Pirate Sketches

One of our homework assignments from Figure Invention class was to take thumbnail gesture sketches done from a model in class and clean them up while maintaining the energy of the gesture. I felt like these two cleanups were the most successful. I included my thumbnail sketch in the upper left (sorry for the photo quality).

The original sketches were done in 30-60 seconds. I had NEVER done life sketching that fast before and it was a bit overwhelming - but after I got into the swing of it, I realized I was doing a much better job at capturing the line of action and the overall graphic read of the pose - something I tend to lack in my longer life drawings. I'm resolving to do quick studies like this a lot more.

© Gina Florio 2014

Hands

I am always hesitant to say this because I fear that the art gods are going to take it away from me... but I've always been decent at drawing hands. Which I am so grateful for since I know many artists struggle with them. More than 6 inches up the forearm is a different story of course...

Here's some hands I drew for Figure Invention for Animation class.

© Gina Florio 2014

Flour sacks and such

Here's some of the stuff I've been working on for Figure Invention for Animation class with Toby Sheldon!

Simply put, Toby is a master. The emotions he can accomplish with just five or six lines is just... unreal. I leave his classes feeling like I can draw anything. He does draw-overs of our work on the class blog. Getting the chance to have your work drawn over by a Disney veteran is worth the price of admission in my opinion.

This is also hands-down the class that I've had the most fun in. I look forward to every single session.

I'll put up my work for Digital Painting class in a separate post.

© Gina Florio 2014