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In this project, we'll practice organizing line weight in our drawings.
Level 1 - Trace
Trace over the provided linear version of the photo to avoid getting distracted by proportions. Trace it twice, using two different line weight approaches discussed in the last video:
- Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
- Shadows and light direction method - Reference the original photo to identify the shadows.
Note: Don't use the depth and form method yet.
Level 2 - Draw from Observation
Level 2 students, in addition to the tracing exercise, try to trace it again, but imagine the light coming from a different direction IF you’re ready for that.
Then, draw from observation, focusing on line weight. Choose objects around you and draw as many as you'd like. If you draw a landscape with a clear foreground, middleground, and background, you can use the depth approach to line weight.
Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (4/13/2023)
Here is my assignment. First, hierarchy of importance, second shadows and light. As always, constructive criticism is very welcome and appreciated!
My attempts are attached below!
I'm feeling much better about my attempt with the hierarchy of need - but I'd love any and all feedback!
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2d
I think you nailed it! The hierarchy looks perfect. You did a great job with the light and shadow as well; my advice would be to not be afraid to bring some more thicker lines into the interior of the drawing, like that fold above the rhino's left front leg that's in shadow, and maybe the underside of the horn. Great work!
I did the level 1 exercises, with both hierarchy-of-importance weighting and light-direction weighting. hopefully I did them right :)
I would've done the level 2 exercises, but this took quite a bit out of me lol. feedback is GREATLY appreciated
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2d
Solid for the Light & Shadow! The Hierarchy one is also off to a good start, though it looks like it's emphasizing Depth more than sorting things by what is most important. Think about the order of what you want the viewer to see -- we typically start with the overall silhouette (the main idea), then we can get into things we're most drawn to, like faces (so the face of the rhino). For that reason, depth does go well with this too, since the face of the rhino is more important than the back part of the rhino, but I think you can still accentuate some important parts inside the rhino's face to communicate the idea of Hierarchy of Importance more :)
Pretty happy with my hierarchy of importance rhino. Struggled with conveying the lighting that I saw in the shadows one though. Really only began understanding how important thickness was like halfway through the project lol. Very happy with everything I learned though. Any advice is appreciated!
Hello everyone!
I would love a critique on these!
For some context. The first rhino is the level 1 light, the next three rhinos are the hierarchy of importance. I had a hard time at first and still think that I pushed the thick lines too thick.
The pea shooteresque drawings are itterations on lighting and hierarchy of importance. Here I also think I made the lines too thick. I also noticed some weird wobbles that I don't experience when drawing traditionally so I increased the stabilizer a tad. not much but I think it's much better.
I do tend to go too quickly and my brain not being able to catch up. It's a bad habit of mine that is really hard to shake off. I drew like this for about 7 years.
Even though I spoke quite critically of my exercises I think that I have come quite far in such a short amount of time and I am really hyped to keep going and some day start this course over and being able to absorb more of what stan means. I do believe that at the moment I am not able to absorb everything he says and I don't think that would be good. I am a beginner and doing the beginner stuff is my "job" right now.
Thank you and have a great day!
My rhinos, left is by hierarchy of importance and right is by light and shadow. Overall a fun excercise, I thought I was really pushing the contrast but after watching Stan's demo I think I should've gone even harder with the contrast. Overall I'm a fan of more comic-y, cartoon-y looks in general
Before and after the demo. First is observation (no printer), second is traced from the first.
I'd like to think I did decently well on my first try, although looking at everyone else's work makes me feel a little inadequate lol. I think I'm still too scared to really push myself into making darker lines, and I feel that I'm drawn to even out my line weight to be uniform with the rest of the lines a bit too much as a result. When drawing from observation, I think I was able to be a bit more bold with how heavy I made the lines, but the weight also feels a bit too inconsistent and looks unnatural because I went a little too far in places.
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9d
Definitely don't be afraid to push your lines more! If you're drawing it with the light source hitting the rhino's back, I'd encourage you to darken the lines around the horn, chest and front legs of it. I think you could lighten the lines on the back, where the light would be hitting it straight on, since all of those lines right now are a pretty similar weight. Nice work on your first try! Take a look at the demo when you're ready, I think it'll be helpful with understanding where and why to make your lines heavier or lighter. Keep it up!
In my first past I think I got the basic idea down okay, and watching Stan's demos really helped me grasp some of the nuances of this kind of work. I definitely needed to us a wider spectrum of line weight than I did initially, but it was easy to make those improvements after the demos. I can see how this kind of thinking will be more important as I draw more.
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9d
Very nicely done, great work applying the concepts from the demos to your work!
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11d
I really like the contrast you have in line weights! The Light & Shadow one looks like solid work, nice job! The Hierarchy has a really nice showcase of depth, so if you're organizing line weights by depth (like in the next video), this is a really good example. Organizing by Hierarchy refers to what is most important for viewers to see at first, like the entire silhouette of the rhino, for a clear first impression. It can start with the thickest outline for the outside silhouette, then the 2nd and third most important details inside the silhouette can use a middle weight line. And finally, the least important details will be in a fine line. Give it a try and see how it goes! It's always great to have different tools in your artistic toolkit :)
Im pretty happy with my Hierarchy of importance rhino but not so sure about the shadows one.
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9d
Nice work, you nailed the hierarchy of importance! For the shadows, I can tell you're identifying where the lines should be darker to represent shadows, but I think you could still find some more parts of the rhino in shadow that could use some thicker, darker lines. The head and front legs especially are almost entirely in shadow, and could use heavier lines to represent that. The parts of the rhino that are directly in light should be lines with the lightest weight. In the demo, Stan uses thick lines with a lighter value than the darkest shadows, that might help with adding some more dynamic weight throughout. Keep up the great work!
Attempt at level 1 in digital format!
What do you guys think?
Really awsome exercise :)
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16d
I think you nailed it!
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16d
Nicely done, the Hierarchy of Importance rhino gives a great illusion of depth as well!
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17d
Good stuff! It might be interesting to build up your lines in some areas with multiple passes, to get the line weights a bit more dynamic! Nice job! :)
Focusing on the practice of each drawing component rather than perfection. (Printer is out of ink).
Very fun using different line weights to distinguish important features and image depth.
My first two attempts: Hierarchy and Shadows. Every new project seems like it'll be easier than the last, but somehow, it always turns out to be even more challenging. Haha.
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17d
Excellent line weight on these, especially the shadow and light one, it's very clear! Great work!
couldn't print light lines on my printer so drew the Rhino out. this is the Hierarchy of importance part for me
I thought I always did this - when i checked old sketches nope not even close! Super lesson, its the simple things etc, and great to take the general idea forward now.
I drew the rhino rather than trace, eye is a bit weird.
As is my 3rd fox but it was getting late :D
