Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
5:54 AM, Thursday December 31st 2020
took me 3 months but I've finally done it, be as honest as you can possibly be!
Looks good! The arrows are superb!
You could stand to draw through some of the larger contour ellipses all the way around the second time. You also have a chance to vary the degree of the ellipses more. The countour curves could also benefit from increasing degree as the sausage moves away from the viewer.
The texture studies could benefit from making the detail shadows(ex: the T's inside the cauliflower) darker on the left and disappear more rapidly. The orange skin is a great example of you doing that!
Form intersections are great! Looks like you might have cut of a corner or two in https://i.imgur.com/rRPsSER.jpeg with the top row of boxes. I don't worry about this too much, since you seem to have followed the surfaces for the rest of them
Your overlapping form shaddows could follow the contours of the surfaces more. Exaggerating a cast shadow in that way can help convey volume of the underlying form more than if you were following the shadows found in reality.
Overall solid job and happy to mark this complete!
If you're willing, I'd appreciate a review of my submission: https://drawabox.com/community/submission/BM06QITQ
Next Steps:
Noice work! Full send lesson 3
This is a remarkable little pen. I'm especially fond of this one for sketching and playing around with, and it's what I used for the notorious "Mr. Monkey Business" video from Lesson 0. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
I would not recommend this for Drawabox - we use brush pens for filling in shadow shapes, and you do not need a pen this fancy for that. If you do purchase it, save it for drawing outside of the course.
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