Wow thank you for your kind words! This is very encouraging. You pointed out exactly where I hesitated the most - the shadows, and the silhouettes of interiors (should've looked for more reference pics...) Cast shadow was my problem in lesson 6 as well. Will keep working on these weak points.
Appreciate your guidance throughout the entire course. I really learned a lot from scratch. This has been fun!
You are spot on. I skipped cast shadows because I didn't want to screw up. You are absolutely right. I can't learn this way. Will try adding them and learn from mistakes!
Here is my take #2. When I was drawing the rabbits, I realized my pen was running out of ink! That caused a lot of issues I had before (e.g. drawing underlying construction more lightly). I switched to a new pen on the second page. Not sure how to explain, but it felt a lot different with the new pen. Hopefully these drawings show my effort to avoid too much detail rendering. Head construction is still difficult. But I hope this time is better!
Here is my take #2. When I was drawing the rabbits, I realized my pen was running out of ink! That caused a lot of issues I had before (e.g. drawing underlying construction more lightly). I switched to a new pen on the second page. Not sure how to explain, but it felt a lot different with the new pen. Hopefully these drawings show my effort to avoid too much detail rendering. Head construction is still difficult. But I hope this time is better!
Really appreciate your feedback! You pointed out many of the things I questioned myself while I was drawing. (Though I thought I was adding line weight instead of redrawing silhouettes this time...) Will read your comments a few more times before I try again. Thanks so much!
Thank you, Uncomfortable! I felt exactly the same way about the money plant and strawberry drawings. Especially the straberries - I regretted those heavy shading as I was drawing them. But there is no Undo button to click... I need to put more thoughts into every line and shape before execution.
Hi, I just started lesson 3 so my approach may not be great! But here is my attempt -
What I see from your reference photo is a "drop" at the center of the hibiscus flower. So when I drew the flow of the petals, I tried to capture that sense of depth. It seems less flat by doing so.
As you said, these are big petals forshortened, especially the 2 in the front. I would draw those two in the front much more distorted. To me, yours look like triangular shapes. The reference photo look more like half circles with the other half bent underneath, so it is not visible in picture - which also means a drastic change in direction of the flow that creates a depth.
I am curious what others in the community think!
yup, you are right!
I read your analysis yesterday and allow myself to take a day to digest. This is some great knowledge you are sharing. I feel vanishiong points make a little bit more sense now. Thank you so much!
So to answer my own questions under the framework you provided, the intersection lines are not arbitrary. Only the point in the overlap (your step 2) is up to our own choice. Without being able to place the vanishing points of both boxes explicitly on paper, we need to develop the sense to get a rough estimate to draw reasonable-looking intersections. But now I know how to check my attempts! I would think this can be applied to any 3D forms as well because they can be fit into boxes.
And yeah I watched the video but I feel the video is more focused on how to draw them but not why... Perhaps the purpose of this exercise is to make us think in 3D space and get a better sense of it. I just would like to know a little more!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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