Walk the Cycle

Thanks to Anthony Holden, I learnt how to do GIFs and I tested my newly absorbed knowledge on this old walk-cycle assignment. The clean-up t o t a l l y  ruined it since it was last-minute and half-assed, plus the timing is off cause I'm not used to this GIF thingy, but I'm just so happy to see a moving thing in my blog cause it was getting too boring with stationary naked people!

To Think or Not To Think

So this one day I decided to do 2 back-to-back sessions which ended up with 2 completely different results.

First session, I did it the way I always do it. Tried to keep a structural mindset and think in boxes, as my tutor James Ghio insists all the time  - whose life drawings have been a huge inspiration to me by the way. It slows me down, burns my brain cells and mentally wears me out, so there is a lot of desk-flipping involved!

I should do models a big favor and not draw their faces!

Second session, I noticed my brain has burnt out and I simply cannot think or focus anymore, therefore I just let loose! No structure, no boxes, no proper block-in. I got a lot faster but sacrificed structure and proportion for it, but to be honest it was liberating and no desks were flipped!

I am switching back to my nerve-racking method!

Empty Stomach, Beer & Life Drawing

Recently found out about this small organization called Toons on Tap that runs costumed life drawings once a week on the 2nd floor of a bar in downtown Toronto. It's pretty chill and cool cause its the exact opposite of regular figure drawing sessions where the smallest noise that barely finds a way out of your headphones can put people on the verge of insanity!

poses are from 1 to 10 minutes

And these are from a regular session. There is a shortage of smooth newsprint in town once again and i hated how the conte' was reacting so I instantly switched to marker.

Economic Crisis

Pencil was not the best idea for life drawing last night. I noticed it doesn't really help "economy of line" or in other words, I couldn't say much with little (pencil strokes), therefore, time was an issue.
Good thing about it is that it makes you focus more on the cake and less on the icing, if that makes any sense!

Might post something other than naked people any century now...

Smells like Academy Awards ...

So its just another life drawing session that's about to start, and guess who walks in?
Chris Landreth
I'm a huge fan of this guy and really love his work on Ryan which won him an academy award. Ryan to me is the prime example of 3D animation making perfect sense and its beautifully done, needless to mention that I really admire Ryan Larkin's work and his interesting character.

I had permission to take this photo!

Besides having a celebrity in the room, everything else was the same old ...
badly drawn naked people:

No Conte'.

I like not using conte for life drawing every now and then, even though its frowned upon!


The first one goes back to April I guess, on the very last day of school, after pulling the last all-nighter for the last project. It was a Sherlock Holmes themed costumed life drawing. Really fun and liberating.

Results are even worse for me  when the models are wearing something!

The second series is from last Friday. I forgot to take my conte' with me so I just decided to use pen and water color again in my tiny sketch book. Such a disappointing session though. Just sharing for the sake of sharing.

Speaking of none-conte' life drawings, Yana was with me in this session and she did it straight in her laptop-slash-tablet thingy. Its crazy! check it out.

Summer Life Drawing, So Far

The thing about life drawing in summer is that I both love it and hate it.
Love it cause there is no more portfolio, pressure or competition. It's stress-free.
Hate it cause it's freakin' expensive! Specially when you are jobless.
Anyway, here's what I've been up to so far ...

- in chronological order -