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I love the line work by Bernie Wrigntson, the way he varies between hatching that follow the form and hatching that follows the rhythm/gesture. How he uses thin lines in the light and indicate texture, and in the shadows he uses think lines/shapes in a more abstract way.
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In this new project, you'll practice to improve your line quality by doing master studies!
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Pick a master drawing you find amazing and study it, focusing on the artist's use of lines. A big part of this project is about taking some time exploring different artists to figure out what you like.
Select artists you admire, do multiple small studies, and focus on studying the lines. Ignore any shading.
Don’t forget to share your drawings! Include the original master drawing and make sure to credit the artist.
Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is May 11th 2023.
I tried to copy Dave Malan i think I get a bit of his Lines but I obviusly have problems with anatomy (my Amelia is more similar to sanji 🥲) please help me (when I will complete all the lessons i will pass to human body anatomy)
Line master study after Dave Malan.
Learnt a good amount from this, will try to apply what I learnt on another portrait drawing to properly internalise what I learnt.
Nice work... I can tell you hung in there and it paid off. Thanks for sharing beautiful work.
Finished! I went beyond the assignment because I was having a lot of fun with this drawing, but I'll likely do another 1 or 2 that stay within the spirit of the assignment more. After Rembert Montald
I very much struggled on this assignment. 1 in finding an inspirational study and 2 executing what I I understand the assignment to be. I decided to follow some tattoo artists since there work depends a lot on line quality. I tried to be deliberate iny line weight. Using thicker lines in places of shadow. Please any feedback is welcomed.
The frog gave me trouble. I think overall everything it came out decent. I even did an observation of a table I was looking at.
Went deep into this one. I noticed I really love the look and feel of charcoal and fountain pen ink. Here are a few studies. The last one (the tree) is an original by me where I followed a tutorial by Marc Kompaneyets. I chose my own tree but followed his method. Now I'll continue drawing. Hope you enjoy!
First attempt at master study, mine is on the left. Could not find the name of the artist on the right.
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This is a great study 👍 You will learn so much from master studies like this. The original artist must have been an animator because his marks have so much energy and expression.
Milt Khal is an animator you might like. He’s a really good one to study. He’s drawn characters similar to the one in your study-
My first ever master study!!! I had a lot of fun doing this. The beautiful art that I studied is from Eliza Ivanova.
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Wow! What a great little frog. It would be cool to see you integrate some of those fat smudges that Eliza uses in her process.
Other than that, what you have is amazing. The lineart looks very well measured.
Pretty Happy with how this one turned out, though im not sure if i did the assingment 100% correctly in focusing on the lines over the whole general drawing itself. Still happy with it though :D
Artist is Mateus Santolouco
Did a David Hockney and Fernando Botero, because drawn to the flowing shapes. Btw didn’t spend time on the Botero character’s face, since that wasn’t my focus for that study. Hockney lines were quite subtle and Botero’s was more perspective focused. Enjoyed doing this!
This was a very fun assignment! I was already over the intent time wise, but I might go back and keep working on it because it was very enjoyable. I'd also like to hyper focus on smaller areas so I can really focus on the lines. With the foreground hand there's good opportunity to really get into line weight when I revisit this too!
After Rembert Montald -
First line master study! I chose Dave Malan and looked at their pencil portraiture drawings.
My takeaways:
- detailed and subtle use of line weight brings attention focal points (the eyes, nose, and mouth of the portrait)
- gestural lines are used frequently in non-focal points (hair, fur, ear) to suggest shapes or direction, contrasting well with the focal points
- hatching lines clarify the presence of planes, with dark values indicating shadows, and light values either suggesting light direction or form
This was challenging but a good learning experience!
I definitely want to do more of these (I am particularly interested in inkers and comic artists). I'll be sure to post them here when I get around to it!
Was it your intention to change the facial expression or was it accidental? If accidental, do you know why it happened?
First attempts (before watching the demo) and references. Focusing on getting the line placement correct makes it harder to keep the line quality good. :')
With pen, I'm thinking I should just use a larger nib for thicker lines instead of trying to construct them, because I end up getting tense and losing the energy of the line whenever I try to go over it again...
Referenced artists are Arthur Rackham, Glen Keane, and CLAMP.
A second master study as a refresher and it was a lot of fun. Messy but fun. Original art by Marcelo Vignali!
I made a couple of studies! I plan to do another one of a more detailed piece in the near future. This was very fascinating. I focused on picking the fitting tools and understand them a bit more.
My first one is a concept sketch from "How to train your dragon". I spent a good amount of time getting the hang of angling my pencil to get the softer wider strokes and it was very cool to get the hang of!
Secondly I tried a digital one of a different concept sketch from the same movie. I went with a light pencil sketch and then a more "inked" feel. I love the chonky lines and the roughness,
I did get lost in it and added shading, oops. I will do some more as these were both fun and educational!
original credits:
Forbidden Friendship by Chris Sanders
Gronckle sketch by Morgan Kelly
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These are excellent references to study from. Looks like you had fun with this!
Hello everybody! My name is Igor, I am 36 years old. I'm learning to draw and taking this wonderful course. This is my first job, which I share here. On my own, I want to say a big thank you Stan for such a cool course. Drawing inspires me a lot now. I wish everyone to enjoy drawing as much as possible.
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Right on, Igor! Keep going!
I could use some help on lay in, and maybe we'll get to this when we get to shapes, proportions, etc, but I try to do the rough laying, but once I start in with darker, more final lines I nearly immediately see how off my initial lay in is.
Here is a study of Jim Lee's batman. I took a picture of the hand when I got to it to show how far off I was. Zoom in on the left hand of the in progress picture and you can see how far I'm off. I was similarly off on the head.
Is this just a practice thing?
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I think that looks pretty dang good!
And yes, like most things in art, part of it is a practice thing. But knowing what to practice is just as important. Jim Lee is a master of the comic form, and there are a lot of subtle things he is doing in terms of anatomy, and more importantly gesture.
See how Batman's left leg is arching, as if he is pushing forward into his other leg? Notice how Batman's chest is puffed up, and his back is also arched, which he further emphasized by putting the bat logo so high on his chest. These contrasting flows of energy, combined with Batman's cape gives an otherwise static pose a lot of energy. The shadow and muscles further work to enhance this feeling.
Learning to see gestural and anatomical ideas will help take your work to the next level, as you'l start to see them. This is where the looseness in the laying is really helpful. By being loose, and not worrying too much, you can find these ideas, and only then go in for the finish.
But like I said, I think your drawing is really solid.
