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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!
Mixed on this. Felt I was too stiff and focused on good lines, plus accuracy, but also managed to simplify and have interesting shapes. So I guess that's good haha
My lines are definitely shaky, but I feel pretty good about the shape choices. Mostly.
To be honest, I had to first pick up a few simpler animals (more primitive ones) to even start "seeing" the shapes (pictures included). Then I did the assignment. It was very insightful.
This one was cool. Simplifying shapes is definitely something I don't have a lot of experience with.
So here's my attempt to make this project/exercise. I feel like I'm not getting the line control too well, but at least I liked how things turned out. If there's anything that I can do to correct myself, I would love to hear your critique. Thanks for reading this post
I ended up doing a lot haha. Mostly level 1 but some level 2. I didn’t have enough space here for all my references. But I had fun. Was a good lesson! (Probably went over 10 shapes at times and failed to fully simplify in all of them it was for sure hard to hold back)
Here are my level 1 attempts at the chicken and hippo.
For the rhino I think the best ones are a, d, and f. For the chicken I think the better ones are b, g, and h.
I think overall I did a better job with the hippo, for the chicken though I'm unsure if the shapes are simple enough. I'd appreciate any pointers or thoughts before trying more animals :)
Here is my level 1 attempt. I tried to keep the shapes simple and hope I at least captured the essence of the lesson
Mixed results for this one. Some I am very happy with. I definitely learned as a I went. I think I would benefit with a bit more observe-and-plan before putting pencil to paper.
All feedback welcome
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Great work, I love how wild some of the chihuahua portraits are! Keep it up!
I had a hard time understanding the big bulk that is on the back of the gorilla, and I guess is hair? But let me know what you think. And I think I overcomplicated the Lv. 1 portraits.
Feels like I didn't played enough with the shapes, what do you think?
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20d
Excellent portraits! I love your level 2 exaggerations, great expressions and shape design!
This was hard, but fun! I tried each animal a few times until I thought they were good enough. I'm proud of the rooster!
