Sketch 365 – by Scott Hulme

So this is kind of cool…

I’ve been stopping in at Art Center’s regular figure drawing workshops this week, since I’ve had a bit of time after work.  Today, they had booked a model I’ve never seen before, with extremely red hair.  So this was the sketch of her today.  Then I realized it seemed kind of familiar.  About a month ago, I posted “Hey, Carrots!“, a sketch of a different redheaded model, but in a similar pose, and drawn with the same pencil.  And even though today’s sketch isn’t fantastic, I can definitely see that it’s a bit more mature than the previous one.  This is the closest thing I’ve had to an even comparison — and I have to say, it’s cool to see a little bit of improvement.

[Cue someone’s inevitable comment: “I actually like the other one better.”]

Stopped in at another figure drawing workshop.  This guy was striking a sort of contemplative pose, which ended up looking a bit like blowing his nose into his hands…

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I figured I would want another good memento sketch from this week, and nothing says idyllic, laid-back vacation like relaxing in a hammock.  Seriously, as soon as I own two trees within ten feet of each other, I’m putting up one of these things.

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As part of the logo assignment from yesterday’s sketch, some of the other terms that came up were “tall,” “humor,” and “bike/scooter.”  These are a few of the very basic exploratory sketches based on those notions.  They also borrow heavily from my friend’s hilariously accurate description of me when I fold my 6’4″ frame onto my 125cc scooter: “You look like a trained bear on a tricycle.”

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This is an expansion of yesterday’s sketch, prepping for the same digital illustration perspective assignment.  I like the angle, but I was thinking of making it more visually interesting by putting it in that leather-helmets era of 1920s-ish college football.  Could make for a good color palette and design aesthetic in the final piece.  Also, I like the idea of having an unexpectedly female quarterback who’s about to make the big, game-winning play.  I forgot to fix the proportions before doing this fleshed-out version, but I figured that could be fixed later in Illustrator.

Then I realized something: there’s no actual action taking place here.  There’s anticipation of action, but that’s it.  So the inset sketch is a new idea that would integrate action directly between the foreground and background elements.  Of course, it also trades female empowerment for imminent demise of small, furry creatures.  Hope that doesn’t reveal something about the artist…

[Comments and critique always welcome]

I’m working on a new digital illustration that’s meant to incorporate some kind of action between foreground and background elements.  This is just a quick exploratory sketch to see if this kind of composition could work for it.  Things would obviously need to be shifted around a bit, but I think the basic camera angle will work.

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Another sketch from an Art Center drawing workshop.  I couldn’t really tell what to make of this pose.  Is this stress?  Contemplation?  Telekinesis?  If only his back weren’t turned!

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Spent this evening eating chili and kicking out the jams.  Before I knew it, it was late and I only had time for this 60-second sketch of some of my musical cohorts on invisible barstools.

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This Art Center model obviously just woke up aboard the Nebuchadnezzar.

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A red head drawing of a redhead model.  Seemed a good fit.  This is another quick sketch done at an Art Center workshop.

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