Mulder and SKULLY....it's an X Files reference

These were my second attempt at this wonderful thing of drawing skulls. I've really been working on my technique and my blending/ line work. I'm finding it really difficult not to resort to my old style of drawing really dark. With this image above I had to walk away from it before it ended up looking exactly like all the rest of my drawings.

These were two back views I had gotten done in class. It's proving to be difficult to see just how much detail there is and actually being able to correctly draw it. The drawing on the left was lighter and I think in turn turned out looking better while the one on the right got a little rounded.

I really hope to come in and really try to box everything in and eventually carve away the bumps and groves that are in the skull.

where in the world is Roger?

While taking a walk one way early morning about a block from my apartment I came across this little kitten of whom I humbly bestowed the name Roger. I just so happened to have hit up Kwik Trip on this particular adventure and this little guy looked hungry. Being that this cat was a stray I was a little apprehensive but he was a friendly fellow. After sharing my food I had to walk away for fear I would get attached to this little guy, but as luck would have it you can't just walk away and never think of him again. I soon became obsessed with Roger and would have taken him home but I have multiple roommates and they all seem to have some sort of allergy and I don't think Roger would appreciate living in my closet. I did happen to spot him sitting on the edge of the road watching traffic. I unfortunately have no picture of him but hopefully I will spot him once again. So....what we know about this little guy: he's very skinny, he likes hot dogs but refuses to eat the bun and he likes to watch traffic. I hope to keep spotting Menomonie's cutest lost cat and keep an update on good ol' Roger.

Skulls Galore!!

Here underneath this paragraph lies my first attempts at the skull. Being that these are my first real drawings of the semester I realized in a hurry that I probably should have kept up with the drawing during my lazy summer. As each drawing was done it was easier to just jump into the whole drawing unlike the first where I spent much of my time thinking about starting.

This was the first of the many, I always start with the profile. For me this is a good starting point, it allows me to get the proportions figured out for a more difficult angle. The size of my cranium is a little short and could use some work.

I decided to draw the 3/4 back view second since I struggle with this angle the most, with the bottom image I really concentrated on blocking things in and really trying to get my proportions figured out. The jaw was the most difficult part especially on the bottom drawing since it lacked the lower jaw.

This was my final drawing, after having finished the back 3/4 I felt like this would go a little smoother. The cranium on this drawing seems a little off, I really hope to eventually tackle teeth and add them to this and the other drawings.

I would really like to work on a different style of drawing since they always come out looking too stylized and almost cartoony. I work a lot with pen so I think I work the same with every other medium.

Round Two

After having taken Life Drawing about a year ago I was instantly interested in continuing to the second. Towards the end of the semester we got to study the bone structure and the face for a few weeks which I found extremely interesting. I realized however just how much I needed to improve and could learn by taking the second class. So, while here I hope to improve not just on my drawing skills, but learning and figuring out the bone structure, and what I've always struggled with....looking at the picture as a whole. I tend to zoom in on one area and over work it without realizing that by doing this my proportions were very wrong.

Well.......this summer I have to admit I did little to no work on my own. It wasn't until the last few weeks of summer vacation that I started to feel a little artsy. I kept a sketchbook / journal all summer and since it was my first summer here in Menomonie I would ride my bike anywhere and everywhere hoping to capture or draw something that I found to be interesting.



This was a quick painting I did while staying at my dad's house for a few weeks. There was this tree in the backyard and for some reason every year it always loses it's leaves mid to late August. This summer I noticed that for some reason I took a shine to branches for no reason other than how I liked the shapes the branches seemed to make. I tend to paint minimally with just a raw canvas in the background, those of you who know my painting abilities know that the less I paint, the better.



Against my better judgement I've decided to post some pages from my sketchbook I started this summer. I got an extended break from good ol' Lammers and was able to go home for about a week and like I said earlier. The lower image is of that tree as well as the painting, the top sketchbook image is just something that was in my head, along with a great little quote. I am pretty disappointed at the lack of work I got done this summer. Since this was my first summer here in Menomonie I had huge plans to get a lot of work done and hopefully revisit some past projects and hopefully work on my portfolio. But such is life.....I did however finally realized that working outside of the computer for a change is extremely refreshing and I found myself using other medium instead of simply starting and finishing completely on Illustrator or Photoshop.