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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.
Hello everyone! This is my first post here, though not my first project! :) I haven't been able to dedicate much time to the course until recently, but now that I'm fully diving in, I'd like to be an active part of this community.
This is my "Line Master Study". I chose to replicate some sketches by Toyagogo, the instructor of the Lineweight course on this site. I really love his creativity and drawing style, and I had a lot of fun working on this! :D
Been trying to get back in the swing of things of drawing, I decided to do some panels of Tite Kubo. Definitely wanted to do more but it definitely helped me learn some line quality. Will probably do it some elaborate ones in the future.
Redid this assignment after watching the demo videos, this time studying from Kamome Shirahama's artwork. I evidently still have a long way to go, but this feels like a valuable way to learn. :')
For the first one, I wanted to focus on the lines of the cloak and hat, so I didn't try to recreate the line quality so much in the character's face or hair.
I found this assignment quite daunting, so I tried to really limit myself to small areas to make it feel less overwhelming.
When I have time I'd like to go back and finish the rest of the cloak, and do some more items from the second image.
Any feedback is very much welcome!
Also tried applying some of this to my own original drawing - in retrospect, trying a new style + new medium (brush pen) + new paper (handmade and very bumpy) may have been a bit ambitious lol
Two artists I tried to replicate for this assignment.
Rembrandt
Trying to follow his lines, I could feel the incredible flow and energy behind them. Pulled fast, with force, almost like a trance.
Glen Keane
From a drawing Stan shared in a previous lesson, I loved it so much I had to try. Wrong proportions, but I focused on the lines: quick but deliberate, with some pencil-side shading added in.
Man, I hate to even post this, but I feel like I need to. This was an *attempted* study of Jason Fabok, but I feel like I couldn't get the basic drawing close enough to even think about the line work. I did notice that he tends to use a lot of sharp angles as opposed to smoother curves, and he uses things like crosshatching to add a lot of character to his work, but I spent so long trying to get the basic head proportions right that I couldn't focus on much else, and I just gave up trying to make it better because it was so discouraging. I think I'm going to spend a lot of time on the Shapes section of the course, and maybe I'll come back and try something like this again after I get a little more comfortable. I know my line work is still super rough, but I feel like I can't bring myself to really work on it until the drawings start to look even remotely like what I want them to. Does anybody else have any general advice? Do you all think that sounds like a solid plan?
Yea its easy to get caught up in other drawing aspects of the master study, rather than just the line weight. To avoid the distraction you could either:
1) Just focus on copying the line weights with what you have. Accept that the proportions and shapes may be off but that's ok because the exercise is about getting some line weight ideas from an expert that you can use later .
2) Trace some marks to give you the basic proportions, then copy the line weights from there (don't trace them). That way you can focus on it similar to how it was done for the rhino exercise but with less details to trace.
Its also totally fine to come back after you're more comfortable with shapes and proportions. The skills in each chapter do help each other but they are also distinct and aren't prerequisites for each other.
I hope this helps.
Master study of a frog by Eliza Ivanova with a 4B pencil. This was challenging. I feel as though I still struggle with maintaining a steady hand. Feedback welcome.
Master Study of a bunny from Preston Blair's animation book (1st ed.). The second image shows the progress from rough layout to final.
I'm excited to move on to the next chapter, but I plan to review this chapter's demos and critiques first (to see what I've missed and want to retry beforehand).
Okay this is something i approached with alot of excitement and even though i struggled i still had fun and im happy i at least understand my weakness abit better regarding how much i need to work on more loose curves and get a better understanding of hatching.
Ill probably give this another ago down the line.
https://www.frazettamuseum.com/cdn/shop/products/horror5.jpg?v=1663264774&width=1500
tried to do the arms. Frazetta just beat my ass.
https://www.frazettagirls.com/pages/frazetta-pencils-gallery?srsltid=AfmBOoqn1Ko4RPUBMUaLU_y7SeanYzP4xgTk5VABMmLCBSWDBos47OnX#gallery-35
tried to do the hands of the zombie.
Frazetta.
I did this master studies of drawings of Charles Gibson and Roberto De La Torre freehand with ink pens as I really love to draw with ink. My focus point was to understand hair and hair flow better. Both studies were super interesting (Gibson's was super humbling lol) and I feel I gained some better understanding globally about hair and fur in general.
I think this is the first time I have done a master study and found it fun, frustrating and educational in pretty equal measure. Definitely had varying degrees of success on each one. I lack the skills to accurately measure and copy exactly what I am seeing so that caused some frustration but I still learnt a lot and took quite a few notes so certainly count it as a success.
All images taken from the artists instagram accounts Ben Elben (ben_eblen_design) Rob De La Torre (robert0delatorre) and Peter Han (peterhanstyle)
I think you did a great job! Your line weight is very good. Don't worry top much about the proportions being fully right on this. You clearly have a good enough grasp of proportions for it to look close-ish to the reference so it doesn't interfere with you studying the lines. The main focus is really the lines here so if they proportions are off it doesn't really matter unless it's a huge difference that makes it too difficult to copy the lines. The only thing that I can give some actual critique on is that some of your lines lack a bit of confidence to me. Mostly on the two drawings based on Peter Han and Ben Eblen. But you are really getting there, because there are some good confident lines in there too :)
I really struggle with master studies and I hope it's ok to ask for some advice.
It seems that more so than drawing from life or a reference photo, I struggle with the pressure of making a "good drawing" when I do a master study. Even though I know the point is to learn, I start out feeling inspired and then quickly go to intimidated. Do other artists have similar experiences? Is there something that helped?
I did two studies below but stopped part way through. I did take some notes, though, on things I observed and I think I'll try again after watching the demos.
First study is Alphone Mucha (from his sketchbook) and the second is Iain McCaig (concept art for Star Wars prequels).
Love the two masters you chose, they aren't the easiest to study but you did great !
The fact that you took time afterwards to analyse with notes is something I think helps understanding the process better. Also regarding master studies, in order to be more at ease and even have fun with these, I don't try to copy perfectly and only focus on a small part of the artwork I chose to study. I also like to choose one point I really like, for example how one particular artist does eyes and focus on that. Hope it helps !
I gave Peter Han's heron and David Malan's sketch portrait of a woman a try. I came into this knowing I'm a complete novice and even still it was a very humbling experience attempting to draw a human face. Still though, I love how Malan uses free-floating lines to suggest hair. Seeing how well others are drawing in these assignment submissions is motivating. I hope I can reach their level one day.
Did this assignment on my fav video game artist Yoji Shinkawa. I found his lines very interesting. I felt they were used strategically to really push out forms and then letting the less line heavy areas "fill out" the remaining details if that makes sense, like in the bounds of the hair for example. Lots of angular lines also. Things went off the rails a bit the lower down into the face I got.
