My master studies. After watching the demos, I should have focused more on trying to do the specific strokes to get lines (rather than constructing lines), but I found it challenging to do that with pencil. And hands are hard!

Decided to do a line study of David Finch's moon knight

It was really interesting trying to follow other artist's trails of lines, figuring out which ones are deliberate and which ones are trademark mannerisms. At some points I stopped and wrote down some thoughts I had during the process, to learn what makes the image. 1. Karl Kopinski, Hellboy sketch. The most complex to decipher because Kopinski mixes all three main types of line weight organisation to serve the dynamic impression. I can see strong foreground lines, but also some emphasis on light and shadow. There are a lot of drapery lines that serve the movement in the very dynamic pose of the character. There are basically no soft C or S lines, everything is broken up in angular, energetic strokes. 2. Alvaro Tapia, a troll from Trudvang Chronicles. Clear difference between foreground and the rest, obvious organisation of line after depth. But this is balanced with a very strong hierarchy of importance, where conceptual stuff like the troll's jewelry, trinkets and weird body shape. There are dofter C and S curves to differentiate between soft hair and arm muscles and the more sharp bony protrusions. I played Trudvang, a wonderful Swedish tabletop RPG ten years ago. The art in the RPG books is fantastic (this is how I also found Paul Bonner!) - and I immediately fell for Alvaro Tapia's sketches, especially his trolls. 3. Gustave Dore, Puss in Boots. Strong communication of depth in line weights, it looks a bit like a theatre stage. Interestingly, there is also some emphasis on foliage in the background of the subject (the cat). Clear distinction between foreground, middle ground and the city in the distance. I noted that the figure in the reeds had a larger emphasis on the eyes, smile and outline of his back than the rest. There is almost a perfect balance of C, S and I lines that fit their respective subjects very well. I love Dore and saw it as a challenge to try understanding one of his engravings as lines.

I had a lot of fun doing these.

Hello everyone. trying to study a portrait by Eliza Ivanova. This is a very interesting and tough exercise :) Got carried away with details and trying to get closer, loosing focus on working on how to replicate the style, which became clear after watching the first demo and looking at how she works on video. So next I'll focus on smaller portions and working closer to the way of the artist. Still very interesting to look into the style and choices.

Hello everyone, I enjoyed this exercise and it helped me a lot to understand certain choices made by artists. Over time, I will try to study other artists and maybe upload them here. I appreciate any kind of feedback. Have a nice day and happy studying!

I’ve drawn some characters I like using references from Pinterest. I really enjoy the ballpoint pen style, but I don’t know many artists who work with it. Do you know anyone I could study?

Two different studies. First study is Matt Groening and the second is Glen Keane. Really enjoyed both of these and I plan on continuing to study them moving forward. My drawing of Homer looks like it comes from one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes. While studying Groening I noticed how he broke Homer into different shapes while combining them to create a sense of movement with the lines. And For Keane, I was amazed at how expressive the lines around the face of Rapunzel were. The way he drew them really makes you focus on the emotional expressions Rapunzel is doing.

Two pages of Master Studies, I did recently. With this I notice 2 things. Is really hard for me to create an uniform thick line as in the reference without loosing the shape and I need to work on my hatching.

Hi, I posted these once before but here they are again: studies after Dave Malan...I'd like to know if i understood the point of the assignment, or at least heading to the right direction...I would appreciate any feedback or tips!

Glen Keane and Eliza Ivanova master studies.. couldn't quite get the hands right, though focused more on following the momentum of the lines

Glen Keane studies...alot of the proportions and specific lines are off but i tried my best to not stress about that. Line work is something i struggle with alot so will be going back to this excersize over and over for sure, if anyone knows suggestions for masters who use very clean, precise lines, I'm open to hearing them. i want to really challenge myself with something neat and light.

My biggest desire for taking this course is to be able to learn how to draw AWESOME COMIC BOOKS the Marvel Way. so, I have been studying the book from David Finch and a few techniques from Ryan Benjamin. In the beginning, I tried to draw a gesture. Daredevil is one of my favorite Marvel Superheroes and he doesn’t get a video game of his own. first, I copied from the book and then I looked up a picture online as a reference to draw from.

I love Al Hirschfeld’s drawings. They are whimsical and full of motion and energy. I added my own lines for the solid black areas. The paper is a little smudged where my hand was resting as I was drawing.

Gibson was tuff. I like this project so much

I did a line study from Glean Keane and then another one by one of my favourite artists on instagram called @ayeoops because I love the way they have messy lines but are pretty simple

Goya „Mirth”

My study of a panel from One Piece by Eiichiro Oda.

These started as a trial doodle on my A3 warm up sheet while I was watching TV. Anyway, yet again based on a van Gogh. My version of Vincent's then a similar type of portrait from my own photos.

Well, here we go. I really like Van Gogh's drawings. What I've done so far is try to copy a van Gogh and then try to draw a similar pose from my own photo.