One of the coolest things that happened was that I got to
mean a guest speaker named Rafal Olbinski when he visited MSU earlier this
month. He’s a painter/illustrator from Warsaw Poland and he’s pretty much
awesome. Part of why I was so excited to visit his lecture was because he
himself actually started off doing engineering architecture but switched to
painting at a later date. Beyond that, he gave me hope that as an artist
getting a late start on my education, nothing is lost. Olbinski didn’t actual
come to America, where he gained notoriety, until he was 37. And here I am
freaking out about being just barely over 30 when I plan to graduate.
I actually got to meet him and gushed a bit to him about how
he is my inspiration. How does he react? With graciousness and humility, that’s
how he reacts. I want to be all these things when I’m older!! Basically what I’m
trying to say is that if you have some time, you should really go check out his work which you can view here!
What else happened in the last three weeks? Well, I had a
dog for about 72 hours, and then sent him back. He didn’t misbehave or
anything, I just didn’t have the time or dedication to train an adult dog.
Uuuum, I finished my second project for Metalworking. I started looking for a
part time job (because I have WAAAAY too much time on my hands). Oh! And I
offered to do a collaborative work with another user on deviant art!
I always find myself trying to give my own creative input
when working with others. This can be good, but I also wanted to have a stab at
not creative input (at least story wise) and strictly creating a visual
experience of another person’s tale. She’s written a clever little short story
and seems to be incredibly honored that I would like to do a black and white
manga of it. I’m nervous, but it will be a great learning experience and
hopefully prepare me for potential commissions in the future.
So, on to the art… I bought an AMAZING book last weekend.
After a brief failed attempt to find tasteful nude photos to use as drawing
reference, and by the way, where they hell are all these children on Deviantart
parents at?! Anyway, I gave up rather quickly on Deviantart, ran to Barnes and
Noble and found “Anatomy for the Artist” by Sarah Simblet.
The problem I have always had with anatomy books is that
there are too many words! Even the artistic anatomy books have so much
jabbering. This book, while still filled with good information and diagrams of
the inner anatomy, is filled to the brim with human figure photos in color and
black and white. So, I chose my favorite photo as my first self-study practice
session tonight:
Actually, I’ve been drawing a lot of male head figures
lately. It’s not entirely intentional, I don’t get to choose the subject our
Drawing instructor puts in front of us. This image just jumped out at me when I
was flipping through the pages. It’s a great lighting choice and one I was
excited to work on. I didn’t really finish the finer detail because I was
working with charcoal on a smaller surface than I’m used to. Regardless, I’m
pretty happy about the outcome. I’m really looking forward to doing more
drawings from this book.
Until next time!
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