Actually, time isn't so much of an issue. I can always get some drawing done between stuff, it's just that without a commited time it's often unfocused sketching and it comes in 15 minute intervals. And a place...Oh boy. This is a 760 sq. foot house and the only half decent drawing surface is my cluttered kitchen table. I'll have to get my ass in gear and clear it off though because drawing on a nursery rhyme book while sitting on the couch can sometimes create weird angles that mess with perspective.
And I may need some actual supplies. Not that the Barbie pencil and smiley face pencil sharpener aren't cute but my daughter would like them back soon.
So a tupperware container, some good pencils, an electric sharpener (they're sexy - trust me, the other doodlers reading this know that) and my own dedicated stash of paper. Oh, and one of those white erasers. I can stash them away in the container at suppertime and bring them out when I need to work. On my soon-to-be-clean kitchen table. And work (especially now that it will compete with my course homework) may actually have to be scheduled. The, "Let Mommy draw or risk losing your head," time.
Anyhow, here are a few little sketches. The slumped over lady is a frustrated me. I really like these little sketches. And Melchior, I think you're right about me being able to do dynamic, that superhero flying toward the viewer is pretty good, eh? :)
Any comments or suggestions about them?
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... that superhero flying toward the viewer is pretty good, eh? :)
Yes, she's pretty good, indeed! (The figure's dynamic and her expression is revelatory, too.)
I found that your face gallery shows a consistency of style with some nice variations and gradations of emotion. Although the ones you numbered were stand-outs, I was also taken with the smiling fellow right next to #3 and the dimple-cheeked woman two faces down from Wolverine in the first row. (The woman to the left of #3 is adequately enigmatic and intense.)
With regards to supplies and a drawing environment: have you thought of one of those (relatively inexpensive) collapsable drawing table contraptions? Some models have got wheels on them, so they can be moved/stowed (with the work still on them).
I've never seen a drawing table like that! That would be ideal as I just don't have any room for another piece of furniture. thnks, I'll have to see if I can hunt one down now.
I saw this in the Pearl store in Phila. Though it's small, it would be a new piece of furniture (though it can be wheeled to and fro).
This one has a nice, small foot-print.
I like that first one. I was checking them out yesterday though and saw one that sat on a table. It got me thinking and maybe I could design a box with a hinged cover that could be racheted up to a suitable angle. That would give me storage and a work surface I can tuck away.
My dad likes to do wood work so I could impose on him and his tablesaw. :)
That sounds like the perfect solution.
Hey, I meant to ask: your third drawing looks a bit like an updated Rogue. Was she your inspiration at all?
No, and I didn't even see the resemblence before. But Rogue is one of the characters I ALWAYS sketched when I was younger so it's no surprise if some of my drawings end up looking like her.
No, and I didn't even see the resemblence before. But Rogue is one of the characters I ALWAYS sketched when I was younger so it's no surprise if some of my drawings end up looking like her.
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