Breaking New Ground

I have a book I got for christmas quiet a few years ago called The Fashion Book that showcases designers, models, and icons for the past 75 years.  It contains great references for poses and thats where I found the picture I did below.  It is Naomi Campbell modeling for Norma Karmali in British Vogue in 1990.  I loved the pose and the ethnic look it had and I hope I captured it well enough.

Best YET!....I think

This pose took me forever!  I probably drew this everyday for a week straight until I got the result I was happy with.  Once again I found myself struggling with proportions with this it was the distance between the ankle and the knee and the knee and the thigh.  The head was also giving me trouble the eye is a bit big and probably in the wrong place but I was so focused on the body I didn't bother with it too much. 

meanwhile at 4 o'clock in the morning

For many reasons I could not sleep last night so I decided to be productive.  I've drawn this character several times before and this is the first time I got it anywhere close to the original.  The top picture is the original and the bottom is my recreation. It is not exact but it is the closest I've gotten to it. 

Female figure.....kinda

I have a file on my computer of references I found online and I really loved the pose this girl was in and soon realized just because I liked it does not mean I can do it.  I am not sure if I am biting off more then I could chew trying to draw full scale figures but I don't feel like I am too far off.

I know just by looking at this I really really need to work on proportions and making my lines a bit more precise.  With a bit more practice hopefully I can fix my mistakes 

Returning to the Drawing Board

 Hey Everyone, Sorry I haven't been posting much lately I guess you could say I am going threw drawers block.  I am just not as motivated as I was to draw and took a small 

vacation.  Now I am back and working on some new stuff I hope to have posted in the next week or so. 

I am putting all my muscle studies to work and trying to put them together to make one 

body.  It didn't turn out quiet as good as I wanted it to but oh well it's not like it's then only one I'll 

draw.  If anyone has any tips please share :D

Muscles in the Back and Chest

CUTEST GAME EVER!

So I am the oldest of 6 two of my younger brothers Riley (11) and Bailey (9) asked me to play a video game with them when they came home from school it's called Little Big Planet.

Now I am the epitomine of a girl that does NOT play video games but this game was the cutest thing I
have ever seen!  I made my own little character and my little brothers were very patient in teaching me
how to navigate the game.  It was a very enjoyable experience to play a game that was so creative.  You literally could make anything!  There were all these cool textures, patterns, and designs that made it very esthetically pleasing.  Who knows I may even play the game again :D

I feel Proud :D

I finally feel like I drew something well!  I drew the muscles in the leg and
color coated them and I feel like I did a good job on the shading and the
texture of them.  It is one of the rare occasions that I look at something I've
done and feel like I did a good job. 

Well that would be nice

I've been listening to a lot of podcasts lately on
speaking of animation and spline doctors and
one thing a lot of the animators and directors
have in common is that they all went to CalArts

I'm not saying that the school is what makes you better
you can learn to do anything well wherever you are. 
What I am saying is wouldn't that be nice?  It would be
wonderful to escape my small hometown and go to the
school that taught the best of the best.  Realistically I
know it can't happen but hey a girl can dream.

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Well this has been interesting, I do think
I can draw a hand now probably not that
well but who said I'd stop here?

I'll always draw, and I'll always be looking
for new ways to improve myself.
For those out their who followed my
journey thanks for being interested.
Now that I've finished hands I think
I'll move onto feet but I'll try to post 5
in a day or something so it is more
interesting to look at. 

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I feel by trying this method I backtracked 5 steps

Passion Re Awakened

I was watching a documentary last night called "The Pixar Story", great documentary by the way I recomend it to anyone, anyway as I was listening to John Lasseter and how he would stop at nothing to achieve his dream something inside me was re awakened something that I haven't felt in a long time.


I don't mean to give you my life story here but it is kind of neccesary in order to understand what exactly was re awakened.  I spent two year in high school in a vocational program called Interactive Multimedia which put to use all of my favorite arts, film, drawing, computers and storytelling.  It was through this program that I found animation originally I had wanted to go into film direction but once I took a animation workshop I was sold on the idea.  Animation pushed me in new ways learning new computer software, understanding characters and actions and why they were done.  I had to get in touch again with my acting side that had been in speech and debate for four years and in and out of school plays and musicals.  When I watched "The Pixar Story" I realized that it was not just the characters and movments that made a good movie it was the story.  Pixar has been so succesful because their stories are fresh new concepts.

That is my re awakening my love for storytelling, I got so lost in trying to learn to draw again and learn Maya that I forgot about all the other things I liked to do.  I need to learn to balance these things stories, characters, and design.  The only way I can do that is spend a little bit of time on both which is easier said then done.  It is very easy for me to be absorbed in one thing and I have to break out of that.  I want to work for Pixar so badly, I want to make these wonderful stories come to life and share them with people and hopeful with enough practice I'll get there someday.  In the mean time I started brainstorming a few story ideas in which I want to sketch characters for and keep them in handy for the one chance I might get to pitch them to someone who will like them and have faith in me to direct them.

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20 DHC Days 11-15

My room mate gave me the idea of 

drawing the alphabet in sign lanuguage 

which was an awesome idea!  The only 

thing is I did them all in one day so these

are the drawings meant for days 11-15

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getting a bit ahead of myself I have a lot of

free time lately so I find that all I have been 

wanting to do is draw so don't 

be surprised if I have several posts in one 

day for awhile

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