Finally Caught Up!

so i think i'm finally caught up on these blogs, so hopefully whoever is grading these notices and takes note of that (hint, hint) haha

but anyways, i'm definitely happy that we've moved onto the skull and hands, which means we're winding down the semester and going to be able to put together some final drawings that look good all over, not just the abdomen. i already like a couple of the long drawings that we've done with the skull and hands, and i'll probably be using them for the final portfolio, which is coming up fast!


speaking of the end of the semester, i have a project in my digital content class that will be alot of work over the next few weeks. i'm doing a hand-drawn animation, telling the story of a penguin that wants to fly. i made storyboards for the same story last year using adobe illustrator, so that makes the project a little easier, since i know where i'm going already. another thing that's going to help me is how comfortable i've gotten with drawing thanks to life drawing. i'm going to be drawing alot of frames, and if i don't want it to take forever, i'll have to draw somewhat quickly. thanks to life drawing though, i think i'll be able to pump out those drawings pretty quick now.

can't wait to see everybody's drawings now that we're winding down! here's the frames from the storyboards for my animation......

Musclessssss

I've really been pleased with how my maniken has been turning out so far, and I think I'll be able to put some finishing touches on it after I finish the forearm muscles tonight, with hands and face to come soon. I definitely have to go back tonight and fix my tricep and bicep muscles that I made last week, because I definitely didn't make them big enough after looking at the example. That should be an easy fix though, hopefully, ha.

I plan on heading to the art building tonight to work on the forearm muscles, so I'll be able to add some pictures of my progress after I wrap those up, probably in my next post. I could definitely tell in our last pose that I struggled most with the hands and forearms, the only parts of the body we have yet to really cover, so that makes me feel very optimistic that I'm learning what I need to and that by the end of the semester I won't have much trouble with any part of the body. Hands always seem to be difficult to me though, so we'll see if I can improve enough on those to feel like I'm halfway decent at them. Fingers crossed.

It'll be nice to finally have a full week this week, and not have to miss any more Life Drawing classes for anything, at least that I know of. It's been tough to get back into the swing of things after taking 4 or 5 days off, and hopefully the extra practice this week will keep my skills sharp and carry me into the end of the semester.

Hope all our forearms look like these!

Sorry for the wait....here we go.

Hey guys! Sorry I got set back a few weeks here, got completely bogged down with some of my other classes, and although that's not really an excuse for missing a couple weeks, that's all I've got, haha.

Anyways, I've really been enjoying the long poses we've been doing lately. Now that we are finally winding down on learning all the muscles, it's become so much easier to make strong finished drawings over the course of an hour or hour and a half. It feels so much better to be able to actually feel like I know what I'm doing now, instead of sitting there looking at the model feeling like I'm trying to learn rocket science. I also really have been enjoying being able to switch between both the male and female models fairly often. It creates such a nice change of pace, and really changes the way you have to draw the form.

I'm hoping I can keep finding a way to create some decent drawings in those long poses so that I can make my final portfolio as strong as I can. I've already improved much more than I expected to this semester, but I definitely know now that I have even more room to grow. Hopefully I can make that happen in the next few weeks, and hopefully I'll be able to put everything together at the very end of the semester to create a few great drawings after we finally learn all the muscles of the body.

Keep up the good work guys! I'll have a couple more posts coming up either tonight or tomorrow to get fully caught up!