Friday, May 19, 2006
in case of emergency view sketch 16
Insert not-so-witty banter here.Then enjoy sketch.
Rinse. Repeat.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
structure and motion
I spend a great deal of my time explaining the structure of the human head to people.So much so, that when I find myself with nothing to do, I end up drawing little heads from all kinds of different angles.
That's where this sketch came from. I'd been lecturing about how to draw a head turn in my 2D animation class.
I'm tempted to draw up some kind of hand-out that illustrates the key moments and structure of the head as it turns but my fear is that, in doing so, I'll encourage my students to just mimic my style and approach... And, in my opinion, that's the worst thing an art teacher can do.
Instead, do what I did, and study life. Mother nature is a much better artist than I am.
the final stand
For those of you who've been asking, my entertainment stand is finally finished.It's 5 feet wide (x-axis), 2 feet deep (z-axis) and 2 feet high (y-axis).
I went with a dark ebony oil based stain to match my other furniture and sealed it with a coat of polyurethane.
It's big enough to hold the largest HD televisions currently on the market. (Not that I'll be purchasing one of those anytime in the next 5 years... They're cool but prices are already starting to drop dramatically as demand increases and manufacturing becomes easier. Give it 2 or 3 years and even the high end plasmas will run you literally half the price they're asking for right now.) Not to mention the fact that my game systems can finally live together happily on one shelf.
This thing took me 6 months to complete. But that was mainly because I had no experience building furniture. The next project (yes there will be a next project) should go much faster.
I'm thinking of building a wrap-around computer/drawing desk for my studio that features built in power strips and a lift-up drawing surface complete with a mechanical drafting arm.
I'll post the blueprint once I finish it.
Thanks again to my Father-in-law, my wife and Travis-the-mighty for their help, support and patience.
I really am a monkey with a wrench...