I think i could have simplified more on the boots, but overall pretty happy with how my attempts turned out!

I did the snail first which went better than the boots and I also found the image more interesting. Proportions are a bit off for the boots and the shoelaces gave me a headache. I‘m still struggling with confident lines, and I hope that will improve with practice.

These are my attempts drawing all levels. I think i misunderstood something at level1 and made it a little complicated on myself. So in the later levels i broke it down to a simple shape first and then went working on it further. Originally I wanted to have them all in one page in my sketchbook but didn't had enough space. That made me realize the importance of taking the time to make sure your subject has enough space to fit in. It feels like i cheated drawing the camel by not having to draw the foot. So in the last level i took a whole page for the drawing. It was a little frustrating trying to draw all the levels with injuries on my right arm that i got from work. So to all that are reading this. Take care of yourself. Make pauses if you have to and take your time. Stay healthy.

First attempt prior to watching demo. I originally tried simplifying the snail's shell to a single rectangle, but that was far too much simplification lol. I struggled with proportions a lot here as well.

I seem to be making things taller than the original subject; any suggestions on how to avoid this? Also like most everyone else the shoe laces drove me crazy.

This was really fun but I admit I lost patiens with the shoelaces in the end and ”simplified” them a lot more ;)

Definitely failed to simplify this drawing first time around. Funny thing is, it took me a span of 2-3 days of careful drafting and ruminating to say first drawing is “done” (even knowing perfection was not the goal). Second drawing took maybe ten minutes after watching demo and got roughly same results 😆. I need to let go more.

Sort of ran out of room for the snail haha. Some things are a little off on the shoes but I was trying to focus more on the lines which is something I hadn’t usually thought of before!

the boots were challenging but i enjoyed the process in the end :)

I found it quite challenging, especially because I kept thinking I had to be fast. I’m not a fan of my proportions, but I thought it was a fun task, and I’d like to know how I did.

A few things I found particularly challenging: - actually committing to the line - deciding where to actually start beyond the horizontal lines for the wood - what lines to include and to exclude (the shadows around the base of the shell and the body, the lines on the parts of the shell) I started the boot right after but got overwhelmed deciding how to begin. Will come back to it!

Got my proportions completely wrong and did not leave enough room for the second boots, also got completely lost when it came to the laces. Going to rotate my paper going forward probably and reattempt after the demo.

Simplify to CSI - I tried to capture the large shapes and indicate the organic patterns of those large shapes on the snail's body.

Camel – Level 2. Again, I ran out of space before I could finish the legs. I need to improve the measurements and proportions.

Before watching critique video and walkthrough proportions are off but lines felt ok. Definitely had a rough time on curvy lines i just need to be more confident on! Any advice is welcome

This exercise taught me that long straights aren't my favorite lol, but the C's definitely are.

Snail and Boots pre-demo. Shoelaces were a bit tricky but they work

Level two: the skeleton 😂. Honestly, making the boot laces was harder than making this skeleton.

The laces were definitely the hardest part for me out of any of these, the skull also gave me trouble I think because I started with the hat instead of the face.