Sketch 365 – by Scott Hulme

Tried something different with this one — drawing only with straight lines.  Kind of an interesting method; I think I’ll try it again in the future.

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Another lazy glassware sketch — but hey, good old reliable Mijares happy hour always does the trick.  Only problem here: the quick and sloppy attempt at salt on the rim looks more like dangerously broken glass.  Drink up!

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Saw this photo of a couple of friends of mine and couldn’t resist it.   Not to worry, this fight is only about as serious as an Adam West/Cesar Romero matchup.

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I did a few different sketches today, and this one based on a magazine photo turned out the most normal (even if he does look a bit crazed).  The other three were:

1) a figure drawing workshop sketch of a guy who my wife said looked like he should be the front end of a centaur;
2) a different sketch from a magazine photo that ended up looking like an old man in a water polo cap; and
3) a weird little mistake that I’ve dubbed “Blackbeard del Giacomo.”

Somehow I can’t seem to resist sharing that last little bonus outtake.  If you can guess its backstory, you win a yet-to-be-determined-but-sure-to-be-amazing prize.

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Tonight was the closest I came to missing a day of sketching.  Somehow it had just slipped my mind.  Every light in the house was off, and I was headed to bed when it struck me.  So I went back to the desk for a quick sketch, and here’s what I ended up with.  I have to say, it’s certainly unique among the sketches so far…

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Found this guy a few years back, either at a garage sale, or a thrift store or something.  All I remember is that I had to get him because the character design was so cool.  The actual toy is much cooler than the drawing; I love the fabric and color choices.  (Here he is in real life, for comparison.)  Somewhere along the way, I decided he looked like a Pedro — and the name stuck.

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I was having a really off day at figure drawing.  I only caught the tail end of today’s workshop, so I missed the brief warm-up poses at the beginning.  So after I botched a few drawings, there were only a few minutes left, and the guy running the workshop had the model do a bunch of quick 60-second gestural poses.  It’s definitely where I should have started.  Not that these are great — it’s just that they’re necessary.

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Another sketch from a figure drawing workshop.  The angle I was viewing from made for big nostrils and a very snooty-looking pose.  Also, there’s a lot of stray marks on this one from the setup and refinement process.  But of the three sketches I did of this model, one looked like Frida Kahlo, one looked like a manly Aztec, and then this was the third.  I think it’ll do for today.

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Got a sneak preview tonight of another upcoming creativity project — one that required me to break these out.  I like what I’m hearing, and hopefully before long you’ll see it appearing in the list of links on the right…

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First Magnadoodle drawing on Sketch 365!

We went over to some friends’ house for dinner and I got to play with all their sons’ toys.  Wound up using one toy to depict another.  (Nerd note: the plane was actually Duplo, not Lego proper — but since it did bear the Lego insignia, I figured I’d include it.)

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