Somebody call NASA, I think I've just discovered a 3rd dimension!
Friday, April 21, 2006
I'm trying to work on my weaknesses lately. That means learning to resist bullets and classy dames. Artistically speaking, that translates into inking, hands, feet, backrounds, perspective...basically, anything but faces. Even those I can only draw from about 3 angles and with 3 different expressions, one of which is crippling social inadequacy, but that's just because I have a mirror and thus, unlimited reference material. I've been "hella" (which is a totally wicked adjective, bra) busy at work lately, so I'm working on this stuff slowly, but hey, at least I'm trying to break my comfort zone. This is all I've got so far, which is a modest effort at best, but the fact that I even attempted to ink them or provide more elements than just a dude lost in a sea of negative space is pretty significant for me.
This next one was an attempt at drawing a corner of my room. Again with the completely terrible inks, but with even more questionable perspective in play. I swear to god I can't draw anything inorganic to save my life. I've been told this reeks of a ruler and technical pens, which are what I used, so I can't argue there. If you're admirable of how sterile and clean my room looks, understand that I strategically neglected to include the vast expanse of pornography that covers everything in sight like a blanket of questionably legal, morally reprehensible snow. Not because I'm ashamed, mind you, but because I don't want documented evidence of what I own in case the FBI kicks in my deadbolt before I can get the match to light.
Lastly, a friend of mine reminded me that I own a tablet and Adobe Illustrator, and that those two Wonder Twins can let their powers combine to overcome violent hand seizures brought on by mass quantities of cigarettes and Mountain Dew and immitate smooth ink lines. I tried the technique out by freehanding some faces and while I don't know what I'm doing yet, I definitely see the potential for better results than the crap I'd been doing with tech pens, a brush, or a crowquill. The tech pens are flat and lifeless, the brush was too hard for me to draw in detail, and with a quill pen I tended to treat it more like a prisoner carving out his tenure on his cell wall. Illustrator gives me line weight and smooth lines, so maybe there's hope for me yet.
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Those Illustrator sketches are pretty slick! Way to break out of your comfort zone of the others as well! Keep the sketches coming....