Splatted

The Fearless

The Resilient (Spring 2025)

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  • The Resilient (Spring 2025)
  • Sharing the Knowledge
  • The Fearless
  • Giver of Life
  • Dimensional Dominator
  • The Relentless
  • Basics Brawler
  • Drawing Prompt: The King of Spring

  • Drawing Prompt: Like Clowns in a Bank

  • Drawing Prompt: Between Two Slices

  • Drawing Prompt: Dead or Alive

  • Are there rules about restarting after already recieving official critique?

  • Drawing Prompt: Hidden Amongst Us

  • Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

  • Decided to colour my ice cream cart

  • Drawing Prompt: Fantasy Ice Cream Cart

  • Drawing Prompt: Lost in the Multiverse

  • Drawing Prompt: Bathroom Spacecraft

  • Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

  • Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

  • Can I use thinner pens for the Texture exercises

  • 50 Building Challenge

  • Question about Lesson 2 Texture Analysis

  • 250 Box Challenge

  • My skill level at the start of Drawabox

  • Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

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Sketching: The Basics

Sketching: The Basics

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Sketching: The Basics is a far better choice for beginners. It's more digestible, and while it introduces a lot of similar concepts, it does so in a manner more suited to those earlier in their studies.

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