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Use the three reference images of clean line drawings and sketch them using simple loose lines. Don't try to match the cleanliness of these drawings. Instead, sketch them out with energetic, tapered strokes. Don't hesitate. Just practice moving your arm with confidence. If you draw some lines and then you realize that, Oh, shoot, I need to curve that more. Go ahead and just draw the new curve right over it. As you get more confident that you've found the shape, you can darken those lines and the lighter lines start to disappear. Focus on the big idea and the shapes the lines represent, rather than on each individual line.
For you, Level 2 monster trucks, I want you to start with this Level 1 project as a warmup, and then head over to the Learning to Sketch from Imagination project page for your instructions.
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.
Good luck and please have some fun!
Well, I thought this one with all the detail would be a real pain, but it was actually fun
I really struggled with the hand. On my first penguin, the head proportions were wrong, so I redid just the head.
Here's my first attempts at these. I seemed to have gotten worse as I went on. I felt pretty loose and okay with the penguin. When I got to the VR girl I think I tightened up to much and was focused more on making it look like the drawing, which I didn't even do that well. In my daily drawing I attempted this exercise and it went really badly. So, I'm going to have to practice some more and the demo will probably show me some things I wasn't thinking about. This was fun but difficult.
All critiques are welcome and I appreciate the feedback.
First attempt at this assignment! Looking at the result now, maybe I could have been a bit looser with those sketches 😅
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I think you got the right idea with the penguin and the hand. The VR is the drawing that feels a bit tight to me. It's easy to get stuck on all those details, so you have to call back to the simplify to CSI project and think about ways you can reduce the surface detail and focus on the forms. Overall though I think you did a good job here. Nice work 👍
Used Crayola colored pencils here. Fun and challenging exercises. I’m still a bit away from having loose tapered strokes but these exercises are helping. Great course so far!
Nice job… I feel like the vr girl has the loosest line work which is great. Did you use pen?
I seem to have an issue with sketching as per my first attempt (on the left). I keep rubbing out and trying again over and over so it ended up being another line drawing which doesn't match the brief.
I tried again in red pencil and forced myself to be more freeing with my arm and also stopped myself from using the eraser completely. Then did a quick pencil line afterwards over the red. Total rush job but I definitely has way more fun the second time. I'm going to try the other 2 images next in the same way a few times over and see if I can improve.
I struggle with the same thing… being free with the arm and elbow. I like what you did here. Good job!
I tried drawing out a very light sketching of the “envelope” first, then drew the outline and details. I got some of the proportions (very) wrong 😂, like the beak, the eye, the back, but I’m quite happy with the outcome.
One thing I noticed that I struggle a lot in all the projects/practices, is that I don’t know where to start, even for the envelope sketching stage. Somehow I feel like the first line determines the right proportion of the overall drawing, and getting the proportion right is my current biggest struggle.
Gonna try the spider hand next!
Just finished watching the demo video, I think it answered my question about readjusting my sketching along the way, and also some other problems I mentioned in my own sketches.
but I also noticed I wasn’t really “sketching”? I think I turned out to be kinda “redrawing” all the images instead of keeping it as sketching. Like, in the demo video, I feel like his final sketches were kind of like in between my “light” and “final” sketch. I’m thinking if it was because, like he mentioned, that I was trying to “redraw the lines” from the references, instead of bringing out the ideas to my canvas.
I think this is something I need to improve, but I also find it a bit difficult for me to get into that “in between”. Or is my sketching ok? (For context, my goal is mainly to be a digital artist)
Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
I can’t seem to get the proportion right. Another thing I noticed is that, when I draw out the actual outline, sometimes I tend to not follow my first light “envelope” sketching (like I readjust the proper outlines instead of following my light outline sketching). I’m not sure if this is a bad habit? When I was drawing the “envelope” light sketching, I was thinking more of “ok this is roughly where things should go to ensure the proportion is about right”. So when I draw out the actual outline, I make adjustments if anything doesn’t seem right.
I’ve attached one clean sketch, and one with my envelope light sketch underneath for your reference. You can see that for certain areas, my actual sketch isn’t really following the light sketch.
I’m just wondering if I should be more precise with my envelope light sketching moving forward?
Before watching the demo/critique. Still struggling with clean lines and keeping proportions/scale so not so happy with this.
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Nice work! It'll take time and practice, but making clean lines and getting proportions accurate will come more easily each time you draw! Remember to sketch lightly as you're searching for the right line, and also use the ghosting technique (going through the motion of a stroke before you actually draw it). Doing those will keep your drawing from getting lost in a lot of pencil marks. Your penguin and hand are looking good, though! Keep up the great work :)
I tried my best. These were my first attempts without the demo and the critiques. Both helped quite a bit.
Felt good about some parts of this but the hand really got me 😅
I do think I'm starting to get a feel for tapering my lines though
