Designing Dragons
- Gather 3 different references from reptiles.
- Draw each reference as you see it with simplified manipulated forms.
- Rotate each reference 2 times in a different angle (for a total of 9 drawings).
Newest
Pavel Kviatko
9mo
I have struggled with proportions a lot for this one. But I definitely feel more confident in rotating creatures compared with the previous assignment.
Maggie Lasko
2yr
Thieum
2yr
Very nice job! You managed very well to rotate your reptiles in space , which is very challenging I find. I'm particularly impressed by your snake! You have a very strong vision in space!
Thieum
3yr
Hello everyone! My third reptile attempt.
Have a nice day!
Thieum
3yr
Hello everyone! My alligator attempt.
Have a nice day!
Thieum
3yr
Hello everyone! My first attempt for reptiles. very challenging! Feedback is welcome.
Thanks and have a good day!
Samuel Lemons
3yr
Fatima Almoumen
3yr
Hi,
so I love the fact that everything is coming together. But it was challenging.
Russell Fairchild
3yr
@johnnyburn
3yr
I could feel how the previous lessons with cylinders, shape manipulation and wrapping were relevant with this. Very challenging and fun!
@johnnyburn
3yr
Third reptile.
@ishegeek
3yr
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3yr
Try to simplify what you see in the reference in to a simple mannequin. The goal is to understand the forms of these creatures. So it's okay if it isn't a perfect copy. I feel like you tried too much to make your drawing look like the reference without using simple forms.
@johnnyburn
3yr
Ambitious angles to attempt! The 2nd and 3rd views are from very angles! Looks very good to me!
Brennennen
3yr
Art!
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3yr
Good job, make sure you don't fall in to the habit of copying what you see in the ref by drawing the 2D shapes with some contours. It's better to use a mannequin that looks less like the thing you see in the reference but has more volume and construction. Try to limit yourself to using only manipulated boxes and cylinders
Laura Avino
3yr
I am totally aware these guys need work (I will do birds and insects but come back to reptiles and repeat module 3 until I feel more comfortable before jumping to module 4). But, yes, here there is my first attempt at the assignment.
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3yr
Nice! For the full body mannequins, try to use more simple shapes. In the crocodile example; the head can be just a simple tapered box and you can draw the head, body and tail as seperate forms, in a mannequin your forms don't need to be connected to each other.
MSD
3yr
My attempt at reptiles
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3yr
Great attempt MSD.
I would advise you to repeat this process again and be a little more mindful of all the techniques you've learned in Module 2.
Start by recognising the simplest forms and then apply addition, subtraction, form wrapping, contour manipulation etc where you deem necessary to achieve a result that looks similar to the reference.
It helps a lot if you draw through your forms as well, to get a good sense of their volume.
Keep up the good work!
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Concept Artist for Game & Film / Owner of Art-Wod School.
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