Gotta Love Expressions

Hurray for meeting deadlines! That's what I was doing last week for my boss/writer, so I apologize for not posting. I know you all just can't go on without my weekly poses and art posts. ;P Nevertheless, I did think about you and decided to come up with something different for this week. I hope you will enjoy...

 

I'm returning to one of my strengths here, and I had a blast working on this. The character actually looks like a younger version of one of my comic characters...and I think I may use this design. But what helps me convey emotions accurately is to look in a mirror. Yes! Go and practice for inspiration and reference, that way you can get an idea of how the face shifts with each emotion. You may look like a goofball, but it is well worth the effort. And pointing fingers. 

Have a great Halloween everyone!

Illustration Test

Ah, hatching. My long lost love. I could literally spend days just hatching out shadows and everything under the sun. This was an illustration test I had not long ago. I hope you enjoy it!

Flippin'

Don't you wish you could just spring up in the air and effortlessly flip like this? This pose was inspired by the amazing athletics of the Olympics, particularly the gymnastics. It was only a fraction of a second but my eye caught this pose and I scribbled it down as a stick person. And now it comes to life!

As a side note, the largest pose I think should have her head tilted back more. Otherwise she must be either in zero gravity or she can somehow defy physics...

Burning in the Dark

When was the last time you lit a candle and enjoyed it's warm company during the dark hours of the night? Probably not very often, if you're like me. In my art class we had to narrate an event or idea over the course of so many panels and I thought the burning of a candle would be a great subject!  It was almost a surreal experience taking pictures of the burning candle over the course of the night, watching it change into these abstract forms. I may return to this again someday and explore it further....

Some quotes to ponder:

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.
Mohammed Naguib
  
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Edith Wharton

A Break in the Action

This week I'm spending time on several art projects so Pose of the Week will be skipped. In the meantime though, enjoy this inspirational picture I took from my own backyard. (Notice the bird-shaped blur traveling at mach 3? No, it's not a UFO. lol)

 I realize as I grow as an artist, a vital part of any creative endeavor is to stop, take a breather, and look at other sources for continued inspiration. We are human, and not machines, and there's no infinite creative reserve for us to stay constantly plugged into; so we must rest and reconnect with our sources of inspiration. Mine tends to be clouds, actually. But with a great view, who can really wonder?

Up, Up, and Away!

And now for something different; action poses!

With the magic of tape and my plastic model, flying is achievable. She's not flying very fast mind you, but you can see she's going fast enough to whip her hair back and keep her feet pointed down. And as a small note, when drawing the limbs spread out from the body, you have to make sure you're keeping them aligned right and in proportion. As you can see from the tons of guidelines, that bottom drawing gave me heck.

Have a good week everyone and thanks for stopping by! I'll see you again next Monday.

Tee Hee- Silly Boy

Ah yes, the coy maiden. So full of innocence and bubbly laughter you might think she was from another world- perhaps even an angel...Or at least that what she likes for you to think. Here in this Pose of the Week she's taking on an either genuine shyness or she's cleverly hiding something from you...

"Who me? Never...tee hee."