B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2017-10-30 14:13
Hey Uncomfortable. Thanks for all the advice! The part about the lesson 1/2 repeats definitly applies, so I spent a lot more time redoing those.
I'm halfway through lesson 3 again, but want to check something with you: I feel I'm not making that much progress with the leaves flowing through 3d space. I've been looking at the advice, lessons and notes a lot, but still a lot of them feel rather flat. Do you feel I'm improving enough in the drawn plants, or if not, do you have any new insight for me that I'm missing?
Edit: just added another plant, in which I feel the leaves are a bit more natural than in the first 2. I can also finish the lesson completely (just 3 more, so should be done somewhere this weekend) and then post again.
B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2017-10-16 11:55
Good afternoon! I just finished the [plants lesson] (https://imgur.com/a/haGO6). The cactusses (cacti?) are included twice because of how annoyed I was the first one turned out, but the second one isn't still as I'd like it.
Also just noticed that the before-last drawing has a pot which is open ended, which should have an ellips at the bottom (was reading your comments of others and saw this as a mistake you mentioned.
Main thing I feel I struggle with is the smaller stems, it's tough to get the ellipses the same size and the side lines keep hitting the main line or flowing off, making it much thicker and thinner in places.
Interested in everything I missed myself and you will notice!
B4ll4d33r in the post "250 Box Challenge"
2017-08-18 12:55
Good afternoon Uncomfortable! I finished the 250 boxes (I started over, made 100 boxes somewhere in june, but looking back I thought I could do a lot better, which it seems I have). I think the straightness of the lines and the overlap of the lines got a bit better after I asked your advice (somewhere from box 120 onwards), but there is still to be gained there.
I've got one question about the boxes: I find it really hard to figure out how the inside of the box should be drawn, do you have any advice on how to draw those? I try to find the point where the 3 lines converge, put a dot and then draw towards it, but more often that not one plane gets too small and another one too big.
B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2017-07-31 07:09
Thanks for the critique! I'll be more carefull with the elipses from now on. It's rather tempting to ghost for the first ellips when drawing multiple and then believe it'll carry over to the next ones, but it clearly doesn't.
I can see that your rotated boxes in the example are far more rotated, I guess I was indeed fooled by my brain here. I'll keep practicing these while doing the 250 box challenge.
Thanks again!
B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2017-07-29 18:51
Good evening, as asked when I submitted the lesson 3 material I'll start from lesson 1 onwards: [lesson 1] (http://imgur.com/a/QvKRS), interested to hear your opinion.
B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2017-07-29 12:53
These are my first drawings that I submit for critique. I have also done lessons 1 and 2, but did not upload them at the time. Do you think it is still usefull to have those critiqued, or better to carry on with the newer lessons?
Some of my lesson 3 plants seem ok, but mostly the first few leaves I drew each plant were a little awkward as I was figuring out how to make that specific leave look correct. Very interested to hear what you think could be done better.
B4ll4d33r in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2017-11-03 07:59
Thanks! Great to hear. I'll move on to lesson 4. Insects all over :-)
No worries about the delay, I was positively surprised in the earlier lessons that get to all the submissions within a day, so this is more as I expected it beforehand (and as I'm used to in my work).