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    • Basil Godevenos
      Basil Godevenos last edited by

      I'm new to SVS and I've just started with the "How to Draw Everything" class by Jake Parker in an attempt to finally learn drawing/painting/illustration in a deliberate, more formal manner.

      The first exercise is upside down drawing, which I've done before.

      Here's the first time I tried it a couple of years ago...

      Original:

      picasso.jpg

      My version:

      Untitled_Artwork.jpg

      A couple of years (and not really much drawing in the meantime later), and here's my upside down version of Skullchaser (I don't think I have to tell you mine is on the left):

      SVS-HTDE-E1-UpsidedownSkullchaser.jpg

      I'm happier than I expected to be with it. I don't have the line confidence yet, but I did much better with my proportions than the first time I attempted this exercise.

      https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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      • Pamela Fraley
        Pamela Fraley SVS OG @Basil Godevenos last edited by

        @Basil-Godevenos these are great. Makes we want to go redo some of the classes.

        instagram.com/fraleycreates

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        • Basil Godevenos
          Basil Godevenos @Pamela Fraley last edited by

          @Pamela-Fraley Thanks! Jake says "don't worry if it takes you half an hour". I looked at the clock after I finished. 55 minutes. I laughed.

          https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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          • TessaW
            TessaW @Basil Godevenos last edited by

            @Basil-Godevenos Lol. Don't feel bad about it taking 55 minutes. Great job.

            Website: www.tessawrathall.com

            Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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            • Basil Godevenos
              Basil Godevenos @TessaW last edited by

              @TessaW oh I don't feel bad. It's more a realization that speed comes with experience. I look at pros posting their "warm-ups" on Instagram and I'm blown away by what can be accomplished in a few minutes when you really know what you're doing.

              https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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              • Basil Godevenos
                Basil Godevenos last edited by

                Exercise 2: Contour Lines.

                This one leaves a lot to be desired. I got all the detail in but my proportions are way off.
                Untitled_Artwork 2.jpg
                This was done a bit quicker. 45 minutes or so.

                https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                • TessaW
                  TessaW @Basil Godevenos last edited by

                  @Basil-Godevenos Good outlook. 👍

                  Website: www.tessawrathall.com

                  Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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                  • Basil Godevenos
                    Basil Godevenos last edited by

                    And here's today's exercise: negative space drawing. This was by far the quickest. I think it only took me about 10 minutes. The fact that the chair's parts are made of many continuous straight and parallel lines helped a lot.
                    Untitled.jpg

                    https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                    • Basil Godevenos
                      Basil Godevenos last edited by

                      I made it to the end of the course - didn't want to bore everyone here with random shapes... but here's part 1 of the "final assignment". A building:

                      SVS_HTDE_Building.JPG

                      I realized after the fact that it's missing a few shadows - I did this while sick in bed and hadn't eaten in 24 hours, so I'm excusing myself 😉

                      https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                      • Basil Godevenos
                        Basil Godevenos last edited by

                        Attempting to draw a car as part 2 of the final assignment.

                        Here's what I got done tonight. I'll post more tomorrow!

                        Untitled_Artwork.jpg

                        https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                        • Basil Godevenos
                          Basil Godevenos last edited by

                          Here's the finished car. Almost forgot to include the drop shadow!

                          Also, behold the new watermark I'm testing out:

                          Untitled_Artwork 2.jpg

                          https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                          • Eywin
                            Eywin @Basil Godevenos last edited by

                            @Basil-Godevenos Hi, I am also new to SVS and have started with the 7 days trial. I've also started with this course and just have finished the first 3 excerciese. I wanted to say that yours are so amazing. I am going to take a photo of mine and share as well. 🙂

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                            • Basil Godevenos
                              Basil Godevenos @Eywin last edited by

                              @Eywin Awesome!! I really enjoyed this course. I think just nailing down the process of building a drawing layer by layer has really helped me a lot!

                              https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                              • mamadraw
                                mamadraw @Basil Godevenos last edited by mamadraw

                                @Basil-Godevenos Thanks for sharing your work! I’ve just completed the course too. I tried to “draw along” with Jake as I was watching the demos so my final drawings are a bit wobbly. I’m going to spend a week or so drawing my own buildings, trees and cars before I move onto to perspective drawing. I think I might leave off character drawing for now as it is so much more complex (it was so hard to draw along with that demo and I am not pleased with the outcome!) as I think I will do the character design course after perspective. How about you? Which courses will you go for next?06BC7EA3-B7A6-40C5-96E2-5139B475CA31.jpeg 4C32B532-ADC0-46AA-A9E2-66F8CA401A8A.jpeg 05B7EA18-8088-4E47-B502-4BBEE60AD466.jpeg 899ADC92-9938-4922-9EB9-3B433FDF849F.jpeg

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                                • Basil Godevenos
                                  Basil Godevenos @mamadraw last edited by

                                  @mamadraw your drawings look fantastic! Great work.

                                  I am following along the new foundations track, which begins with How to Draw Everything and then moves to perspective. Don't be timid about the perspective class - it's very good. I finished it recently and now I'm on to Will Terry's course, although I haven't been able to get through it as quickly because I've been sick recently.

                                  Good luck!

                                  https://www.instagram.com/bas.g.art/

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                                  • mamadraw
                                    mamadraw @Basil Godevenos last edited by

                                    @Basil-Godevenos Great! Yes, I'm planning on the same path, though I do keep getting side tracked by enticing things like fur and fabrics! I hadn't realised your original post was so old when I responded - good to hear that you got a lot out of the perspective class! I'm on it tomorrow! Good luck!

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