a few heads...(studies)

long pose

from last night. Twas fun. Really like this group as well :)

posties

some stuff from over the weekend. The side views look like something out of the 80s *sings Nevaaa Surrenduhhhh* Hahaha.

my friend

at one of the workshops who I really learn a lot from was telling me that people often take classes or want to do something because of someone else's effort/work, and that it's important to distinguish that especially while learning that you're not going to be the teacher; you are there to learn their technique and share their life experience/advice. Your personal style develops from your own life experiences and personality. She was saying how it's interesting that at one school, the teachers are dry and boring and their work, even though precise, reflects this. And then there are some people whose work, even though not the most precise or academic, you just can't take your eyes off of. That kind of stuff is fascinating to me, but it is true that sometimes it's so easy to get caught up in "omg I'm going to take a class from X prof because he/she is a bad@$$!" and before you know it, you've taken classes with a bunch of superstars, you haven't evaluated your own work or improved at all (because some people may be superstars but they may not know how to impart that knowledge; that's a skill in itself) and spent a tonne of energy and money. Anyways...drawings from yesterday evening. Looking at the other stuff I have to scan in and post to another blog (because we had homework) makes me sigh (dang you extra week off!).

been working

in the middle of Thanksgiving (where I literally crashed; I'd been out drawing the night before until midnight, woke up after noon on Tgiving day and got some rest from the hectic schedule while bringing home eight containers full of food from a friend's), I got quite a bit done, but I'm a bit lazy to upload so it will take time to upload a few (got 21 cars done and filled an entire sketch book)...the sheer number always freaks me out a bit and then I just end up posting one or two lol. Also had a massive sinus headache last night...ouch..so much so that I missed one (3 hour) session of drawing :( which I will make up this week with an additional 8 hours available this week and only this week to me (mwahaha). Sometimes, I do feel a bit regretful that I'm not focusing on doing crazy concepts, but a story last Wednesday made me smile a bit. One concept artist who is pretty well known recently hired another artist; the artist he hired didn't necessarily know PS but the guy knew how to draw and had sketchbooks and sketchbooks full of good stuff. The guy who hired him said he did it because he knew the guy could draw and paint; the other stuff is just a tool that he could teach him. That is just so awesome! It can be intimidating sometimes to deliberately tell yourself (amidst people you know who want you to just 'do something cool') to focus and do foundational work; drawing, anatomy, perspective ie the boring stuff. It's so worth it, though. I know I have a long, long way to go, but I hope to keep improving and not get caught up in the 'coolness' factor while missing the fundamentals, so that someone would look straight through a beautifully rendered piece that I spent hours on and say "gee, his hand is all wonky" or "that perspective is off" or "it doesn't read at all". I care and think a lot about not fitting in and putting myself to a higher standard than 'average' not because of the competition, but because of what I want for myself. I plan to do whatever it takes, even if means spending a lot more time on my foundation, so that people can say "that's interesting" rather than "eugh" hahaha. It's hard, but oh well, c'est la vie. Back to drawing some heads! :)

nerded out

and spent my time tonight with a lovely group of people doing long pose with Jonathan. Working with progresso and layout.

drawings from yesterday evening

and..the model gave me a ride home (she also makes the best peanut butter and banana sandwiches ever!) :)

more heads

working on the Mssrschmidt heads, along with the blending technique for layering, and just general structure.

attack of the spider

sketches from last night, amidst a hairy spider that was lurking around. These are 2s all the way up to 25s.

continuing with heads

We have to do about 20 expressions so continuing along. They're supposed to just be gestural but I'm trying to pimp mine out by studying the Mssrschmidts.