Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Cylinders"
2015-03-06 18:05
Nice work! This should help you get into lesson 2's form intersections with a little bit more ease.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-03-02 17:09
I'm always glad to see more programmers join in. Welcome!
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 6: Hard Surface Objects"
2015-03-02 03:43
Your form intersections, cylinders, and all of that looks great!
As for the hard surface drawings, you're starting to move in the right direction. The tank in the middle of page 8 looks way better. That said, the rest of your stuff still doesn't look as though they're being constructed from form intersections. It's all too clean, I'm not seeing the rudimentary forms being drawn through or anything. Also, it looks like your work gets worse when you start working with vanishing points (like the truck on page 9). They're probably making you stress too much about the perspective, and not enough about the forms themselves.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 4: Drawing Insects, Arachnids and Other Creepy Crawlies"
2015-03-02 00:42
Nice work! Your early stuff seems a little flat, but steadily you definitely show a good degree of improvement. Your forms start becoming more convincing around page 3, with those spiders. #7 looks especially great, as do your scorpions. Feel free to move onto the next lesson!
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-28 05:08
Strangely enough, I think the best way to unlock one's imagination is through what you've been doing - sort of. You've been drawing from reference, which is great, but I'm not sure if you've really been studying it. I've always found that using grids and such makes you focus on how that object exists as a 2D image, rather than a 3D object. The lessons here focus more on understanding the structure underneath the object, which in turn allows you to reproduce and construct such things more easily down the line. That's the sort of thing that makes drawing from your imagination a little easier.
Of course, that said, even when illustrating you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't use a great deal of reference. It's more of a matter of learning to take little bits and pieces from reference imagery to help sell your own compositions.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-26 23:40
Looking good! Solid boxes, solid progression, and good experimentation with line weight. Nice work.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-26 14:14
It's never too late!
It's funny how many people there are who turn to art in their early to mid twenties, after graduating in something entirely different. I pretty much did the same thing - after graduating in 2012, I worked as a game programmer for a year in Ottawa. I actually considered going to Sheridan for their Art Fundamentals program, but ended up going to Los Angeles instead.
Starting a blog is definitely an amazing way to keep yourself motivated. Even if no one ever sees it. It's weird how it feels just to have your work out there on the internet, the thought that you've got this invisible, nameless crowd of people to please. They'll never say a word of judgment, and they might not even exist, but the idea of them keeps you striving to be just a little bit better every day.
Looking at your work, it's clear you've got quite a bit of experience with drawing and painting. That said, the approach we use here is definitely a little different from what you might be used to (assuming that you have a more traditional, fine-arty background). You'll get the most out of these lessons if, while sitting down to do them, you try and set aside everything you've learned so far. Then once you're done the lesson, you can sort through what you've learned and combine it with what you already know. There are quite a few people who try the lessons, but end up getting far less out of them because they believe that they already understand some of the simpler concepts.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of your work!
Edit: Woops, I just realized you'd already completed lesson 1 - in which case, you're doing great so far!
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 4: Drawing Insects, Arachnids and Other Creepy Crawlies"
2015-02-25 22:27
These lay-ins look much better. The forms are a lot clearer and carry a good deal of volume. That's all I really wanted to see, so feel free to move onto the next lesson.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 4: Drawing Insects, Arachnids and Other Creepy Crawlies"
2015-02-24 01:07
I see a lot of drawings here that I really like. The vast majority of them, especially later in the lesson, are showing exceptional observational skills. I do agree with you however - you aren't focusing enough on the lay-ins. While the drawings aren't necessarily flat, they're not entirely cohesive. A lot of them are like little pieces that have been drawn together in the same area, but not necessarily belonging to the same creature. I mean, it's obvious that they're singular creatures composed of these smaller parts, but they don't feel that way.
I'd like to see a couple more pages - instead of going into heavy detail, which I know you can do well, I'd like to see your lay-ins. Treat them more like the form intersections and organic forms with contour lines from lesson 2. Use your contour lines to show how the forms turn in space, and try and approach them more in a "constructive" manner rather than loosely enclosing the space and then going into detail.
I think once you're able to nail the form/construction aspect, your work will be phenomenal.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 4: Drawing Insects, Arachnids and Other Creepy Crawlies"
2015-02-24 01:01
I see a lot of clear improvement between the beginning and the end! Page 1 is looking a little flat, but the subsequent pages are showing a lot of clear, solid forms - things that I didn't see quite as much from your plants. You've made good use of contour lines as well.
Your texturing could be improved in some places, to create clearer focal points. Also, in some places (like #16) you're getting a little too sketchy, so sometimes you might want to pull back a little and think more before you draw.
Aside from that, fantastic work! Definitely consider this lesson complete.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-23 19:06
Your work is really stunning! I especially love that beardy-man, though it was a joy to skim through your tumblr. Everyone can always benefit from going back to basics though, so I'm glad to have you onboard the SS Fundamentals.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-23 04:07
Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay in our little corner of the internet.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-23 03:29
I like your lay-ins quite a bit, they have a clear focus on the 3D constructions that underlie your subject matter. I noticed the little note you made on your third page, "make line follow shape" and it's definitely something you need to consciously remind yourself of. I think that's the main weakness I see, primarily with the hatching - since they all become little contour lines. Often when they don't follow the surface of the form, they flatten the images out a bit. For example, the bottom right of page 6 - your hatching is mostly vertical lines, which contradicts the form that the other lines are conveying. It didn't come out badly, but that's largely despite the direction of your hatching, rather than because of it.
In general though, I like your forms, they're coming out pretty well. Go ahead and move onto the next lesson, but keep the hatching/contour lines in mind.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-23 03:25
We're happy to have you! Hopefully you'll find that the lessons here give you a different perspective on drawing, compared to what you learn in class. It's always good to follow multiple approaches to find what works best for you.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Cylinders"
2015-02-22 21:08
Don't be afraid to lay in those ellipses as you do in lesson 1 - drawing through them a couple times before lifting your pen. Of course, the target is for the ellipses to be tight and clean, but achieving the intended shape of the ellipse is the higher priority.
Also, always remember that the end that is visible to us is the one that is closer to the viewer - therefore, by the rules of perspective, it should be larger than the further end. There's a few instances of you having this reversed, such as 260, 261, 265, 247, etc.
Good work on completing the challenge though, and on doing more than 250!
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-22 17:38
Hopefully you've found the right place. Since you're interested in using drawing to explore product design concepts among other things, I figure it might be nice to point out that the particular approach I use (which is rather different from what you'd find in most art schools) originates from industrial design and product design methodology.
I'm glad to hear that you'll be taking your time - a lot of people rush through it their first time around, and I just send them back to do it again. Enthusiasm can really lead to that kind of over-eagerness, and it's almost sad to have to break it out of a person, but often necessary.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 6: Hard Surface Objects"
2015-02-22 04:36
About the cylinder - what you're thinking is technically right, if your cylinder is going down to a single vanishing point and the other two axes are parallel to your viewing plane, it'll be a circle. The way you're thinking to lead to the question is a bit off though. It's the other way around. When the cylinder is aligned such that the ends are parallel to the viewer's plane of vision (resulting in an ellipse with a full degree of 180 aka a circle), it'll go down to a single vanishing point. So you've got your cause/effect backwards.
It's very rare that you'd have your cylinder aligned like that, which is why in most situations you'd be drawing it in 2 point perspective.
You might want to check out the "Boxes" section of the new Lesson 1 to get a refresher on how you determine what kind of perspective system would apply to a given object.
As for your homework, it's a little hit-and-miss. In general, I think you should practice more form intersections, since that's basically what this is. Constructing things based on form intersections. What stands out to be the biggest problem is that you're drawing a lot of things as being very flat. For example, the train at the bottom of page 1 is generally one of your stronger pieces, but the wheels are paper thin. Aside from that, the construction's not bad.
This is partially because you're drawing things very small. Since you're unfamiliar with this sort of thing, drawing small will only constrict you further.
Another useful element is to include your horizon line. While we're approximating our vanishing points, we always know that those vanishing points rest on the horizon. Because of that, we know that any line that is right at the horizon line will be aligned to it (with an angle of 0 degrees) and slowly as you get further below or above the horizon line, the angle of the line will become steeper. You can use this to compare the different lines on your drawing to do a better job of approximating the perspective.
With the tank on the top of page 3, I'm seeing better treatment of the wheels, but your proportions are a little crazy. Your profile proportion study of the same tank was pretty decent, but it looks like some of that got lost in translation to the 3/4 view.
Overall, you need work.
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Practice your form intersections
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Draw bigger, right now your drawings feel very stiff and thick - a small drawing will always make your line weights feel larger. Drawing larger will make your line weights more subtle, giving you more flexibility and more room to breathe.
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Don't forget your proportions
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Remember that nothing is paper thin
Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 7: The Head and Face from the Front"
2015-02-19 22:49
Huuuuge improvement, especially on the first drawing, and I definitely think you're ready to move forward to the next lesson.
Your structure has improved dramatically. I'd still much rather see line drawings with minimal shading over heavily shaded portraits (because it helps demonstrate the structural understanding better, and I also bet you'd be able to do them quicker) but honestly, I don't mind. The structure is still very clear in what you've done.
Just to emphasize, I drew over the first portrait. That's pretty much all of the structure you put in there, and it's mostly spot on. If I had to suggest anything, it'd be to define the chin a little more.
What exactly caused this sudden jump in quality and understanding? Disappear for a month, and all of a sudden your understanding of facial structure (from the front, at least) jumped to a whole new level.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-19 22:12
Looking good! Your confidence definitely seems to be increasing, to the point that in the later pages it looks like you're starting to play a bit with line weight in subtle ways. Nice progress.
Uncomfortable in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-19 15:19
It looks like you're well on your way. I especially like the perspective assignment - your lines are spot on, and your weights vary in subtle ways to maintain interest.
Keep in mind of course that the approach in the lessons here differs quite a bit from what you'd find in most college art classes. As my instructors often stressed, rather than teaching art, here we strive to teach visual communication. Rather than focusing on creating something beautiful, our goal is to convey information. Often the result can be very pleasing to the eye when done well, but that is not necessarily the primary goal.
As such, you might find that there are elements of the lessons that don't follow what you learn in class. Because of this, I urge you to try and compartmentalize what you learn in class, and what you learn here. When you do the lessons, leave what you know at the door and focus on the material completely with as little outside bias as possible. Then, when you're done, you can think over what you've learned, toss out what doesn't work for you and keep what does.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-18 22:52
I still think you're making steady progress. Some things to keep an eye on:
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Don't be sloppy with your crosshatching. Individual, parallel, consistent lines from one end of the surface to the other. No scribbling, nothing half-assed. 217, 183, 168 are examples of sloppiness.
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Drawing through forms is great, but the way you did it in 145, 146 should be avoided. Broken lines very quickly go off the rails - a single, straight solid line is far better and will maintain the integrity of your forms.
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Might want to reread the notes about line weights (I do hope you read the notes in the challenge post!), where you do apply line weights you seem to be darkening the wrong lines. You want to be reinforcing the silhouette, not the internal lines.
Anyway- congrats on completing the challenge!
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Cylinders"
2015-02-17 18:46
I'd recommend that you wait for the new one. Your cylinders are looking solid though, good work.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-17 18:30
Definitely better! I think I'll be incorporating the arrow exercise into lesson 2, when I rewrite it this weekend.
I think the best example of you breaking away from the stiffness is the tree (#7) - the limbs are starting to move through 3D space, instead of just trailing across the page. #3 is also showing some nice forms, though I'd definitely recommend that the really dense crosshatching inside the center should follow the contour of the surface. It's a really subtle touch, and most people wouldn't notice it, but I think it'd push it just a little further. The forms in #5 are also pretty well done.
You definitely have more room to grow, but I think you've demonstrated some strong improvement. I think you're ready to move onto the next lesson.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-17 17:58
Ayup. If in doubt, check the badges in your flair, it shows the levels you've completed.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-17 17:31
Not bad! Definitely put a lot of work into it. The only thing I'd recommend is to avoid drawing the boxes together (in the same space, overlapping). When you do this, the boxes start looking a little off because the perspective between the two isn't consistent. That just adds another layer of complication that the challenge doesn't really require. Instead, focus on thinking through each box in isolation.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Cylinders"
2015-02-16 23:38
Nice work! The later pages definitely show some progress over your first few.
Uncomfortable in the post "Announcement: Rewriting Lessons"
2015-02-16 22:23
I should be good (I used to do this for a living) but I'll definitely keep it in mind! Thanks for the offer.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 5: Drawing Animals"
2015-02-16 21:23
That giraffe painting is awesome! So touching. Also it's spelled 'deer' you silly brit.
One thing that stood out to me very much is that while you usually do your hatching in a controlled manner, with distinct, parallel lines, sometimes you get a little lazy and go scribble-crazy. For example, the fish on the far right of page 4. Try to avoid doing that, it looks pretty messy and unseemly.
The sharks actually reminded me of my last class with Peter. At the beginning of the course, we all had to draw some random thing he assigned to us on the whiteboard in front of the class. I had to do a shark. Then, on the last class, we had to do the same thing - i assumed we'd get the same topics, so while other people were being called I was frantically practicing drawing sharks. ... Sadly I ended up being assigned a tank - but i did a pretty good job anyways.
Afterwards I showed Peter my shark sketches, and he explained how to break down the form - all of it was pretty much centered around a fairly simple cigar shape. Unfortunately I left my sketchbook back in my home town, so I can't scan his sketches - but here's the jist of it.
Anyway- your explorations are very neat, as always. I especially love the birds - specifically the ostrich head. Keep an eye on your proportions though, I think the hummingbird (i think? top left of page 2) is a little off.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2015-02-16 21:18
You're welcome to do whatever you like, but I won't critique the work you've done before completing both basics lessons.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2015-02-16 21:00
I'm glad to see that you started drawing the full ellipses for the organic forms' contour lines, as when you just draw the curve, it doesn't wrap around the form entirely and comes out rather flat. You may want to continue practicing that, though - I'm not sure what order these were done in.
Looking at the rest of the homework, however, I'm thinking that instead of me critiquing right now, it might be best for you to wait a little. I'm going to be rewriting the second lesson sometime this week or this weekend, as I did with the first lesson. I intend to focus more on issues that seem to confuse people. You may find that to be much easier to understand compared to the current lesson, so if you wait, you'll likely have an easier time with the homework.
Uncomfortable in the post "Announcement: Rewriting Lessons"
2015-02-16 16:57
Haha, yeah, I'm probably going to do that once I've got a couple lessons up there. Might also look into using patreon.
Uncomfortable in the post "Announcement: Rewriting Lessons"
2015-02-16 16:55
I'm glad you're enthusiastic! Just one little thing though - if you're going to be submitting the homework for critique, you're required to do them traditionally with a felt tip pen. Here's the explanation as to why. Of course, if you're just doing the exercises on your own, you're free to do them however you please - but there's a lot of advantages to doing them in ink.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2015-02-16 02:29
For the form intersections, they're a little hit or miss. Page 4 isn't bad, though I'm noticing that you're not really drawing through all your forms.
The way you handle it in the top left of page 4 is good - drawing completely through all the forms, not worrying about having lines stop where they start to be blocked by other forms. The forms that you don't draw through completely tend to be weaker because you don't yet have a solid grasp of how these forms work in 3D space. As such, when you don't draw through the whole thing you're guessing a lot, and many of those guesses are ill-informed.
Then you've got some of these cross-sectional ellipses of cylinders and spheres. Doing those is a GREAT idea, except you're using these little dashed/broken lines - an obvious attempt to retain the cleanliness of the drawing. Draw a full, unbroken ellipse. Breaking up the line will mess up the actual shape of the ellipse, making it completely pointless and useless to you. You've got to approach it as you do when doing the ellipse exercise from lesson 1.
Your organic forms and dissections are still weak, largely because you didn't do what I told you to in my last critique. I emphasized the importance of the step C in the organic form with contour line exercise - drawing full ellipses for your contour lines. Looking at page 9 and 10, you're not doing that, and as such the contour lines are still very flat and not wrapping around the forms enough. The banana dissection is a little better in that area, but still could use some improvement.
I'm going to be rewriting lesson 2 some time next weekend (as I did for lesson 1 yesterday), hopefully clarifying things and explaining them better. You may want to hold off and wait for this revised version. Either way, I'm guessing that this thread will hit 6 months of age very soon, and reddit will automatically lock the thread making it impossible to resubmit. So waiting for the revised lesson is probably your best bet for now.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-15 19:49
It's difficult to explain with the plants - that's why I'd like you to move onto the insects. It'll be easier to address with that subject matter.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-15 19:38
Hm.. I think I'll mark this lesson as complete for now. I'm not 100% happy with your constructions, but I feel like you might be able to improve better on the insects (the next lesson) than the plants. The insects emphasize more of the concepts that you're lacking here.
About the pens - stick to one pen (in this case, i'd say the fineliner). Your thicker lines are getting to be very thick, and it flattens the whole image out. If you stick to one pen, you'll learn to apply a greater degree of pressure control.
Also, there's no problem with you taking your time.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 5: Drawing Animals"
2015-02-15 19:03
Decent constructions, and great drawings. The only critique I can think to give is that your better drawings are the ones where you don't attempt to cover the entire animal with texture. Or even, covering the entire focal area with texture.
For example, the sitting camel at the bottom right of page 7 looks far more convincing than the one at the top of that same page. The one at the top has very regularly repeating hatching - that rhythm all across the whole animal throws the drawing off a bit.
In general though, great work. I'll mark this lesson as complete.
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-15 05:33
Looking good. Nice line weights and confident strokes. Need to work on that overshooting problem though, but in general, very nice!
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 2: Organic Forms, Contour Lines, Dissections and Form Intersections"
2015-02-15 05:32
I'm guessing you submitted here because the lesson 1 thread was locked - I did post a warning in the sidebar, but I guess you missed it.
I just finished rewriting and restructuring the first lesson.
As for your work, your lines look good, but the rest gives me the impression that you were a little overenthusiastic. You definitely rushed through the rest. You also missed these notes about the ellipse exercise. A lot of people seem to miss them, so I reincorporated them into the lesson itself, since I had the chance to rewrite it. You also didn't complete the required amount for lesson 1 (2 pages of each exercise. You only did one for lines/ellipses/organic perspective, and skipped rough perspective altogether).
I'd like you to redo them. Read the new version of lesson 1 carefully, and take your time. Do it in several sittings and don't try and digest the entire lesson at once.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-13 23:30
Two things:
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Could you retake the photos? Usually the quality's not a big deal but here I'm having difficulty making out all of the drawings, since they're poorly lit.
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What thickness is your felt tip pen?
Uncomfortable in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2015-02-12 23:09
Good progress. Whenever you finish a box though, always be sure to see if the far planes are larger or smaller than the near planes. If they're larger then something's wrong. For the most part, you're definitely on the right track, so keep it up.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2015-02-11 23:46
Your lines are well done, and your ellipses show a lot of care and patience (though you didn't do them correctly - give the lesson notes a read, you'll find these notes regarding the ellipse exercise). I see that kind of fall apart when you hit the boxes.
Make sure you lay out these exercises (both rough perspective and organic perspective) in frames (as you did later on, though those came out kind of sloppy, I think they required more attention and focus). Also, if you find that it's difficult to draw your lines accurately at the size you're working, work a little larger. Often times it's tricky to work smaller, since the thickness of your pen (and therefore your lines) ends up huge relative to your drawing.
Overall, I think that with the boxes, you are fully capable of doing both exercises fairly well. You simply need to invest more time. I'd like to see you do the boxes exercises over. Deliver to me the absolute best of what you're capable. I would also like you to do one more page of ellipses (to incorporate the things mentioned in the notes I linked above).
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2015-02-11 22:19
Looking good. You probably went a little overboard though - the intent here is not so much for you to nail the ellipses, but rather to make sure that you're approaching the exercise properly.
Why? Because the next step is for me to tell you to incorporate the lines exercise and the ellipses exercise into a warm up routine, so you are able to practice them regularly.
Anyways, I'll mark the lesson as complete, so feel free to move onto the next one.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-10 23:52
Very nice ribbons. Your plants are still stiff though, so consciously try and carry that organic flow into the flatter elements. Try and be conscious of how they twist and turn in and out of 3D space.
Still, as I said, you've been at this long enough so I'm going to mark this lesson as complete. As you explore these same concepts with the content covered in the later lessons, you should find things on this front improving as well. Doesn't hurt to come back and practice plants once in a while, though.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-10 23:50
You're definitely piling on too much ink, and focusing way too much on detail. They're not bad as observational drawings, but I want to see their guts, their construction. Also, it looks to me that you're doing y our lay-ins in pencil. Do everything in ink. Don't concern yourself with producing a pretty final drawing.
I'd like to see a few more pages of plants, but I want you to stop before you reach the detailing stage. I want to see complete constructions of the plants, similar to this demo I just did for someone else.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-02-10 23:47
So there's two major problems.
First off, you're very, very stiff. These are organic objects, they sway and twist and bend and do whatever-the-fuck-they-want. Your lines are stiff and rigid, so you're not even beginning to convey that. You need to practice your continuous, wavy, organic lines. Here's an exercise I wrote up over the weekend that should help you loosen up.
Secondly, I don't think you're spending enough time on your lay-in. These things should consist of complete shapes and forms. The lay-ins you did at the beginning of your assignment are more or less complete, but make sure that you continue to do them like that all throughout.
Also, don't forget that your pots are not paper thin. There's thickness to them.
Uncomfortable in the post "LESSON 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2015-02-10 23:10
Very good. Your lines and boxes are looking great. The only thing you missed was, from my original critique:
For the ellipses, read over these notes, which were included in the 'lesson notes'. Each lesson has lesson notes included in the comments section, and there should be a message in red text above the comment box reminding you to read them.
You ought to read more carefully! I'd like to see one page of the ellipses done correctly before I mark this lesson as complete.
Uncomfortable in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2015-03-07 23:28
Corn booty? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. Nice work over all. Generally your forms are showing a good sense of volume, and you're making good use of your contour lines. The ladybug on page 7 looks a bit smooshed though, the silhouette of the shell could have been made a little more bulbous to capture that rounded shape. I especially like your bees and wasps though, they look so good I want to throw my computer out a window.
As for the flairs, I give them out when the lessons are complete. For example, I'm gonna go give you the flair for this lesson right now. It's how I keep track of people and how I know to yell at people who try and jump in halfway without completing the earlier ones.