Because life drawing is a thing we do... sometimes

Woohoo. Claire and I finally made it to another Life Drawing session. I know. Shock, horror. It actually happened.

Toothless

HTTYD II was as fantastic as the first. SO I didn't really have any choice but to draw toothless for a mate's birthday...

The romance between ruffnut and dragon sailor boy was hilarious! I love that HTTYD has both adult and child humour without alienating either. Some very boss dragons.

Also love that Hiccups Dad actually died and didn't come back to life, much as I loved him. The treatment of it and the ability for the story and the characters to deal with and move on made me love it even more.

P.S. Don't let Toothless eat all the cake...

Nope.

Needless to say, I miss Summer. 

Having to sit at the computer with a blanket and scarf is not so much fun.

And I would very much like some sun please!

Life Drawing Part II

And here's all the missing weeks in between :P

Life Drawing

Yup more chicks again. We had a dancer to mix it up a bit. Keen for some different body shapes sometime though.

And a random foot... First time I've ever slightly enjoyed drawing one. Turns out they have some strange fun lines to them.

Rawrosaurus

SO I've been thinking of this piece for a while. Hey, let's admit it. Dinosaurs are pretty cool.

My first ever turnaround way back in the dark ages of Cert III was in fact this little guy. Hence decided that now that I've found my feet in 3D, I'll rework him as a 3D illustration or an actual character. 

Plus I've always loved his pudgyness. And don't forget the bowtie.

So here's a quick concept to get me started. I can see a few flaws in the anatomy that will make modelling a pain. Namely the back legs and the nonexistent neck. But I'll work through them as I go.

Also those eyes... kind of cuteness overload. And creepy. Might change them.  

And here's that ancient flash turnaround, for your amusement:

The Rawrosaur

Fully sick man :/

Life Drawing

So, I used to hate drawing humans. But boy have times changed!

They're also getting a LOT easier to draw, guys included though I seem not to draw them as much. Hence, here's some dudes from the past few weeks at Life Drawing.

Character design is going to fun after all this practice.

 

Life Drawing in a Nutshell...

First all you worry about is anatomy and getting everything in proportion. And not making awkward eye contact.

Then you start noticing things like lines and light and style fun stuff that you can actually start to concentrate on now that you know where all the bits and bobs of humans line up (somewhat).

Next, (and I'll get there eventually...) you MAKE ART out of it. It's about an idea, and you have the means and the practice to know how to communicate it. It's not effortless. But gee it sure looks pretty damn awesome.

Huzzah! And that's life.

Steampunk

Steampunk costumery.

And my reference

Life Drawing 2014

It's been a year since I went to my first life drawing session, and it's so rewarding to notice how much easier it is to draw humans, even without reference from the top of my head.

Although I only went to perhaps 4 last year between tafe and work,I've had a good run of three weeks straight this month already!

BMO

This week's weekly art challenge theme was fanfiction. Decided to dive into Adventure Time and model out BMO, the adorable game machine. Converting such a 2D style to 3D would certainly be interesting to do for some of the other characters.

Still need to add a few textures for the side details and facial expressions, but it was
 good to churn out a quick cute model on a Sunday night :)