Hey!

I want it.

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:29:40 GMT

San Francisco/Cold December night/2008

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:53:35 GMT

I know everyone always posts really cute animals things.. but geez. It's baby sloths that scratch their own butt!

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:58:25 GMT

-5 values...5 values5values5values
-bony landmarks
-bones don't move. muscles rest on top of bones..look for bony landmarks
-start from pelvis and work your way up (I've found this method works best for me)
-stop trying to see dark shadows on the light side.
-follow the form (when crosshatching)
-follow the form
-follow the form
-follow the form
-line weight/quality
-I hate charcoal...except the hb charcoal pencil. and maybe the 2b.

I probably think a lot more things..but this is pretty much what swims around in my head when I'm drawing figures.

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:21:32 GMT

From the 2nd floor of the federal building at school

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:07:55 GMT

lazy sunday at the library.

My shoulder is killing me, but it's a good kind of pain. :D

by Andreas Vesalius (this is giving me ideas for the 4 anatomy charts I have to do):

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:20:49 GMT

I'm still fighting with smudging and lines... but I'm learning with each drawing I do in charcoal/that sanguine chalk color.

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:29:54 GMT

-slept for 14 hours, after 2 days of real shitty sleep, and one day of no sleep.
-started to fall asleep (head jerking) in anatomy. My notes, well, I can't read them, because I have no idea what I wrote (chicken scratch).
-how I made it home, I'll never know. I don't really remember. Which is really dumb, since I drove. Next time I'll just sleep in my car for an hour and then go.
-I actually got an F on my skeleton drawing project, only because I forgot to bring my skeletal tracing from a master drawing. hahah. I'm bringing it to his workshop today.

I think I was one of only two crosshatchers in my class. How depressing!

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:16:37 GMT

My kneecaps are a touch too low. and it was mentioned in the critique that the butt needed to be fattened up a little. Overall, it was an ok piece. Got a "B"

It was fun "dismembering" it

edit:

For the past two nights I've only gotten about 6 hours of sleep, total. And I'm not going to sleep tonight. I have about 5 1/2 hours before I have to get ready for school again. My skeleton drawings are due.

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:53:12 GMT

I feel like all I do is post pictures of bones or nude people.. I'm hoping to be able to work on my own things after this week finishes up.

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:46:27 GMT

Hey, that's no way to say goodbye mp3

Dance me to the end of love mp3

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:05:37 GMT

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:44:48 GMT

these first three are from the 3:30 workshop. The model was so beautiful! If I only could draw a little faster and just a bit better, I'd be able to show it (the "beautifulness").. but for now, you'll have to do with a scary and rough and unfinished version. Must practice harder.

The 6:20 workshop model liked to lay down with his legs spread apart for some of his poses, and usually, he did them in my direction. What luck. You'll notice a foot drawing in the corner. I focused in on his foot or ribs anytime he did one of those poses.

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:36:31 GMT

I brought my other sketchpad home tonight:

the model kept on closing his eyes

I silently cry inside every time we have to do 1 minute gesture drawings, but today I seemed to be in a happier place, and actually enjoyed most of the 20 that we had to do

This one was actually done at the Monday morning workshop. There are a million things wrong with the drawing of that leg, but my instructor commented that my shading is finally getting better. I hate you charcoal! But I'm trying to make it work between you and I.

The rest of these were done near the end of the second week of figure drawing (drooping boobs here, long legs there...aghhh.. I want to be there the day I start getting good):

ok ok .. no more updating.

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:18:44 GMT

I still have a long way to go, but I like practicing. And I still hate charcoal. You can tell I hate it by the way I shade with it. hah. I need to work on that.

gesture drawings from a Friday night workshop

I'm sorry I made your ass-crack huge

Yeah, I know.. old habits die hard.

one thing I hear and need to work on a lot: Block in my shadows.

a .zip entry

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:26:19 GMT

Solitude mp3 The .zip contains this and three other variations of the same song. It's from the film Tony Takitani. Ahhh.. that was a good movie.. .zip

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Vasily Kalinnikov

I seem to bring up Kalinnikov a lot. It's just because I think he's wonderful. And I have an impulse to share things I come across. I uploaded his first symphony (I may be the only one who finds this remotely exciting, the fact that I uploaded it,but the thought of sharing it is enough for me ^___^):
.zip. (the second movement, Andante Commodamente, frequently goes on repeat.. and the latter part of the Finale, lovely too.) ... I'd suggest starting off with Andante Commodamente (should you choose to download).

empty classrooms are fun

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:43:05 GMT

Friday/Townsend building/11:40am-3:00pm/skull drawing/empty classroom; room 307

Saturday/Townsend building/8:40am-4:00pm/ribcage drawing/empty room set aside for students;room 303

Sorry I keep updating, but I think it'll be neat for me to look back on all my foundation work in a year's time.

My new favorite thing is copying down room information to see when a classroom is going to be empty (so I can move in and do my thing for however long).

I have to do life size bone drawings for anatomy (which I intend to paint). Today I spent over 7 hours on a ribcage that I haven't even finished the line drawing to. ;_________; I was joking with a guy who showed up around the noontime hour about how incredibly incredibly incredibly ..s l o w.. I am with graphite drawings.

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:28:15 GMT

ok. down to work. Drawing and painting all weekend. I wonder if I can pull off that kid's expression/enthusiasm when it comes to Perspective homework. hah.

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:36:38 GMT

taken with my cameraphone..shhh!

Yesterday on Bart, I was next to a 70something lady who was reading Aristotle: On Man In The Universe. She was on the Metaphysics part, and had post-it notes everywhere. I saw her get off at the 16th/Mission stop, and I can't help but wonder where she went. There was a quote on page 7 that I liked (hahah. I either am really nosy, or I just have good eyesight), and I might have to check that book out, just so I can find it again.

Franklin Booth book scans for reference/you!

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:22:51 GMT

I've been checking out as many books as my arms can carry, from the library. And I've been scanning in all my favorite bits from each and every one of them. It's proving to be a very slow and laborious process, but I'm dedicated and determined.

Anytime I start to feel discouraged by my preference for lines, I just look at things by Franklin Booth, and i feel better again. ^____^ (I still sort of struggle in my charcoal medium intensive classes, but it's getting easier.. maybe because I've been practicing every single day in trying to find a middle ground with the stuff.)

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:48:08 GMT

Had to run an errand downtown (bought a $50 school book. Murder, I tell you.. murder).

I also needed to pick up a few things in Chinatown; things in which I ended up never getting a chance to get (sigh. Oh well. Online ordering it is, then):

he was on Grant St. He's a pretty passionate fella. I heard him three blocks away

I love how claustrophobic chinatown makes you feel. It's so great. :D

They stopped carrying the pens I like! ): But! I did get 4 .39¢ little notebooks

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:26:58 GMT

Typing from here. It's a little more tidier now.

I converted the "office" into my super-small-workspace-studio. It feels nice.

-My figure drawing class is lovely. I'm horrible right now, but I know I'll get better with a billion more hours of practice. Aside from my monday/wednesday evening figure drawing class, I'm also going to utilize the free figure drawing workshops on Monday mornings and Friday evenings! I'm going to see a lot of naked people this semester.

Ёжик в тума́не

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:56:28 GMT

"The Bear talked and talked, and the Hedgehog thought, "Isn't it good that we're together again?" And the Hedgehog also thought about the horse. How was she doing out there, in the fog?"

I like the "popping" sound in the first one, though..

Hedgehog In The Fog

This is amazing! It makes me want to learn Russian (that much more), and stop-motion all at the same time.

p.s. I wish this had a soundtrack I could buy. (sigh)

Also also, It's on dvd! Masters of Russian Animation. I want to own all 4 volumes one day.

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:56:16 GMT

Tony Takitani
Adapted from a Murakami short story

c l i c k * 696.8mb / .AVI / English language .srt file * c l i c k

*If you've never loaded an .srt file in your life, ask me! I'll be more than happy to try and help. :D

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:35:39 GMT

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:53:52 GMT

-currently converting the office into a makeshift studio. Remember: get a new lock and key. and oil/grease the door hinges so they won't creak and wake up the family at 3am).

-found a 5' wood panel! Wide format is my favorite. I can't tell if it's pine or not (..if so, then it's useless). Remember: google how to differentiate between different kinds of wood.

-found a 24 piece tea set I purchased from IKEA 3 or 4 years ago, in the office. It felt like a Christmas present to myself. Remember: Drink even more tea.

-Figuring out how to afford the Fein MSXE-636-2 Multi-Master Electric Variable Speed Kit with Flush Cutting Blade & Scraper Blade. Remember: Credit Card? No!

-Being disillusioned with scanners.. and instead, looking towards making good quality digital images. Remember: The tripod is in my old room.