More arts ARTS

I went back to edit yesterdays post with the details I originally had planned for that.
Click this link if you want to check those out:
http://doggyzartattack.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-draws-and-book.html

The more I practice and study the human body, the more I feel my grasp of understanding it is getting stronger.  It was fairly weak to begin with, so being able to have learned at least a little bit is truly humbling.

My lines and shapes are becoming more precise and my eyes and hands are becoming more in sync!  I will probably continue to carry on these longer studies with this character guide for a while longer then try my hand at some more 30 second drawings.  In the future, I might up the time from 30 seconds to 45 or maybe even 60 seconds at least that way I can insure to get the proper amount of training in and that I will be able to complete the figure.  Speed is VERY important in animation (and other areas of art), so training to do things quickly and precise is definitely in my best interest. 

Todays studies:

Face studies
More Eddsworld style faces.  I originally had planned to do a different style again, but unfortunately got distracted and wasn't able to pull up the resources at the time.  I did however have a 2nd sheet of eddsworld expressions so I thought I'd give those a go.

Recently, a good friend and fellow artist Mokuu commented on with some pretty sound advice on how to approach the face.  I'll post what he said here:

"A mentor of mind hinted at remembering how the face can be squished and stretched depending on how the mouth and eyes moves.  Maybe try the extreme of it all by considering the face as some pasty play-doe you can squish and stretch as you frown and yell.  The mirror also seem to be a great tool to look cool....oh i mean for referencing your own expressions then pushing it further/exaggerating them for kicks." - Mokuu

It's definitely some sound advice and will put it into use next study session!

Face Studies:

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain:
WOW is all I can say.
This book really surprised me.  Chapter 4 of the book, really put a lot of things together for me and pulled everything together.  Not only did it put together a lot of the mumbo jumbo stuff from early book, but it really put together a lot of I've heard other art people say.

I still think the first three chapters could have been severely reduced to fit in one chapter, but after reading the first portion of chapter4 I can kind of understand where the author was going.

The first official lesson!  (took bloody long enough)
The  focus of this lesson was to teach you how to switch between the left (logical) and right (artistic) side of the brain by drawing a face vase.  The image on top we were to draw a face on the left side then horizontal lines to the right then draw the vase face in reverse.  This was supposed to activate the right side of the brain.

A similar exercise was done on the 2nd image.  Only instead of a human head we were to design a monster head and basically flip it over on the other side.

I couldn't help but feel as though my skills might be a bit higher than I had origianlly given myself credit for.  This particular exercise was pretty easy, but the information I learned I can potentially apply in other areas.  I can also see how this could potentially be a game changer for people who are new to art.  I'm glad I stuck with this book, here's hoping the rest is helpful also.

Lessons: