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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.

Nedzad Durakovic

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36m

Wanted to re-try this assignment focusing on speed and more simplistic line.

karla castro-frenzel

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@rogersfam

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My attempt at the snail. Would love feedback on what to do to improve

karla castro-frenzel

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Maybe think about the snail as curving more gently downward. Perhaps think more about the supporting wooden beam the snail is slithering around. Great 1st attempt!

Sarah Birkett

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Not sure what happened to the camel's leg placement but oh well

Cary

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karla castro-frenzel

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These are delightful! My favorite is the snail!

Sinister

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Here's my attempt at the shoe and the snail! There are a few mistakes I notice, like the shoes not being completely in perspective, but aside from that, it's not that bad. You may see some laces missing, and I decided to leave out a few cause I didn't think that was the main point of the exercise. It was also said in the exercise to be careful with putting down detail, so I tried to stick to that rule, albeit I got carried away with the snail and had to erase it. Overall: I see room for improvement, but I did better than I was expecting. I didn't expect to be able to do this at all. Feedback appreciated obviously!

karla castro-frenzel

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These look great! I agree that it was hard to not fill in details.

Sinister

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Oops, I see I got carried away with the details on the leather!

@natsfufu

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14h

heres my assignment but i did more of them, sorry im too lazy to do the camel but here's the steps (? , I sketched out the big shape then just drew the details in, it's a bit like carving a wood, you don't have to draw every single detail first you just need guidelines first then draw the reat

Marco Uggè

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21h

@eldritchvision

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Baron Hampton

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Well got to start somewhere. It's hard drawing without construction lines.

Ben Kraske

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Don't be afraid to use construction lines! Just sketch lightly, they can definitely help you with building your simplified lines for this project! :)

@birdartist

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I’m gonna need to work on the boot a little but the snail was fairly easy

Thom

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Lots to learn here but enjoyed it.

Edwin Dorado

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This was difficult but it's been fun trying to figure it out.

Vanessa White

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I tried sketching the outlines with straight lines first (like the pear practice), then sketching with curves again. I think getting the right proportion was bit of a struggle to me. Will give the boots a try before proceeding to the next video! :)

Vanessa White

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Oof! These boots are definitely CHALLENGING! Took me 1.5hours. I did the straight line sketching first, then redraw with CSI. But my first straight line sketching was bit messy especially the shoelaces part, so when I was drawing the outline I almost confused myself lol. Same thing, I think getting the proportion right is still tad bit challenging to me.

Sam

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Lines are way too messy and too many "searching lines" that are searching and searching and getting lost....anyone have any ideas how to out down less lines if i cannot seem to find the right place to put them when without searching with the pencil already ON the page?

Grant Buhr

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(stilll) Being conscience of the confidence (or lack of) behind each mark is breaking my brain a bit.

Melanie Scearce

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It is a lot to think about. It will get easier as you go :)

Grant Buhr

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Being conscience of the confidence (or lack of) behind each mark is breaking my brain a bit.

Douglas Cabral

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The snail was a challenging one i struggle a Lot with curves and This bad boy is Full of them, any tips for dealing with curves LINES to make them more natural ?

Ayrton Oddone

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Hi guys, I hope ya'll are good, thank you. I had fun doing this, but it definitely proved challenging at times. I might want to revisit this project more than a few times after the demo. I could have invested more time on the shell of the snail, and on the laces of the boots. I welcome any critiques or advice, thank you for taking the time to see my artwork!

Krisztina Eperjesi

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Please see my quick level 2 sketches below.

Ayrton Oddone

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Thank you for sharing your artwork. Fairly energetic llama sketch. The lines on the skelly are confident. Maybe try to make skelly's neck a little more 3D-ish if possible? Like a construction line at the bottom of the neck to imply form? I am not doing level 2 but I think you wanted to add the bottom of the llama's stomach?