Proko - Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination

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Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination

by Stan Prokopenko in Drawing Basics

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Thanks for the classmate who uploaded the cat's photo to #14 days challenge#. Sorry I can't remember your name. Your cat photo is so funny, I couldn't help myself drawing a picture for him or her.

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ASSIGNMENTS

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 2023.

And don't forget to have fun!

Vedran Bratušek

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I actually quite liked the penguin from level one and thought he had a tough look, so I figured I'd make him a soldier. I did a bit of testing things out, at times honestly paying a bit less attention to the assignment and just trying to make sense of what I wanted to do, which is why the sketches are so chaotic, but I think I like it in the end (although now that I am uploading it I'm seeing a bunch of things which are just off). I liked this assignment the most and I think I'll continue doing other characters, possibly something halloweeny 😀