Trip to the Museum and a new Pen!

Two sketches at the coffee shop one afternoon. Second is a rare environment sketch. Just the view of a shop on the street outside.

This past weekend, I headed to the Royal Ontario Museum to sketch. Here are some of them.

I purchased a new brush pen and decided to try it out by doing gestures in a local Tim Horton's.

I'm attempting to get more expressive gestures but it's a bit tricky in places like the coffee shop. Most people just stand in line and play on their phones. ><

Full body: First draft

This is the first draft of the character I designed for the school portfolio I'm working on. Eventually, she will be in a full character rotation


The arm bugs me. It feels too ridged.

Zoo Drawing Dump

I made two 2 1/2 hour trips to the Toronto Zoo over the weekend and came out with more sketches than I do when I visit for the whole day.

Apologies for the lack of posts lately. I've been busy adjusting to the new job.

6/29/12 - Random sketchbook pages.

Hand Studies and switching up my technique.

I enjoy seeing rapid improvements.

I've noticed that I do so much better when I do very loose gestures to flesh out where everything is first. The rigid, Burne Hogarth style that is so popular (while still very useful in certain instances) tends to make my drawings extremely rigid. I also noticed that I focus too much to the point where I actually miss details and it looks wrong.

For instance, on the first hand from the left, had I not done a gesture first, I would have missed the fact that the pinky actually points inward (I would have put it in a straight up/down position).

I've switched back to loose gestures during my daily life drawing outings. I found the way I was trying to draw too rigid.

Capybara and her babies sketch

Another Zoo visit. I'll post more as I get them scanned.

My cat.

This is Ashie.

She is moody.

She is violent.

She also doesn't like me.

This is the look I get from her at least once per day.....

Gots a new Tablet.

I purchased a larger tablet for myself this weekend. This was a 5 minute, extremely terrible scribble. I wanted to test it to see if I could just draw on it free-hand and so far it looks like I can. Better creations are to come as I get more confident with it.

I spent a large chunk of the day gesture drawing with the boyfriend. Outside was a bit too chilly, so we relocated to the local Starbucks.You wouldn't think it but there was a lot of movement and activity there. (My first thought was stationary people doing uninteresting things. I was very wrong.)

I also discovered a certain area of the library makes for a decent spot. It's got a view of the main street so there is a lot of activity to sketch. I will be camping out there at least 3 times a week to practice until it warms up enough to sit outside.

I will post my better gestures in the coming days.