Quick Bite: Visual Diary sketches

Here's some sketches from the visual diary that I had to keep over the last semester. Excuse the bad scans but it was a big sketch book.

Couch:


I like this one, though it's not 100% accurate drawing of the couch. Cloth is difficult to get right. I was sitting about a meter away from it. For some reason, I don't really sit on the couch, I'm usually on the floor.

Shoes:


My favourite, I'll try and get a better picture of it. These aren't all my shoes, just the majority are. I think there's about 2 pairs which belong to my dad.. I had a lot of fun drawing this one.

Fruit:



Somehow drawing fruit helps with drawing the 3 dimmensional forms of the human body. I guess it's true. However I was supposed to draw cut cross sections of some of these fruits... Instead I have a maderin in a state of undress. Is it possible to be a fruit pervert?

Fake Femur:


One day, I got to class early and there was a plastic femur lying around. Now that I think about it, it would have been cool had I stolen it. But I may be too morally good to do such a thing. It was nice to draw.

Scrapbook - 4th Feb

Even if it's dated 4th Feb, these are more likely Jan-Feb works. Here's a continuation with the "piper" sketch from the last entry. I really need to work on my anatomy.





Here's some costume(?) clothing designs for an idea that I really haven't done much with. These are based on Asian costume.


Some stuff I found on the computer, it's an attempt at Tegan's character Ozy, who is very difficult to draw since I haven't got the knack for animals. Who knows if I'll keep at it.

Scrapbooking - 3 Feb

Just some bits and pieces that I've done since my last post. Here's the finished tree picture.


Some exercises in body language, posing using a body type. This is a kind of ongoing project that I'm using to help me with characterisation. The anatomy isn't correct but the pose/character feels right.




Some old thing I found on my computer. Didn't really go according to plan.


An attempt at buildings or something. I really need to work on those.


A sketch on the computer, I'm really excited about this one since it's the first face that's come out really well. Of course profiles are the easiest but I still like it. The hands are kind of wrong but I was drawing without any reference except from my own hands.


Drawn after the above. No idea why it's a person in a strange suit. I just wanted to draw some vintage suitcases and decided to add a strange person to it. I'll work more with this image later.


Another strange musician, I originally wanted to draw one with six arms and a turban. But I don't think my skill level is good enough to pull something like that.


At a family dinner one night, we got onto the topic of discussing children's shows (mainly cartoons). We spent most of the time bemoaning that my cousin who's 11, until a few years ago, did not know who or what "Loony Tunes" was. Some time afterwards, I saw part of a retrospective of ABC children's programming and who should appear but an old friend, Mr Squiggle.

I think it's part of this show's influence that got me interested in drawing and cartoons. It's sad to think that I am part of that generation who were the last to see him on air. Okay, it's a little embarassing that I am even drawing this when I could be drawing great artworks or something. But I guess sometimes you need to do it. References come from Spirits Dancing and K-Tastic

Here's the original sketch.


A once over to figure out the details.


A re-do so it looks like pencil. I'm not finished with it yet so we'll see more of this later.

Junk sprocket

Some doodles from this weekend that I did at Alice's house. Not sure where to go to next. I've been stressing over my university application which ended up in a nightmare about it last night. Hopefully I'll have happy news to post here at the end of the week.

This is one that's been in my mind but I can't really get it down clearly. I knew it was something with a long hidden head.

Same thing but in a somewhat military suit.


A random scribble that turned into a dragon. I seem to end up drawing some kind of chinese dragon.


Some random clothing designs, probably based off some NPC clothes in Fable II.


Not sure what this is, started out as something and then ended up like this. Though the scribble on the right looks like it has potential.

rash

It's been too long since I last updated and I don't really have anything to show for it. Well except that I have technically graduated from the "Southbank Institute of Technology" and now hold a Diploma of Visual Arts. I've been trying to draw but nothing noteworthy has come out. Hopefully something will come out of the ideas that are roaming in my head.

Some sketches of fnatasy buildings/landscapes based off some tv shows and books I've been reading.




Some digital works influenced by prowlings on the internet. I'm not really sure, I guess a lot of things.

Doodling

Had a showing of everyone's final works, and "Anima/Animus caused bit of a stir. Mainly because it's supposably an unexpected side to my personality or as how people know me.

Here's some sketches of some drawings I want to fiddle around with during the holiday while I await for the uni entry rounds. Fingers crossed.

Tidbits

Some drawings/paintings from last year. They where about working in black and white. I really like the 2nd one where I poured ink over it.



Some concept drawings from last year? or the year before. I did these during work so I can't really say much about their quality.

I was thinking of the really nice backgrounds from Breath of Fire IV with this jungle one.

I like the idea of a city in the clouds, I keep meaning to do a digital painting of this one.


Something from last year, I think it was in the same vein as this.


And some sketches done last week during history class. Some refining of the ships from that last entry

I think this one is based off this short story about this guy and a yak that timetravelled to stop giant iceburg monsters from destroying people. It was a really good story but I can't remember who wrote it.

I came up with a boat but the paddle wheel's shouldn't be that way.

Some cities involving just making doodles with pen and poof, you get a city somehow. The 2nd one earned a "holy castle" from one of my classmates.



This one's based on a drawing I did at work where I wanted to try and draw a tower filled with pipes and neon billboard signs. The blimp is kind of accidental since I started drawing it and then drew over the top of it.