Daily Practice: Aug 7-8th, 2020

Very busy but still worked on something, and it's still the item for work! Don't want to post it here but checking in all the same.

Daily Practice: Aug 6 2020

Very busy today but I'm focusing on producing everyday.  

I'm making the below for work! So, I don't want to go too much into it. Rosarrie's cute style was a plus here!  :)

Daily Practice: August 5th 2020

Not really happy with this one, but practice is practice; I never claimed they'd all turn out "look-at-able." Instead of titling these posts "Daily Work" I should call them "Daily Practice."

Not to make excuses, but today was a very busy day and very tired when I did these studies/practice... still, another step on the art journey. 

Daily Work: August 4th, 2020

Practicing blending. Original image from Marco Bucci's excellent video on the nature of shapes. 

No longer nine shapes but two!

Daily Work: August 3rd, 2020

Focus for this gecko ink study was observational drawing (looking at the outline and using negative space) as well as lines and line weight. I'm developing skill in drawing from the shoulder down instead of with the wrist.

I think greater variation of line weight would help. Part of the character I love of pen and ink is the element of gesture drawing: I want to develop my line art to seem freer, and if I even left out more edges and truncated others, perhaps that would add. 

Artist: Marco Bucci

Some snaps from Marco Bucci's instructional videos. These are simple (not his main work) but still full of character. (I love his work and will probably (?) add more of his paintings to this post for future reference / studies.)

The Song of Wandering Aengus

W. B. Yeats - 1865-1939

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I went out to the hazel wood,  
Because a fire was in my head,  
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,  
And hooked a berry to a thread;  
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,  
I dropped the berry in a stream  
And caught a little silver trout.  

When I had laid it on the floor  
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,  
And someone called me by my name:  
It had become a glimmering girl  
With apple blossom in her hair  
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.  

Though I am old with wandering  
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,  
I will find out where she has gone,  
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,  
And pluck till time and times are done,  
The silver apples of the moon,  
The golden apples of the sun.

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I love this poem. I'm posting it here for a few reasons:

-It's beautiful and inspirational 

-Perhaps I'll illustrate it eventually

-Keep human! Drawing is technical but art shouldn't be completely mechanical.  :)

Artist: Emmerson Tung

I absolutely love robots, and Emmerson Tung’s work tugs at my heartstrings. The clear but intricate line art lends the art the air of a technical illustration, adding to the scope and believability of the robots. Plus, his ideas, like the Knights of the Roundtable having their own giant mechs, are crazy cool. (He's touching on a lot of loves, here: some of my favourite things are robots, giants, and knights.) :)

Artist: Graham Annable, aka Grickle

I enjoy Grickle's work. He has a charming and expressive style reminiscent of Edward Gorey.

Artist: Ryan Lang

Ryan Lang is a concept artist who does a lot of animation, but my favourites of his are his paintings, some of which I’ve attached here.

(Here also is a speed paint of his showing a design for a character: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPA7ZjJAQGS/ )

Artist: Emilis Emka

I love Emka's use of colour and light (especially evident in his clouds), as well as the painting "I Want to Believe," perhaps mostly for its humour. 

It's hard to portray humour in such fine art, but here Emka strides. :)

Artist: Roman Chaliy

Roman Chaliy is a concept artist from the Ukraine. I especially love how full of personality his characters are. Look at the knight and skeleton; despite their lack of facial features, they convey amazing charm (achieved, I think, via elements like body language, and the colours used for the mood of the paintings).