Been a while...

Busy lately...here're are a couple of sketches done absent-mindedly during lessons.

Hit bag

This was definitely not what they had in mind when they wrote 'hit bag' on Gmarket but this was what I instantly thought of...

I apologise for being MIA for so long, and when I finally do post again, it's old material (this is some visdev work from Sep 2011). Well, at least it's old material I don't believe you've seen before on this blog. <insert placating smile>

We were supposed to design characters for a given story. The story I worked on was about how the vulture became bald. (Excessive pride about his beautiful feathers.)

Designs for the other birds. I laughed a lot at onion bird on the bottom. Sorry onion bird.

Colour/pattern explorations.

The other 'style'. 

General style explorations.

Funky 'dos.

This little series of vultures was completely random. I think I was bored.

This doesn't belong here, clearly, but it's here because I realised something looking at it. I realise I like this so much better than another one that used to be my favourite among my figure drawings of this fella. I realise this is better, now. I did some depth-destroying errors around the folds of the right leg though :/

I miss figure drawing class. 

Here is a fast sketch of three people looking at something in Chinatown.

Sketchies

Been a long time since I posted anything!

Here are some zoo sketches. And another sketch or two.

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Daddy

This is the first sketch I've done so far using autodesk sketchbook for the iPhone! It was of a father-daughter duo sitting in front of me on the train.

mrt sketching

copies

These 2 are copies of drawings/photos that I made today (we copied drawings/photos that the teacher gave us), first sketchbook thingy for Fig and Animals. I don't like copying thingies :( I mean, sure, I do learn things as I copy, but damn is it ever tedious.

I think my pathetic shading has been forced to improve a little :/ Maybe I should grit my teeth and copy more things. Doing this has also made me realise how long it's been since I've really drawn anything.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming sketch outings!

some wip

A friend commented I hadn't posted anything here in a while. Thank you friend! :) So here you are.

A little experiment with photos (you may recognise some of them) blended with painting.

magnets, cygnets & berets

I wonder what she's looking at.

I think there are certain feelings and subjects I always end up drawing (if you see this, WL, it's not dragons) when I don't start off with an idea in mind. If I managed to keep a sketchbook regularly, I think I would be able to prove it.

snape's mom

Well, maybe. I don't even-

oo la la

Anyway, as promised: a better quality updated version of the drawing. 

It was a figure drawing during a school Wed session that happily got out of hand!

after all this time

I present the very first car face sketch. You know this idea I've had for some time, about a series of cars and the faces they inspire? Well this is the photo of the first sketch of that, done a coupla months ago (oops) that I finally coloured on 72 (the trick to keeping from getting bus-sick is earphones).

That one hour going home at night is becoming my sketchbook time.

If you google image 'Vintage Humber', you'll immediately see the bumper-view result I got the sketch from. I couldn't quite get back the same feel in faces...

figure drawing: 12th july

For last Tuesday's lesson we were supposed to bring references of period fashion. I chose Edwardian (1900-1910-ish)! But I didn't manage to print it. Got to school early only to realise all printing places were closed till 9 (lesson started at 8.30). -_- Ended up borrowing a classmate's reference for-

My favourite model (china lady I must one day ask the name of...I'm scared my chinese will be embarrassing) was late :( So we practiced on what references we had first. I finally stopped being stubborn and broke out the conte. Pleasant results. I'm an eejit for being stubborn.

My shading still needs work however. Also the proportions. I messed those up enough to turn him a little feminine instead of masculine hooded guy, Assasin's Creed style.

Gestures! 2mins or so.

3-5 min.

Normally I suck at clothing gestures, but I thought today was decent. I think today my better clothing gestures are thanks to 1. my favourite model 2. big big big drapey cloth 3. enough sleep (really important). 4. I hate to admit it, but conte

I also think I'm learning to stop drawing every single stupid wrinkle.

This last unfinished one...has an embarrassingly drawn face. Hahaha. I spent some time printing out my pretty references and ended up with only enough time to do this (we were supposed to put clothes from our references on the model's pose).

I just love the way people dressed back in the old days. So I admit it must've been pretty tedious and all compared to pulling on shorts and a shirt, but everyone looks pretty and elegant and proper, all the time.

The on-loan DSLR I have only came with a wide-angle lens. Can you see any noticeable fish-eye distortion in these fig drawing photos?

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My senior told me something interesting the other night: "In Year 1 you learn that sleep is important. In Year 2 you learn how to cope with sleep deprivation. In Year 3 you actually learn how to manage your freaking time."

terribad, wondergood.

Drawing Class (Tues)

Had a terribad headache striking the left side of my head and my left eyeball that morning. From personal experience I can tell you this is really horrible for drawing. I think even without that, though, it was still not a very great drawing day....

... I get more confused than a sheep underwater when it comes to drawing clothes and drapery gestures and well...drapery. Maybe I'm just thinking about it the wrong way.

On the bright side, I'm somehow venturing more into perspective and thinking about it. Thank you, Mr Mattesi.

This was done after getting some Panadol (which worked like magic for the pain). About 10 (I came in halfway) and 30 minutes respectively. :[ Grr. My favourite lesson nowadays is now officially figure drawing. With enough sleep.

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Wed drawing workshop thing
Man I am going to make it a point to be there every week unless circumstances disallow. Small number of people (unfortunately and fortunately), less pressure, more awake (me), and the model gets a lot of freedom with poses and stuff.

Today we had a female model, a China woman I've drawn before. She's actually one of my favourite models to draw, and her poses are always fun. (For me, anyway.) Also I like messing with her hair. She has skills with pinning up her hair that I completely ignore.

Gestures:








For the one on the right I tried 'blind force' - like blind contour drawing, only you draw force. I ended up looking a few times, but I think it somehow works. It flows...



Lazy to comment. Pam if you're reading this figure drawing and shading with colour pencil is fun :D