Pumpkin Jam!

I have awesome friends.

Virginia Critchfield and Josh Singh kicked out some pumpkin-y jams this week.


[left] Virginia gifted me with a kickass pumpkin tree vortex of her own imagining! I watched this piece unfold in real time. Amazing.

[right] Josh did a sculpt of one of my older, lobotomized pumpkins. He makes 3D look easy, which it isn't. You humble me, sir.

Still 1/2 of October left!

I know, I know...

Just let me get it out of my system...

lifedrawing log - 10.12.09

Model tonight was doing some gorgeously inventive stuff. What a privilege.



Despite all the mental planning that goes into it, I'm always amazed how hit-or-miss drawing can be. It's an odds game. I had to plow through a mountain of bullshit today before striking gold. Sometimes that's just what's required.

Pumpkini

lifedrawing log - 10.10.09

I went back to drawing with china marker this week, and since it's no longer daubs of digital paint, I get comments like "Oh, you drew a Disney version of her." You should see some of the vapid non-expressions and half-statements that come out of these sessions from people twice my age. They make pretty girls look like butt-ugly neanderthals. When you're faced with a pretty girl and produce an ugly drawing...double fail. You had THREE HOURS. I fucked all these up, but at least I had the sense to start over.



*closest approximation of actual pose (blah -- This model is super powerful and energetic in person; you can't just plop her there like a sack of potatoes and expect coolness.)
**pushed version of pose (back still doesn't look "at rest" enough -- should have straight-lined it)
***head, trying to keep eyes at more "realistic" size (eyes are a lot smaller than I prefer to draw them)
****proportions disregarded, trying to have fun (Fine art be damned!)

Pumpkinstein - paints // host switch

Got some subsurface scattering on this mofo! Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions on the rendering. I approach color like a timid little faun.

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Unrelated : my host keeps raping me for bandwidth overages, so I'm switching to Godaddy or A+ or something more reasonable. As a result, autodestruct.com, along with my blogspot images, will probably be down while I sort all this out. Hopefully it'll be less painful than I think it'll be, but I doubt it.

This would have to have to happen during my favorite drawing month!

There's something in the water supply...

Side note :

Drawing on a computer is like fucking with six condoms on. It’s safe, it's sterile, it's sensationless and it's utterly frustrating.

pumpkinstein & pals

Working out a Frankenstein pumpkin for our pumpkin carving party e-vite...

lifedrawing log - 10.03.09

Here's a blobby portrait! Going to read up on this shit so I can do it right.

Here are two imaginary ones I did for fun when I got home.

filth = brought

Can't say too much about this, other than it was part of a friendly competition between some sad, shameless artists.

October is here!!!

At last!

lifedrawing log - 09.29.09

Back to basics...there's a lot about this guy's look that distracts one from focusing on gesture.


Dongs.