messing around
Originally uploaded by Gelatomettista2. (entry Richard Friend)
I have been doing some strange stuff lately. I have been doing different things each night with sort of a broad outline of the end result.(I guess loosely it's a story) A bunch of it is mainly figure studies (from photos.......*oh my god) But then I have been bouncing back and forth with this other imagery. The other images are perspective studies and revolve around a space theme.(solid nod to Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott) I am having so much fun in fact I may continue doing it as a story after I finish my practice run which will go I think 4 more nights. The concept I guess is being lost in space. Originally I liked the idea of a single cosmonaut maybe in a crippled ship and what the human mind might go through knowing it's drifting in an endless abyss and there's no help coming. Ever.
This first whack at it was just a practice run (not planned really....I had an idea for a final image which had NOTHING to do with space) and was meant as a learning tool, but I am having so much fun and I have so many ideas it's really creating itself and I might move forward with this. There is some nudity (please note) but it's figure studies so I wanted to give anyone a heads up who that might not appeal to.
Here's one of the space images.
Rich.
To see the whole thing:artshake
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The energy is so real in this, because the picture you paint with foreshortening and perspective is very dynamic. I can tell you had fun doing this; I have always wanted to be able to have as much fun doodling as when I am trying to get paid for it, and I'd have to say, it is because of you pros doing drawings like this, gave me the break through I needed, to help me be better creatively.
I did use a french curve but you need to establish the arc fist. Or maybe use it on just a few sets of grids. I wouldn't confine or restrict the shot by using a template to begin on everything because the drawing can get stiff or end up looking flat. If it fits then use it. These drawings are about 8.5"X11" and I can arc my hand freehand well enough (especially at that size) so I don't need to use a curve but I did for the neatness of the spacing of the lines in parts.
I left a lot of the extra lines on purpose as a style thing. Like the understructure stuff so it would look like blueprints or you are seeing the guts of things.
Rich.
I would pay to see a movie based on the idea of an astro, or cosmo aboard a crippled, and possibly falling apart ship with no chance of rescue, but goes on with a will to live. See the mental changes as he lives in isolation, making up little games to pass the time, paranoia setting in. That would make a good Outer Limits episode too... cool.
Oh yeah, and I finally picked up my first copies of Loomis books in hardback. Fun With the Pencil, and Figure Drawing for all it's Worth. I love his sections on perspective.
awesome studies,more please! as far as leaving the extra lines to show it's guts,keep showing them. I use these blogs to help me understand anatomy more,so show more figure studies
this is weird, I spent the last two days working on THE SAME IMAGE!!! Weird.
I'm using a scene from 2001, for a test run on a special project. This is one of the panels I was using. In the end I cut up much closer on dave, and focused on his face.
Regardless it was kinda odd to have the page load up an image I have been working on for the last few days... great minds and all that I guess. :)
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