Week 20 - Modeling

This week was awesome! It involved modeling with wire and clay, and i got a completely different, refreshed perspective about drawing!

I really enjoyed clay modeling. We never had the time to refine things, because the most we had was 40 mins, which is very short time for clay modeling, and you can only roughly depict things. I took some pics from some of the things i did this week. The most recent are the first ones:

Week 19

Three more weeks to go for the end of the semester, and I don't like it...

This week we continued with the portait and the full body study, but we haven't finished yet. So, here are three pastel sketches. Pastel is a great tool, by the way! I can't remember how long we spent on each one, though:

Week 18

Not much to show from this week. There is a long full body study and a portrait in progress, so i will show them after i'm finished with them.

Here is a long study that is close to finished for my taste, and a decent croquis:

The Animation Workshop - Bachelor in Character Animation

My application in the Bachelor in Character Animation, at the Animation Workshop was approved!!!
I'm very excited and can't wait to start animating like the old Masters did, the flipbook way!

Big thumbs up to my classical drawing teacher Artem, who helped me develop my drawing skills, as well as Edda, for helping me a lot with my portfolio, especially the acting part!

Now and until the end of the semester here at The Drawing Academy i'll focus on taking the most out of it, and I hope that I can steal time in the future to train more in classical drawing, because it's so interesting!

TDA - Week 17 - Glenn Vilppu Masterclass

It has been an awesome week! Glenn Vilppu is a true Master!! It took me a while to realize that I actually had him as a teacher and that it was me that he was referring to, some times!!

The course was about starting from scratch with the gesture and building the figure on top, first with simple volumes and then gradually more complex. He also explained almost about the whole body anatomy, from the head to the feet.

Things are posted with chronological order, from bottom to top, from Monday to Friday. Grab a cup of cofee, relax, and have fun (I hope!) with this week's stuff!!

Is he alive?

I've been reading theories about Pac being alive, since i started listening to his music, which was about back in '98 or so. And a few days ago that I was searching for photos to do a caricature of him, I read that he is making his appearance at 2014.
What load of BULL!! Who would be fool enough to believe that he is still alive? And if he is, why hasn't he appeared after so many years after his supposed death, back in '96?
The obvious reason behind all this conspiracy theories for 2Pac being alive, is the profit, which the people that exploit his name must be making...

I like his music because he talks about difficulties in life, and even though I don't listen to rap music so much now, sometimes I remember Pac and I put some of his music.

Anyway, it's a period now that I listen to his music, and here is some caricatures of him that I was inspired to do:





R.I.P.

TDA - Week 16

Today was the first time that i received acclaim for a long study from my teacher. It is the first piece, a 3 hour study, which I couldn't scan due to its size, so I took a crappy photo of it.

This week was full of short 20 min studies, and the longest ones, which were 80 min. It's a real pain in the @ss to scan all these, due to their size.

Next week we're going to have Glenn Vilppu! How cool is that??? I've seen his videos, and he is a master of classical drawing!
I'm so excited!!!

I apologize for some cut feet or hands, but the paper is large and it's difficult to scan the drawings.

Note: Started organizing this blog, due to the bulk piling up (I've reached 200 drawings!). I have put label links on the side, and I started putting labels on each post, and hopefully the blog is more interesting and fun to watch like this.

TDA - Week 15

Even though it's the 16th week now, here are some things from the previous week that I was too lazy to scan before. The first is a long study (i think 5 hrs) and the others are 15 min studies.

TDA - Week 14

First I have a storyboard excercise we did with some friends, to prepare for the exams for the Bachelor in Character Animation here in Viborg. We picked two words, baseball bat and throwing away, and we had to come up with a short story.

I hope it's readable. Enjoy!





And the more boring stuff here. A sewing machine that reminds me of my granny, but I couldn't get to finish it. Also a decent croquis from Thursday's session. Pfff, been a long time since I last drew croquis...
I also have one more long study of an electric screwing driver, but due to it's size I couldn't get to scan it properly. I'll give it one more try and hope it works, because it went out pretty nicely I think!

TDA - Week 13

Last and this week we have a guest teacher, Jeppe, how teaches construction with basic shapes. This probably we should have done at the start. Anyway, it's always good to review basic techniques.

On Thursday I flew to Paris, and on Friday i took the exams for Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image, for the 3 year animation programme "Concepteur et réalisateur de films d'animation". There were some 600 participants...Insane!!!
To be honest, I don't think I have a lot of chances to get in, and I will need a miracle to get to the interview... There is a lot of talent waiting to get in the school. I still have a lot to learn, but it was nevertheless a great experience!!
Now I can understand why it is considered one of the best animation schools in the world.

Anyway, here are some construction sketches from last week. The first one is a really awesome blue old car, which is not the best construction wise, and i'm looking forward to sketch it again, more detailed!: