My sister has issues with ski lifts.

My little sister always has at least one near-death experience involving a ski lift during every ski vacation we have. This is just the latest. 

Sorry Julia :P

The Cloisters

Some of my friends and I visited the Cloisters last Sunday....the buildings/artwork were really beautiful. It was a wonderful place to sit down, observe, and draw. Here are some of the sketches I did!

More Animal Gestures

These are super-quick gestures, done in about 10 to 15 seconds maybe.

 

Gesture Sketches

This whole summer so far I've been working on capturing life and gesture into my drawings. My biggest problem seems to be that I get caught up in detail, and as a result, my drawings look stiff and lifeless. As an aspiring animator/story artist (whatever, like I even know at this point yet), I working on staying away from clutter-y and unnecessary detail, and simply just capturing the essence of movement and character. While I still have a looooooong way to go, I think I'm making tiny improvements here and there. Life drawing certainly has gotten less frustrating and daunting.

I have to mention that Walt Stanchfield, Dave Pimentel, Pascal Campion, and Paul Briggs (and my professor David Zung!) have been awesome teachers and inspirations this summer. So here are some sketchbook samples of my attempts on gesture drawing.

 

I drew some animals.

 Here are some dogs.

 And here are some cats.

And here are the horsies! Plus one giraffe.

Too much Dresden Files

I've been reading a bunch of Dresden Files books lately. Needless to say, Harry Dresden is my new favorite wizard now. But this is Toot-toot, another highly amusing character in the series. And yes, he is a faerie.

What happens if an Ibex were afraid of heights?