Life drawing was particularly peaceful and therapeutic. I am absolutely improving at getting a model's proportions right consistently which is great for my practice as a crucial part of animation is making sure that characters are drawn with exactly the same proportions on every frame.
For the longer studies of 20 to 30 minutes, I tried to push the boat out a little with my method of mark making. I started out using a 0.8 mm fineliner, but then I thought that the 0.8 nib was the nib of a coward, especially since I was drawing on A1 paper. I switched to a big black marker pen and was pleased with the distinct lines I was producing. The bolder lines communicated the image to the viewer far more clearly, which is something else I should consider when animating. No feathered lines or any of THAT craziness. Just bloody big, bold strokes that give my drawings LUSTRE.
I have also begun drawing the circles, lines and rhombuses that make up a figure, before filling them out. Before I would just start at the head and work my way down, but I've been considered character design recently which has led to this new approach. I'm improving at it and it is getting waaaay easier.
I have to work on my shading, though. I'm assuming that between now and my death I'm going to have to apply shading to clothing, so I would like to do some life drawing where I focus on what the figure is wearing and how it drapes.
No comments:
Post a Comment