LD Post

Tuesday:

So, going over the modeling clay muscle tissues... I realized that my mannequin was completely off in terms of muscle construction. I had basically ONLY made group muscle forms, the individual muscles were completely lost in the mix. Needless to say, I'm redoing them.

As for drawing the model, I felt like drawing the spine (however different of a technique it may be) is actually extremely helpful when it comes to the proportion of the figure, and of course the motion of the model. Drawing the spine makes it so much easier it seems to simply section off areas, especially after drawing the arm lines and leg lines. It's become very helpful in my drawings. I'm beginning to get used to drawing with my shoulder, it doesn't always just happen though, I end up having to remind myself to actually do it in class, but sooner or later I'm banking on it happening.

LD: Post 2

Tuesday:

We had a different model, unfortunately my gesture drawings were worse than my first ones. I didn't finish the entire figure, I fit it but, I didn't actually finish them. I've been trying to follow the real curve of the body, rather than the outlines and... I really miss the outlines. Hah. This model wasn't as dynamic in the amount of poses she gave, but I really enjoy my 30 minute drawing from that session, I know proportion isn't important, but I think everything was pretty proportionate, not at all near perfect but I'm happy with it!

Thursday:

Learning about the muscles wasn't bad. I found it was kind of hard to follow the books, my copy is kind of old and the ink was a bit worn out, so I'm kind of nervous to see if I constructed the muscles correctly. We'll see.

LD: Post 1

Tuesday 9/14/10

I need to actually take a picture of my shell drawings still, they'll be in there by Monday for sure.. But I like that we started off with the shell. Using the blind contour, I really paid attention to it's form and texture rather than focusing too hard on proportion and losing all the other details about the actual structure. With the b

lind contour I hated not being able to look at my paper and obSESS over details like size, proportions, and just overall accuracy--making it look perfect. However, with the continuous line drawing I was much more excited to do that

after the blind drawing because I assumed my drawing would be much better, the time wouldn't seem so long and the experience would be overall good.

.....it wasn't.

I like my blind contour SO much better than my continuous contour drawing. In terms of accuracy and staying true to the form of the shell, my blind drawing was much better. I looked at my paper a lot more than I did with the blind--obviously.

I also like my shell a lot... wish it had some more color though, ha.

Thursday 9/16

I was nervous. I brought my shell in hope that we would have just one more...just one more day of drawing shells. I personally wasn't sure how comfortable I was drawing a nude model.

Thank goodness for the gesture drawings because they went by so quickly I didn't have time to think about the possible awkwardness I was dreading :) Major plus.
In terms of actual drawings, which is what this is SUPPOSED to be about, I didn't realize exactly how fast 30 seconds goes by. In drawing I and II the objects we gestured so to speak were not only inanimate but bowls and boxes and simplistic. Gestures with a living model was difficult because I tr

ied to add much more detail than a gesture should have. After doing more and more of the

m, I started drawing without thinking about them too much, blocking off the body into sections so that the model toes, feet, and hands etc., weren't getting chopped off.

I'm actually really excited for this class now, before I was anxious, nervous and almost like a fish out of water dealing with a nude model, it might not be mature of me but it's the truth!
I'm very excited to learn even more techniques to successfully drawing, the arm/shoulder drawing is going to be tricky....but I'm confident that over time with practice it won't feel so foreign. I did noticed-especially with the continuous contour drawing that I was able to make curves a lot more easily when my arm was fully extended in comparison to being tensed up and close to my paper, my arm didn't move as freely and it felt jammed and static.

Life Drawing Intro Post!

This used to be a randomized blog with small images, text, audio, and anything else that caught my eye. I'll be using this for my Life Drawing I class at UW-Stout to post drawings, inspirations, and references, followed by personal reflections and comments about my work.

Intro:

I'm Liz Klein, currently a junior at Stout, I'm going for my B.F.A. with a concentration in Multimedia Design and a Minor in Applied Photography. The areas of MMD that I'm particularly interested in are: 2D-Animation, storyboarding, mixed media collages, film/cinematography, and 3D Animation. My background so far is a little of ID, a little GD and currently trying to get deeper into Photography. I used to be in Industrial Design then thought Graphic Design was more for me, only to find out it was focusing too much on advertising for my liking, and promptly switched to MMD.

Some of the work I am most proud of would have to be my cardboard giraffe "Melmann" I made in 3D Design, photo collage "Reality is merely an illusion" in 2D Digital Imaging and a freelance mixed media collage I made because I was worried about taking a painting class and felt it necessary to practice on a cheap piece of canvas.

What I'd like to get out of Life Drawing I, is to be able to draw complex 3D renderings using a different technique other than shading, at the same time I'd like to improve my use of shades and tones. I have to admit, I am a little nervous about drawing nude models. 1. I don't have much experience in drawing people 2. Let alone naked people.

Post graduation I hope to be working with a collaborating team of animators, story boarders (term?), and designers to make anything from 2D, 3D animations, shorts , magazine layouts, graphics... I'm still all over the place. I'm taking a Digital Narrative I class, Exploring Photography, Computer Science I class, and Graphic Design I as well as Life Drawing I, so the idea is that after this semester I should have a better handle on what area I gravitate to more, where I excel the most and maybe even some new paths.

We'll see.