Sunday, December 30, 2007

More Rough Sketches

I’m addicted to soda. It tastes so good and I feel so alive for that half hour or so before the crash. It goes so good with burgers, pizza, and other various junk foods. I feel tired and bored when I don’t have it. It’s bad for you teeth, breath, and health. Gonna ease off of it and get the addiction under control.

I found that the random background elements somewhat help the composition so I left it. Overall I was just too lazy to erase it and think of something to fill the background. The bottle is a little warped. There is lots of incomplete stuff to learn from. But it’ll do as a rough sketch for now. Shaky Thumbs Up!

“Where’d our shoes go?”

“I dunno. But it’s neat that we’re sitting on thin air.”

Thursday, November 15, 2007

More drawing for 11/2007

I want to paint this one someday. Now that I'm looking at this, I don't think I like the girl giving off the typical quiet, introverted, innocent vibe. I'll probably switch roles and have her be the "talker", saying something deep and insightful, while the guy listens with adoration and discovers similarities on outlooks of life.
Ali vs Frazier. I found a picture of this and had to draw it. I don't know which bout this is in their trilogy of fights, but the pose of Ali is just so "Ali". And by that I mean the it is elusive, quick, cocky, confident, and full of ego. "Missed me, Sucka!"

Frazier is probably thinking, "You got away from that one, but I got more surprises for you."

Drawings for 11/2007






These were fun.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Character Coloring

This was to learn more about painting. I had fun. In the future I need to pay more attention about posing and expression to show character. I wanted this character to have a strong upper body that he could use to "monkey" himself around casually yet appear fast on his feet. Just like those competitors on that "Ninja Warrior" tv show.
This is the original sketch. I lost some of the energy in the colored piece that is in this drawing. I have an idea of how to keep it for the next time I paint.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Buddha

My attempt to relearn how to paint. The process was tedious, but I learned a great deal. Color and form are tricky.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Majin Buu (study)

He's so happy.

Fun, but..

While drawing I get bored so sometimes I just say something like"sure that's pretty much what a hand looks like" And the hand is drawn poorly and without thought. Most of the the time, I don't finish drawings and mistakes happens. Mistakes like perspective issues, one arm being longer than the other, lines that aren't connecting, etc.., My drawing stamina is only at level 3. Solution: Draw more and power up some more.

Tough Guys




Sunday, July 8, 2007

Ryu and Clothe studies


Ryu. The iconic japanese main character in the Street Fighter games. A wandering warrior: a person whose life is entirely devoted to spiritual perfection through the art of the fist. He does not care about winning or losing so much as the moment of the fight and the opportunity for spiritual advancement.

I was drawing a karate practitioner and it was easy just to make him into Ryu. Next time I'll give more thought to the facial expression, seeing how it really doesn't fit him. I had a hard time thinking about how to draw the folds on his clothing so I did some studies. Keeping the folds simple was the best way to go because detailed folds would've been too distracting. The Asian guy on the right and left is thinker I always like to draw.

I've been finding out that I can't be lazy if I want to draw something satisfying.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Old Lady, why won't you ask for the seat?

The other day when I rode the bus to work, it was completely filled, luckily I obtained a seat. Unfortunately an old lady was unable to get one so she stood right in front of me holding onto the hand rails. As the ride continued, I noticed that she was looking uncomfortable and thought about giving up my seat. After all, it would be the nice thing to do. Of course I didn't want to because I didn't feel like standing up and in my head I made an excuse that if I did offered she would be offended(cuz sometime ppl don't want to be seen as weak) . So I decided to wait and see if she would ask me for my seat. I stayed comfortably seated for the next 15 minutes or so. During that time, i thought about asking her if she would like to sit down, but more so I thought about why didn't she just ask me for my seat. Perhaps she thought I was gonna be on the bus for a while, or that it wasn't her place to ask, or that I may be annoyed/inconvenienced by her request, etc. Whatever the reasons, if she needed to sit down she should have just asked. You don't get what you want in this world by not taking any actions and I'm not a mind reader.........yeah, I was pretty selfish/harsh and should have offered up my seat. Oh well. If I make it to that age, I'm asking for the seat.