{"id":902,"date":"2024-02-27T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/?p=902"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:30:12","slug":"learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-09-2024-02-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shawnmeanders.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/27\/learning-to-draw-people-challenge-day-09-2024-02-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Draw People Challenge \u2013 Day 09 (2024\/02\/27)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nThis was written February 27, 2024 as part of the 2024 Learning to Draw People Challenge<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Introduction<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nToday was a fairly short day. Unfortunately I was both tired and fairly busy. However, I still went to a Cafe, put my head down, and started to draw, albeit for a shorter period than usual. As for writing this article, it was done in a separate session, but on the same day (Which means progress!). Let’s get into it!\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Exercises<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nThere isn’t a lot to say about the exercises. While going through the exercises, I was a little more stressed than usual and tried to rush a little, which definitely negatively affected the results. For the line exercise, I once again tried to practice different orientations (Although I almost forgot some of them). I also decided to practice both “overhand” and “underhand” for the horizontal line. You can additionally notice that I started annotating the exercises (Including UH and OH for underhand and overhand respectively).\r\n

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Day 09 – Lines exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nFor the wavy lines exercise, I realized that I don’t approach “peaks” and “valleys” in the same way, which causes undesired asymmetry that gets in the way of the results. Sometimes, one of them doesn’t even form what I would call a curve. For this exercise, I will definitely need to go back to the drawing board (so to speak). I may try to rewatch the video these exercises come from<\/a> for inspiration. One thing I’ll definitely want to try to do is to take the first wavy line slowly to start it off neatly.\r\n

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Day 09 – Wavy lines exercise (Vertical)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n
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Day 09 – Wavy lines exercise (Horizontal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nFor the circle exercise, I decided to go for a smaller quantity than usual. Also, as noted on the sheet, the clockwise orientation definitely felt unnatural to me. Some of them also look more like “2”s than circles.\r\n

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Day 09 – Circles exercise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nOverall, I spent roughly 8 minutes and a half on the exercises.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Drawing<\/h2>\r\n

\r\nFollowing the previous day, I figured I might want to practice drawing ears. Thus, I looked through my reference book for the section on ears, and decided to practice it. The process contains five steps, which I’ll illustrate with what I consider my best overall attempt:\r\n

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  1. Draw the general shape of the ear<\/li>\r\n
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    Day 09 – Ear Contour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n
  2. Draw the ear hole<\/li>\r\n
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    Day 09 – Ear hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n
  3. Draw the inner contour of the ear (Yes, I redrew the ear hole here)<\/li>\r\n
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    Day 09 – Ear inner contour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n
  4. Connect the ear hole section to the inner contour<\/li>\r\n
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    Day 09 – Connecting ear hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n
  5. Loop back the inner contour to connect with the last draw segment<\/li>\r\n
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    Day 09 – Ear final step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

    \r\nA few things to note:\r\n