trying to aply the lines variations in a more complex drawing.

1. Hierarchy - I went a little modest with the contrast in line weight. 2. Light Direction - Then I tried to push it a little. 3. Light Direction Imagination - A little more. 4. Observation - I like that graphic look of the plant, but it may not be the ideal decision every time.

Here's my Submission for this assignment; I feel like I need to have more line weight variety.

Hey everyone!   I’ll start my submission with a quick question.   How do you go about constructing the heavier lines? I noticed that for me it’s tempting to go in the “scratchy lines mode.” I’m not sure that’s wise since I don’t want to turn that way of drawing into a habit. Using my whole arm, in this case, seems also a bit odd. Constructing a heavier line is almost like drawing small details. That’s why using the wrist and fingers would seem like the most natural way to go about it. Still, I’m curious how other people have approached this. Thanks!   Now, regarding my submission.   I tried two versions of the level 1 hierarchy method. The first one is where I used heavier lines for the overall contour and also tried to connect the rhino to the environment by using light lines for the soles of the feet and the grass. In the second version, I isolated the rhino completely from the ground and tried to bring more attention to its head and horns. There’s also my attempt for the level 1 light and shadow method where I um… tried my best. I think in all my attempts the lightest lines could have been thinner but the printed image turned out to be a bit darker than I thought. That’s why I had to make the lightest lines a bit thicker as well.   I also gave the level 2 assignment a try.   I’m not too familiar with how light and shadows work in an illustration but I gave it my best shot. I also drew some flowers from observation where I experimented more with the hierarchy method.   Any feedback is welcome.   Thank you!

Shadows and light direction method

Here are my Level 1 assignments! I used HB, 4B, and 6B pencils. I made the outlines around his horn the darkest and thickest to set the focal point on it.

my assignments!

2nd try after watching proko, realized I need to be more lose so here they are

is anyone else finding making tapered lines difficult? I feel that when I try and slow down so that it gets darker in the middle the lines becomes sloppier, but if I try and do a quicker and more confident line then it is usually uniform in its darkness

Choose the japonese rhino beetle for the aassigment, starting by observation some of the images i researched and then moving to imagining the beetle in diferent poses / expressions (keep refering to the references to see if was correct what I was doing) I used Pureref for organizing my references (if anyone interested in something to display / organizing ref is a great app to do so)

hand and penguin done

2nd try

ir feels to be more of a birdie than a penguin, but tomorrow trying it again.

trying the exercise on diferent images, Next time problably should try to push the edge of the roof a bit more

and finally the skull

the camel done

and finally the snail his "house" is bit tall but overall seems pretty good

Second boot were i tried to incorporate everything i learned at the same time (and was in a time crunch)

I did have some difficulties making the first boot. 1 try: Probably worring about making the right curve was making me not see the the right porpotions 2 try: tried only make straight lines to simplify in the beggining, but the porpotions were also not right 3 try: made the "silhoutte" porpottions so things were right from the begging > overlayt shepes in straight lines > cruves > laces (they were somthing XD) in the overlay it turned a bit deflated on the bottom but adds caracter/ cartony feels that i quite like (even to it goes against the exercise objective).

Day 2