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3mo
Congratulations to all the winners! This was a very difficult one to judge because there were way more amazing submissions than prizes. And if I counted correctly, there are 105 prizes...
We will be adding all the digital prizes to your accounts within the next few days. For those that won prizes that require shipping, we will reach out to you.
Day 1
Figure Fundamental Courses - @Hanna Looye, @Vue Thao, @Derek Austin
Proko Model Packs - @Martin Dubček , @Archie chrisanthou, @Peter Orojan, @Beican Gao, @tofsel
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Rubens Araujo
Day 2
How to Draw Fantasy Female Figures Course - @garan
OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @lynzendra
Mermaid Reference Bundle - @benjaminvictor, @Lil FatWombat, @Arnav Khalkho, @Johannes Schiehsl, @astridlr
Day 3
Anatomy for Artists (Arms) Course Parts - @Archie chrisanthou, @pmak22, @Latari V☠
Proko Hand Reference Packs - @Jim Papaioannou, @Hanna Looye, @klaibee, @Bria, @Manuel Piedra
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Makoto Yasumasa
Day 4
Block In Course - @DreamMist
Portrait Fundamental Course - @Hélder Vinícius, @Tajih Phelps
Proko Skulls - @Cesar Barcenas, @ariart18
Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Al Pinu', @Cecilia Stagni
Day 5
Viking Model Pack vo1 - @cumpas, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @dalonghu
Viking Model Pack vo2 - @Bryce Verket, @Gannon Beck, @Kenny Tafoya
Barbarian Vol1 - @Joseph Osley, @onkelpedro, @Nate
Barbarian Vol2 - @Moses Lee, @Matt Tsui, @loes roos
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Steve Lenze
Day 6
Torso Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @onkelpedro, @David Martinez, @Alexis Riviere
Arms Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @David Campbell, @klaibee, @Joseph Osley
Legs Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @megreet, @mua, @Antti Kallinen
Anatomy Study Reference Bundles from Grafit - @Merrill Hutchison, @Johannes Schiehsl, @Shannon Stone
Proko Skull - @dalonghu
Day 7
Templar Model Packs - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Tate Green
Scythian vol. 1 Model Packs - @Kyle Mjoen, @icosah
Warlord Model Packs - @Moses Lee, @soso17970
Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Marco Sordi
OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @Gannon Beck
Day 8
Figure Fundamental Courses - @Rubens Araujo, @Vlad Mok, @heather08
Proko Model Packs - @Vue Thao, @carlosrdzart, @Tori Tempo, @Rüdiger Weghaupt, @illarstration
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @arnaud defaye
Day 9
Proko skull - @Veronika Zasadna
Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Jabin
Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @Sikandar Kashfi
Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 3 Model Pack - @Kyle Mjoen
Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 2 Model Pack - @bhavanichamarti
Day 10
Drawing Basics Courses - @Tori Tempo, @Sarah Rivera, @mariartsy
Wizard Model Pack - @Veronika Zasadna, @Miko
Signed Grey Marker OLO set - @Sinem Kıymaz
Day 11
Drawing Basics Courses - @lynzendra, @mac hewitt, @leel
Proko Model Packs - @David Campbell, @anonymouscrow, @saschu
Proko Skull - @Matt Tsui
Day 12
Creating a Comic Page Course - @Gannon Beck, @Makoto Yasumasa, @Eric A
Comic Poses - Female & Male Pack - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Steve Lenze, @Olena Voronina
Fighting Pose Reference Bundle - @Ricardo Martinez, @aral, @Konrad Słodowicz
Alexis Riviere
3mo
Wow. Thanks for hosting this challenge and congrats to all the winners and participants.
So proud to have won with the Anatomy theme. I learnt it all here on this website so it means a lot. <3 I had the prize (part of the course) already but I don't care. Would be cool if I could offer it to someone else though.
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I've participated in the challenge but not all of them. I hope that's not criteria for winning the prizes.
3mo
No, don't worry, you're eligible. There are different prizes depending on the day. :)
As instructed, did them in either 2min or 10min.
Four are 10min, the fifth one is 20min. Done with charcoal.
Done on toned, textured paper, using charcoal powder, a charcoal pencil, and white, blue and red color pencils. The first one is 25min, the two others are 15min.
Five 3min and two 10min sketches, using charcoal.
3mo
I went through the entire set of photos provided, with charcoal, 1 minute each.
Gesture is always fun to do!
3mo
I did the woman with ink without any construction line, which resulted in the proportions being off. And then I realized "Hey Stan suggested to use ink, but didn't forbid to use charcoal to make a layin first", and did the second. ^^'
Both done in 20min.
3mo
25min each, with charcoal, and from what I could remember from last year when I took the anatomy course. I definitely need to come back to it XD
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3mo
3 sketches of 5 minutes, and one of 30 minutes.
Mostly charcoal, with just a bit of blue and red color pencils for the long one.
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Here are a few attempts, great practice. I noticed how rusty I was since it has been so long, need to do more!
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4mo
3 are 5 minutes, the big one is 20 minutes. And it's all done with charcoal.
Sadly, I only realized this challenge existed today. But that was no excuse not to do the Day 1 Theme. :)
Made in 20min with charcoal.
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I have to say it's awesome that we STILL get updates on this course even though the main content is done and finished since quite a while now. Thanks for the dedication.
11mo
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For my first attempt I choose the mangaka Ryoko Kui, whose character designs I have been in love with for years.
I did cheat a bit by first doing a fixed weight trace of the image and turning it into an exercise similar to the rhino one, but it made it much easier to focus on the linework.
Even though I ahve many artist I appreciate, I never paid much attention to their linework specifically. This exercise really opened my eyes to their nuances. Excited to do similar studies for others as well.
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11mo
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I redrew 2 artworks from mangakas I admire, and swapped their styles.
Toshio Sako and Ogure Ito are both using very different lines. One has a more sketchy quality and create its values with layers and layers of directional lines and textures, while the other tends to keep an ultra-clean linework with no distraction and very few values.
It takes ages to replicate their style, so I certainly wasn't courageous enough to fully redraw the vampire lady. Yet the idea is mostly there.
Also, I checked if I could imitate the line quality by doing insertions. When adding some object to a drawing, you can try to make it feel natural and coherent with the rest. I think it was a nice exercise by itself.
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Hey, my English is not that good. So I tried to translate my text using 'ChatGPT'. Hope it makes some sense :)
I've only done the beginner tasks so far, but I found the advanced task so interesting that I wanted to try it out at least once. For the first image, I chose a goldfish. It looks like I dressed the fish in pieces of cloth. I was very lost in the design process and much of what I drew is quite illogical, but I had a lot of fun during the process.
I also tried some other animals. With the otter (second picture) I tried to pay more attention to creating a nice overall picture and to draw my lines more clearly. After all the attempts, I realized that I became more relaxed while drawing.
The mouse is my last drawing. Before I started looking for reference pictures, I had a clear idea that the mouse should be an "adventure" or at least fit into that theme. When I made a sketch with a mouse with one eye closed, I immediately had the association with the character "Guts" from the manga series "Berserk" by the artist "Kentaro Miura" (an absolutely outstanding manga! Unfortunately, I cannot recommend it without reservations because its dark and explicit content traumatized me a bit at the time. But from my point of view, if you can handle it, it's the best manga for "Dark Fantasy" genre.) Although I know that many proportions are not correct, I am surprised how much I like the result. I see good progress in my work and understand how practicing with the previous drawings affects my current skills. It is very rewarding and motivating for me to notice this. Please write your critiques. I am very grateful for your opinions.
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Yeah not happy with this one. This was like my 10 th attempt at the pinguin. I seem to stay stuck in the 'lost lines' stage here.
Cant get the form right and I keep adjusting, therefore making the lines darker and darker..
How to come from this to the searching sketch lines. I thought if I just keep trying over and over, but after the 10 th one I m pretty done :p
Anyone else has this problem? Or knows how to get past this?
1yr
I'm not sure I understood your issue. Are you saying this is getting too dark too soon for you? If so, I simply suggest that you use a hard pencil, like H2 or higher. It will ensure your drawing stays quite light. And when comes the time to draw some cleaner lines, just take your soft 6B pencil and it will be intensely darker.
In any case, this sketch looks good to me.
And it's at the "searching line" stage for sure. Lost lines are far more crazy and less refined than what you did here, because they're used mostly for drawing from imagination. Here, you have a reference, so you know what you're supposed to draw already. In this situation, it's normal to skip to searching lines right away.
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