lifedrawing log - 02.03.09

Thanks to Paul Adam for introducing me to Prismacolor sticks! They work well in tandem with the china marker...same waxy texture, 'cept bigger, which was what I needed to block in fatter fields of dark...gonna take some time to get used to working with these. Charcoal be damned!

Thanks to Tiffanny and Stephen Varga for showing me the Listo china marker holder pen and refills -- less frustrating than tugging and peeling actual china markers. They're apparently targeted at glass and steel workers, so you won't find them in most traditional art stores. Some office supply stores and drafting stores carry 'em though.

lifedrawing log - 01.25.09

w/ self-crit in orange



The trouble these days is that I'm either too reluctant to request feedback from others, or that folks are simply too polite to give me the occasional smackdown/tough love.

What bugs me about my lifedrawing stuff is the same thing that bugs me about all art I produce. There's a timidity and lack of punchy contrast, with many little areas I know I'm flubbing, but don't actually call myself on or even attempt to remedy. Part of it can be chalked up to time limit and the fact I'm working in an un-erasable medium (I don't want to give myself the added freedom to noodle and correct, yet I sometimes build my foundations too dark and can't work over them without grinding into the page -- trouble!), but most of it is just inexcusable laziness and blindess to the facts (and the order of their importance as it pertains to the picture). If you can't relay the truth that's right in front of you, what hope do you have to conjure it from nothing?

I have to keep honest about where I'm at, and that means putting it all out there : the good, the bad, the ugly. You got any pointers? Cuz I'm all ears.

lifedrawing retention - 01.24.09

Digital sketch of what I could recall from lifedrawing this morning.
2 figure studies + 1 portrait + a few hand studies = retention!

brushy fun

Messin' around with a brush set Joshua The James hooked me up with. Thanks Josh!

Diverge Workshop -- Feb. 20th, 21st + 22nd

Catch me at Diverge Workshop in Dallas this February for "Thumb War", an interactive presenation on thumbnailing! Woot!

lifedrawing log - 01.12.09

Enter : the china marker!

Portrait by Popov!

Fellow concept grunt and Internet pen pal Sergey Popov (Popov-SM) has graced me with a rather unexpected (but nonetheless awesome) portrait! Had to share/gloat...


I'm adding Mr. Popov to the roster of other talented weirdos who have fed my ego by drawing me : Isaac Owens, Nick Southam and David Levy. (Not nearly enough ladies on that list...hrm...)

lifedrawing log - 01.05.09

Coming soon!

Happy 2009, everyone! Keep checking autodestruct for details on my second sketchbook "Braindump Vol. 2" (as well as a reprint of the first) and get those PayPal accounts ready!

lifedrawing log - 12.29.08

2008 was a fierce uphill battle! Many important lessons learned, but loads more to shoot for in '09. Much of it will boil down to keener observation, clarity of storytelling and a greater deal of patience/foregiveness, not to mention ongoing independant research and kind crits from peers!

Scrolling Totem 08 update

http://www.autodestruct.com/scrotem.htm

lifedrawing log - 12.08.08

Last's night's drawing. Found success in using my pencil to check angles, but am still phoning in my hands, feet, and messing up head size and other proportions in my rush to make a quasi-presentable drawing. Also, I didn't define that stick during the gesture, so it doesn't look like it's being grasped or planted on the ground -- fucking lazy. Two of the heads on here were shrunk down some in post because they looked so ridiculous. Still...small steps to progress...