I’ve Seen The 300 Heads Assignment On You Insta. It Seems Such A Hard But Useful Drawing Exercise.

I’ve seen the 300 heads assignment on you insta. It seems such a hard but useful drawing exercise. What was it all about and how much time did you guys had to do it? PS. YOUr art is just amazing!!!! It takes my breath away!!!

For those of you who don’t follow me on instagram, Anon is referring to this behemoth of a midterm my class and I partook in for our Inventive Drawing class (forgive the quality) 

It wasn’t hard so much as time consuming. I enjoyed it quite a bit and found it extremely educational. Our instructor made us do it alongside our weekly assignments in an effort to teach us about animated character expressions / style. We had 7 weeks to finish 300 heads from various 2D Disney movies of our choice (again, this was alongside our other weekly assignments. I knew people who started the project the day it was assigned and others who started a week before it was due…). 

I recommend this exercise to anyone who wants to get a broad range of expressions stored away in their mind’s library. These expressions stick in your subconscious like oatmeal to ribs. I find myself channeling several expressions I saw and drew during those seven weeks all the time now. It’s a big project to take on but it’s definitely worth it!