It's been great to get back to gesture drawing, and what a session to do it with! Jane's a wonderful character. I loved exploring some of the situations from Tarzan - and now I know what I'm watching tonight!
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All In Gesture – Rapunzel
Rapunzel from Tangled is such a fun character. The addition of a frying pan prop was an excellent touch! I felt out of my depth with this one - I may need to redo the class sometime. But despite some wonky drawings I enjoyed taking part!
All In Gesture – Cruella
Another session from the archives! Some of my drawings lean more towards the Cruella of the animated movie, others more towards the model. Either way the poses were great fun. She's a wonderfully mad villain.
All In Gesture – Tinkerbell
Drawing Tinkerbell was a good challenge! This All In Gesture class took place near the beginning of the summer, but I just now got around to drawing from it. The poses were excellent, and it was fun trying to capture the animated character rather than the model.
All In Gesture – John Smith
I've been drawing, but not posting - here are some recent sketches from Todd Bright's All In Gesture workshop! The theme was John Smith from Pocahontas. My sketches veer between attempting the character and following the model, and have ended up not much like either ...
CTN Live – It All Began Five Years Ago
Five years ago I was in LA attending the CTN expo as part of an animation industry group from Scotland. Today, as part of CTN Live (sign up now if you haven't already - it's free!) we're having a reunion to discuss the trip and where we are now. It All Began 5 Years...
Character Sketching – Alameda Slim
Last week's CTN On Model sketching session featured Jonnathon as Alameda Slim, the villain from Home on the Range. I've only seen the film once so I don't know the character very well. At first I really struggled to figure out how his head connects to his neck! By the...
Character Sketching – Maleficent
I've admired artists who turned their life drawing sketches into characters for years, but though I've used my drawings as inspiration for characters I've never, until now, drawn a model and drawn a character at the same time. It's tough. But it's fun! With so much...