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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 2023.
And don't forget to have fun!
This was definitely challenging. Realising that I don’t really know the mechanics of a bird how its anatomy works. Like what happens when it moves its head. Felt I got better at the loose sketch feel of it though
Been only doing lvl 1 exercises but thought I’d do this one for fun, First time digital as well
Here is my first go around on this, had trouble understanding the feet of the guy, may get more references later and try again.
The two page from imagination are the second and the third, i did some sketching from observation for fun even if it wasn't asked
I asked my husband for a animal and he suggested a rat
So i tried to make it cute for vibes even with a rat option
i would really like suggestions on what i can do better
When I first attempted this about a year ago, I picked a frog - and then got discouraged by the hind legs and didn’t continue. This time round determined to get past my inability (or feeling) drawing from imagination I decided to draw an elephant. I’m really happy with how it turned out - I probably could have played around a bit more. It would have been fun to draw the elephant in that classic frightened standing in one leg pose. But I gave up after my quasi thumbnail and put it in the too hard basket for now. I really like the little birds that sit on top of them so I included that in my final drawing!
Drew character inspired by wolf pictures, I struggled with it tbh, feedback welcome
1st Drawing is a mermaid. My childhood fantasy I had when I was 13, and her name is Nikko Wong. She walks among humans very well and adapts to any environment as easy as swimming in the ocean. I would sometimes imagine her swimming and leaping up from water when I was at the pier. Nikko Wong is very athletic, artistic, beautiful singer and a professional boxer in the flyweight division - she's in full acceptance with her inner human better than any of her kind. She's a rebel.
- I used the little mermaid as a reference.
- I began to draw the body and tail, a different short choppy/spiky hairstyle as I see her in my head. this was my best attempt.
2) The classic style batmobile.
-Instead of copying the actual image, I tried to draw the Batmobile in a different angle. The opposite side.
3) I drew an airplane.
-As I began to draw from a different angle, you may notice that one of the wings are smaller than the other. It's because I was imagining the airplane tilting towards that side a little bit while flying in the air.
Had a go at the drawing from imagination I chose my dog Freddie as the subject. With Christmas fast approaching i have done a festive Fred. Reference pics and rough sketches also uploaded.
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Such a cutie! And a fun final pose to sketch from imagination. For your studies, I would suggest practicing breakdowns from more angles, especially of his face, e.g. 3/4, side, and bottom views of his head. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the three-dimensional shape of the subject matter, so you feel more comfortable changing and moving it around into different poses once you're drawing from imagination. Learning a subject matter from different angles also helps you think about the depth and form of the object, even if you are keeping it simple to a front-facing angle. Hope this helps :)
This was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. I guess I need to work on imagination drawing more.
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I like your little elephant, he's cute! A good exercise, while you're building your observational skills by sketching what you see, is to think about what you like/what you find interesting about what you're drawing, and how you would change it to make it even more interesting to you. That kind of augmented observational drawing is a step towards the mindset of drawing from imagination. And you're right, the best way to develop the skill is to practice!
Going further into the realm of personal opinion, the second elephant image is AI generated, so be mindful of your sources if that's something you wish to avoid. AI takes creative liberties that I think detracts from the artists' thought process above.
I’d say I’m more like a 1.5 than a proper level 2, but drawing these legally distinct cartoon ducks was a lot of fun. I went more anthropomorphic with the final version.
To help remind myself to avoid copying the reference, I did a freaky-friday mashup face-swap of a giraffe and a hippo. The one I'm happiest with is the practice hippo, but the final is pretty interesting too. Feedback welcome!
After watching the critique video, I can see a number of places I went wrong. Stan kept talking about exploring and simplifying, and I didn't really do any of that. In the practice sheet, I tried to get a precise, accurate representation ("can I draw a hippo and a giraffe?") immediately instead of trying to find simpler forms first. I don't have any "searching" lines, instead trying to focus on being confident (to the point where I wasn't practicing what he wanted us to practice!) and "perfect". So much for "reminding myself to avoid copying the reference"! 🤣
What's frustrating is that I prefer looser, more pushed art, but I didn't try and make this exercise into that, which probably would have helped me do better on the assignment. Simplifying is what my favorite art style is all about, but when I'm working from reference I immediately shift into "copy" mode. ☹️ His demo of the capybara was amazing! ❤️ I would have loved for mine to be more like that.
I did do a preliminary pose with the actual animals first, but again, too tight and focused on a finished piece instead of learning on the page. I did think carefully about every line before putting it down, which isn't what he wanted, either. "Show your work" probably applies here. Basically, I'm doing sketching wrong, trying to make everything I draw a finished, realistic piece, instead of saying "I'll make as many mistakes as possible here, so I can make the final one as easy as possible."
I need to let myself be wrong so I can get it right in the end.
Thanks so much for the critique videos, Stan! Even if I don't get a direct critique, it's easy to see "yeah, I did that wrong, too..." and figure out how it would apply to my work.
In my experience with the project, I actually find it more difficult to make circular shapes than square ones.
Just want to double check that this is the 1st step that he's trying to teach. To just look at the general outline and flow of the subject. Once this is done, I can now go back in and add more details, correct? Then do it again with different angles. Then create a fun creature?
