Project - Organizing Line Weight

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Project - Organizing Line Weight

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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:

  1. Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
  2. 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)

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Antonio Santiago
I feel like I didnt do the shadows and light version very well but I did like my hierarchy of importance version. Ill watch the demo and see where I failed
@lstr
3d
Redid level 1 (printing + tracing), since after watching the demos and critique I was left feeling I kind of did it wrong. Old versions on the left, where for some reason I got into the mindset of using 3 very clearly distinct types of line _exclusively_, like even ignoring tapering the strokes and where one type might gradually change into another, and all other subtleties ... which of course would end up looking kind of cartoony and arbitrary. Much happier with the new versions, where I kind of just vibed with it.
Rachel Dawn Owens
The ones on the right are SO good. Perfect
Rynhardt Vuuren
I completed mine digitally, First did the trace then focused on the important shapes, then the direction of light.
Ionuț Irime Nicolae
Is it wrong??I just didn t felt like doing just The contour I m open to feedback and friendships for helping ouț!!!
Ionuț Irime Nicolae
What should I do if I don t have a printer?
@lstr
5d
Level 1. I think I overdid the eye area and nostril in the hierarchy of importance one, since I was trying to stick to three clear weights and thought that "conceptually" those bits were more important than the middle weight, but using the heaviest line emphasized them too much. Leaving it to just the eye itself would have probably been better. Might do the level 2 one using my own lines from observation at some point.
Ionuț Irime Nicolae
You have great observation skills
@jackb
5d
I don’t have a printer so I sketched out an initial drawing lightly and then went back over :)
Melanie Scearce
It turned out awesome! Nice work
@dangerousnor
Light source from below, and hierarchy of importance! Siu
Gara María Carrillo Alonso
Hi guys! Here are my attempts, level 1 with hierarchy of importance method, and level 2!
@dangerousnor
well done!
@sanosuke123
here are my attempts
@fraxls
10d
Here are my attempts for the level 1 assignment: Heavier on Contours: Identifying the shadows:
Gilles Dubuis
Hey, Here goes. I tried to simplify, because not all lines are meaningful (I guess ?). Don't know if that's any good, anyway.
Melanie Scearce
This looks awesome! The simplification is good 👍
Angel Kritikos
Here are my assignments
Rachel Dawn Owens
Lovely
@deadsm
13d
This was fun!
Rachel Dawn Owens
Keep it up!
Bree Bree
13d
Here are my tracing exercises. I did my tracing on Procreate.
@murmur_a
14d
First go at the tracing exercise. Went digital this time.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Lovely
J M
15d
This was hard to do in paper with graphite pencils. For the hierarchy of importance, I felt like it was hard to make the lines any thinner than they were already in the page. The shadow and light version was easier to make the lines look and feel different.
Nivla
16d
Here is my level one assignment. Would love some feedback on the lines for the light and shadow version.
@shadesea
16d
So here is my level one assignment. I am really not sure about how I did, after watching demo I am planning to do level 2. Struggled with line drawing a lot this time and with light and shadows I found a few situations where technically the outline is supposed to be in light, as the shape it attaches to is lit, but it is right at the edge for strong shadow. I am unsure of what to do in these situations. Do I treat these areas as if they are in shadow? In work I attached I did them as if they are in light, but it felt wrong..?
@shadesea
16d
Also, I would like to have some feedback on the quality of my lines and lineweight. I want to know how good or bad they came out, because I really can't feel or understand them...
Carolyn Keough
Enjoyed this assignment. Did it in procreate. Feedback?
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