Archive for April, 2009
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
#101
So I wasn’t paying attention. Turns out yesterday was my one-hundreth post. I’m never sure what to do on birthdays, but there is a common theme to any birthday celebration: annoyingly self-indulgent behavior!
Therefore, in the birthday spirit, lets take a closer look at that old post I linked to yesterday. It’s old, but I still [...]
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Ambiguity
Often, I’ll see an opportunity to introduce a little ambiguity into one of my figure drawings. This usually happens during the sketching stage, and when I do see it, I twist it as hard as I reasonably can.
Ye olde classic painters would imply ambiguity all the time, although usually it flies right over the heads [...]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Shomenuchi Ikkyo
In college, I did Aikido just long enough to get a feel for it. During that period, I did a few sketches of the movements I was learning. This one is a possible response to an overhead strike, ie the classic vertical katana chop, or the equally classic beer-bottle to the forehead.
Y’see, Aikido is based [...]
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Again with the Cut
Since I feel bad about nudity ambushing some of you last time, this time the art is linked.
Boom. Bam. Damn.
(rock out)
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Underlit
Another step on my quest to make women sexy.
I suppose I should explain that… American media is saturated with images of women, particularly sexy women. So much so that I’m pretty sure most of us see more media women during the course of a given day than we do real women. Even if it’s just [...]
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Influences
So I’m working on a project at the moment (for pay, no less) and I’m a bit busy. I don’t want you to feel neglected though, so I thought I’d tell you about some of my influences, which is really just art that makes me want to make art.
First, there’s Calvin and Hobbes. Dismissing it [...]