Proko - Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination

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Project - Learning to Sketch from Imagination

Stan Prokopenko

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You’ll learn the most important foundational concepts for drawing anything and soon you’ll be drawing pictures out of your imagination or from reference.

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Stan Prokopenko

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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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!

@irenemarceline

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Ok so I I started by trying out mice but the fur on the reference photos made it hard to identify edges so I quit and made caterpillars. it shows that I hadn’t warmed up lol Then I continued with lambs. the quality of my drawings fluctuate a lot idk why. By the end, I really enjoyed drawing the two jumping lambs. I did however start copying the images instead of creating my characters because I realized that maybe I’m not ready to play with proportions and features yet and need to work on my fundamentals first. All in all, it was fun and I got more confidence to just jump into it rather than staring at the paper or wasting time to search for the perfect references. Thank you!

Nickdulis

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Using last bits of energy and finally some cool air to also do this assignment. I feel like I bit a lil too much. antlers in perspective are really hard and I probably should´ve figured out the lizards head in this angle before doing the final. Been winging it a bit but hey, its workable. Things to improve but could also have been worse. What do you think I should try to improve the most? What´s the weakest skill?

Larry

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Great job. Nice and loose. They look great

Macarena

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This was fun

Ash

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18h

The Velvet Moon pic is so cool

Larry

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Very nice!!! Keep drawing

Kim Solon

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I'm shy, but this is mine hehe

Martha Muniz

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Super cute!! If you want to keep practicing with this one, try sketching out a couple of the reference photos, using photos from different angles and poses of the armadillos. They definitely have a very round construction, so thinking about a sphere can also help add dimensionality to your sketch. And sketching them from different angles helps gain a better understanding of how the arms/legs would move, so you can position and play around with different poses too :)

Przemek

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@hannahfathi

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This was definitely a challenge! I struggle with the perspective and proportions working from imagination! Three bears were studies and soccer bear was from imagination with inspiration from my son playing soccer! I definitely need more practice with this.

Turbo Fish

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I am a level 1 but felt like trying this one. Turned out kind of ok, but I am still much better at drawing from observation

@meneedlearn

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I'm definitely mixed on my final result but I guess its ok for now.

Melanie Scearce

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This is a very charming sheep! What is it that you are feeling mixed about?

@justsev

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Study then a character

Martha Muniz

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Great shape design! I think studying all the different poses/angles really paid off :)

Melanie Scearce

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Amazing 👏👏

Mike Bonifacio

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11d

Squirrels - Squirrel with a Nut from Imagination

Sally

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12d

Serena Lee

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i love it! the drawing has such nice lines, you have a big imagination!

Jonathan Harper

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13d

Its called a Japanese emperor caterpillar

CharmLotta

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13d

The animal character design exercise went a little further than just drawing :-D

Jonah Jenkins

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13d

So cool. Way to go

Patrick Bosworth

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13d

This is AMAZING!! What a cool way to go about this project! I love the expression! Did you do any sketches to help you bring this little guy to life, or did you go straight to designing shapes with the fabric? Great job!

Ash

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13d

You made this?! It's incredible. I want one too

Samuel Gariépy

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14d

Drawing some frogs from reference, then trying to do the same from imagination, capturing what I like about them.

Ash

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14d

That last frog made my day

Larry

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14d

This is my 1st drawing from imagination. i have never drawn a cat so i decided to make something up from my cat’s pictures. By the way, very difficult. I’m really a level 1 but enjoying the challenges of both the level 1 and level 2. I on 22/185 and going to watch the demos and critiques next from the course on drawing from observation and imagination. Keep Drawing everyone

@sketchenstein

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13d

In your same shoes, haven't tried yet, but IMO you did great!

Ash

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14d

yeah drawing cats is really challenging. I like your drawings though! You have such a cute cat!

Bryan Reed

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15d

Drawing from imagination was painful. I did like 3 tries and just stopped before it got truly ugly LOL

david burrell

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15d

This is my dog Wolfie. I turned him into a cartoon version of himself..

Henri Wirth

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15d

Samuel Gariépy

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14d

The flow is very cool in your drawings. We can feel the movement and direction of the axolotl.

José Ramon

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16d

Thanks Prokopenko, great teacher.

@kjempe

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16d

I think I like the last two the most. They are pretty messy though..

Samuel Gariépy

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14d

Very cool exploration of shapes. I think that allowing ourselves to be messy and loose makes us less precious about our lines and overall drawings, giving us the right mindset to explore and discover.