A Hundred Hands

I'm in the middle of a few projects right now! But my personal project for this quarter is Hands! I set a goal to draw a hundred hands, but I've lost track of how many I've done, and there's not real point in counting. I have a lot in my sketchbook and a few on the computer. I'll be on this project until about March 20th, the equinox, at which time I need to pick my next area to improve on for 3 months!

One cool thing about the doodle above, I've combined my initial scribble into the heart signature by cutting through with the background color and I'm in love with it! I may have found my mark!

gestures 1

I need to improve at the figure as a whole, at pose, posture, movement, expression, and holistic anatomy.

Composition thumbnail practice

More TV Characters

I've painted 29 TV characters and I already see how much I've improved since the first set (TNG). I think part of it has been learning how to use some of my brushes, and how to see the definitions in the face's planes more clearly. These have really paid off! I need to do a lot more photo studies!!

Nature Walk: Mushrooms

"Queen" sketch (unfinished project)

Clown

Twisters

Tell me what you see

From a screenshot of Minority Report.

Tall Tale of Epicness (WIP)

 

I am working on cards for Jeff to make his own personal smash up deck. Sadly I've put this off for a while and I want to work on it again very soon.

Characters Dear

 

These are all fairly quickly worked, 1-4 portraits with the whole set being done in 3 or 4 days each. I was working from resource but not copying identically, allowing myself to interpret a little and thinking about where i want to go to differentiate myself someday in terms of a style. I still don't have one. I think largely the problem is that I don't feel very line confident and that my visual library and muscle memory are limited so that when I don't know something very well i generalize that portion and it becomes "toony" I don't have a problem with a cartoon or semi realistic effect, i just want to do it on purpose instead of  out of a place of weakness.

Also, this was really great working with sets of faces from a couple favorite shows. They each have a variety of features and personalities. I would like doing more of this.

Man of clay