To New Waves

Tentapus

Monday, November 24th, 2008 | Drawings, Jimsan | 3 Comments

I was going for something with multiple arms and ended up with the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s cousin, Bert.

Hours: 29.50/1000

Drabstraction

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | Drawings, Jimsan | 3 Comments

This one started out as an abstraction, inspired by Felix, and turned out to be a… skeletal sea dragon? I really enjoyed this exercise. I’m particularly happy with the top portion of the beast. I’ll probably revisit the tail soon. Kinda looks tattooish.

Hours: 27.75/1000

On crises and shadow

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | Drawings, SteveMack | 1 Comment

Sorry for the lapse. I got hit by some financial and housing crises that, together, completely obliterated my ability to concentrate on anything that wasn’t directly contributing to my health and sanity. This might be a regular thing. But Felix does a good job hassling me, so we’ll see what happens. I expect to resume being a regular poster once I’ve moved into a new place. : /

Couple more movie portraits. These characters are in some heavy shadow, so I decided to see what I could convey without shading every single shade of grey in between light and shadow. Interested to know what you think. Was hard to get a lot of detail, because they are completely surrounded in darkness, so their silhouette was difficult to grasp, let alone draw.

(21.25/1000)

Tuesday’s People

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Drawings, Felix | No Comments

I’m the ghost in the blog, making it say, “Boo!” even when nobody else is around. These drawings are going to eventually be vectorized for a big project I’m working on, where they’ll be part of a much larger whole. Look for them in the future: same blog place, different blog time!

The Drop – hardground

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Drawings, Jimsan | No Comments

Starting to get into crunch-time as I near the end of the term. Here’s an image of my copper plate after I etched into the hardground and before I bathed it in acid. When my time isn’t consumed by exam studies and other other-worldy pursuits I’ll be able to get back to my beloved sketching.

Hours: 26.75/1000

Gallimaufry & Et Cetera

Monday, November 17th, 2008 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | 2 Comments

I guess we all took the weekend off. That’s all right, I s’pose, but I don’t have anything big to show for it. Let’s keep it pulsing — here are a few things I drew in the interim.

More!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

I’ve been having a lot of fun with color and various brushy effects in Photoshop, so you’ll probably see a bit more of that for a little while. But I haven’t abandoned what passes for my classic style, either.

Closure

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Drawings, Jimsan | 2 Comments

Preparing lines for tomorrow’s tracing and etching. Added a bit of detail here and there, but most detail will be added using dry-point after the acid bath. I’m not entirely happy with how this piece turned out, but I did discover a few things. I’m going to try something similar, with the same theme, later on.

Hours: 25.50/1000

Movie portraits

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Drawings, SteveMack | No Comments

Taking some portraits from movies. I don’t expect any of them to be identified, but it was enjoyable. Drawing from films is nice, because you have very cinematic angles to choose from.

(20.25/1000)

Yee-Haw

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Drawings, Felix | No Comments

Today turned out to be more artistically productive than expected at the outset. More to come!