I am teaching a thing!

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And boy do I feel incredibly outclassed by some of the other presenters (Andreas Deja, Ryan Woodward. Not to mention some of my freaking teachers!). It's an incredible opportunity, great exposure.... Now I just wish I had a damned portfolio and some business cards. Shit.

Ryan Woodward's art: http://ryanwoodwardart.com/

Andreas Deja: http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/
I am stoked to go to this guys talk, it's going to be awesome.

Instructors;
Alecia Rossano: http://aleciarossanosculptress.blogspot.com/
Peter Moerhle: http://happybrush.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Kaufman: http://www.suzannekaufman.com/

SKETCH DUMP (school edition)

Junior year go! 

 Some thumbnail focusing on balance. These were for my intro to 3d animation class

 Observational sketching

 More observation!

 For my Backgrounds and layouts class: One point interior

 2-point exterior. These are really just for the teacher to see

how bad we are at perspective.

 Tree! For the BG class

 Trees! Same class

 Tree again! Still BG's

 Environmental sketches for Storyboards

Same as above.

I am taking a reduced class-load this year, switching over to the ever-despicable "5-year" plan. There are a couple of motivating factors behind this. Mainly I want to be able to maintain my workout program, and having finally gotten back into Taekwondo this is very important to me.  Furthermore: I have some serious confidence issues that I am trying to work on. This does not prevent me from being outrageously busy.

It's close. The feeling that I get when I am doing TKD, I can almost reach that with drawing. It's a feeling of hyper-focus, almost zen-like. Everything in the world and life but that very moment ceases to be, leaving no anxiety, fear, apprehension... Nothing to really hold me back. Of course I get frustrated when I screw up, especially right now during this period of getting back in shape. But that feeling is fleeting, It flashes by and is gone in an instant. That is what I have been striving to achieve in these past two years at DigiPen, and it is close. 

Fear... That is what has been my biggest enemy. Fear of what? Failing? I know I am just a student (will I ever be anything but?), all of this is practice. Every mark on every page is just another step up on this never-ending climb. Once a drawing starts that fear resides, not entirely, but with every new drawing it does a little more. It's the start that kills me. Sitting down and staring at blank paper or computer screen, ideas buzzing about with all the other noise in my head... Even when drawing from observation, especially when drawing environments. All that visual information becomes noise, it's difficult for me to pare it down to it's most essential shapes and forms. That's what practice is for, right? Learning how to to filter through that clutter and grab a hold of the essential?

Is it an unfamiliarity with the process? I do get bogged down by each step. Too reluctant to move forward with confidence, too impatient to not skip steps along the way. How frustrating that is.

It's not all so bad, though. Some switches are being flipped on, others off, in my head. The Way is being more and more well lit for every walk I take through it.

Kick combo pose test (and some figure drawing)

Oh look! More animation! Did in flash, not nearly done.

You know what's terrible? I have 7 years of taekwondo under my belt (7 years in my adult life, mind you, not some long-gone time from elementary and junior high) and for whatever stupid reason I had to redraw the poses for these kicks about a billion flipping times each. I guess that's what happens when you don't do any real prep work for the animation.


Waitwaitwait. What the hell am I doing updating this blog so frequently? I don't draw this much in my free time... do I? Something is going on here, I'll get to the bottom of it! But for now,  naked people!

These were from photo's on the internet. I know, I know, a travesty! Drawing from photographs! On a computer! How dare I?