This one is Frank Thomas. What a legend.

Unfortunately I couldn’t find the name of the animator but it’s from Disney’s “Lady and the Tramp”. Frank Thomas was the animation director and did some of the characters but I’m not sure if he did this particular one. If anybody knows please tell me :) I love the line work. Mine is not quite as smooth as the original

So, I went overboard a little bit .... I did 4 art studies from different manga one-shots with art styles that caught my eye, GIVE ME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND TIPS !!!! (btw this is my first time drawing a face and I can say that Im happy with what I did, even though I can see some areas that I could improve in)

My second attempt at the line master study’s. I would say I have improved since my previous attempt and I also recognise my progress, although I am still not satisfied with my results. I invested in some news print and conte 1710 charcoal pencils a few days ago but the majority of my drawings are in graphite. I still feel way more comfortable with graphite and have had a rough start with the charcoal pencils. A critique I would give myself is to work on how much pressure I apply to my pencil, ESPECIALLY with the charcoal pencils. Compared to the reference (last drawing) my lines are on average to dark and also less confident. Nonetheless I improved, and will definitely stay at this project a bit longer. critiques are more than welcome.

I did a Toriyama line master study. And inked it.

I didn't had a specific artist for line work, but browsing through the references the sketches by David Malan caught my eye for his line work. I chose this because of how mesmerizing it has to see the convention of light thin kind of invisible lines on the light points on the glasses vs the dark thick lines on the shadows. also the amount of details felt like a challenge. Overall I learned a lot and even did an after analysis of the points of dark vs light and thin vs thick and I can definitely see the correlation and understand why he chose those lines for this sketch. Open for feedback!

This one was SUPER interesting! I tried to study Hayao Miyazaki and James Harren, my thoughts are that even thou Miyazaki's style seems simple, it's not easy at all, my conclusion is that he bases heavily on intuition and interesting form. I think that over the years he acquired a very refined, sophisticated organic way of drawing that is tricky to copy, as it seems he just goes at it. I think only duck like creatures got me a little bit closer. It was when I stopped trying to copy the line and focused more on feeling I want to achieve. On the other hand James Harren was very satisfying to copy and my impression is that such styles allows a beginner (like me) to hide some of mistakes and still have a pretty decent outcome. Would be very interested in hearing your thoughts.

A study on Juan Guarnido. Different medium but I tried to replicate what he's doing.

Shifting to digital.... So yeah this project helped me very much to familiarize with digital medium because it was very overwhelming at first and could not get that paper drawing feel.... These are studies are of masters shown in demo - jeff watts (skull) and Roberto De La Torre (inking kne)... Will be finding few more and will be doing few more of these... Any critique or suggestion is very much appreciated or any advice regarding digital tools be it be brushes or software... I used hipaint for these skull ones are done primarily with the apps basic hb and 4b pencil while inking one is done with fountain pen in app...

A study on Jack Kirby.

This was my first time doing master studies. They can be very challenging, especially as my arm/line control isn't quite there yet, but also very informative. They give you perspective on what techniques are possible, and experience practicing them. In particular, the Jeff Watts bone sketch I referenced really challenged me to use a wide range of lines (thickness, value, edge). One funny thing was that it was so difficult that I had a "scratch paper" right next to my sketch to practice certain lines while drawing. (Shown in pic. 5) Overall though, I really enjoyed it. Source: The first master study was based on the "3 Epic Sketchbook Tours with Jeff Watts" video on Proko (Timestamp at 6:58: https://youtu.be/rcXULV7G9ZU?feature=shared&t=418) And the second was based on the "Audrey Hepburn drawing" video by David Malan. (Timestamp at 12:55. Link: https://youtu.be/BxDn_atsYrM?feature=shared&t=775)

Does anyone have any recommendations for good sci fi pencil artists to study?

After watching Stan’s Critique video I decided to go back and do a completed version of the Bernie Wrightson skull study. This time focusing on one piece instead of multiple I found was much more beneficial for my line. The most useful thing I got from this study was I discovered I could do much more with my graphite pencil than I originally thought and used a big range of strokes on this study.

As I studied Norman Rockwell and his pencil portraits and sketches, in order to replicate I had to get comfortable with drawing human faces. It took a lot of time (to begin) to learn faces, but couldn’t be avoided as the very early work continued to look silly. Never the less, I observed the following: 1) strong use of broad range of line value while still quite simple with often just 3 or 5 values used. 2) Very few linear lines used except on inanimate objects. 3) Very little use of contiguous lines; rather, strong use of line width variation to show surface curvature , shadow and depth 4) Simple - no extra lines. Well placed sketch lines stay. 5) Broad use of varying pencils and white overlays/highlights on lips, ears, tip of nose. 6) Every line delivers on multiple functions giving form, flow and emotion.

Here are my line studies of Bernie Wrightson. I settled on Bernie because of his use of line weight to indicate light and shadow. I love the illusion of depth on these pieces as the lines get thicker and bigger the farther away from the light they are so I tried to capture that. I tried my bets to ignore the anatomical and shadow shapes and focus purely on the lines. My understanding improved as I moved on to the skull and standing figure but I think I may have started copying at some points in the face since it was my first attempt. I also tried to ignore my personal taste for style during this project since it’s more about how the use of line makes these pieces interesting and not meant as something to develop my personal style since I am still a beginner. If anyone has any tips on how to properly study masters to better my skills without becoming distracted by the spectacle of their style and just start copying the piece instead I would really appreciate it.

I was browsing the web in preparation for the master study assignment, and came across the awesome Toh-Yasu. In restrospect I might have been better off picking something that required less measuring, to allow more time for rendering. I tried to limit the time spent, but ended up around the 2-3 hour mark still. Also, I took this opportunity to do an experiment with shading a paper using coffee, which was surprisingly fun to do. Hence the darker paper. Oh, and another think I might do differently next time trying something like this is to draw larger. Failing to utilize the entire page made it hard to measure and get the details right.

I studied sketches by John Singer Sargent, Paul Cézanne, and Edgar Degas. It was really fun to sketch all three while trying to figure out how they used lines. Please feel free to critique!

I am a huge admirer of Caspar David Friedrich but never seen any of his sketches. I found them really tricky to imitate as there don't appear to be any searching lines or insights how these were constructed... I also struggle to fully understand some of the decisions about the thick lines. Especially in the hat, not sure why they need the emphasis, unless there was no specific reasoning as it was just a sketch?