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Benjamin Goerge
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9mo
added comment inProject - Portraits in Perspective
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Hi, here is my work for the assignment. I wanted to do a few and get some feedback before working on more. Number 2 was a little difficult because the ear didn’t seem to be the angle for that side of the box. I also had some trouble finding the top of the box. Is it supposed to be the hairline, or the top of the head? The latter is easier to find when the head is level with the ground, but more difficult if it’s tilted.
Benjamin Goerge
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1yr
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Hi there, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I enjoyed doing this project. I started off by drawing on top of the image to find the rhythms connecting different parts of the body. Then I removed those lines and drew it again just looking at the image. I tried focusing on line work as well since that tends to be a weakness of mine. I’m not sure all my rhythm lines help show the flow or structure of the figures, but I would appreciate any critiques.
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Here is my submission for this assignment. I might do another, as I feel like I didn’t end up doing as much as what seemed necessary for the assignment. I just couldn’t think of what else to add that would’ve enhanced the drawing, as bears don’t have many patterns or details.
I like the big cartoon bear and how you over exaggerated the hump of the bear.
In the large drawing top right, the head looks proportionally to small for the body. You did a great job capturing the feel/mood of the bear! Maybe you could focus on changing the bears expression for the lvl 2 assignment.
Benjamin Goerge
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2yr
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Hi everyone! Here is my work for this assignment. I did this one digitally. I’m not sure if I simplified enough. I might need to try a new brush, as the lines all seem a bit too similar. Not enough variation. I struggled a bit with the big curves of the skeleton captain’s hat. I had to split those lines to make them accurate.
The drawings turned out awesome! The CSI lines used for the camel and the skeleton look very clean and are very well simplified!
Benjamin Goerge
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2yr
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Any tips on how to better ghost and only draw on certain parts? Maybe I need to slow down my ghosting, but I keep touching the paper on the wrong spots.
Hey Benjamin, this is really something that improves with practice… There are a whole bunch of other ghosting exercises available if you look around online, but my advice would be to really start with ghosting any line you’re planning to commit to. Try out different speeds and shapes, play around with it…
Benjamin Goerge
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2yr
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Here is my work for this assignment. I have experience drawing, but I think I bit off more than I could chew. I struggled with dividing the shadows into two distinct groups. I had some problems with getting the lighter areas divided into three groups as well. I would appreciate any additional feedback anyone may have. Although I have a lot to improve, this is my first time drawing in a while, so I feel like it’s better than what I expected.
Great drawing! Especially for getting back into it again. Yes, deciding the lights and shadows is difficult. I think it will get clearer how to move through the drawing with additional practice and experimentation. Seeing what works and doesn't. One thing that I find helpful is thinking about what I know about the form and subject and deciding how to communicate that through the drawing. For some feedback on your drawing specifically. I would recommend looking at the angles of the lines more specifically. For example, the hairline above the ear goes up and to the left in the drawing. In the photo it appeaers to be angled up and to the right. Once the angles are layed out it is easier to compare and contrast what is in the drawing and what is in the photo. Keep drawing! I look forward to seeing your progress
A bit unrelated, but what kind of pencil are you using? it looks like a mechanical pencil, but allows for more of the edge of the graphite to be used.
Benjamin Goerge
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4yr
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Hey everyone! Here is my submission for the shoulder assignment. I found this lesson to be much more difficult than the previous ones. I tried doing more drawings from Anthony, since I think having a muscular build is more difficult, and I thought it would be better practice. I struggled a bit with not only finding the shoulder bones, but also the rib cage. I tried a few more with thinner models like Veronica and Chanon, but I still struggled a bit with finding the correct placement, especially when limbs were covering the bones or they were foreshortened. I think I was a bit more successful, however. I'm still struggling with the linework, and I've been doing practices, I think my main issue is drawing small, since it makes me switch to my wrist, even though I'm more accustomed to drawing the main forms with the rest of my arm. I've tried drawing bigger, but I always find that I tend to shrink things down as I make corrections. Drawing F was the largest I drew, and I think it is much clearer than the others. Please let me know what you think and how I could improve. I plan on studying a bit more with some tracings before moving on to the muscle lessons, but I'd like to know what to continue focusing on as I move forward.
Thanks! :)
Hello there Benjamin, You have awesome study over there 0_0
I can give you some input. Based on how I study you can simplify the scapula shape like how I draw it bellow and add a bit of depth. After that I find the landmark and connect the lines. So far I find the "I" scapula not foreshorten enough. As for linework you can use lighter pencil first like 2H-4H (if you like me who tend to give more pressure to the pencil as I draw longer), then use a darker pencils 2b and above for the final lines/shapes.
Hope it helps! :D
Benjamin Goerge
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4yr
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Hello!
Here are some extra practices for the ribcage. I think I was able to handle the ribcage pretty well, but I think the hardest part was any foreshortening, as well as drawing the ribcage from the back. I think I could have exaggerated the pose a bit with some of these, as they seem more static than the original pose. I tried redrawing a couple of the poses to capture the actual model more accurately. I also had some trouble with the pelvis. I think I have a grasp on the bucket and how to draw it, but drawing it from the model seems to be more difficult. I was considering doing what the one individual did in the critiques video and draw the ribcage and pelvis from every angle (or at least turned by 15 degrees with each drawing, but that seems like a large feat! Do you have any tips on improving on drawing the ribs from the back? I think the bottom right image of Laura was especially difficult, and I don't think I captured the corm correctly. I really tried to keep the perspective correct, but let me know if you have any critiques on that. Otherwise, I think other issues are more related to the pelvis. I think I'm going to try some tracings over some images of the models to see if it helps me better find the pelvis and ribs. Is this a good idea? Please let me know if there are other ways I could improve. Thanks!!
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4yr
Hey, @Benjamin Goerge, I think these look pretty good! I agree, I think you handled the ribcage and the bucket very nicely.
To draw the ribcage form the back, one of the key things to me is the wedges right next to the spine - make sure you think of these indentations all long the side of the spine as an important part of the back plane construction. Try to make them show enough volume both on the upper and bottom ends (in the two Laura drawings down below, the bottom ends look fine, but the upper ends look kind of flat).
In Chanon 007, I think the Lumbar spine (thus the space between the ribcage and the pelvis) seems a bit too long. I think I'd bring the whole bucket up just a bit so the ASIS is placed a little higher.
Tracing over photos can be a helpful exercise, yes!
Nothing about perspective calls my attentions as incorrect, I think you’re fine with it!
I think you’re at the point where you can start to be just a tiny bit more nit-picky about the proportions between ribcage and pelvis. For example, in the Laura drawing on the bottom left, I think the pelvis got a little bit too small for that ribcage size, taking in consideration that she’s a woman (thus tends to have a larger pelvis structure). In the Chanon drawing on the top right, on the other hand, it might have a gone a bit too far, so maybe I’d make the pelvis a tiny bit smaller. These are subtler things, but I really think you’re past getting a grip on the basics by now, so looking out for things like those can be a good way to fine-tune your eye to improve.
Other than that, you linework looks clear enough for us to understand the form, although maybe you could spend just a few more seconds to clean up some excessive unneeded sketch lines for the drawings you’re going to post, just so you can build a better presentation of your image.
Hope this helps! Keep it up!
