EntropyArchiver in the post "250 Cylinder Challenge (Patreon Critique Thread)"
2019-02-08 11:59
Challenge: https://imgur.com/gallery/axzP5XL
I still have lot of work to improve here. Making the circle hit where I want to is still a challenge even after these 250. I think that I just started to get the hang of it. And only "get it" at the end of each set. If I continue for a few more then I will start some improve.
I need to review my straight lines. They have a little wiggle that I didn't notice before even if they hit where I want. I am ghosting the lines and pretty sure I am drawing from my shoulder. Maybe it is my hand is too tight, still too heavy handed or not going to fast enough.
Thank you for your feedback in advance.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2019-01-23 23:43
This is really helpful. I didn't realize that even the underlining base needed to be more present in the drawing, I made sure to not bold every important line and tried to limit it to only bold places intersections and a line I wanted to bring forward. I didn't take you advice far enough. But you are right, I think I need to slow down even more and make sure I plan out and ghost each mark before making it. It really boils down to that. Though I am still struggling with curves in general, am running into problems with organic intersections and the contours on organic shapes.
Do you think that I would be better served doing the lessons or challenges? I am leaning towards doing the cylinder challenge.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2019-01-23 15:00
3 bugs: https://imgur.com/a/IQVRo1c
Did a page of study then drew a larger blow up page. so six pages plus a redo of Creatonotos gangis moth(I'm sorry for picking that).
Also I used my phone camera instead of the more convenient webcam. I will be sure to use this in the future, sorry for the previously bad quality photos.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2019-01-21 19:56
Lesson 4: https://imgur.com/a/YcVmwgI
I decided against texture so I can focus on construction.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2018-12-20 20:01
Submission Link: https://imgur.com/a/YRN6ix3
I found myself dreading doing this lesson and even ended up avoiding doing them and only doing boxes and warm up some days. I know that there were complete failures, a lot of them. Working through those failures and not avoiding them has been a challenge that I need to deal with better.
I was able to follow and copy your demo to some success('page 0'). When it came to me deciding how to construct myself though, it fell apart more than once. As seen with the first drawing, the palm tree, I tried to develop a process of breaking the shapes into basic forms without getting bogged down with detail needs work. The last palm tree came out cartoon and too dark but I was happy that I made progress. I changed gears and thought maybe I could learn something with more focused plants. Pages 2-5 were better but still have troubles with line weight and their readability. Page 6 went ok at first, but aloe plant went wrong, really wrong. I tried breaking down why.
I think the pandanus tree on page 7 was my biggest failure, everything became a mess and it ended up just look terrible. I really didn't want to draw but kept going to finish the page for the day. I think it had negative impact when I was drawing the pandunus fruit.
For the last page I decided to face the problem head on with things similar to the potato plant. I had a degree of success. Also I decided against the black background since it takes away from the subject matter.
I look forward to your input of what I should work on and how to proceed.
Side note: I've also been drawing boxes after my warm ups in parallel with this challenge, I hope those are ok for re-submission. If not, let me know. Also should I be including my reference or would you rather I not do that from now on?
Hope you are having a happy holiday.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2018-11-29 20:03
Here's my attempt at L2. Not sure if my ability to make lines and shapes are strong enough to touch the next lesson. The overlapping organic forms and intersecting shapes became very chaotic to think about with my messy lines. It was illegible without the bold, but the bolding has problems of it own. Not sure if I should redo a previous lesson or move on to the next one.
EntropyArchiver in the post "250 Box Challenge"
2018-11-16 06:22
I played around a bit but here are the next 100 boxes. I am adding at least a box to my warm up page and was trying the best methods to add it. One thing that I found helpful was correcting free hand my boxes after drawing the extending lines, it took some of the guess work out of what I was doing wrong or make me rethink of were I went wrong. The only down side is that it clutters the page which can be harder to read. I tried keeping it as easy to read with consistent color. Still struggling with line quality, but it is getting better. I will move to lesson 2 now, thank you for your input.
boxes 251-350 boxes
EntropyArchiver in the post "250 Box Challenge"
2018-11-13 11:39
I am struggling in some key areas. One of the hardest parts was the bold outline, occasional bad habits and the lines connecting to the farthest corner. My bolding was distracting so I mixed up between adding it and not to see the quality of lines and because I felt they were taking away rather than improving the boxes. Not sure I made the right call there. I did see improvement, but I'm not sure if it is enough to move onto the next challenge. At the very least, I need to do many more boxes and exercises from lesson 1. I saw a steep decline in quality on the last 50 boxes in the new larger sized sketch book when drawing larger boxes. The larger boxes were more challenging to do for me because of connecting the lines. So longer line ghost is a must in the future and larger box practice.
I look forward to your comments and advice for moving forward.
EntropyArchiver in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2019-03-14 04:13
Lesson 5