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Polypat in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"

2017-07-20 23:32

Wow. That is more, and more usefull, feedback then my average college teacher gives me on my homework. Absolutely amazing. Thanks.

As for atmospheric line weight. It's explained in this video, : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0zl5NnEAyU . Scott says it's indeed usefull for smaller scale objects (although it gives them a certain stylistic look). He also uses his line weight for a sense of velocity or direction. But for this course I will be using it for overlap and enhancing construction as that is more appropriate here.

As for the ellipses. If i forget it one more time, lets say I will personally make you another cyllinder challenge. Embarrasing. Thanks for pointing out why its that important. That motivates.

Polypat in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"

2017-07-20 14:10

Done! http://imgur.com/a/6zE9d . I want to learn more on how I should apply line weight and how to texture (or spot blacks) in a way it enhances shapes. I watched Scott Robertsons video on atmospheric line weight and applied it rather rushed on a few insects. Later I thought that you and some of the more advanced students apply it in a way that enhances shapes. So I tried that in my last two insects. However, I found both really hard and would love to hear some advice on both the subjects, if your willing.

Another note I wanted to give you is that I have done some observationalist drawing before this course, and I still got some of those quirks, sometimes relaying more on my skills to observe relative line angles when thinks get complicated. It comes in handy when I want to draw something of a picture, but it isn't why I am following this course at all. I want to be able to create instead of copy.

Many thanks again. Fantastic to see all the demoes and feedbackpiles you gave to students.

Polypat in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"

2017-07-14 16:00

Teaach me master!

http://imgur.com/a/1fA0w

Thank you so much. Hope you get some vacation days soon. Going in for another round of plain stems, while I wait for the feedback. Connecting those curving ellipses is absolutely horribly hard

Polypat in the post "Lesson 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"

2017-07-06 14:25

Woooooop. Finished lesson 2. I would really like to hear what you've to say about the results. Not all the results are organised chronologicall. Sometimes I couldn't remember which page marked the beginning and which page the end of an exercise.

Anyway! thank you so much for the feedback so far! Here is my lesson 2.

http://imgur.com/a/nxZq2

Polypat in the post "250 Cylinder Challenge"

2017-06-15 21:50

Did the 250 Cylinder challenge, because I felt while doing the form intersection exercise I felt I wanted to be draw ellipses more confidently.

http://imgur.com/a/fB2Gx

Thanks you in advance for the feedback!

Polypat in the post "250 Box Challenge"

2017-04-22 18:16

Hi Uncomfortable,

Finished the challenge!

http://imgur.com/a/OZ1tH. I'm very sorry for not ordering the images correctly. Imgur doesn't sort by name or date anymore, so ordering is being made a drag. I ordered the pictures to some degree. All the boxes are made on A4 paper.

Had a blast when I noticed that I had gotten so familiarized with one 0.5 Steadler pen that I felt a noticable difference when I switched to a fresh 0.5 Steadler.

Thank you very much. Have a nice day.

Old link to lesson 1: http://imgur.com/a/InNtr