Here are my attempts for this assignment. I honestly loved this assignment, because I’m enrolling into the figure drawing fundamentals course. I numbered the reference I used and which game I did for the visual memory. I also added a reference I used because I really like the pose which I plan to use for my original character. P.S ignore the feet studies, I was studying how to draw feet which wasn’t part of this assignment lol.

Hello I gave it an another shot after watching this video. I have been trying to work on lantern fish. Here is my attempt. feedback are more than welcome. Have a nice day !

I tried a rough looking dorm room for my first attempt. I find that I sometimes struggle to draw free hand straight lines so I'll have to practise that more.

Hey hey Thank you for opening this topic. I think it's wonderful that your creativity helps you to get ahead - that's the magic of art:-) Your pictures are amazing - especially when one learns that you have only been painting for a year, wow!!! I have always liked to draw - but I never seriously dealt with the art and the various techniques - which is why I am now doing this course and am an absolute fan! I paint because I just love it! I forget everything around me and can totally focus on the corresponding project... Of course, you also experience its ups and downs on this path - but I am always happy when I can take a pen in my hand - very simple but wonderful for me:-) I am also looking forward to more works of art from the community and wish everyone success, creativity and fulfilment on their future path

These are my attempts post demo and post critique! I gotta say the hardest ones were the meat grinder and blow torch, just cause they have little tiny details that I forgot when I was doing this visual memory exercise. In would do a little study before hand trying to identify how boxes I would need. For example on the blow torch I noticed I need 7-8 boxes, and realized how else can I remember these shapes that will go into these boxes? not sure if you can see on the study sketch in pen, I noticed the top part looks like a telescope, the body is like a spray can, the bottom part looks like a fish lol. i tried my best and it was hard to remember the little details, but it was a fun exercise for visual memory and perspective :)

Hey! I can totally understand the uncertainty of what the future could look like especially when you feel like your stuck deciding if art is worth pursing as a career or choose the construction management job as a safer route for financial stability. Well, I am in a similiar situation just graduating college and trying to create and learn drawing on Proko. My skills arent at the level where I can do commission work and live on my own solely on doing art lol, however......What I can do is I can find a job that allows me to be finacially independent and I can use that money to support my passion. Does that make sense? Sure, take the construction job or other job that gives you financially stability, but use it to support your passion, your creative side. You can begin studying any form of art whether thats fimling, writing, or drawing. Try to put some hours aside after work or before and just create. Try different things in art, and see which one calls to you. You will know yourself better that way in which you discover "ehhhh making comics wasnt for me, I think I like making illustration covers, or concept design". You wont know till you try it. I guess what I am trying to say is dont quite your dream. Get that full time job and let it support your passion. Thats what I am doing, getting a full time so I can live independently and it can support my passion as I learn how to draw. You never know.....maybe a few years from now you will land a job that fulfills that creative spirit or the role you want. You only live once in this world.....just give it your all. I hope that helps! Have a great day!

I’m using newsprint paper for practice, I’m having a hard time “seeing” my own sketch lines because light they’re nearly the same color as the paper so I just darken it, and then I have a hard time seeing the other lines because they’re all dark, and then a lot of the lines overlap. Any tips or bad habits I can wean off so I don’t confuse myself?

In my opinion visual memory (i.e. memorizing how something is built) and perspective are different things. Correct perspective comes from knowledge and accuracy, but not so much from memory. I really focused on memorizing the structure of the tools and didn't think much about perspective. As it turns out the task was about perspective though.

Here is my attempt for level 1 post demo. This was really fun and challenging because as I drew I started forgetting little details like for the wheel barrel, I think that’s what it’s called lol. I noticed some perspective line issues which I need to be more aware of. Going to watch the critique and keep practicing :)