Super late to the class but I'll try to catch up.

art instructor: draw a simple sphere :) me: *panic sweats* I am so excited for this course, line weight fascinates me but has always been such a mystery. Here is my try at the first assignment. I don't draw digitally, but since I currently lack access to a printer I had no choice but to learn ye olde procreate for the generator-thingy. Doing this assignment, I had a lot of difficulty with figuring out the spring lines that occur alongside the parting lines (the 'exposed' edges). Also, I wanted to put contour lines EVERYWHERE but part of what I'm hoping to get out of this course is regarding the tagline ('The Most Important Line is the One You Don't Draw'). Critique is very much welcome if anyone has any, especially Len if he is not too busy!

dont know if this is still a thing.. but did it with fineliner in my sketch book (without the pdf)

Here is my attempt. I’m a little unsure of whether that second line to the bottom should be a silhouette line or a parting line and might have messed up the difference between parting and spring. I think my three line weights have a lot of difference though. Critique very welcomed, I want to improve.

i think the brush pen is easyer the the pencil. but i tried it away.

Here's my first submission. Really interesting notion to leave gaps for the spring lines in order to create an illusion of highlight. It was hard not to draw all the way to the meeting line. I got a bit insecure if really all the spring lines should have gaps. I guess a few with the light and shadow taken into account must be optimal?

This was fun! I ended up doing it on my iPad because I don’t have a light box to get the underdrawing right - the shape looked better than my inked version but it turns out I can’t freehand circles very well on the iPad 😂 not sure I really get the contour lines tbh but maybe it will click with practice 😅

I was very confused about the definition of 3 line weight. I don't understand what it means by the line which have air behind it? For example, the lines I indicated with red, why they are Not Silhouette lines? Also, the lines I indicated with blue, why they are not Parting lines? It looks like 2 materials are meeting there, to me. Thank you!

Here's my attempt...

First attempt, sometimes I'm a bit lost wether the line is or not a silhouette line (know if a side has or not air behind), I'll watch the critics but I guess I need to think more before putting a contour line, to make it look better. My perspective is a bit off but this is another thing ^^

Jumping into this course, also working with dip pen. I did extra practice on the sphere with different nibs. My 3-line-weight box may have a few edges with wonky perspective, I used manual tracing paper & graphite to transfer to some pen paper & probably introduced a few glitches.

Really exited for the course, here is my assignment, I tried to add a contour line to the face on the right behind the beveled extrusion since it wasn't clear at first what was it's orientation but I'm not sure if my execution was the best solution.

This a refresher for me after the robot class.

I am running a bit late. I did not realize this was a live course when I bought it, until I saw the critique notice. Will try to catch up. This was done with brush, india ink, a ruler... and white out. Any feed back is appreciated. I wondered about the extruding parts. Would we see the change in material to get the 2nd spring line? Thank you.

Here is my submission for the first assignment. I printed it out and drew right over it with my dip-pen (since thats the medium I use to do my student/university-comics). Unfortuanately I smudged it a little bit. Apologies for that.

I printed out Len's cube and drew directly on it. I used 6B for silhouette, 2b for parting, and 2H for spring/x contour lines. I included some questions about some of the choices I made. I, too, am confused about what is meant by using a silhouette line when "there is air behind it". (both pics show the same attempt; one just includes the questions and line key). I also included some attempts at drawing a linear "sphere". I used a circle template for some just so I could focus on the line weight and tapering. The rest are freehand. It was really difficult to alter the line weight and taper the ends, while leaving a space for the specular highlight. I really need to practice on 1) drawing circles, 2) drawing any line with a varying line weights and 3) creating lines (and circles) that start and end with a tapered edge.

This is my assignment submission. I drew the assignment download from scratch with a mechanical pencil, using a grid sheet and then transferred the drawing to a sheet of smooth bristol paper. I used a ruler for the straight lines and winged the curved corners freehand. The pens I used were Pentel Pointliner’s .8, .3, & .05. For the sphere page, I used a circle template tool that I had laying around, that I had never used before. I used the same Pentel pens that I used for the mechanical drawing with the addition of two more sizes being a .1 and a .5, and shifted the template for varying thicknesses of the line weight. As always, critiques are encouraged and welcome. Cheers!