Mr_MiH in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2017-01-12 00:11
Ok, so I did 6 extra more pages of the organic forms with half-ellipses:
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this time I tried to make them seem more "wrapping" on the edges
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I tried to make them look like the degrees vary more along the blob, but I'm not sure I managed to achieve that
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I know I was supposed to make simple shapes, but after the 3rd page I just couldn't stand them (I also was supposed to make only one extra page of blobs, so a few more "exotic" ones won't hurt on six pages total :P)
If there still is something wrong I don't mind grinding some more blobs for extra measure.
Once again thank you for your critique and patience.
Mr_MiH in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2017-01-11 00:31
Hello once gain, Uncomfortable!
This time it took me much longer to finish this exercise, due to some of the difficulties I run into with form intersections and rendering, which caused me to spend some times searching for answers elsewhere (to no success...)
Few things:
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I do feel this lesson might have been a tiny bit rushed on my side, especially by the end, as I really can't wait to finally start doing some recognizable drawings after almost half a year o seemingly random shapes and forms...
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I had such a difficult time with rendering textures... It either ended up being too detailed or messed up in some other way, so I'm just posting all the attempts I had at this
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Form Intersections... F***k! I said it once here, and I'll say it again: I have no clue how this black magic spatial mumbo-jumbo works, and I even started reading Scott Robertson's "How to draw" to try and understand it at one point. I had a few attempts to mark the spaces where my forms intersect, bu no. Simply NO. I don't see or understand the concept (for now).
After this I want to do as follows:
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begin the Texture Challenge
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start my work on Lesson 3 (drawing plants)
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skim through Scott Robertson's "How to Draw" (just to see what he has to say about form intersections), and then attempt to learn rendering shadows with his second book (doing all the exercises on rendering matte textures)
Thank you once again for your hard work and I'm looking forward to what you have to say!
Mr_MiH in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2016-12-22 18:03
Thanks Uncomfortable!
I was worried I will have to spend Christmas in deep depression and madness trying to figure this out :D
In that case I'm just going to concentrate on making the forms look right and only try to mark the intersections (which will probably end up being absolutely random lines here and there)
Mr_MiH in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2016-12-22 00:48
Hey Uncomfortable,
Let me start off by saying that for the past 4 months I really enjoyed your lessons and they are what currently drives me to become an artist one day :)
That is up until now, because for the past couple of days I've been trying to tackle the Form Intersection exercise and all I can say is I HATE YOU SO F***ING MUCH, DOOD!
I've read the damn lesson time after time; looked at the works of other students and even watched the damned video of you explaining it more than once AND I STILL DON'T SEE IT!
Are there any other materials on the subject? Rules? ANYTHING?!
I am working as a game designer at a studio and I asked THREE different concept artists to explain this problem to me. Guess what? None of them were able to, and one suggested that I start cutting potatoes to see how intersections work! F*****G POTATOES!
I'm at my wit's end here, man. Please help.
Mr_MiH in the post "250 Cylinder Challenge"
2016-11-22 22:47
Oh God, they are done! DONE!
Few of my notes about these wannabe-cylinders:
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I do realize that on more than just one occasion I did overdo with how many times I drew over the ellipse, but those things are so damn hard t get right just the few first times...
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late into the challenge I did realize I wasn't marking the minor axis when constructing the cylinders within a box, but for most of the time it still seemed to work
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my red markings are rather sloppy this time, as in many cases I didn't even know what the hell was wrong with the drawing (the box? Perspective? Ellipses?)
It has been a very exhausting challenge, but putting down that number 250 down on the page made it so satisfying :)
Once again, thank you Uncomfortable for your hard work and guidance!
Mr_MiH in the post "250 Box Challenge"
2016-10-16 21:03
Sweet merciful Jeebas... I made it! This challenge made me feel so much despair, anger and resignation that it's insane!
Even though I can see improvement over the first boxes from over a month ago, the latest ones still are far from satisfying...
But hey, at least I was able to go all the way through and manage to establish a consistent ant and regular learning routine!
After the assessment can I proceed to the 250 cylinders challenge, which I saw was required/recommended for the Organic Forms lesson?
Mr_MiH in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2017-01-13 00:01
Hell Yeah!
Then it's off to Lesson 3 and the Texture Challenge for me!