So. I never thought I'd say this because I'm a stereotypical girl who couldn't tell a Mazda from a Maserati. But...
I fucking love drawing cars.
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| Not exactly a car. A horse-drawn fire engine from 1913. |
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| 1979 called. |
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| Couldn't draw a bunch of cars without getting in a few DeLoreans |
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| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was left unfinished because I realized I was running out of time for my redesign. Also I realized way late that I somehow COMPLETELY botched the perspective but WHATEVER |
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This was also the first week that I actually felt like I did a good job on the redesign. Some friends and I visited the new Cars Land in California Adventure on Thanksgiving weekend, and it got me thinking about a car character - a nervous professor type which I ultimately based off of a Ford Model T Roadster.
I still don't really know how to render anything, especially reflective shit like cars. But in general, the cars assignment has really REALLY helped me to see form and perspective the way I should be seeing it when I draw. I'm definitely starting to look bigger picture, think about simplification, and keep details for later (if at all).
This week is tanks. I'm still a stereotypical girl in that I'm kind of meh about tanks. The military museum we went to on Saturday was cool, but since then I've drawn a grand total of ONE tank. I'm looking forward to planes though (next week).
By the way: now I CAN tell a Mazda from a Maserati. Hooray for learning.
Hi I am doing Peter's course online at cgma. Your cars really well done. Your line quality is really standing out!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! You are a brave soul for taking his CGMA course - I'm sure it's much harder!! I saw some of the recent student work from there and it's fantastic! I was studying all of the VisCom stuff for ways to improve...
DeleteWell the skill level is very diverse, there are guys who are already very good at drawing and others who are beginners. Actually I am glad we can do it online because I am located in Switzerland but it's clear I would love to see Peter drawing live and you have such awesome locations! If you love viscom stuff, I guess you had a look at the book from Norm Schureman?
DeleteI actually haven't gotten a chance to see the book for myself yet - it's been out and about in the class, but it's always when they bring out lots of other books and former student's workbooks and Peter's sketchbooks so I haven't gotten around to it yet. But next weekend is our last class so I want to look at it then. To see Peter drawing live is a great thing - but he always makes it look so easy, and then you return to your own drawing and it's still just as hard! Haha.
DeleteAs far as locations - California certainly has some awesome ones - but I would think Switzerland has California beat! It is a beautiful country.
Gina these are wonderful. You can definitely tell when you're loving an assignment and when it's more of a chore. Even in pencil and ink. I LOVE Bartleby! Aw I miss the old one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly... I miss him too. :( BUT he was getting ornery in his old age which was no fun in such a driving-centric city. And I love my new one!
DeleteYour cars look spectacular, Gina!
ReplyDeleteI was taking Dynamic Sketching with Peter Han at CGMA and cars kicked my butt. Do you guys draw a theme for one week in VizCom and move on to a new theme? How many pages were you required to turn in?
Keep those sketches rolling!
Thank you very much Dmitri! The way our VisCom class worked is that we went somewhere new every weekend to study a different subject (so one weekend was an arboretum for plants, then the zoo for animals, a car museum for cars, etc. etc.) Then we were required to do at least 6 pages of sketching during the week, but Peter stressed that that was minimum. (At least 4 or 5 of the pages should be thumbnails, not more finished pieces.) Then we would move on to something new the next week. It was pretty fast paced! I sort of wish that we'd had more time to focus on certain subjects. But it was good to get through so much and see Peter's approach to everything.
DeleteThank you, Gina: good to know. It seems we followed a similar protocol under Peter's instruction at CGMA: minimum of 4 pages of thumbnails from observation (whatever the theme of the week was: cars, insects, etc), 1 page of ideations and 1 page with the redesign for the week. At least 6 pages. Most students would submit more.
DeleteOh yes! We also had redesigns, I forgot to mention that. Same as you, at least 1 pg of ideation and 1 page of a more fleshed out redesign. The best students did way more than 1 page of ideation, there were often as many as 4 or 5.
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