Life drawing for me has been for the purpose of improving my drawing ability, I reach the point when I could love drawing yet have it demotivate me. I found that I had ideas i wanted to draw yet i couldn't get them on paper or in pixels, Why ? I could not visualize the poses and keep them in my head long enough. This is a feat that Life drawing develops the ability to observe and instantaneously draw it. So In this post i plan on featuring the drawings i have generated outside life drawing, These are mostly attempts to draw concepts that i have created for either my project, It's identity/Mascot or drawings i have wanted to render for A long time.
Above is a mix between photo referenced drawing and some general concepts. The concepts are aimed toward getting a pose that describes Mary (Key character in this project). However the angle was beyond my ability at the time, There is also a digital attempt :
Which contains some references images from a few anime drawings. Interestingly enough after these drawings were produce was the a day in Life drawing the Model took on a similar pose. Another area that takes me away from Life drawing is that I am after dynamic and action gestures/ Poses they are what i want to be able to draw however the life model is unable to hold these poses for a prolonged amount of time.This results in more static or passive poses and drawing. In the traditional drawings above there are two scene that have been taken from photo reference of me after hanging out with my sister fulling around with clothes. The contain slightly more energy to them, the same kind of energy i want within my drawings as a whole.
The Next two images are drawings based toward my posters and project mascots. These drawing are what i would say as being by products of the life drawing classes. However they lack finished concepts. The problem of loosing the visualization of the idea still persists However i do feel my limits are being pushed forward I am no longer only drawing heads and shoulders i am now able to draw full body.
Finally The most recent drawings I have produce and probably my favorite. They hold not relevance toward my project however this counts as personal development because this is what I'm considering as a break through in my drawing ability. Below are my two character Arainia and Evelyn, The have existed in my head for over 4 years since i was in collage. They are characters i have wanted to draw for a long time but i could never pose them with the image the deserved along with as pose that described their characters.
So after working on my project i reached a point of feeling nauseated sitting at the computer and decided to draw. The first character Arainia spawned from this feeling clawing at her head and cheek was the mental state i was in at the time. It also applied to Arainia's background so she suited the roll Everlyn came after as i decided to develop this concept. However the notable thing here is that this was and idea/concept from my head without reference developed into a drawing to this level. It was fueled by the observations from the life drawing class and pre-visualization of movement. The previous drawing in the blog contain attempts to draw from my head however they barely got past the face while here is a drawing that is reaching the goal i wanted achieve for personal development.
Though the drawing still lacks finesse and clean lines it still matches the style which i aim toward. Hopefully i will have time and be able to develop the drawing further to include the rest of the cast from the storyline these characters are present along with the opportunity to develop the drawing in a digital medium.
This reaches the conclusion of this current topic however as it has been a while since my last update there will be other posts later documenting the progress with my honours project and animation.
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