Website update!

I am really happy to say that my website is now overhauled, updated, and shiny. http://www.thescribblepad.net/

It's not 100% done, there will be more and better images put on the front page/ gallery and tweaks but for now I am pretty content with it.

Uh oh.

Life drawings

So I managed to get back to life drawing recently. I finally feel like I'm falling into a groove in terms of what tools to use and how to get the most out of the sessions I attend. Sometimes I have to adjust my routine based on how I'm feeling- for example, this week I wasn't feeling like committing to a finished drawing, so I tried inking some of my sketches.

I really enjoy Pitt Artist pens for sketching, especially gestures. For a long time I was struggling with the best way to go about gesture drawings, and what to use, and I finally found that a brush pen is the way to go- for me, anyway. Pitt Artist pens are great because they have nice tips, don't fray too badly, hold up well under lots of use (so long as one is gentle with them), and are inexpensive. They are pretty easily found at any art supply store too.







I still really struggle with gestures in terms of proportion, but I do feel like I've gotten a lot better at capturing the idea and feel of the pose. I realized that committing to one or two lines instead of sketching with the brush pen makes the drawing a lot clearer.







These are just a few drawings from the session, I didn't feel they were all worth posting.

I always love models that go for the action poses. Last semester there was a guy who went all out, every pose he did was fantastic and must have been crazy hard for him to hold. I know not all models do that, or can do that, but it's pretty satisfying when they do. It's when models go for the generic poses that I start to get bored. Hands on hips or hands clasped in front of or behind the torso during a static pose with the feet splayed and staring straight ahead are not some of my favorite poses. I'm also not a fan of reclining poses, but, I'll do them when I have to.

More to come.

Testing out a blogging tool.

New arts.

Here's some storyboards from that animation I was working on.

And some recent stuff.

Dragon, a teensy animation, and some cat pictures.

I saw How to Train Your Dragon last week with my Mom and I adored every minute of it (it helped that there were only two other people in the theater). The art book is a must buy as soon as I'm able to get my hands on it. I want the action figures and the plushes too, but they can only be found at Wal-mart. I think the really amazing thing about the movie is how well they were able to translate the character designers' traditional drawings into gorgeous 3-dimensional character models and actually retained the intended look. The pacing and story were fantastic too, there was never a dull moment throughout. Best animated movie I've seen in a while. I didn't see Monsters Vs. Aliens but I loved Kung Fu Panda a whole lot. Dreamworks doesn't deserve the bashing it often gets; as much as it turns out sequels, it also turns out great original stuff. They can put out as many sequels as they like as far as I'm concerned, as long as they keep the original films coming too.

Secondly, a teeny clip from a bit of an 11 Second Club audio piece I was working on for practice. Been working on this on and off forever. In total it's about 8-9 seconds long. It's actually completed but the second half still needs a lot of tweaking.





And last, some cat pictures. Zoey is incredibly hard to photograph. She always moves when I'm trying to get a picture of her, especially when she's doing something cute. I finally managed to get a couple I liked. Look at those cute little paws!





Also it's very hot already for May.

Sketchdump and African masks.

Sketches from the past couple months. Practicing on faces mostly. Been inspired by Vani's sketches lately. Please click the thumbnail for the full view!



Went to the museum and drew some stuff from one of my favorite parts, the African/ Oceanic art wing. I love these masks, they're so expressive. Done with a Copic Multiliner SP in my smaller travel sketchbook, this image is two pages put together.