attempt at camel and skull before watching demo. now to watch the demo as i’m curious about simplifying that spine :)

After watching the first demo i tried making more confident lines… off to watch the second demo.

CSI snail and boots

After watching the first demo, I attempted level 2! Although I don't usually have issues with proportions (and for level 1, I didn't use any guidelines), I don't know why it didn't occur to me to try and block out the shapes in order to map everything out. The demo reminded me that I could do that and I think it really helped me get through these. I actually found these ones easier than drawing the boots, though the spinal column of Mr. Skeleton gave me issues, and I decided ultimately to not add the nerves and vessels since I didn't think they added much to the actual structure and were more so details that complicated the drawing. I also did not end up drawing the discs between each vertebrae — I attempted at first, but found that all the lines drew attention away from the face of the skull which is where I wanted the focal point to be. I'd love to hear feedback on these decisions I made though! For the camel—how fun! I loved all the shapes and never knew that camel legs were so thin and knobby-looking! I made some stylistic decisions to add a bit of fur (I thought that doing so helped communicate the texture of the camel without overdoing it) and add the impression of its eyelashes (since I thought that was what I was seeing in its eyes, though I may have been incorrect). Had a lot more confidence in my lines this time around. I really attempted to try and get things in one stroke or break things up if I didn't think I could make it in one stroke. I think the result is quite clean! Using a brush with harder edges compared to my last attempt with softer edges weirdly helped me feel more satisfied with my lines.

Quick snail drawing. I'll update this post with the other drawing prompts.

first attempt on the snail, still feel lack of dexterity to draw a simple clear C or S curve :-(

CSI Snail

My CSI snail assignment.

Man those boots were hard. And going from those to the snail was easier. I definitely sketch a bit and erase to then apply more confident lines.

To keep myself honest, I’m posting these. I had to redo the boots a few times as my brain refused to let go of its own idea of how laces should look and let me just draw what I could see on the paper.

Wow! This is tough. Struggled a lot with this. Here is my first go at the camel, my second go at the snail, and my third go at the boots. Might have a go at captain skull this weekend if I get some time. Its interesting how even in a line that I've done in a big sweeping motion, I still see little insecure wobbles here and there. Practice practice practice.

Harder than it seems! I did this exercise digitally - going to watch the demo now.

Done Digitally, Second time trying this assignment. Feel free to critique.

do we have to cleanup or is it like a rough sketch?

This was difficult to show how the boots had depth to them. That's how I started adding more detail to them than you asked. I will try again. Here is this attempt:

This one was difficult. I did the left boot first and the right boot second. When I was drawing the left boot, I could feel the frustration. The next day, I started back with the right boot, and I felt better drawing from the picture. These aren't my typical go-to things to draw so it definitely stretched my exposure.

The boots are tough and I feel like I wasn't very confident with the lines. I will try the boots again after watching the demo because I want to see how I can improve them.

Here's my snail sketch, I gave myself a 10 minute timer so I didn't go to hard into the details - simplifying is hard.

My drawings before the demo vid! The boots were very hard to draw 😓 Critiques welcomed ❤️