Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Guinea Pig [feedly]

  

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Guinea Pig
// Gurney Journey


Recently we had the opportunity to babysit our neighbor's guinea pig named Shadow.


He was a little shy at first, but once he got used to us, he let us hold him and pat him behind his ears.


It's hard to believe he's related to the extinct 1500-pound giant rodent that I painted called Josephoartigasia, a rodent the size of a rhinoceros.
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How to Draw People From Life with Costa Vavagiakis [feedly]

  

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How to Draw People From Life with Costa Vavagiakis
// Artist's Network

drawing3 Costa VavagiakisPencil Portraits for Realistic Faces
Learning to draw portraits and figures can be deceptively difficult, but there are few results that are more satisfying than capturing the likeness of a person. And drawing allows for artistic license and methods of imbuing the portrait with the essence of someone that not even a great photograph can capture.

How to Draw a Portrait
Award-winning figure drawing artist Costa Vavagiakis takes portraiture beyond the basics in this figure drawing workshop, with a thorough examination of anatomical features drawing from a live model. Learn how to draw a realistic face through in-depth lessons on using shapes and lines to construct the features. Then, follow along to discover great lessons for drawing the effects of light and shadow on a portrait in profile, place the features and get accurate results in your art.

Great Art Instruction
Vavagiakis is a great instructor, with tons of teaching experience that shows in the organization and clearly presented lessons in this video. You'll love learning and adapting his drawing techniques into your own style. Some of the lessons you'll learn include:

  • vavagiakisportraitfromlifeHow to draw a realistic face and accurate anatomy
  • Using plumb lines and apex points for measuring distance between features
  • Working in graphite and white chalk on toned paper to create the right mood for your subject

See why these reviewers loved learning how to Draw a Portrait from Life:

"Clearly presented instruction throughout…this artist has a unique approach to drawing the portrait, with tips, ideas & pointers that apply across the board for any medium or style." – Anne, Northlightshop.com review

"Need more from this fellow. he does beautiful work and calmly explains so much as he goes along. Very pleasant concentrated learning from this teacher." – Kathy, ArtistsNetwork.tv review

Start Learning Now
Watch the preview to pick up some drawing tips to get started drawing pencil portraits. Then, head over to ArtistsNetwork.tv for the full-length video, the materials list, to leave reviews, and more!

Check out this gallery of Costa's images or check out his website for more information at CostaVavagiakis.com.

Learn more about drawing faces with this FREE download!


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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Final day at the Portrait Conference [feedly]

  

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Final day at the Portrait Conference
// Gurney Journey

On the final day of the annual portrait conference, I sketched Robert Liberace and Rose Frantzen as they painted a two-hour head study of a bearded model. 

Scott Burdick shot this quick video of the action. (Direct link to video)

Rose worked with incredible energy, beginning the painting with a phthalo green oil crayon. The strong color kept flooding into mixtures as she went along. 

 
She's impetuous, dynamic, and experimental, very exciting to watch. She and Robert Liberace got great results, but I failed to take a photo of their paintings. Can someone send me scans of the finals?
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Rose Frantzen
Video footage provided by Scott Burdick
Portrait Society


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Thursday, April 24, 2014

John Nevarez (update) [feedly]

  

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John Nevarez (update)
// lines and colors

John Nevarez
John Nevarez is a visual development and storyboard artist working in animation. His projects include Monsters University and Cars 2, among others. He has recently left Pixar to establish a freelance career.

His long-running blog has examples of his work on various projects, as well as personal work, warm-ups and sketches for fun. Fun is the operative word by which I would describe his drawing style, particularly his line and tone drawings (which may be traditional pencil or the digital equivalent, it's difficult to distinguish these days).

Nevarez has the kind of springy, lively line quality that makes it look like his drawings happen out of the pure fun of drawing, and just coincidentally are exactly what's needed for the project on which he's working.

In addition to his own work, for which you can see an overview here, his blog features work by other artists in the field, as well as a cornucopia of links to artist's websites.

There is a video interview with Nevarez on Bobby Chiu's Schoolism, and an older text interview on the Character Design blog (with additional images).


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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle [feedly]

  

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Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle
// Colossal

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Mixed Media Portraits by Florian Nicolle watercolor portraits illustration

Digital artist and illustrator Florian Nicolle (previously here and here) blends layers of newsprint, watercolor, pencil, and digital painting to create rich, frenetic portraits that seem to fly off the canvas. Over the past few years, Nicolle has been tapped by some of the world's largest brands including Nike, Adobe, Warner Brothers, and ESPN, but still finds time for personal work. You can explore more on Behance and on his website.


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reapergrellsutcliff: ‘Kiss Scene rough sketches - Drawing for... [feedly]

  

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reapergrellsutcliff: 'Kiss Scene rough sketches - Drawing for...
// Art and Reference point















reapergrellsutcliff:


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Monday, April 21, 2014

How far would you go to accept a "style" as a style and not just a lack of skill? [feedly]

  

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How far would you go to accept a "style" as a style and not just a lack of skill?
// Art and Reference point

I personally believe that all artists need to have a foundation before they try to take on any sort of extreme style. It will likely show if they try to use a "style" cover up a lack of knowledge about anatomy or the basic tenets of art. There's a difference between deliberately ignoring rules and knowing when and how to break them.

<3 Admin Kin


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fucktonofanatomyreferences: An appreciative fuck-ton of bird... [feedly]

  

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fucktonofanatomyreferences: An appreciative fuck-ton of bird...
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fucktonofanatomyreferences:

An appreciative fuck-ton of bird wing anatomy references (from various sources).


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Animation/Drawing Reference [feedly]

  

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Animation/Drawing Reference
// Art and Reference point

fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment:

Reference! Reference! is a free database that collects different video clips, with categories ranging from facial expressions, to styles of fighting, and animals in motion. 

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You can play and pause the videos, and move through them frame-by-frame easily.

I'm freaking out, man. 

-Evvy


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z-raid: fucktonofanatomyreferences: An okay fuck-ton of simple... [feedly]

  

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z-raid:

fucktonofanatomyreferences:

An okay fuck-ton of simple shoulder movement references (per request).


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