Project - Simple Animal Portraits
Project - Simple Animal Portraits
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Being limited to 10 shapes or less was tough. You had to think intently about what to include or exclude.
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ASSIGNMENTS

Deadline: Submit your assignments by 06/15/2023 for a chance to be featured in the next critique video!

Level 1:
Create animal portraits using basic shapes. Try to simplify the animal using 10 shapes or less. Keep your shapes organic and simple. Simple shapes could be stretched, bloated, indented, or curved to capture personality. Don't worry about perfect proportions. Instead, focus on creating cool, simple designs. No details or shading! Use the three reference photos I provided and find 5 to 10 more.

Level 2:
Take Level 1 assignment and push them further. Play with your basic shapes and size relationships to give the animals different personalities. Don't hesitate to experiment and look for additional references to understand your subject better. Now, go have fun!

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I enjoyed doing this assignment, even though I found it quite tricky as I was trying not to overcomplicate the shapes, which I think I achieved. Keeping to proportions as well as much as possible. On some of the later animal drawings I attempted to do some line weight and overlapping, to show which forms were in front, I think it came out okay though I can see I need to do more work on line weight and overlapping doing this to understand where exactly is good to put them. I was quite happy with how the turtle turned out, I think I managed to achieve good line flow on that drawing. If anyone has any feedback or advice it would be much appreciated.
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