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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!
Really enjoyed this one. I also feel like consciously making an effort for lines and after roughing it out, zooming in to make big sweeping movements from the arm helped a bunch. Cyber Girl tomorrow.
One of my biggest struggles is proportions, I think I tend to hone in on specific areas and fail to align things with the "big picture." Not a fan of how the hand turned out, I probably retried it about three times. Breaking things into shapes definitely has helped, but getting the correct shapes/line lengths has been a challenge for me. Definitely need to work on cleaner lines/longer strokes.
Hello!After watching the demo I think my sketches should have been more loose maybe. Will try again with other subjects.
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I agree with you, I think there are some areas, particularly curves, where you start to use multiple smaller strokes resulting in 'hairy' lines. Working like that naturally causes you to tighten up, so moving forward it might be helpful to practice curves in one stroke. It could be something you warm up with before your next drawing. Keep your lines light; it's okay 'find' the right curve by laying in multiple lines, but the key is to pull each curve with one stroke. It will take a practice to build up the muscle memory, so don't give up :) You have a great eye for proportions looking at your drawings above, so I think you can definitely loosen up a bit.
tried the level 2 version after this but found it too difficult, sketching from imagination feels a bit too much for now
Im really struggling with curves. Especially when I’m drawing with my shoulder. I just can’t seem to get any lines down where and how I want them.
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Keep practicing! You just have to build up that muscle memory, particularly when you're drawing with your shoulders like you mentioned. You can drill curves to get a bunch of reps in quickly. You could try placing 3 dots on a page and attempt to connect them with one curve, and repeat.
Your penguin looks awesome!
some nice curves in here, on the right arm I see some good ones. if you have the setup to rotate the paper that can make it easier at times, curves and lines at certain angles can be tricky
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!
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Really nice work! You picked up some excellent cues from the demo. I LOVE the shape design in your penguin, post demo. I think these all show a great mix of accurate observational drawing, and expressive and gestural sketching. As with everything, it's a balance! You'll find what works best for your process. Keep up the good work, these are looking great!
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!
