I had hoped to have this completed a lot earlier, but lots of stuff ended up getting in the way. I enjoyed these exercises a lot (even the form intersections!) but I found trying to keep the organic forms consistent to be a constant struggle for me. I also think I need to work better on keep my lines clean and confident, all of these came out a lot messier than I would like.
Hello,
here's the critique:
Arrows: a bit wobbly but you got the concept
Contours: you should also try to change the degree of ellipses
Texture: Gradiation from dark to light is too sudden like it instantly goes from dark to mid then at the very end goes mid to light, it should be more consistant
Dissections: for most of them looks like the texture scaling is too large
Intersections: boxes and most other forms are good, could use some more line-weight on front edges to better distinguish boxes though, spheres are mostly ovals they should be closer to perfect circles (it's hard but just doodle circles of various sizes daily for 5 mins and you will reach good enough precision in a month or so)
Organic intersections: they are kinda flat, try wrapping sausages & their shadows around form more or like just take scrap paper and try to copy like 2 sausages stacked from Uncomfortable example till you get how it works
Most of exercises are good/passable but you should definetly redo organic intersections.
Good luck on your art journey!
Next Steps:
Redo organic intersections
Hey there,
Thanks for the critique. I tried another round of organic intersections after doing some practice in my sketchbook. I'm still trying to grasp the weight of the forms (especially the 'drooping' ones) and I think I need to work out where my shadows go, but I hope this is at least passable. I'm definitely going to keep honing this out regardless. Thanks again!
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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