Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants
11:49 PM, Monday February 10th 2025
Lesson three finished. any feedback is appreciated.
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2:04 PM, Monday February 17th 2025
Organic arrows
Your arrows have a nice flow. The fact that they get bigger as they approach the viewer plus the difference in line weight sells the idea that they're 3d and travelling through space.
Leaves
The leaves look beautiful. Love the detail on them. Solid work!
Branches
Solid work once more. I like that you vary the degrees of your ellipses. A few tails are showing on a couple of segments, but it's not a big deal.
The forking was also done correctly.
Well done!
Constriction on your plants and fungi looks great. I don't think I'd change much besides maybe the texture of the cactus.
Drawing every spike clump makes it look very busy, I'd maybe focus on the silhouette of the plant and draw just a few spikes/bumps here and there on the surface to suggest texture.
I like the way you drew the chanterelle cap turning, looks just like the real deal.
The pitcher plant is lovely, the stem flows nicely through space and the details are well done.
Next Steps:
You can continue with lesson 4! :)
3:35 PM, Monday February 17th 2025
Thank you so much for your feedack.
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