surrealist drawing

object study: cross contour

Word Path Drawing

animation: the worst nightmare

 

Japanese Tea House Sketches

Self Portrait

I don't know about this one. I really like my original drawing and concept but the paint pens may have butchered it. Oh well, I tried something new.

Color Still Life

Self Portrait Reading and sketches

 The artist i chose to influence my self portrait is Jason Hanasik. His photographs offer the viewer an honest portrayal of the subject.
 "These schisms between a secret/private emotional life and a public experience confused me greatly. When I finished the initial process of coming out, the breach I was seeing in other lives began to become the focus of my work."
His exploration on such a theme enhances his work and makes it even more significant portraiture. He captures the individual's likeliness while at the same time giving the viewer a narrative of their life. 

Over the break i started my self portrait, and I wasn't happy with it at all.

While my drawing certainly expressed the humorous side of my personality and my affinity for horror, it felt impersonal at the same time. I feel that it was more a caricature of me rather than an accurate description of myself as an artist. I took a look at self portraits from artists Robert Crumb and Gary Panter ive reconnected with a vision of creative mark making and portraiture that allows a vibrancy of personality to shine through. 

 

Yeah, I like these guys alot. So I had a go at it myself-

I'm not quite there but it's a good start!

As far as dramatic lighting goes I've been quite inspired by the Silence of The Lambs. 

I think im going to go with the top picture for my portrait.

Revisited Line Analysis

Bone Study II: Animation

that last frame is cut out cuz i had to go through another website to upload the file since the internet has betrayed me...

bone study

Brütal Hand Animation

WOO HOO ROCK ON!!

Figure Drawing Animation

"Vitamin D" Reading Discussion

"Drawing is therefore the chosen medium for many of those artists to express that sense of teenage angst, not only because drawing is the bedroom art medium, spawning something that could almost be called a school of "bedroom art" but also because the act itself of intense mark making suggests the suppressed violence, rage, and frustration of the maker.."

I was really engaged by this quote as I've been allured to drawing for this exact reason. I love the expressive qualities that drawing can so easily convey. Each different mark can limn a psychological value. With illustration in mind, it is so important for an artist to learn how to speak eloquently with their tools. That is something I am trying to explore within my own drawing today, giving a representation with character

 Below: Craig Thompson, Marjane Satrapi, Gipi

Sketchbook Week 2

charcoal animation