07-01-2014, 08:35 PM
Triggerpigking - Thanks! I think that watching a couple of corny sci-fi films (Planet of the Vampires, and the utterly baffling Starcrash) and reading Night's Dawn 1&2 lately brewed up the mixture.
Samszym - Thanks, I agree that I have really neglected to pay attention with it - looks pretty shabby in hindsight. I've tried to get the crosshatching to wrap better in some of these studies, and I also experimented with blocking with a brushpen and a pencil on the figures. Washes are a bit impractical for me when I mostly draw on printer paper, unless I am out and about, or doing a study with charcoal/pencil etc. Also, I've had a shot at caricatures after you suggested it over in your SB!
Jaik: It was meant to be a lighting study for a picture I'm working on (WIP below) but I don't see why I can have a go at using it as a prop too - I will have a shot at using the visual language in something, it'll be a good challenge! I have done studies from Leonardo sketches in the past, but I will totally go back and brush up on them. They're relatively easy for me to draw from since he also drew with his left hand - doing a Durer study a while back was murder since I was following the lines against my natural sweep direction. Also, as a side note, I love Justin Gerard's work so much.
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Was in London for appointments again yesterday, phew. Got some sketches done from the Natural History museum this time, and some quick people sketches on the tube/train. Since my pilot hi-tec Cs ran out I have been trying to settle on sketching pens, which has been awkward as every sketchbook works best with a different pen. Still, Rotrings are reliable, and I've been having a lot of fun with the Uniball Eye (though like all other Uniball pens I have tried, it has a tendancy to 'jam').
Should be working on a bit of giftart (so out of my comfort zone!), making headway with some original stuff, warming up for portraits, and hopefully getting some longer studies done this week.
This is from last week, as I forgot to post it, but here is the minotaur. I'm currently sketching out the main painting.
Bunch of caricature sketches done from photos, trying to get a feel for it. My penmanship and general ability to push things whilst keeping likeness needs a lot of work though.
Warm up figure studies
Trying out from digital still life - alarm clock (~90mins), and one of those see through capsule pills (~45mins). I have not tried it before, but it wasn't as awkward as expected, so I think I'll push onto longer, more complex ones.
Car studies, I'm going to make my nephew a corresponding picture this week for his upcoming birthday with any luck.
Another lighting photostudy
People sketching on train/tube
Sketches from the museum. Went into the sea life section this time. Sorry my dinosaur ones got a bit smudged. (Also I am sure that aside from upgrading the robot t-rex, they have had the same displays in that section for the past 20 years+.)
Character head sketches for fun
And finally a WIP for a relatively unambitious painting. Mainly just working on using what I learnt from that anatomy study last week, composition studies, and these dramatic lighting studies. Right now it is ready for an overhaul of anatomy fixes, and general tightening up with reference I think.
Samszym - Thanks, I agree that I have really neglected to pay attention with it - looks pretty shabby in hindsight. I've tried to get the crosshatching to wrap better in some of these studies, and I also experimented with blocking with a brushpen and a pencil on the figures. Washes are a bit impractical for me when I mostly draw on printer paper, unless I am out and about, or doing a study with charcoal/pencil etc. Also, I've had a shot at caricatures after you suggested it over in your SB!
Jaik: It was meant to be a lighting study for a picture I'm working on (WIP below) but I don't see why I can have a go at using it as a prop too - I will have a shot at using the visual language in something, it'll be a good challenge! I have done studies from Leonardo sketches in the past, but I will totally go back and brush up on them. They're relatively easy for me to draw from since he also drew with his left hand - doing a Durer study a while back was murder since I was following the lines against my natural sweep direction. Also, as a side note, I love Justin Gerard's work so much.
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Was in London for appointments again yesterday, phew. Got some sketches done from the Natural History museum this time, and some quick people sketches on the tube/train. Since my pilot hi-tec Cs ran out I have been trying to settle on sketching pens, which has been awkward as every sketchbook works best with a different pen. Still, Rotrings are reliable, and I've been having a lot of fun with the Uniball Eye (though like all other Uniball pens I have tried, it has a tendancy to 'jam').
Should be working on a bit of giftart (so out of my comfort zone!), making headway with some original stuff, warming up for portraits, and hopefully getting some longer studies done this week.
This is from last week, as I forgot to post it, but here is the minotaur. I'm currently sketching out the main painting.
Bunch of caricature sketches done from photos, trying to get a feel for it. My penmanship and general ability to push things whilst keeping likeness needs a lot of work though.
Warm up figure studies
Trying out from digital still life - alarm clock (~90mins), and one of those see through capsule pills (~45mins). I have not tried it before, but it wasn't as awkward as expected, so I think I'll push onto longer, more complex ones.
Car studies, I'm going to make my nephew a corresponding picture this week for his upcoming birthday with any luck.
Another lighting photostudy
People sketching on train/tube
Sketches from the museum. Went into the sea life section this time. Sorry my dinosaur ones got a bit smudged. (Also I am sure that aside from upgrading the robot t-rex, they have had the same displays in that section for the past 20 years+.)
Character head sketches for fun
And finally a WIP for a relatively unambitious painting. Mainly just working on using what I learnt from that anatomy study last week, composition studies, and these dramatic lighting studies. Right now it is ready for an overhaul of anatomy fixes, and general tightening up with reference I think.