Class 2 & Task 2

Much like our last class we got straight into the life drawing and was this week given a new model to draw. Doing this helps develop knowledge of different body types for both sexes.
Apart from just the usual pose drawing we also did some exercises to help us think differently about the model and how we drew them.
The test on the left was to draw the model without looking at the page once throughout and the test on the right was to draw the model without looking but this time instead of his outline, his mass.

Although these were only a bit of fun it was also nice to try experimenting with different techniques and ways of viewing the model.

I also have some of the normal sketches from this weeks class - 

To end the lesson we did a final task which was to draw the model as he moved around, and in each different pose he stopped in as he moved we would draw him for a longer amount of time, to hopefully show an improvement. This started with a 30 second drawing up to 5 minutes.

As for the task, this week it was based just as much on research as it was sketching by having us look at 3 artists and how they draw anatomy, then using their techniques and style to draw a pose.
After some research I found 3 artists and as expected each one had a different style and it was interesting to see how each others compared.

The first Artist i began looking into was Mike Mattesi who is the author of a popular book on drawing anatomy called FORCED. I found most of his anatomy sketches to have dark lines around main areas and then added details sketched in lightly later. With this in mind I tried to draw a pose in a similar style, focusing on trying to add darker, harder lines on edges. Blog: http://mikemattesi.blogspot.co.uk/ Youtube tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/drawingforce/videos?view=0

The second Artist I looked into was Patxi Pelaez who is a Spanish character designer who works in comic books. From looking at his blog which can be found here: http://patxipelaez.blogspot.co.uk/ I have noticed that his characters seem to have exaggerated proportions and this was something I wanted to give a go. To try and draw in his style I wanted to focus on the muscles of the character and by making the characters head smaller it helps exaggerate the look of the character.

And the final Artist I chose to look at is named Simon Loche who is a senior concept artist and a comic book artist. Some of the main points I noticed with his drawing style in the smoothness of the body's he draws, especially his women characters that have very sleek lines where as his male characters had a very edgy outline. I liked the way he drew his women characters so I gave that a go and tried to just focus on the lines I was putting down and how I could make them flow together to create a sleek look to the characters pose. Blog: http://simonloche.blogspot.co.uk/