Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

3:16 PM, Monday September 6th 2021

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Here it is, I had a hard time with these ad they are not what I was hoping for, many look quite flat and I just have no idea how to make them seem as solid and three-dimensional as they look in the reference. But still, I tried and I'm happy to hear any critique.

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3:15 AM, Friday September 10th 2021

hii

you have done a great work

but the solidity of the drawing is off and you have to take care of it in the construction phase

Tricks:

  • make your self believe you have a 3d sphere or object drawn on the paper (the previous lessons help you to do so)

  • after establishing the big mass (the head thorax..) add the small masses (the segments of the insect) in relation to the big masses. The sausage exersice help you to achive this

  • add the cast shadows and texture once you are satisfied with the construction

construction is the soul of a drawing

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6:55 AM, Saturday September 11th 2021

Thanks a lot for your time,appreciate it.

I'm only a bit confused because you wrote as if there was only one drawing ... was it just a typo, perhaps?

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