People Watching

Goodness! I haven't posted on here in a while. I thought for some reason that it hadn't been this long, but it has. Excuses: had floor re-done on my level of the house, had to move all my things out of the rooms with the hard wood floors (including my scanner/printer). Also, work. Also, birthday. Anyway, no more excuses! I am now set up in my own little office room, with my almost dead laptop and scanner. I'm supposed to be getting a new computer soon (graduation/birthday present) so once that's set up I'll be able to work on more things, rather than worrying if my computer will spontaneously shut off (battery needs to get replaced :/ )
Until then, I have a bunch of things scanned to post for the next week or so. Mostly just doodles, as usual, but hopefully I'll be able to post some actual stuff soon!!

LA Drawing Club 2 + Finally have Internet

So here are a few of my drawings from an LA Drawing Club session a while back,  maybe a month ago, with a Bladerunner theme. I finally ordered internet at my grandmother's house, now that I got a new job that will last a while! Since I last posted, I got a position as a Flash animation assistant working on some e-courses for a marketing company. It's not really so much animation as it is moving illustrations, but I am just happy to be drawing for a living (at least for a little while)!

Anyways, that position made me decide to actually get internet here, now that I will be here for quite a while longer than the initial 3 months I was planning on. Yay! Ok, well, Dancing with the Stars is on now, and I always watch with my grandma, but I will definitely post a bunch of drawings from the past few weeks now that I have internet access. :)

LA Drawing Club 1

Finally got a hold of some internet now that I'm visiting my parents' house this weekend.

Some cool things about my recent move: the Hollywood sign is right outside the window at my work, I get to keep my babcia company, and I get to meet awesome industry professionals! Since I moved to my babcia's, I've had the chance to go to the LA Drawing Club a few times and draw models. :) Every Thursday, a professor from Art Center has a 3 hour life drawing session in Glendale. It's like $20 but totally worth it! The model is always themed, with a movie and fitting music playing, and props! It's super cool. My new neighbor Brittany told me about it, though we haven't had the chance to go together yet. So far I've been to a Samurai-themed night (with a familiar model!), an I Love Lucy night, and recently a Bladerunner-themed night. I will scan and post the last one when I have time.

But one of the best parts about the club is that professionals from all over LA, from all different kinds of artistic focuses come and draw too! I've met gaming artists, Titmouse animators, a Disney head of story... and the best part is I get to drool over their artwork. Gah I wish I could interpret the model like they do. They can see the model in front of them, but rather than copy what they see they reinterpret the pose into an appealing character. It's so inspiring. I've been trying to do the same, but am still getting back into the life drawing groove! Anyway, here are my drawings from the first couple sessions:

CTN Model Drawings

Some model drawings done at CTN a few weeks ago. I haven't been able to do any since last May, so it was really nice to do figure sketches, even if it was only for a few minutes :) It was a couple, though I didn't do any good ones of the male, and they were dressed in 40s era clothing. Mobsters and guns kinda thing. They did some super fun poses! I hope they do it again next year.

Bridal Dresses Photoshoot

Drawings I did while bumming around my friend's photoshoot for a wedding dress company. Cool stuff! :D

Soccer Sketches

Drawing my friend at his soccer game! :) They kept asking me to play and I was like “OH NO, no…. no thanks” Me + sports = ball in face

Life Drawing Final

Some pages from my Figures class final. We had to put together a portfolio of the different projects from the semester. I had a great time in the class, especially cause we drew so much! The longest pose we had was 10 minutes, but we normally had 2 or 5 minute gestures. I need to find another life drawing outlet for the summer!