Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone a very happy holidays!

Thanks for all the support this past year.

Last post from Gesture Class

Mark's gesture class has been over for a couple weeks now, I miss it! :[
Here are some sketches from the last couple sessions.

Cat Woman with Malo Youssefi

Hawaiian Dancer with Jee Teo

(Sorry again for the quality, I'll try and light them better or scan next time)

Basic Figure and Anatomy with Vilppu

Glenn Vilppu's Basic Figure and Anatomy class just wrapped up this past Tuesday over at the Animation Guild. Great class, but what else would you expect from Vilppu. Poses in the class ranged from 2 mins - 1 hour. He does a good amount of demos, either by drawing on a tablet PC which is projected on a screen or traditionally with various media.

I haven't drawn in a classical style for quite some time so it was nice to get back into thinking about the actual anatomy.

(sorry for the odd quality, I had to photograph them)

If Glenn's name doesn't ring a bell you can find out more about him, his classes, and all of the learning materials he offers at

http://www.vilppustore.com/

Drawing Club: Father Christmas

Last drawing club session of the year with Steve Jacobsen

Drawing Club: Brom + Cruela DeVille + Scarecrow

Brom - 2Dec10
Model: Vikki Paschetto
Col-erase Scarlet Red + Ebony Pencil
And Scott's awesome pen for 2 of the ladies
(thanks for letting me borrow your pen!)

Cruela DeVille - 11Nov10
Model: Daniella Traub
Faber-Castell Polychromos Alizarin Crimson + Black Tombo Marker 

Scarecrow - 4Nov10
Model: John Mackey
Faber-Castell Polychromos Dark Red

All caught up with Drawing Club posts, I skipped the 18th because CTN hosted a screening of the Illusionist and the 25th was Thanksgiving so they didn't have one. Only one session left for 2010. Oh man is 2011 here already... geez

Sketchbook Update

Goodness, it feels like forever since I last posted, sorry for the gap. I have a stack of backed up figure drawing in queue to scan but in the mean time here are some things from the sketchbook.

A friend of mine recommended that I try going over my sketches again with tracing paper to figure out the shape language. I think over all these turned out much more successful than the originals - and it allowed me to tweak some things. (Highly recommend trying this out yourself)