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DoublyBland

Basics Brawler

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    11:25 PM, Wednesday June 24th 2020

    Hi, it's looking good! You seem to have a good understanding of what the exercises want you to accomplish. The major flaw here is your work done in pencil. It looks like you've allowed yourself to erase or draw over some lines multiple times.

    Doing the exercises in ink would force you to be more deliberate with each of your lines and would ultimately improve their quality.

    Your planes look great, but I think your ellipses and organic perspective slipped as a result of using a pencil.

    Before proceeding I believe you should switch to a fineliner or ballpoint pen.

    Next Steps:

    Before moving to the 250 box challenge I recommend you complete an additional page of the ellipse table and an additional page of the organic perspective exercise.

    Make sure to ghost your ellipses as well as the lines that make up your boxes. When doing the ellipses, aim to do only two passes around the ellipse.

    Make sure to use ink to get the most out of your exercises.

    When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
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    2 users agree
    3:45 AM, Wednesday June 24th 2020

    I don't believe those are available any longer. They were something that existed on an earlier version of Drawabox but Uncomfortable removed them from the curriculum because he didn't believe he was the best instructor for that content (if I remember correctly).

    If you do want to study drawing the human form, Uncomfortable recommends Proko as a source of lessons in his recommended resources. The Andrew Loomis books are also a common recommendation for beginners since they're free and well respected.

    *edit: somehow I completely missed that this had already been responded to. My apologies for not adding much to the conversation

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Staedtler Pigment Liners

These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.

Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).

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