Aug/100
Daily… What is that thing?
I was doing my usual thing, starting to paint without a clear goal in mind, aside from doing a lighting study. I quickly blocked in the silhouette, but had no idea what it was yet. I knew I wanted to go with some sort of creature, so I placed the eyes in quickly and then started to build up light and shadow in a sculptural way. Towards “the end” I felt it, as a subject, was too undefined (I really didn’t know what it was and it just didn’t speak to me). I started adding in more details, like the hands, suggestion of tail and legs as well as the eyes and fur for the second character.
It’s still pretty up in the air as to what’s going on, what they or it is, but now I feel it has character to it and perhaps some suggestion of story!
Photoshop, around 30mins.
Aug/102
Daily… An environment study
I’ll be doing a lot more studies from now on to help me improve my painting and lighting. My time limit for these will be 30 mins to one hour. This particular one I did in just under 30 mins.
I’m definitely trying to keep it fast and loose, but I think more edge control would be helpful. Also approaching the leaves (even if only roughly indicating them) with more intention would benefit the piece. Quickly indicating leaves is not something I can really do yet (or clouds, and I think the technique will end up being similar for the both), so I’ll definitely do more of these.
Aug/100
Daily… A haminal
It was supposed to be a hamster, but looking at him now, I’m not so sure. He reads as an animal, but not necessarily a hamster. He shall hence forth be known as a Haminal!
Aug/100
Daily… A demon or fairy
Had some fun with a textured brush in Photoshop, trying to suggest a figure coming out of smoke or something.
I’ve been doing quick figure studies in-between my work projects. They’re coming along, but drawing/painting the figure is incredibly difficult for me. In this piece, I wanted to get away from a specific idea of form. I started with large abstract shapes for the smoke and then started to lightly suggest the figure with little hints of light. It’s simple, but it’s neat to apply what I’ve been learning in the studies to a personal piece.
Aug/100
Daily… Fairy godmother
Done for the Intensity Club, the topic was “Fairy Godmother”. I’m really not too pleased with how she turned out, but I like the little guy. Overall this piece felt like drawing fail, where it just wasn’t clicking.
I don’t like her eyes and the arm holding the wand is way out of proportion compared to the other. I also feel the need to practice drawing clothing, because her outfit is so boring. There’s like absolutely no detail work on it (lace, embroidery, or what have you).
Aug/100
Updated
I finally got all my daily images updated, 32 I had in the backlog, ouch! Here’s to trying to keep up on posting them on time! There were a few gems in there, some sketches where I felt things were coming together. Most of them suffered from a lack of time put into them. Most of my time was taken up with my summer class, I was okay with that since I was painting so much for my assignments. I figured when class was over, I’d get back into putting more time and effort into my daily drawings. Now that class is done with, but I have a lot work! I’m drawing all the time for it (work), but I’m still slacking on my daily’s.
I’ve seen this happen to a lot of artists, where they get their industry job and then have no time for their personal art. I’m not in the career position yet, but with these couple freelance gigs taking up a lot of my time, I’m seeing myself fall into that similar pattern of behavior. I’m glad that I’m aware of it though, it’s something I’ll try to head off before it becomes a habit. The obvious first step is not waiting until the end of the night to do my drawing/painting. By then I’m just tired and want to go to sleep, so I rush the process.
Aug/100
Daily… A bird and two zombies
A surprise meeting between a bird and two zombies. Well, it was a surprise for the bird, the zombies took it all in stride.
Aug/100
Animal Drawing
I was cleaning up my desk yesterday and came across some of my animal drawings from last semester. We had five anatomy projects during the semester. The idea was to do a drawing based off a particular animal and then do a drawing overlaying the bones and then the muscles. I couldn’t find the renderings for either the bovine or cat.
Aug/100
Daily… A hippogriff
A drawing for an as of yet unannounced project I’m involved with.
And wow, I’m still way behind on posting my daily images. I think I’ll try and get to that on Monday morning, I really don’t like being this far behind!
Aug/100
Daily… Another hippogriff
Not as successful as some of my other drawings, still figuring these guys out.
Aug/100
Daily… A crocodile in a hoodie
It was supposed to be an eskimo outfit, but I didn’t have reference at the time and couldn’t remember what it looked like!
Aug/100
Daily… A mythical creature
A hippogriff, part of my exploratory drawing set for a new project in the works.
