David Colman
Burbank CA USA
Illustrator working in film as a designer and storyboard artist- known as the "animal guy" for my passion for doodling animals. insta @davidsdoodles
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Hello again @David Colman, here’s my assignment on skulls and skeletons.
When I drew the skulls I tried to identify unique traits between the three, so it would be easier to distinguish them when I draw them from memory. In my eyes the Orangutan and Chimpanzee were the most similar, with the Orangutan being a bit more round overall but flat around the eyes. Even though I thought I had a good grasp on them, drawing them from memory later proved to be a challenge! It was difficult to really push the unique details when my only source was a foggy memory.
I also had in mind your last feedback, that I should try and draw some ape skeletons in various poses, so they’re included here as well. I limited myself to not spend too long on these and also allow myself to be more loose. Maybe a bit small and too messy? I tried to focus more on the overall pose and character, while also showing the skeletal base of them.
As always, any feedback is very much appreciated. I’m really enjoying this so far!
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I think you're being too hard on yourself. These are quite nice and have some innate character to them. The gorilla skulls are fantastic. I do think you "let go of the rope" on the box form of the skull with many of the others and became trapped with too many soft spherical shapes. Try becoming more efficient with the use of objective shapes. Also- revisit some more poses for the skeleton and try to draw upon the skeletal structure knowledge you acquired in the reference study to make them more believable in their construction and not so primitively cartoony.
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GREAT work everyone. And I like seeing each student help one another and respectfully too. Overall remember to see the skulls as spheres and boxes- staying loose and drawing thru the forms. Be less concerned with pretty drawings and steer clear of contour heavy drawing. Be okay with feeling uneasy- a SIGN OF GROWTH
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GREAT work everyone. And I like seeing each student help one another and respectfully too. Overall remember to see the skulls as spheres and boxes- staying loose and drawing thru the forms. Be less concerned with pretty drawings and steer clear of contour heavy drawing. Be okay with feeling uneasy- a SIGN OF GROWTH
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I love the looseness. Some volumes are getting lost as the planes arent matching up like from one cheek to the other etc I think you can also begin to finish some of these but dont lose the looseness... solid start here
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My skull assignments
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Anthony is right. Solid drawings Thomas. Want a challenge? Draw the skulls out of you head with mouths open in expressive angles. It will be unchartered territory but you have the basics based on these studies to traverse that state of discomfort. GROW!
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Hello David and everyone, here are my first of many attempts at this assignment. The first two skulls I chose the orangutan. I think the first one was better and I think that I squished the second trying to get it on the same page. The third skull is the gorilla from a top down angle. I think turned out ok, but I feel like I elongated it some.
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Nice line work but lets see you draw thru the forms - dont be so concerned with making a pretty drawing- but focus on an informative study. Break it down into objective forms. The middle one is great but lets see the sphere and box forms that make up that skull. Apply that same approach to the 3/4 angles
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Hereby my attempts on the ape skulls and skeletons. Too used to contour drawing to attempt David’s way of search lines, hopefully after many attempts some good will creep into my visual library.
Enjoy the course, curious to know what will follow.
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What you said above may be true but they have life and appeal .NOW lets break the habit. one step at a time. Draw just an arm with single sinewy line work like a wire hanger stretched out then add "clay" with box and spherical forms. With the skulls use those same forms and keep it loose before you add the specific details. Spheres..boxes..etc. Get away from the concern and capturing the likeness in the contour heavy silhouette., Become comfortable with being uncomfortable. Thats a sign of growth.
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Working on the ape skeletons
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clean and pleasing to the eye... I like it, now draw some from your head and in different poses and angles and when do that loosen up. Let me see the full rhythms of the bones with constructed volumes around it. Dont worry about making a pretty drawing focus on an informative drawing
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These are some of my skull studies. I got quite exited when i started to find some rhytms in the skull models and pictures, because ive always had trouble with that in the past. But there are probably many more that i missed.
Sometimes when i was doing something else and had a paper nearby i would sketch some skulls from memory. On the last page (the ones in black ink) i drew the skulls in three angles each from memory only in my sketchbook, so these are showing my current knowlegde of the skull.
I think i will continue with some more extreme angles of the skulls and some more skeletonposes, if not suggested otherwise.
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I love seeing how committed you are. Okay biggest fire first- you seem to be caught up in the silhouette evident in your hard line. Although silhouette is important for clarity its hurting your volume communication and overall flow. Get looser and "chase the rabbit" meaning if you hit a vertical plane on one side chase it to the other side and find the parallel form to complete a properly aligned plane and volume. Try this and see how it works.. Love your enthusiasm. In the end thats what it takes.... keep going
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Chimpanzee memory sketches.
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All fantastic.... more rhythms to start then build the volumes and try using more box forms so the planes match up Either way really nice.. Now you can see the benefit of memory sketching
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Plan to do some more extreme or different angles. I just liked having a turntable look for the skulls.
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Great work- but youre getting too caught up in details and losing the volumes, plane changes and weight that are more easily achieved in going for more objective forms.
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Work for the next video "Ape skulls and skeletons assignment demos".
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Solid construction. Dont be afraid to draw thru the forms more so not so contour heavy especially on the full body
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Hi @David Colman, here's my assignment.
I did some more drawings from imagination, focusing on weight.
For the skulls I chose the chimpanzee, because it's the ape I use in my stories the most.
Cheers :)
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Solid work JEsper. I would try and introduce more rhythms with the skulls but either way great work and over time you will become more efficient in your line work
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