Water works

Well it really has been a while since I've uploaded onto the blog! Having been on holidays, mission and Pt Elliot, as well as not having internet for 2 weeks has really put a pause on a few things. This here was a play around with watercolour, I think I want to keep improving, and the linework. Admittedly I haven't worked on my drawing as much as I should, and so here's to more drawing and working! I plan on focusing on hands at the moment, so there might be a few sketches coming up soon. I like how this turned out in the end, but I'll keep playing around still.

Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches...realistic again!

Hello again blog dwellers! Here are a few more quick pen sketches, just something to keep updating on, so that my blog feels some love. I attempted to spend a bit more time just playing around with the medium I was using, and working with line and cross hatch shading. I also looked at just simply using line, which is something I've always done when doing realistic drawings. The aim is to get away from that though, and I plan on looking more at the contours within the faces. When I have the time I will get out my pencils and work on smudging and playing around a bit more with a proper composed image. For now the pen sketches will do!
Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches...realistic!

So when I thought I was just going to do one drawing today turns out Mr Procrastination had other plans...ALAS! Here's some really fast pen sketches with realistic faces, yes mine. I've just gone through and quickly drawn out features, trying to focus on the shapes in the face rather than the outlines and the proportions, having had that drilled in my head continuously in my Life Drawing intensive. It seemed to have some effect! Each image was only 1-2 minutes spent on them... though probably less now that I think about it...I should start timing myself! I'm still wanting to try and give up on lines completely, before bringing them back in again. Could be an interesting holiday project. The aim is to marry my realistic drawing and my cartoon linework together...could be fun!

Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches

I still haven't given myself the chance to sit down properly to do an image. I want to work more on creating backgrounds and the figure, so hopefully once the stress of finishing off my elective goes, I hope to get back into my illustration and animations. I still have a long way to go until I'm happy with myself and my style, though I am loving it a lot there's always room for improvement! I think it's healthy to want to continuously progress, and I look forward to where I will go!
This image is yet again another pen sketch that I have done quickly, maybe 5 minutes, just to free my head. I notice that I draw my figures in similar positions, so now I know that I should work on positioning my character as well as working on the proportions a bit more. I do love how this worked out though, and the simple line work can easily have the Edgar lines added, as well as some good colours. I will hopefully get to doing that..!
Enjoy!

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Pen Sketches

Hello bloggers! I haven't uploaded in a long time, so I shall try and update more frequently from now on. Having completed the majority of my course this month (only commercial photography to go!) I have found myself to be particularly drained. Alas, here's to holiday projects and lots of drawing and animating!
These images themselves were simple pen sketches done, without reference, and close to a minute on each.
Enjoy!

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If cats had coffee...

This was something done really roughly, and for fun mainly! It's been a while since I've felt the need to do an animation, so a great moment today! Regardless of how loose it is, it's helped remind me of how to go about things when it comes to animation. I hope that this will, in turn, get me motivated to do a fully rendered and coloured animation (I can definitely see how it can be time consuming though). I just love this animation though! Priceless caffeine moment!

Enjoy!

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Sketching

Hello again! Another blog update for today! This was just a really fast pen sketch that I decided to do, as drawing is a great way of clearing the mind. Obviously there's things wrong with the proportions, but as I said, purely a sketch. Probably a 2-5 minute thing, if that helps anyone thinking about the incorrect things. I hope to update the blog more as the course comes to a close...but we'll just have to see how that goes!

Enjoy!

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