Just a few things from my sketch book. Gestures and such.

Some stuff you may have missed...

Ooops, been updating tumblr more often than here. Here are a few things you may have missed...

That update I promised is here.

Alright, here's a big dump of art...Have some bits from classes, wips/progress of sculpting Clinty. Conceptart for a scifi, racing beast. Preston Blair hands, feet and normal hand sketches.


Also, also, I've been working on making a list of female artists in the industry as a response to some sexist behavior and comments I've seen here and there (that I won't go into, because it's petty). It's only maybe 75 names long with a dozen links to relates articles and blogs, but I've been adding to it as I have time and come across/remember peoples' names. You can find it:
HERE.

Male Torso Studies

Numbered in the order that I did them. Felt like I needed to brush up on anatomy, especially male anatomy since I don't draw men as much as women. I also took this opportunity to practice rendering/painting and am relatively unhappy with it, but I think I had some improvements with 7 in comparison to one.

Please, please, please point out that would be helpful in learning to paint more efficiently and better... just problem areas in general. Color choice still bad? Too muddy? how can I improve these things?

I'm also wandering if I should try for a more painterly or cell shading type way of painting (not actual cell shading).

Everything done with photo refs.

Feet

I drew some feet the other day. Pretty pleased, actually.

Done with pencil, micron pen and prismacolor markers.

Lines that make bodies

Oof. Now I can go do some homework. Semi sort of behind from stomach flus to ulcers to colds. A great start to a school year. Sorry for the brief updates.

These are the last of the gesture drawings from my Anatomy class first semester of last year. Most are two minute poses, but there's one that's a 20 minute pose (and obviously not a gesture). Some are five minute poses. Grabbin' my tea to workworkworkwork.

And by Thursday I mean two hours into Friday, right?

No. Yes.

Here are some sketches from my editorial natural history drawing class. It's sort of fun to experiment with some mediums I previously hated and get a new feel of just being messy. I actually really enjoy this class, but the work itself I don't like. While I do like what I've been doing in class, I personally don't think it's art so much as "hobbyist art". But hey, maybe that's just me having to shoot down everything I do as an artist. Maybe I've been an art school too long... who knows, I was jerk enough without the elitist art spewl. I happen to have a tumblr now, by the way: Link. I have a pretty cute background I made on there (and twitter) too. [The skulls are of a parona, a rabbit, a bird and a rat for the BG.]

Hey, hey, hey

I've been a little behind on keeping up with blog posts and keeping up with a few of my favorite artists that I watch over here on blogspot and over on Deviantart. I'm mostly moved into the new apartment except for the three huge boxes sitting in the middle of my room begging to be unpacked, but I have better things to do, honestly. I have homework (school has started), personal projects galore and video games. Oh boy, have I been playing Fallout: New Vegas a lot lately this past week or so.

With the start of this new school year I have a handful of really great classes. I'm taking Animation Basics, Advanced Computer Illustration, and a few drawing illustration classes with a more narrative and editorial touch with a little anatomy and physiology class to top it off. I have a pretty heavy-duty schedule, but all that aside I still have several projects lined up in my little mind to get down on paper and up on a monitor. I've taken down notes for short term goals and personal due dates to make sure I can actually get things done for my personal enjoyment and growth outside of school assignments.

As I said, I'm still behind on posting older school work from last year, but I still want to share this junk with you guys so I'm gonna get that down and eventually get to my new sketchbook work... which, honestly, I probably won't upload a lot of. Now I have most of an entire sketchbook almost filled, but they way I sketch for personal thoughts is less readable for viewers than for me. There's stuff that I've fleshed out, and I'll share that. I'm really good at going on tangents of unneeded information by the way.

Anyway, the point--THE POINT--we don't want to miss the point.

One: I'm setting an official update, blogging day for myself. THURSDAYS.
[ This day will probably change for next semester or if I exerience any huge changes to my schedule. ]
Two: My Personal projects. Just so when I'm only updating tidbits here and there of doodles when I'm bored in between real work you all know I'm actually working on relvant, legit work.
Anyway, I'll be working on:
* 20 Costumed, Character Concepts
* Some Environmental studies & concepts
* A one shoot, modern/fantasy/gore comic
* A comic rewrite of an old short story
* A self bound, illustrated book
* Possible sculpture, nicknack-making
Three: I lost my job so expect commissions once I wrap a few things up and get examples and prices together. Give me all the money.

ALSO. I love my friends and we are mature.

[1:33:46 AM] Rancid Milk: butts
[1:33:58 AM] kate: tats
[1:34:10 AM] Rancid Milk: vag
[1:34:14 AM] kate: clit
[1:34:18 AM] Rancid Milk: dic
[1:34:22 AM] kate: knob
[1:34:25 AM] Rancid Milk: rectum
[1:34:27 AM] kate: scrote
[1:34:35 AM] Rancid Milk: testes
[1:34:46 AM] kate: vah-jay-jay
[1:34:58 AM] Rancid Milk: nippy-nips
[1:35:18 AM] kate: ~love pillows~
[1:35:30 AM] Rancid Milk: charlies
[1:38:04 AM] kate: big fucking queef

Notice the ocd time stamps.

Suddenly, ART. In no particular order. Gestures.

I have time some times and then I do things...

This week has been entirely too much to deal with. Have another horrible infection that's lasted a little more than a week, and now that I have two days off from work a week I still feel pretty wiped out from everything. I'm thinking I should put a weekend aside for myself instead of going straight from work on Friday at closing to spending all my free time with my boyfriend till the start of my shift at on Sunday. Thankfully my online history class is almost over (I have only one more essay to write).


I've been packing off and on this past week. I really can't think of anything more painful than moving (I've already moved about fifteen times, maybe more) other than dealing with the crumby realtor we got stuck with. We found this amazing apartment, has tons of room and a fairly decent location. Only problem? Well, the realtor is a moron. He's has created more problems than he has given us information. He didn't stay in touch with us for our payments, lied about when we had to give in money for the last month, deposit and realtor's fee... Refused to give us the landlord's phone number, ignored phone calls and emails, couldn't remember how much our rent was (even tried to cheat us out of money by saying our rent was more than it really was). The list goes on. As it stands I have no idea if I'm moving between this Saturday (the 27th) and Wednesday (the first). How am I supposed to make plans for people to help me move? Or get a truck/van for moving? I can't do any of this. I'm glad this guy at least lost the commision on us finding the place, but I honestly don't know what we're paying for for the realtor's fee, because this dingus hasn't done his job.

On a higher note I went to the movies with my lovely boyfriend and our friend Stephen after roaming Boston. We ran around the theatre, watched the movie The Guard (an amazing film) and Attack the Block (a not very good movie with hilarious slang.) That night we watched Brain Candy before bed and then watched Martin and Orlaff in the morning. Lots of movie watching. Played a little Prototype, got my Xbox 360 saves to successfully convert for use on PC so I can play out the dlcs for Fallout3 while I've also started up a game in Fallout: New Vegas.

Anyway... I cleaned up a sketch to start working on. I just need to finish an essay that's due tomorrow and get virtually everything packed up before I go along with that. I predict very little sleeping between today and this Sunday. I have a drawn out, closing shift to thank for that though.

I've also updated my twitter layout to be consistent with how my portfolio website will look: Twitter. My website is pretty much done, just need to work on some small details before posting it. Need to beef up my portfolio. Need time.

Finally had some time to finish what I had started at the beginning of the summer too! And here are also some compilations of gestures from my anatomy class from this past school year.