JeffCLC in the post "State of the Union - September vacation, and dealing with the overwhelming number of homework submissions"
2016-08-22 23:13
I still think that enlisting someone who is willing to help (for free), preferably by those who completed the basic. to deal with the large amount of lesson 1 and box exercise would be the best way to reduce workload. Its not that hard to spot shaky lines without ghosting or fraying ends compared to later lesson of DS.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2016-08-22 11:52
This is my submission for 4 additional pages of animal drawings without texture.
2 short questions:
How to draw more convincing contour curves, sometimes I fall into the trap of looking at the pattern or shadow for the curves but because the patterns aren't straight or equally spread across the body it tends to be wrong.
Any drills/exercise/advice that would help improve proportion, I am desperate to get it right. Currently I am imagining a picture plane and mark down the proportions (like the giraffe I drew) before drawing in anything.
As always thanks for taking the time to critique it.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2016-08-18 03:24
Just to clarify the BPP part, I was using a fineliner for all the drawings (Sakura micron 0.5 and steadtler pigment liner to be exact). I am guessing the light marks made is probably because of the angle I am holding the pen, by holding it less steep (perpendicular against the page) it is possible to get sketchy lines.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2016-08-17 05:50
My submission for lesson 5.
Couple of questions
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Any tips on tackling proportions?, currently I think of them as flat to get the proportions (as a picture plane) then think of them as 3d when I draw. Head proportions especially can't break it into basic geometrical shapes.
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My contour curves are less convincing then I want it to be, especially the legs, side view legs doesn't look like its side view (it looks like front view foreshortening)
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Texture is a struggle especially hair like horse or lion hair. Would it be better if I simplify the patterns to basic waves?
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If I made a wrong mark after ghosting (as in a slightly different angle, or the legs is too thin) do I just go with it and adjust the rest of the drawing slightly so the anatomy doesn't look so off.
Side note: Was wondering if you could submit the same lesson more than once in the future after you improve to get a new critique.
As always thanks in advance for providing the detail critiques uncomfortable.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2016-08-10 22:27
Sorry, I don't quite get the part in terms of the grasshopper skipping constructional step. Does it mean that I didn't think/construct the grasshopper main body as a basic form (like cylinder) before building the outer details like carapace/etc on it? Thanks.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2016-08-10 08:59
This is my submission for lesson 4. I feel like a lot more practice is needed to get those awkward insect forms right, especially beetles with horns.
A couple thing I noticed:
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My usage of texturing is quite poor, there is a temptation to just cover the entire region in black if it is in the shade
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Shading the cast shadow makes it easier for me to visualize, but it is still hard to project the cast shadow onto the ground
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I might have used too much contour curves to represent form, they are also spaced quite evenly so it likes visual interest.
Thanks as always and I look forward to your critique uncomfortable.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2016-08-04 07:00
Thanks, I will keep that in mind and avoid further submission before completing the entire homework.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2016-08-04 00:57
Struggling quite a bit with laying in insects. Any advice on how to create more organic lay in blocks (as in contours that are not simply round). I can't seem to create convincing bodies for the insects, they are always too rounded and does not convey the correct form.
Any advice on how to do better lay-ins? thanks.
JeffCLC in the post "I dusted off my sketchbooks from when I took Dynamic Sketching with Peter Han back in 2013. Figured you guys might like to see me floundering with the material."
2016-08-01 07:23
Love seeing these old works, got anymore to show? :)
I was wondering if there was more scrapped drawings cause the gap from page 20-21 was large, it went from average to pretty darn good very quickly.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2016-07-25 08:46
Hi uncomfortable, finally got around to completing the lesson.
There are a few things I noticed when completing the lesson.
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The understanding on how to build leaves which are symmetrical in perspective is poor, especially when looking up/the back side of the leaf, often it doesn't read to the viewer that they are seeing the back side of the leaf. I assume the side which is closer the viewer should still be larger, something like this? http://imgur.com/ehWdwc8
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My lay-ins are a bit too sketchy and sometimes instead of ghosting I ghost touching the paper which causes it too be a bit more messy. This actually causes my plant to feel less solid, hopefully it improves overtime so my drawings will be less sketchy.
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I struggled a lot with foreshortening of leaves/petals, since these are usually place and arrange in a roundish arrangement around the plant they often come straight at the viewer, this is hard for me to visualize, any tips/advice on that would be very helpful.
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Because of complex constructions, often there is a lot of overlapping lines since I tried to draw through the forms, this cause my drawings to look very messy. I think the major issue here for me is my line weight for the lay-ins are too heavy.
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I tend to try understanding the form/shapes that makes up the plant and their relationship with each other then draw them in a different perspective than my references photo. I also tend to use multiple references photo for better understanding. Is that fine for dynamic sketching? or should I stick to one references and copy its perspective.
Sorry for the long rant and as always, thank you for your critiques.
JeffCLC in the post "25 Texture Challenge - fleshed out into an actual challenge for those of you struggling with how to render different materials"
2016-07-19 22:55
Thanks uncomfortable your critique is absolutely spot on. I tried to gulp down the entire lesson in one go and grew slightly impatient and frustrated midway, maybe working on it simultaneously with other lessons was the better idea, like a warm up exercise. For the form itself it is still relatively hard for me to separate the color from the actual cast shadow, especially if they are black in base color. Any tips or advice on that front? Thanks.
JeffCLC in the post "25 Texture Challenge - fleshed out into an actual challenge for those of you struggling with how to render different materials"
2016-07-19 12:11
Hi uncomfortable, after your advice in lesson 3 I decided to attempt the texture challenge. And yes it was defiantly one of the "funnest" lesson yet.
I feel like even though I completed the challenge, when encountering texture which are hard to describe or just annoying to draw (because of large amount of repetition in a very organize manner) I tend to fall back on random scribbles, this is especially true for furs as they are often made up of many layers.
Another area which I felt I was weak at was to smoothly transition from darker to lighter, often the transition was too quick or disproportionate to the entire rectangle.
Overall there are still quite a lot of areas for improvement but this is the best I can do for now. Thanks in advance uncomfortable.
JeffCLC in the post "25 Texture Challenge - fleshed out into an actual challenge for those of you struggling with how to render different materials"
2016-07-16 14:26
Hi uncomfortable,
This is a small attempt just to test out if this is going in the correct direction. Box sizes are incorrect for now.
Couple of question regarding this challenge, do we take into the base color when we do gradient, for example if base color is black like the keyboard pillow do we make it less dark by increasing density of textures (since they are white and in this case inward cones) or do we increase the size of the texture (so there is more white area)?
Side note: the texture drawn was peacock feather, dry ground, wood, keyboard pillow (black colored) and short fur in case you can't read my "beautiful" handwriting.
Thanks in advance :)
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2016-07-13 14:36
Hi uncomfortable,
Some quick questions before I plow through more plants.
I tried to do one, http://imgur.com/OF7kPID
References: https://www.flickr.com/photos/106092850@N03/10393621753/
The drawing I did feels like there is a lack of solidity in terms of 3D and feels flat. Also I can't seem to push out the flowers so it feels like its above the leaf, instead they just mix into one black mush, is this because I am too heavy handed when drawing out the texture/value. I would just like to be clear before I move on so the rest of the drawings won't have the same mistakes. Many thanks.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2016-07-11 08:55
Hi uncomfortable,
This is my submission for lesson 2.I struggled with keeping line quality consistent with a fine-liner which I recently started using. I am also quite confused about line-weight in general, especially during form interaction, on whether the interaction point should have the heaviest line weight. My eclipse and circles are also below average and are often quite hairy (I found it much harder to draw it with fine-liner compared to BBP). Please feel free to be harsh/nitpick in the critique, as I wish to improve ASAP. Thank you for taking the time and dedication to provide the resources for learning.
JeffCLC in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2016-05-29 20:29
Hi uncomfortable, a quick question regarding Part 3 form interaction exercise.
The boxes I have drawn feels like they are in the same space. But they are not intersecting, and one box is simply infront of another without touching it.
For example the middle 2 boxes, I would like the box on the left which is in front to be intersect with the corner on the box of the right. But currently it feels like the box on the left is simply sitting in front instead of intersecting.
I know this is not the main goal of the exercise but I really want to be able to draw the intersection line, any advice on how to do so? Thanks in advance!
JeffCLC in the post "State of the Union - September vacation, and dealing with the overwhelming number of homework submissions"
2016-08-24 14:01
Maybe lotto the first 2 lesson and box exercise feedback? Since the majority of work comes from those.
Or skip critiquing people work who clearly didn't spent the time/effort on doing it (e.g. lots of fraying ends cause by drawing in a hurry, not using self critique resource to check perspective boxes). I am not saying that the majority of work is done on a whim but more than a few submissions have not put in enough work and hours before submitting for critique.