I found the work of Eliza Ivanova and Claire Wendling stunning, so i choose them. i would loooove some feedback

A study of Kim jung gi, feedback welcome

Hi everyone, these are the studies I did before watching the demos. I did a series of studies of some inking masters, including Alex Pardee, Tsutomu Nihei, Ashley Wood, Heinrich Kley, Frank Frazetta, and Robert De La Torre. Overall, I’m having a hard time clearly identifying the specific approaches they use (except in a few of the pieces I studied). It feels like they work much more freely/loosely than I expected. This is my first time doing studies of this kind, so I’d really appreciate any tips, feedback, or advice on how to improve my studies. Thanks!

Loved this assignment. Chose to do studies of Peter Han's work. I would do an initial pencil drawing and then ink over it. His style is interesting, He blends the use of hierarchy and light to influence his line weight. I struggle to have the confidence he does especially with the thinner lines. I will definitely continue doing these studies. Critique is wanted. Thanks.

Another attempt. This time I had to try the skull after watching the demos and critique. That one was really fun, although I still struggled with the lines. Still tried to get it done by myself, I didn’t follow along Stans demo. This time I used a 2b and 6b pencil, which I feel gives me a better control on line width and strength. Also first time I really tried to do the over hand grip. That was quite difficult, but I really enjoyed the “flow”

I've almost never drawn human portrait but I wanted to challenge myself so I picked one of portraiture from David Malan. I picked the image below because number 1, she is beautiful. Number 2, I like the way he uses lines. I believe he used 1-hierarchy by importance, 2-shade/light. He uses light thick lines in various places but they don't look busy, rather they are filling up spaces nicely. I tried to do that, but I don't think I was able to replicate the way I hoped. The Woman's face ended up too wide on my drawing too. Any feedback is appreciated.

Albrecht Dürer really has amazing line diversity which I only now realize when studying his work. Before this course I would not dare trying to copy a portrait, let alone this one. But I am gaining confidence through the course, assignments and critique video's. My understanding of line quality is starting to grow. Can't wait for the rest of the course!!

This I will do more, and with different masters because you learn so many different things from each of them. I chose Rien Poortvliet, William Rimmer, Picasso and Raphaël. I tried online searching but I'm no good at that, so I checked my art books. The looseness versus the stricktness in drawing lines was remarkable between the masters. Also the broadness of the strokes, thickness and value are things Iam just starting to learn. Because I am copying them, I feel the different lines when I draw them. That is so different than only observing it .

Did a couple of studies of Mike Mignola, as I've always liked how bold he gets with the shadows. He seems to use pretty uniform line weights throughout, maybe using a fineliner pen, and then hes must be going back in with a brush or marker to put in those big shadows. I think it's pretty neat how much detail he can pack in with this technique. The shadow shapes seem pretty simple until you try to match them! He knows precisely where they need to go to sell the effect. I think I need to spend a few more thousands of hours drawing lines to get any where near as clean with it, but I'm starting to see improvement. I'm still fighting my instinct to scratch in lines instead of being more confident. Also proportions will be an area I will need to spend some extra time on going forward.

I chose some pictures from Glen Keane. First 2 pictures are mine, the other two are my references. I started out using an HB pencil, but finaly switched to 4B (6B for the second drawing). Although I practiced tapered lines as a warmup exercise, I feel like I really struggled with them when finally drawing the images.

This was the most-exciting and most-terrifying assignment yet. My line gurus are inkers, and capturing that gorgeous line variation with a 4B was a huge challenge. Keep stretching, keep improving, I guess…

Good morning everyone, Here is my attempt at a study. looking forward for your comments and feedback 😊

2025/11/16. Good morning everybody. Here's a second attempt I made for this section. The artist I studied is Sung Moomoo. Thanks for any comment or critique.

Here's my first try to the assignment along with some of the masters I choose for this topic, to give any out lookers recommendations. I'm noticing how both artist use medium lines to keep the design simple. With the straw hat in particular I notice how Oda leaves some empty space to give some breathing room to the center of the head, and Toriyama probably uses some worn out inking tool for details like bruises, face wrinkles and dirt. Am I right in my analysis? You think I'm way off? What feedback do you have?

John Singer Sargent was my choice.

My study of the skulls by Jeff Watts.

I tried to do the project before I watched the demo and critique video and -as almost always- I realized that I misunderstood the instructions somewhat after watching them. Anyway, here are my first attempts. I was mainly constructing my lines and I used a ballpoint pen and printer paper. I think it felt less daunting to me this way, cause I wasn't going to achieve the exact lines like this anyway but could just have fun with it. I'm still a beginner and proportions are my weakness still (as well as defaulting to chicken scratching over confident lines) even though I try to compare, somehow it still never turns out how I want but I also struggle to identify where exactly I went wrong.

Here is my exercise from this lesson. The line work is driving me crazy. I hope I can improve with practice.

First master study, Margaret Mee.