Designing Dragons
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
- 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).
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Maggie Lasko
5mo
Thieum
5mo
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!
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Thieum
7mo
Hello everyone! My third reptile attempt.
Have a nice day!
Thieum
7mo
Hello everyone! My alligator attempt.
Have a nice day!
Thieum
7mo
Hello everyone! My first attempt for reptiles. very challenging! Feedback is welcome.
Thanks and have a good day!
Samuel Lemons
7mo
Fatima Almoumen
8mo
Hi,
so I love the fact that everything is coming together. But it was challenging.
Russell Fairchild
10mo
johnnyburn
11mo
I could feel how the previous lessons with cylinders, shape manipulation and wrapping were relevant with this. Very challenging and fun!
johnnyburn
10mo
Third reptile.
ishegeek
11mo
10mo
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
11mo
Ambitious angles to attempt! The 2nd and 3rd views are from very angles! Looks very good to me!
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Brennennen
1yr
Art!
1yr
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
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Laura Avino
1yr
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.
1yr
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
1yr
My attempt at reptiles
1yr
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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