1 minute poses
5 minute poses
long pose
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday's Fundamentals of Life Drawing Class
Great drawing night tonight. Mitch taught us how to measure and some key ideas with perspective. He also encouraged us to use straight lines when first drawing the figure and then rounding out those lines as you go along. Special thanks also to Karen, one of the most fun models I've ever met.
1 minute poses
5 minute poses
long pose
1 minute poses
5 minute poses
long pose
Sunday, February 08, 2009
First Fridays at the Santa Fe Art District
Jean and I attended First Fridays and enjoyed perusing the art galleries up and down Santa Fe. We stopped by Space Gallery and visited our friend Laura Guese, one of the resident artists at the gallery.
Here Laura and I pose in front of one of her many works of art.
Here is Laura.
Here Laura and I pose in front of one of her many works of art.
Here is Laura.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Cool Things I Found On the Net This Week: Animation Blogs
When I lived in New York I joined ASIFA-EAST, an animation organization that sponsors animation screenings, lectures, and life drawing courses at SVA. I had the great pleasure of meeting ASIFA-EAST president Dave Levy, author of Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive, an excellent love letter to NYC animation now in its third printing. So you can imagine my joy when I discovered his blog this week, Animondays. Dave dispels his years of wisdom in the field, having worked on projects from Blues Clues to Assy McGee, along with his own projects, with wit and warmth. It is definitely worth flowing, all you bloggers. Enjoy!
ASLD Life Drawing - Friday
Had a guy pose today. Cool. Always good to draw new people. I'm working on drawing men. I am stronger at drawing women, but I know I will improve. I also had to contend with a rude older woman who wouldn't scoot her TWO TABLES worth of art supplies over so I could see and remarked that I should get there early. That went over well. Wow, really lady? And are you always this rude or did that take years of practice? That's a way to not make friends in a town where everyone knows everyone. Don't be that lady, kids. Be the better person.
Also, I ran out of vine charcoal so had to use what I had left. The charcoal I had doesn't work so well on the type of paper I use now, so I made due. I think my work turned out well in spite of not having the right charcoal, contending with an ugly acting older person and not being able to focus well this morning. Sheesh. Some art days are weird I suppose.
In other BETTER news, I received my portfolio requirements for Sheridan College today. SCORE! I am looking forward to attending this fall.
Enjoy the work.
ow
Also, I ran out of vine charcoal so had to use what I had left. The charcoal I had doesn't work so well on the type of paper I use now, so I made due. I think my work turned out well in spite of not having the right charcoal, contending with an ugly acting older person and not being able to focus well this morning. Sheesh. Some art days are weird I suppose.
In other BETTER news, I received my portfolio requirements for Sheridan College today. SCORE! I am looking forward to attending this fall.
Enjoy the work.
ow
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Screenwriting Blogs Recap
I haven't been trolling through my litany of screenwriting blogs lately on account of I haven't been writing anything since I started focusing on going back to school. I still have three screenplays to rewrite and the nucleus of one that will remain in the back of my mind until I've completed the first three. (My New Year's Resolution kids - finish what you start!) So it was a pleasant surprise to go through the old blog roll and see what the professionals and aspiring professionals have been up to this past week.
My two favorite entries came from John August (natch) and Mystery Man on Film.
First off, if you haven't read John August, you are missing out on screenwriting gold. Not only is he someone who knows what he's talking about, he's also very funny. And he gives great examples backed up by real evidence based on either something he's been through or something he's witnessed that other's have been through. In other words, he's not pulling advice out of his butt, so he's worth paying attention to.
August showcases a great post on what he calls The Duluth Dilemma, the idea that you could be the next best greatest screenwriter in the world, but if you live in Duluth, or some other out of the way town, instead of LA, the chance of your movie being made greatly diminishes. He posts several responses from people who agree and disagree with him. What it truly boils down to though is this: are you willing to move to a city you potentially can't stand in order to become successful? That's the crux of the matter. Some people are attached to where they live and don't care what the Hollywood bigwigs say, they're staying where they are, dang it. Others are OK or ecstatic to get the heck out of Dodge and go where they action is. I agree with the second group of people. You're more likely to succeed in your chosen profession if you go to where the jobs actually are.
I'll use myself as an example. When I graduated from college I wanted to work as an editor for a publishing company. Houston, TX is not the publishing mecca of the world. I knew that if I wanted to succeed in my chosen profession, I would need to move to New York, Auckland NZ, London, or Japan. Why? Because that's where all of the publishing houses were located. Even though I applied for jobs in NY, it was not until I moved to NY that I actually got my first publishing job.
I personally think that people who want to make it big in screenwriting without being willing to go to LA are diluting themselves. You HAVE to go where the action is 99% of the time. Sure, you hear about people living in Who-knows-where,USA who make it big, but the reason you hear about them is because it happens so infrequently that it makes a great Yahoo! news tidbit. This is the reason why even though I don't care about California, I know I will eventually live there because that's where most of the animated movies in America are made.
As for Mystery Man on Film, he makes a good argument involving character arcs and if they are truly necessary or not that's worthy reading in its' entirety. Enjoy.
My two favorite entries came from John August (natch) and Mystery Man on Film.
First off, if you haven't read John August, you are missing out on screenwriting gold. Not only is he someone who knows what he's talking about, he's also very funny. And he gives great examples backed up by real evidence based on either something he's been through or something he's witnessed that other's have been through. In other words, he's not pulling advice out of his butt, so he's worth paying attention to.
August showcases a great post on what he calls The Duluth Dilemma, the idea that you could be the next best greatest screenwriter in the world, but if you live in Duluth, or some other out of the way town, instead of LA, the chance of your movie being made greatly diminishes. He posts several responses from people who agree and disagree with him. What it truly boils down to though is this: are you willing to move to a city you potentially can't stand in order to become successful? That's the crux of the matter. Some people are attached to where they live and don't care what the Hollywood bigwigs say, they're staying where they are, dang it. Others are OK or ecstatic to get the heck out of Dodge and go where they action is. I agree with the second group of people. You're more likely to succeed in your chosen profession if you go to where the jobs actually are.
I'll use myself as an example. When I graduated from college I wanted to work as an editor for a publishing company. Houston, TX is not the publishing mecca of the world. I knew that if I wanted to succeed in my chosen profession, I would need to move to New York, Auckland NZ, London, or Japan. Why? Because that's where all of the publishing houses were located. Even though I applied for jobs in NY, it was not until I moved to NY that I actually got my first publishing job.
I personally think that people who want to make it big in screenwriting without being willing to go to LA are diluting themselves. You HAVE to go where the action is 99% of the time. Sure, you hear about people living in Who-knows-where,USA who make it big, but the reason you hear about them is because it happens so infrequently that it makes a great Yahoo! news tidbit. This is the reason why even though I don't care about California, I know I will eventually live there because that's where most of the animated movies in America are made.
As for Mystery Man on Film, he makes a good argument involving character arcs and if they are truly necessary or not that's worthy reading in its' entirety. Enjoy.
Sheridan Portfolio, Teen Titans and ASLD Tuesday Life Drawing
I did three things today:
1) Worked on my character design for my Sheridan portfolio.
2) Watched Seasons 3 and 4 of Teen Titans
3) Went to art class
Cartoons + Art = good drawings and consumption of too many cookies. Yum.
In regards to my portfolio, I found a design that works well and will post my work in the next few days or so.
As for Teen Titans, show that I love, I've discovered that Season 3 is the best out of the 5 Seasons. This one features three of my all-time favorite episodes: "Spellbound," in which Raven is lured into freeing a malicious dragon posing as a handsome wizard, " "Betrothed," where Blackfire and Starfire battle for control of Tamaran, and "X" where Red X mysteriously returns and Robin must face the reality that things are supposed to be simple, but they are not. Not to mention this is the season where Beast Boy becomes a werewolf creature and Cyborg helps create Titans East. And Bumblebee kicks major butt.
As for class, Mitch showed us slides of figure drawings from artists such as Van Gogh, John Singer Sargent, Klimt, Degas, Picasso, and several Russian and Chinese artists.
We had a lesson today on creating a great design using composition, gesture, tone, perspective, focal point, anatomy and color. I must say it's the first time I've ever enjoyed watching a slide show.
Marie modeled for us for the drawing portion of class. She is a middle-aged woman with great poses and volume. I enjoy drawing different ages and body types and it was nice to have a model that wasn't young and skinny for once.
One minute gesture drawings
Five minute drawings
10 minute drawing
1) Worked on my character design for my Sheridan portfolio.
2) Watched Seasons 3 and 4 of Teen Titans
3) Went to art class
Cartoons + Art = good drawings and consumption of too many cookies. Yum.
In regards to my portfolio, I found a design that works well and will post my work in the next few days or so.
As for Teen Titans, show that I love, I've discovered that Season 3 is the best out of the 5 Seasons. This one features three of my all-time favorite episodes: "Spellbound," in which Raven is lured into freeing a malicious dragon posing as a handsome wizard, " "Betrothed," where Blackfire and Starfire battle for control of Tamaran, and "X" where Red X mysteriously returns and Robin must face the reality that things are supposed to be simple, but they are not. Not to mention this is the season where Beast Boy becomes a werewolf creature and Cyborg helps create Titans East. And Bumblebee kicks major butt.
As for class, Mitch showed us slides of figure drawings from artists such as Van Gogh, John Singer Sargent, Klimt, Degas, Picasso, and several Russian and Chinese artists.
We had a lesson today on creating a great design using composition, gesture, tone, perspective, focal point, anatomy and color. I must say it's the first time I've ever enjoyed watching a slide show.
Marie modeled for us for the drawing portion of class. She is a middle-aged woman with great poses and volume. I enjoy drawing different ages and body types and it was nice to have a model that wasn't young and skinny for once.
One minute gesture drawings
Five minute drawings
10 minute drawing
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