Saturday, July 31, 2010

Sketching at the Union.





Went to the Girls Drawin' Girls event at the Animation Union a few weeks back and spent most of my time in the back drawing. These are ten minute sketches on 18 x 24 newsprint. Big drawings.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

HEAVY HITTERS







Every so often, I get hung up on drawing cowboys and boxers, though not usually together. With both it has to do with the shapes. These sketches are from last year.

Stylization Vs. Observation







Here's an example of pushing not only the pose, but also the proportions of the model. Marissa's an amazing model, but she's not quite as elongated as she is in these quick sketches. I try to mix the amounts of stylization and observation -- never wanting to end up with a result that's so purely cartoonish that there's no point in using a live model.

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