Posey

After my class on Tuesday, I realized that despite my suggestion that the kids make it easier on themselves and draw a croquis with less movement, they almost all wanted to draw someone more posed and with more attitude. I guess I shouldn't blame them—I would have done the same at that age. So I thought I'd develop a new croquisto match theirs, so I could demo how you should render clothing on an angle, how things fall, drape, etc. These are my initial gals. Terrible poses but I'll clean them up. That's what roughs are for...

Long Bangs

I saw a pic online of a guy with his curtain bangs falling over his eyes, and thought, I should draw that. Then halfway through, I thought, "I think I'll stop." I can lose interest real quickly with doodles.

Croqis Vectorized

This drawing doesn't look like 'me' but it's definitely MY version of a digital fashion croquis. I think maybe her legs are a little too thick, and need to be even more sylized. My problem (and perhaps my strength) is that I make my sketches lean a bit too much on the realistic drafting side...

Handsomely 4

I think he's ready for his Instagram closeup. I don't know if he's the best one to post, I've posted a very similar drawing (albeit with white briefs) just two posts ago, but at least he's different in that he's a redhead in black briefs! lol The minutiae.

Handsomely 3

I eschewed my usual white briefs because I do those all the time, so I thought I'd give him a Tony Manero moment (ugh, such an old reference) and give him black bikini underwear. But I also thought, maybe he's a redhead? I don't draw redheads that often, and he looks like he'd be a handsome one. So far he's barely strawberry blond.

Did you know "blond' is masculine and "blonde" is feminine?

Handsomely 2

I figured Id give him a body, but I'm not sure I want to give him a penis. I might want him more wholesome, lol. Well, more censored.

Handsomely

Facebook (yeah, I'm old and still on Facebook, but that's where all of my other old friends are so sue me) has been showing me accounts of people/groups I haven't seen in a while, accounts I follow that I haven't been shown on my feed in recent years. Not sure what's up with the algorithm but a character design group I followed sent me sketches from the artist Gigi C (can't recall his last name) and his work on European strip Dylan Dog. He does the shadow under the lip thing in ways that I've observed in people but haven't gotten to master yet, so I thought I'd do a version and see what I was doing wrong versus what I thought Gigi was doing right.

Faunish

I saw a reclining pose online and thought to replicate it without looking, so I went ahead and sketched this guy out, but halfway through I switched from back to white lines, and he started looking like a faun. And then I lost interest, lol

Ski Man 2

I really like how this sketch turned out, yet I still don't think it's a finished piece. It's a very successful practice piece, maybe? I really want to evolve this look into something I can own even more. I added some details to teh parka to make it look more real and improve the shape a bit...

Stiff Croquis

I have to teach my students how to scan and vectorize their croquis sketches, and I didn't have a sample 10 head croquis that I thought was apropos, so I drew one in Photoshop. She's so stiff, but I kinda want a plain stander, so they can just design their clothing off of her without having to deal with folds or high hips or whatnot. The results are quite clinical, she looks like an android lol

B-Side Nudes

I woke up early on Saturday and thought to myself, oh, I might be able to attend that drawing session with Mitch, a model I'd been chatting with on Instagram for the past year or so. But then I didn't really muster up the energy but clearly felt like I should draw from a model. So I thought I'd just open up some of the old files I had saved of various poses I never used (the B Sides, if you will), as well as draw from images I saw online, and just sketch. These are some of the results.

Grip

I had been watching porn (shocking, I know) where teh guy was being, uh, attended to by another guy, and I liked the idea of cutting out that action but hinting at it in how the main figure reacted, whether through his facial expression or the fact that his hand is gripping the ledge he's leaning on...

Ski Man

I looked outside my window this morning and saw a woman with a black vest over a red sweater, carrying a big blue tote. But at first glance I thought she was actually wearing a color blocked jacket and I liked the idea of that color combo, so I started creating a drawing with those colors. But I thought ski jacket so I got inspired by vintage ski fashion illustrations in 1960s era GQ, plus a bit of inspiration from another teacher's style from their demo yesterday (he was blocking colors on a garment). I rather like how this turned out—gonna see if I can leverage this style going forward.

Demo Not Demo

So I finally did the demo yesterday, and it went well enough during the performance to an audience that was basically 5 people, which I was glad for as there was less need to perform. But after the fact I looked at my drawing, which wasn't bad  but wasn't great, so I'm not posting it and instead posting this sketch I tried to do to psyche myself up for the event.

Last Minute Demo 2

As is my wont, I refined a few bits here and there after scratching out the main drawing yesterday. Always best to go in with a fresh set of eyes after some time.

Last Minute Demo

I have a demo performance planned for Friday with a bunch of other teachers but I'm not sure what I will be drawing. So testing out which styles I might use...depending on whether or not I actually have a computer to draw with!

IWNSTB Cover 7

I realize now that I don't have a load of space for all sorts of fiddly details, and I have to plan the background elements a bit more. hmm.

Ben's Pose, Done

I think I finished this commission, just a minimal cleaning up of form and anatomy based on my style. I'm glad the client liked the "fashion incompleteness" of the legs.  Hopefully he likes this version as well.

IWNSTB Cover 6

Working on the line work in the backgrounds and devising what they should be based on. My first thought is della robbia bas reliefs, but I didn't really figure out exactly the extent of detail i should put into these. Gotta think about this one.

White Briefs, Done

I trotted it out again tonight as I am finally at peace with teh face that I made, and actually like it. Now I just needed a clean, simple body to go with it and I can now ppost it on Instagram. I fully expect this to get barely any likes, as he's as bland as white bread, but I am already late in posting as is...

Ben's Pose 3

I am planning on doing more to this form but I kinda like this half undone state, so I'll send this along to the client to see if he likes the direction.

Ben's Pose 2

Just a to get this freelance gig going... I think the face is key and the rest of the body I can be more interpretative.

Blazer Flats

I'm pretty proud of this one since it's shaped really well, except maybe for the lapels. It's kinda 70s.

Next Vest Thing

In anticipation of an art demo I have to do next week at school, I'm trying to figure out what to draw.  Bad idea sketch, but at least I'm putting ideas down to consider...

Shirt Flats

Was practicing a few shirt flats for my class tomorrow, and just making sure I got all the necessary details down. I think these ones look good, although maybe Ineed to make them more feminine as the last two could be men's shirts.

Crouch Crotch

I saw a pic of vintage male nudes and I liked the pov as well as the position of his legs, so I studied it and tried to recreate it from memory, except with a sweater...

How To Hoodie

A student presented me with some flats the other day, and among them was a hoodie that was arranged like position A, which seemed logical yet at the same time not quite expected. So I drew both versions of what I thought could be possible and asked my fellow teacher which we officially would sanction. B wins.

Mr.Boo 2

I actually like the body underneath and the sheet is really just to unveil it. But I wonder if the last one was more popular because he had a full body on view despite his pumpkin head?

Mr.Boo

I had another Halloween idea and I just thought Id doodle it, but now I want to finish it to post, but is it too late with the holiday over?

Noodly 2

I saw a pose of a (clothed) guy reclining in a chair like this, so I decided to do the body underneath. Can't figure out that right leg of his though...