FLAMINGO BONANZA

 In figure drawing we picked an animal to observe and study.

Meet Bobby, the nervous flamingo!

Cardboard Rocket

A quick drawing for a DPSC meet. The prompt was "black and white astronaut." I didn't submit it, but I'm pretty happy that I got it finished in about 30 minutes.

Updates: I Swear I'm Not Dead

Howdy! So... we're halfway through the second semester of freshman year, and I figure I should update to inform all that yes, I am still alive. I've been busy with class, piles and piles of homework, and (cough) leagueoflegends. Priorities, priorities. Here's some of my (from a personal opinion, better) work from this semester.

A big focus is moving towards stories and narratives, and working with characters. For example, in figure drawing, we've been exaggerating models' poses and giving them stories, new clothes, expressions, props, etc.

Working with developing characters in Figure Drawing II:

A project in which we started out with a 15-minute pose, and then changed it to give it a story.

Check out the transition from the original pose (on the far left) to the final project.

Working with drawing different expressions.

We're actually developing characters in 3D Design and Traditional Animation for use in further projects. Check it out!

For 3D class I'm going to make a sculpture and environment for one of my favorite characters, Swampy.

Gus the Skunk!

For Traditional Animation, we were given a random animal to design and animate in a character jump. I ended up with Gus the skunk, an easily-frustrated loner who enjoys solitude, napping, competitive curling, and scaring away small annoying mammals. He's not afraid to speak his opinion, or gas those who don't agree with him. I'm looking forward to animating him :)

 Stay 'tuned- I've got much more coming up!

Figure Drawing Final Week- Cafe Drawings and Nostalgia

The final week was an excellent one for figure drawing. We focused our efforts on cafe drawings, and quick narrative sketches of people. We also did a couple of twenty-minute poses but only to wrap it all up and compare it with our drawing from the beginning of the semester. I can't help but feel that I've definitely improved. Can't wait for next semester!

Observational Drawings

 drawn in cafes, Burger Kings, and figure studios.

 

Nostalgia: Before and After

 This disproportionate lady was drawn the first day of Figure Drawing. Note the freakishly tiny hands.

Here's the figure from our last class. Not too bad a drawing for a stressed-out sleep-deprived zombie.

Updated 2D Final

The final project was interesting: we had to make an abstract grayscale picture that employed all the design concepts we'd been learning about. In the second half of the project we had to make a colored representational picture using the abstract piece as a base.