Royal Winter Fair '09

pen and marker sketches

The beginning of 4th year LD

The beginning of LD has been pretty fun so far, i'm actually at a stage when going to life drawing is a fun event and I really want to go to as many extra classes through the semester as I can. I think the costumes play a big part in the fun these days and the double model set up means there's a lot more focus on composition. I've never used pen in life drawing class before so the experience was all new to me.

life drawings from the past

So...it's been months since my last post, there's no solid reason for this other than the fact I don't have a scanner and the tones on these camera pictures bother me. Since this in fact my last year of animation I am going to put my best effort into posting the art from my short film (none of that yet..but soon) and weekly life drawings because that's what all the cool cats seem to do.

These life drawings are actually from 3rd year's final portfolio and a couple extras of faces I thought were interesting enough to share.

character design

A polar bear design from second year. I used his concept for my weight lift and toss assignment.

Royal Winter Fair '08 Drawings!

One page of sketches and another of colour studies for a life drawing assignment. I love going to the Royal Winter Fair. Maybe it's my hick-town roots, but the animals, the displays, the smells (yeah, even the barnyard one) and the farmers in general all remind me of home. It's pretty awesome to see people so passionate about their animals, from painting horse toenails all the way to cow groomers. Overall this year was pretty fun, I have never drawn people at the food court before so that was an interesting cross section of country mouse/city mouse. I also brought along the new pastels which has become the new big thing in life drawing this year. I'm really starting to like them now, there's a certain depth they bring to drawings that really helps show the form of the figure. About the drawings, the sketch of the lady on the first page(with the mushroom shaped hair) is a personal favourite of the day. I'm sure she was on to me while I was drawing it too. So funny.