XSDM in the post "250 Cylinder Challenge"
2016-01-18 19:09
250 cylinders - teaches me just how hard it is to hit that minor axis with an ellipse.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 6: Drawing Everyday Objects (version 3)"
2016-01-09 21:54
Boxes are tough, ellipses are worse, but keeping the perspective true is... even worse. Heres my go: http://imgur.com/a/ZLzub
XSDM in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals (version 3)"
2016-01-04 22:12
Here it is: http://imgur.com/a/6IdtP
I really liked those sausage intersections :) But the rhino somehow gained a bit of weight in the process :/ I guess i should stay well clear of portraiture.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals (version 3)"
2016-01-03 19:34
Thank you for this very through critique! I see i really had some problems. In these four pages i really tried to focus on the forms - and then the proportions got second priority. I really find it hard to get both right at the same time. And i guess that is why my lizards turned out ok before. Their proportions are really off, but since its lizards you dont notice. Hopefully that will improve over time.
Here are the next pages: http://imgur.com/a/35Is3
XSDM in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals (version 3)"
2016-01-01 21:57
Happy New Year!
Heres my second attempt: http://imgur.com/a/1i9vo
I attempted some shading on p. 3, but i guess it went a little overboard and just looked goofy. Anyway, i did try to take your advice from the critique.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals (version 3)"
2015-12-02 08:54
Thank you for this insightful critique. I have struggled with being too loose. I think this is because i really had trouble getting proportions right and then trying to find it 'on the page' as you say. I feel this is still my main problem, and i have tried different way of measuring, but nothing seems to really work for me. Grids, measuring with a pencil or ruler on screen or measuring digitally does not result in animals with good proportions.
Anyway ill spend some more time with these animals for now.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals (version 3)"
2015-11-29 20:24
This was a very frustrating lesson! I went though a ton of paper for this one. And not even close to satisfied with the results.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids (version 3)"
2015-11-01 20:22
My insects and arachnids: http://imgur.com/a/tuhfm
I had much more fun doing these than the plants! But I still feel like i just don't get the textures. I know to look for rythm and of course i have studied the bonus notes on textures. For now i can only hope to improve with practise.
XSDM in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants (version 3)"
2015-10-22 20:38
So here are my plants! Took a while, and i ended up just throwing away a lot of drawings. And I am still not very proud of this result. It was definitely a great challenge. http://imgur.com/a/TvJ8w
XSDM in the post "Lesson 6: Drawing Everyday Objects (version 3)"
2016-01-22 20:06
Here is my second try. I guess i really needed to draw some more boxes :) Drawing through was very revealing. Anyway, i forgot to draw through for the first pages, so i did some more boxes - hoping its all right.
Intersections felt much better this time, then when i did the exercise the first time - still hard though. Especially when two planes and cylinders intersect at odd angels was hard to grasp - but i guess that might be because i don't see that very much in life.
Anyway, here are my doodles:
Boxes: http://imgur.com/a/3OKdh
Intersections: http://imgur.com/a/rtt5O
Everyday objects: http://imgur.com/a/1sYHI