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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!
hello! Here are my pre and post demo drawings. I was surprised how much I had unconsciously changed the VR character’s pose, I totally lost the gesture until watching the demo! The hand gave me the most trouble, so I drew it twice after the demo (and ran out of my blue erase pencil lol). I think the drawings pre demo are much closer to what you could say is “finished”, but the simplified drawings have much more life to them. Feedback always appreciated!
Just a penguin this time, I think I copied too much with the details but happy with the initial sketch.
Would love some feedback. :)
Excited to try the imagination assignment.
After demo. I see that the energy of the neck and head should go more towards the right.
The hand was tough to get right. I also struggle with keeping it a certain size. I intended to make both drawing on the same page and even with trying to measure things I ran out of space for her head. Probably both a symptom of struggling with proportions but hey thats learning
I drew the Penguin again, after i felt in the shapes exercise I felt I wasn't accurately drawing the hippo and chicken in terms of proportions. I think i drew the penguin accurately, though maybe it is a bit fatter compared to the picture.
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This style of loose sketching helps make obtaining proportions more approachable, since you can use loose and non-committal basic shapes to help as guides before you commit to any exact placements. With the penguin just as an example, using ovals to start placing the size of the body and the head gives you a good idea of how the final drawing's proportions will turn out, and allows you to modify as needed before you start. So it's a good method to keep in use for basically anything going forward :)
I made some with brush pen and it was fun, and the most complex I made again with pencil. Fail the hand both times in the same part, the proportions.
An attempt on the VR lady, I messed up the arm placement and head size but idles still believable
I found the hand difficult. Drawing the circle was surprisingly difficult. Drawing two circles that look like one fits in the other is hard enough, but doing it with the circle tilted made it even harder. I'm excited what the demo has to say about these parts
hey, here are my first try on these three drawings before watching the demo. Overall I am quite happy with them. I know proportion is a little off on all of them. Please leave any comments and critiques
Howdy, all. Here are my submissions for this assignment! The ones in black graphite were done before watching the demo and critiques, and the ones in blue, after. I also tried using the lessons learned in drawing a part of a really cool comic panel, and I honestly think it came out pretty alright given we were trying to use searching lines and confident strokes. I've attached the reference for it as well, so you can see for yourself what I was going for. Obviously, a long way to go, but the tips like using red or blue graphite for sketching, and focusing on capturing the...Energy? Of the drawing, rather than focusing on getting it down perfect really helped. It helps combat the perfectionist streak inside all of us, I think. As always, any critique and advice is welcomed; catch y'all later!
Here‘s my attempt at sketching from observation. I messed up proportions for part of the hand pretty badly, and had to correct it. My searching lines look quite lost in some places and making confident lines is still a work in progress. I was intimidated by VR girl at first and am quite happy that she turned out recognizable. Overall I had fun doing this project and abstracting images to simple lines and shapes is starting to make me see things in a different way, which I really like and find very helpful already.
Another attempt at the vr girl. It might sound like an oxymoron but feel like I can’t get to sketch “cleanly”. And it also feels like somethings off. Any tips are appreciated.
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Looking at your lines you seem to be working pretty tightly. Are you holding your pencil with a tripod grip or an overhand grip? With a tripod grip it's easier to revert to using just your wrist to draw instead of using at least your elbow, ideally your whole arm to draw.
Try to use longer strokes to "draw through" and find connections between different forms in the drawing. Using overhand grip with your whole arm helps when making longer strokes. It may feel strange at first especially if you're used to working with more control, but it's okay to make multiple long lines in order to find the right one. Just keep your searching lines light. Keeping them light will help you get a clean-looking sketch because once you find the right lines, you'll darken them, letting the other lines fade to the back.
Take your time and go at a pace where you can think about each line that you put down. You have a good eye for proportions so don't be afraid to loosen up a bit!
