Back From Gen Con!

I think we all had an awesome time this year. Check out this great Magi cosplay group!

And several commissions...

Thanks to everyone who came to visit my table! I hope that we can do it all over again next year!

Gen Con Ahoy!

I'll be there at the Westin Anime Artist Alley along with more ACEO goodies from August 15-18th.

I'm alive! Promise.

But the good news is that I'm doing so much art my eyeballs could fall out! :D

Well, maybe not. But I have been an art machine for this entire summer. Which is good. But I can't show you anything yet. Or better yet, you could see me all of my art if you happen to attend the Indianapolis Gencon this August! I'll be in the Anime Alley at the Westin Hotel.

Come see me. :)

Omg! It's a Zoo Out There

To start things I'm going to share a self portrait drawn with the focus of the expression 'surprise'! We studied the muscles responsible for the expressions we chose and explained which muscles were responsible.

 

During the last day of spring break I managed a trip to the zoo and I have pictures! (I am not afraid to admit I am still a seven year old on the inside) 

You may have the same expression as I did. This is possibly the creepiest picture I've ever taken. But don't hate the rays, they were really cool and swam up to the glass to check everyone out. See the tiny one on top? He's the baby, the first one to be born at our zoo!

 DRAMATIC SNAKE IS DRAMATIC.

Red pandas. So cute!

It's good to be at the top of the food chain.

If Robots had Muscles...

As a helpful exercise in remembering the main muscles of the face, I drew them as circuitry for a robotic face! :D It was hard- but I pulled through in getting down the names of each muscle and the direction of the fibers for the test.

Oh, and apologies for the unexpected hiatus. It's hard work, anatomy. =)

Anatomy of a Smile

In our Anatomy class we paired up and drew portraits of our partner smiling (through ten minute turns) and while it was hard to do for ten minutes straight, I can share with you what we learned!

Here is an overlapped diagram of my partner's facial features as she's smiling. Notice how the cheeks push upward and make her lower eyelid rise. Believe it or not the upper lip does not go up much during a smile. Most of the features are moved out and up. 

And here is a diagram we drew of the facial muscles. Doesn't he look a little sad?

And Back to Art School

I'm still alive and well! Only my art homework has stolen my time (and a portion of my soul) so I'll have to shift my focus to getting the projects done. So the bad news is Pose of the Week will be have to be postponed, but the good news is I'm taking a fine art anatomy class!

I'll post my assignments here so you too can learn. :)

Here is a work in progress for my Drawing class, the theme is 'things in shadow'. It's only a sixth of the actual piece... Enjoy!