Proko - Project - Simplify to CSI

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Project - Simplify to CSI

Stan Prokopenko

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Stan Prokopenko

Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.

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I got a little too precious with the boots once I tried to simplify the laces.

LESSON NOTES

This exercise will help you avoid chicken scratch. Instead of uncertain pecking at the paper. We're going to draw each line with a focused and intentional path. Remember to draw from your shoulder, elbow and wrist. Avoid the fingers. When I tell you guys to simplify your lines, I'm usually referring to three types of lines, two curves and one straight.

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ASSIGNMENTS

Download the photo reference images and try to simplify them using CSI lines. Draw each line with a focused and intentional path.

Your pace should be quick, but not rushed.

For this exercise, we will just consider the individual segments of the contour of a shape.

Same instructions for level one and two. Just a difference in difficulty of reference. The level two photos have more fun little tidbits to tempt you to get into the details, but fight the urge and simplify.

Also, no shading in these please. This is not meant to be a portfolio piece.

CSI
C = C Curves
S = S Curves
I = Straights

If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by February 16th.

@starlearning

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The snail was the only one that i tried that i finished, the others one i couldn't. I will probably find other references so my brain does not give up half way.

Michael Rivera

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Couldn’t get the face to have the slight tilt

Patrick Bosworth

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Really nice job here! I think your overall proportions, and silhouette are pretty close and you used fairly simplified CSI lines, looking good! It does look like your lines are a bit hesitant. They get a bit harry where you've gone over the line a few times to construct it rather than drawing them fluidly from the shoulder. Take a look at these videos on line quality, and try to draw your CSI lines with longer more deliberate stroke to begin with. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work! https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/6-habits-for-good-line-quality https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-confident-lines-the-tapered-stroke

@oliveoil

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Level 1 before and after watching the demo.

Benjamin Gustafsson

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Level 2. I struggled a lot with the camel's face..

Benjamin Gustafsson

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Level 1 done. Now off to Level 2. Feel free to critique, I want to master line work!

Zach McCoy

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Pre-demo. I really got bogged down by the laces, and I felt it kept distracting me from simplifying. I went ahead and drew the snail as well because I thought it was a good opportunity to capture the essence of the assignment before I go back and watch the demos.

You Ji An

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Reattempted the assignment, had fight hard to reduce my tendency to draw too many lines before drawing the final line.

@abracadabs

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Wow, the boots and the camel look great!

Ashira Tokiyama

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Martha Muniz

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Good eye for simplifying down from all the complex detail! I would just recommend trying out more straight lines to balance out all the curves, creating a nice variety of C, S, and I.

Ashira Tokiyama

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@oliveoil

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My first attempt before watching the demo.

Krock

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I drew my first attempt on the Level 1 Snail. I think in the drawing the lines used were much darker compared to what the photo shows, but still I'm happy with it.

@abracadabs

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I think that's the point for this exercise for the lines to be clear and obvious. It looks really nice and clean. Am going from memory but i feel like you did a really good job on the shell proportions and despite the simple, straight lines of the snail's body, i can really sense how it's hanging over the ledge. Nice job!

Olly Hicks

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maaaaaan that was tricky, never drawn boots before . Long way to go but kinda okay with the drawing. Laces were hard but hey ho baby steps.

Martha Muniz

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Looking good! See if you can find more areas that can be simplified into straight lines to balance out the rest of the curves. I think around the heels/soles is a good area to create some of this sharper contrast by using straight 'I' lines.

Kamalesh Balasubramaniyan

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@abracadabs

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Look good! I like how you did the shell and the back of the snail's body, feels like they really capture form instead of just looking flat. The 2 things that jump out at me are, I'm thinking, tricky due to perspective (which I know we haven't gotten to yet), but here's what I see: 1. the center line going up his neck looks more wiggly/jagged then in the photo (i assume from trying to capture the bend in his neck) 2. The lines for his antennae aren't quite at the right angle. You could try overlaying your drawing over top of the photo to check the lines.

Kamalesh Balasubramaniyan

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More snails

Mel Mora

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This was all about just being loose with my drawings. I didn't want to get bogged down by details and worked hard at rhythm and flow at my shoulders. Staying out of my head is hard thing for me to do, so this was my sole intent is to just let go and not worry about if it's good enough. I am my own worst enemy and fear IS my mind killer. Trying to do better.

Michael Rivera

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They’re all great but I really love the camel. I like seeing the approach

@ralk

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getting stuck on the shoelaces made it feel like the most difficult one. the wish to simplify more after that made the level 2 tasks feel easier, assuming that processing the overall shape is the goal and I haven't been leaving too much on the table?

Deryck Singh

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Just finished lvl 2.

@phosphate

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Drew the level 1s, gonna watch the demo, then draw the level 2s I was a bit tripped up on the instructions, so hopefully this staggered approach illuminates some things when I do the level 2s.

Deryck Singh

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These shoes were so hard to draw lol

Caden Y

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I gotta say, after doing both the level 1 and 2 stuff the boots were definitely the hardest lol

Aradhya

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I love those clean lines!

Ash

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These are great! Keep it up!