think your drawing does convey the aspects you were going for. Nice work!
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Feldarinue R
Not sure if changing heads counts, but thats what i did:) Also did not just copy, tried to improvise and find my own way.
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lucasavs
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Canyon Braff
at first i wasn't going to do this project as i very much consider myself a beginner and was sticking to the level 1 projects but after watching Stan's imagination cramps video i felt inspired to step out of my comfort zone and stretch the observation/imagination muscle! it took about 2-3 hours but i'm glad i pushed myself! i would love some critique on my little axolotl! im still trying to understand how to properly implement line weight and the perspective of the chin was a challenge for me. anyways, would love to hear your thoughts! thank you :)
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Zinovi M
Really dig your usage of the line weight, and the expression on the larger drawing to the right adds a lot to the drawing. Good work!
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ola_
This looks great. I'm a beginner too! Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Critique: I like how the creature's left arm is opposite of its other arm. It gives it the illusion that it's floating on your page. I also like how you gave it a friendly vibe by giving it a smile. Keep working on your overlapping and foreshortening skills. And you're right the only way to improve is just to go for it!
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Neli Dosoudilova
Raccoon by Raeccoonn :) What are your thoughts about my work? Please, write them in the comments, so I can learn and improve.
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Avşin
I see you choose raccoons because you like them, so I advise you to take notes about what appearance or behavior you like about them before sitting down to draw. So you can exaggerate or focus on those charactesıstıcs Nıce to see Rigby.
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Simon Rodrigues
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Christian Kolding-Sørensen
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vinnte
the last two are the final sketches. it was fun, but mostly i felt that my brain understood what i was doing.
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nunodasneves
Hnnnnng
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Alina
I've made these a while ago before watching the demo and now I can see so many mistakes that I've done and also after watching the demo. I think I will try to sketch more from different photos and think more about the flow and lines than about the contour
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kaiini
the hand is nice
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Zinovi M
First attempt, haven't watched the demo yet. Will reattempt after watching the demonstration. I used various badgers as reference, and the mental image of the hyena's mohawk.
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Canyon Braff
I especially admire the personality you have given these creatures in your designs!
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James Paris
I decided to merge an octopus and ... my cat ! I think I went a bit too far, it's not exactly a loose sketch anymore, but this was too much fun ! I'll finish it later, for now i'll keep it sketchy like that !
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h3art
Was trying to merge the wolf paws and komodo dragon feet first but they aren't things I understand well how to draw so just tried to simplify the wolf paws instead. Got a bit overly greedy with some angles but wasn't that bad given that I made them with my limited amount of references. Definitely not used at drawing animals from imagination the same way I can do people. Overall, the top left sketch in the 2nd image did end up better than the final sketch. Definitely a challenging project that got me out of my comfort zone!
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Brandon Brown
Definitely not ready to tackle level 2 challenges, but I thought it doesn't hurt to try! First image in the stack was my final the others were sketches and my references
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brandon111
I drew a baby elephants, I have the pose in my mind already , just try to explore the proportion of the head and the body
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Al :)
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