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    • murielle
      murielle @demotlj last edited by

      @demotlj Nice work. These look good. The buildings are interesting especially if you don't like drawing them. πŸ‘πŸ»

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      • murielle
        murielle @MichaelaH last edited by

        @MichaelaH Nice!!! I have so many favorites :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

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        • Erin.Cortese
          Erin.Cortese Moderator last edited by

          Here is my second attempt at the thumbnails, I managed to loosen up. It really does seem counterintuitive though, I had to fight the urge to draw familiar structures, through all of them.

          Thank you @Braden-Hallett @JerrySketchyArt, brilliant advice to just put a mark on the page or draw some random shapes, it really worked for me!
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          • braden H
            braden H @Erin.Cortese last edited by

            @ErinCortese Nice! Just wingin' shapes and lines around can really help to shake out of a design rut πŸ™‚

            I'm seeing a lot of nice thirds goin' on!

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            • Erin.Cortese
              Erin.Cortese Moderator last edited by

              Here is my Exercise 4. I was drawn to this thumbnail because it is outside what I would usually do...loose and not overly structural. I am finding that I feel more relaxed working on things that are more stylized and less structural, but it still feels strange.

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              • JerrySketchyArt
                JerrySketchyArt last edited by

                Exercise 4

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                • JerrySketchyArt
                  JerrySketchyArt @murielle last edited by JerrySketchyArt

                  @murielle I was going for a mix of "boring" and "interesting" in those thumbnails. They mention in the class that sometimes you want boring, and since I often need to make background elements that blend in the boring stuff is important for me too.

                  I don't disagree on the trees. I probably could have made more of those interesting. I tend to try and make my distinctions on the vertical shapes for those. I think the problem is that trees tend to be pretty evenly distributed (at least horizontally) in real life.

                  I went for a walk after reading your comment and took a good look at all of the trees. Noticed that they are amazingly symmetrical in general. Pretty much all of the asymmetrical ones I spotted were forced that way by cutting. I guess being different would be what makes those one's interesting though. πŸ™‚

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                  • demotlj
                    demotlj SVS OG @JerrySketchyArt last edited by

                    @JerrySketchyArt Do you live in a residential area? I think it’s true that trees in a residential area will be more symmetrical whereas in a woods, they are rarely symmetrical because of crowding and wind damage. I took these pictures on a walk down my road lined by State forest. Even the trees in the open have damage from winds. Thinking about this is helpful because the shape of the trees in a drawing then could help signal the setting. 0F507884-FB5A-478E-9311-CF44C47F29D8.jpeg B9F73D75-E46B-4400-9915-3E5F4281135B.jpeg F31101D8-EA3E-4129-B7BB-DCA0BF1BD584.jpeg

                    Laurie DeMott
                    instagram.com/demotlj

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                    • braden H
                      braden H last edited by

                      Remember ladies and gents that the intention of this course is not necessarily to design things that are real (though that's fine πŸ™‚ ) it's to design things that look good.

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                      • braden H
                        braden H last edited by

                        Also (watching Jake's exaples in the 'reference' video at about 50 minutes) a great way to make sure that you keep the awesome silhouette for your building/tree is to take the black silhouette, resize it (and lower the opacity) then draw overtop of it on a new layer. I've found that if I don't do that I tend to de-exaggerate my silhouette.

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                        • Heather Boyd
                          Heather Boyd last edited by Heather Boyd

                          1-3 Exercises completed this week. πŸ™‚ Just squeezed in. I loved doing these. But houses were the hardest -master perspective class after this.

                          CEDC Workbook 01-1 FINAL.jpg

                          CEDC Workbook 01-2 FINAL.jpg

                          CEDC Workbook FINAL 01-3_bak.jpg

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                          Be blessed,

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                          • braden H
                            braden H @Heather Boyd last edited by

                            @Heather-Boyd Perspective is haaaaaard! But i do find it easier in thumbnail form πŸ™‚ It's a lot easier to extend those imaginary lines waaaaaaay off the page when what you're drawing is tiny

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                            • Heather Boyd
                              Heather Boyd @braden H last edited by

                              @Braden-Hallett

                              You make it look easy.

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                              Be blessed,

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                              • demotlj
                                demotlj SVS OG @Heather Boyd last edited by

                                @Heather-Boyd These are great! Very creative.

                                Laurie DeMott
                                instagram.com/demotlj

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                                • demotlj
                                  demotlj SVS OG last edited by demotlj

                                  Here is my third silhouette page which I don’t love but it’s done and my objective view of one of my silhouettes. At least, I think it’s the objective view if I’m understanding what that means.

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                                  Laurie DeMott
                                  instagram.com/demotlj

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                                  • braden H
                                    braden H @demotlj last edited by

                                    @demotlj Neat design!

                                    Which silhouette were you using for it?

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                                    • demotlj
                                      demotlj SVS OG @braden H last edited by demotlj

                                      @Braden-Hallett it was my first set of building silhouettes second row farthest right.
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                                      Laurie DeMott
                                      instagram.com/demotlj

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                                      • braden H
                                        braden H @demotlj last edited by

                                        @demotlj Oh nice! I missed that page πŸ˜‰ You stayed nice and true to the silhouette!

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                                        • MichaelaH
                                          MichaelaH last edited by

                                          So I think I am finished, not perfect. It was very difficult, because I never do such perspective. It is only one raw sketch, would like to do one clean sketch with better perspective (after it is finished I see many parts lacking..but as Jake said, it is good to go some more times over the design after time passes), but after 2 hours doing this exercise, I need some break. But I am proud of me, that I did some environment and one I never usually do...

                                          SVS CED4 OD V01 Michaela Heimlich.jpg

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                                          • demotlj
                                            demotlj SVS OG @MichaelaH last edited by

                                            @MichaelaH Very intricate! The different perspective is very nice and well done. That's something I have real problems doing -- turning my creation (or anything) around in space and imagining how it would like from another angle. Yours is great.

                                            Laurie DeMott
                                            instagram.com/demotlj

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