Master study of watts

Drew another Josuke and this one looks a bit better (probably because I'm better at drawing front face). Araki adds a lot of form to the nose and a lot of shading under the eyes. Credit: Hirohiko Araki @Patrick Bosworth @Ben Kraske

I decided to do a study of one of my favorite artist Shigenori Soejima. This is one of his older works, so his art has changed with time, but I think this art piece is interesting, because there is a lot of subtle variations in the line weight through the drawing. I did get carried away however and added some shading too, so I will probably do more studies to focus more on the lines. I also noticed, that my contrast is weaker than the original and that I should have pushed the line weight variation more

I first tried a couple of artists I follow on IG (teatigercafe & pernilleoerum) struggled translating their digital art to graphite pencil but I tried my best to focus on light weight, sizes & values rather than the strokes a digital brush can make rather than pencil. Eliza Ivanova was intimidating but I really enjoy and appreciate her art so it was a challenge to tackle but I think my attempts of her sections of her pieces came out alright so I was pretty chuffed

Drew Josuke from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Credit: Hirohiko Araki

I started this study hating lines with the fury of a thousand suns. But then I discovered the cheat code of squinting. When I couldn't see the individual lines anymore, I felt like I could actually draw! Being able to draw a recognizable face feels like performing a miracle. I don't want to stop now!

This was a super fun and rewarding assignment. I can’t believe the progress I’m making and seeing my drawings come alive due to differences in line weight has really opened my eyes. The proportions are a bit off on both (face or body too wide), but the lines I’m proud of. Both originals are from Eliza Ivanova whose style I love. Thanks Stan for recommending her work! For the future I would like to try some other artists’ work so I can try different styles.

I did master studies for Glen Keane, Rembrandt, and Kamome Shirahama with varying degrees of success. I did the Glen Keane ones before watching the demos and the others after watching them. Feedback is always appreciated.

First of the Roberto de la torro master studies. As a level 1 student less than a month in to drawing anything I found it really hard (but fun!). It was really hard to not just copy. But I tried to notice where different lines were used and what their purpose was (scratchy lines and some hatching on materials, deep blacks and heavy weight for shadow, some really neat entirely omitted lines for light (RHS join / gap between bottom of hair and hood collar) Really amazing what can be done with just lines. Proportions off - I actually find it hard to identify the eyes even on the real drawing (Conan too). I'll attempt the other later 2b Pencil blunted but found it simpler with a flat edge to construct thicker lines but perhaps should have changed that. Lesson learned. Also went over in 4b and 6 b in a few places. I like the LHS hair effect but it's not related to the picture which is just jet black in ink! So perhaps should have omitted. Finding I can taper lines well normally too, but could have done a better job here. Critique /tips for a complete beginner welcome!

Masters David Malan and Leonardo da Vinci provided guidance by examples.

I did 3 Frazettas, and one Frank Miller (the cover of Ronin). For each you'll see my initial graphite version (2H pencil), then the inked version (Pigma Micron and Brush), then the original. The Ronin piece took the longest, something like 5-6 hours. I went ahead and did the shading even though the assignment said not to -- I felt like there was enough other line weight variation going on in these already. Let me know what you think, and what I could improve! Thanks!

Despite my best efforts I find I have very little time to focus without interruptions. But with that little time, I had a go at Glen Keane’s Tarzan! I know it has imperfections, I did it way too fast but I had fun! I think I really love curvy drawings like this with many angles. I also find them much easier to draw. i also tried drawing a portrait of Gibson, but I didn’t finish it cause I haven’t yet studied portraiture and the proportions were hard to get right, I lost patience :( Bonus are just some unrelated birds - from a reference photo.

I was way in over my head tbh. Drew Struzan, Marilyn Blue. Started off sketching and then lining over in a new layer.

2nd Try Larry David (from David Malan). Made the face too wide on his left side - guess I freehanded that side instead of measuring.

Tried doing it with Akira Toriyama and Mike Mignola, did a few small ones instead of trying anything big, its really fascinating to look at their art with new eyes after seeing them for so long. Tried my best but my line quality is still a bit wobbly and inconsistent, but I feel like I learned from doing it... I think!

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