Excited for this course. Could we get jpegs or pdfs of the images in the lessons?

Me too! I'm a heavily line-centric person and it is very difficult for me to group shadows and shapes. Something that I think helps me is to take off my glasses or blur the image, then with a piece of tracing paper, go over the image with a pencil and map out the shapes of the shadows. I'm still using line, which is my natural inclination, but I'm not outlining lips or individual eyelashes. Then fill them in with an even layer of tone. I start with two tones, and I'm slowly moving into three tones. I try to compress the values to 5 tones at the most. Then I take an image that interests me and do the same but without tracing it directly. I'm a slow learner, so it is taking time, but it actually helps. I love line a lot, and I don't think it is an entirely bad thing that needs to completely go away, so when I have an image that has its values, I go back and reinforce some parts with line, like where shadow edges are hard, or where I want a focus. Hope this helps! P.S. Its a bit awkward at first, but using the pencil like a brush helps with the line issue too. Especially if you have large newsprint paper and a conte or chacoal pencil sharpened with a blade into a stabby lance :3

Great course! Is there a female Asaro head? Where can I buy Asaro head mannequin heads?

This is my submission for this month's challenge; the mother of lemurs. :D I used the organic refs such as the leaves, grasshopper wings, fruit, but mostly the fluffy lemurs!

“Charging Station” Thank you for the challenge!

Question: How many years did it take you to build a portfolio that you were confident to show people?

Yes! The class I've been waiting for! :D

This is one of those "what brushes do you use" questions. Sorry. I use cheaper synthetic brushes because of their affordability, but they seem to "swallow" the paint and get bad buildup without leaving the paint on the painting like they are supposed to. I've seen that Rosamary and Co. are a favourite with some artists because they lay the paint down that you load on the brush like intended. What are some good brands, or styles of brushes that don't waste the paint like the cheaper ones do? Thank you!

Are there any recommendations on where to find good images for practice?

here is a bit of my study for today, from going through the first couple videos. I tried to copy from pictures of my family members, then did tracings to see how close I was and tried to take notes of why they were off. Looking forward to improving!

A few attempts at this assignment using Pinterest photos as reference. Numbers 3,4, and 5 (especially 5) were tough to do. I think I need to spend more time on measurements there. Any feedback? Thank you in advance! (Hopefully the page is visible. My phone camera isn't the greatest.)

I will continue to fill out several pages. but here are my starts. I find it hard to get those ellipses to make sense! The more extreme angles are difficult as well. But I really enjoy drawing from the 3D model! Do the placement lines look right? I think a few are a bit wonky, but I can't pinpoint which yet. Any advice?

Hello Jeremy, I hope I'm not too late. My name is Lukas and I would love to work freelance as an illustrator doing art for card games such as MtG and many others. My biggest problem is finding work. I only did one commission so far. If you could please point out something I could get better at my work and maybe how should I approach clients when it comes to applying for a job. I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you for your time, Lukas

I've been trying myself at figure drawing (2min ones there) for a few days now yet I feel like I'm not improving much and sticking to the same mistakes. I've been trying my hardest to ignore contours and solely focus on the movement but it gets pretty difficult to figure out once the poses gets more "clustered". Any advice on how I could sort things out?

I'm a huge nerd for Sargent, Zorn, Velazquez, Leyendecker, Cynthia Sheppard, Ahmed Aldoori, Loish, Nathan Fawkes, Djamila Knopf, Hayao Miyazaki, Karla Ortiz, the Horizon Zero Dawn game franchise, Ryan Pancoast, Greg Manchess... and they are just a few, my list can go on and on!

Holi! I'm Kelly Ramírez, currently based in the lovely Ozarks in NW Arkansas, US, where I collect gems, crystal rocks, and all matter of neat dead things from the woods. I went to Memphis College of Art for two years before it shut down. I currently work as a librarian dying the day and become Smeagol zombie artist at night. I'm gleaning ad much as I can from online courses but sadly, I suck at being a principled student at home! Still, I have a few artworks that I'm not completely disgusted by. I've got a long way to go, and I'm excited for what Proko 2.0 has in store. And you guys!! This community is beautiful and amazing! I'm floored to be learning with so many talented people from around the world!