A "guestbook" for guests to sign at a wedding. Guests would choose a book and sign their names along the spine. For a family who enjoys reading and spending time together.
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Wedding Guestbook 2022 Digital - Krita and Google SketchUp |
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The finished guest book. Guests sign on the spines of the books! |
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I used Google SketchUp to layout my scene. It made those stacks of books way easier to draw. |
I managed to do two whole gestures this entire year! That's a bit of dry spell ain't it? My excuses are the following, and they are always the same: life is busy, and I'm always tired. I'm always afraid of falling back to square one when I leave drawing for so long. There's definitely some rust to shake off, but I'm at least always pleased to not be completely incapable after so long. Here they are!
This has been a long time in the works. Life - it gets busy. I started these hand studies ages ago, like months ago, and I've finally managed to do enough to satisfy myself for now and move on. Being a parent in addition to having a full time job demands a lot of time and energy. It doesn't leave much room for drawing. BUT! I'm not going to give up, and I'll continue at whatever pace I can manage.
First, I had to finish up the last bit of these arm studies. Again, I'm using Michael Hampton's methodology from his book to construct these. Arms can be kind of confusing with all the different muscles wrapping around the form. Understanding how the bones in the forearm twist is also important.As I've been mostly busy working and tending to my newborn son I haven't been drawing too much lately. Anatomy information and figure construction techniques always get hazy in my head after such prolonged periods. So, I've been thumbing through my Michael Hampton book, "Figure Drawing - Design and Invention," and revisiting some of the studies and lessons. The following is what I've "refreshed" so far.
I suppose these aren't all gestures from this recent week. There are a few old ones here that had not been uploaded yet. A few are recent and I think it shows because I haven't been actively doing gestures for the last few months. I still like them as a warmup, but lately I've just been jumping into my studies.
I've wanted to make a piece of fanart for a streamer I like for a while now. Life gets pretty busy being a father of two so time is precious. Some of that precious time finally got spent on the following piece! The streamer's channel is called Whistling Forest. I know I wanted a forest scene and to possibly incorporate some kind of whistling - just like the name of the channel. Makes sense right? I decided to have the streamer playing video games at dusk in the forest. The trees are making little whistling music notes as they watch and a few little mushroom dudes have also come to watch the exciting game.
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Journey by Varguy inspired me. |
Dusk falls on the Whistling Forest as a gamer draws a crowd of locals to the spectacle of his gaming skills. The trees of the forest often whistle their tunes in the gentle breeze, but tonight they cheer for him.
A curious centipede investigates the source of a bright light in a mysterious study. The source, a candle, oozes beads of wax along the contours of a skull.
Adorable fish nibble on some delicious, sandwich bait. A sandwich consisting of lettuce, cheese, mustard, mayonnaise and your choice of deli meat between two fresh slices of bread. This sandwich sounds scrumptious so I can see why these fish would be easily lured to it.
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Here is a cleaned up digital version isolated from the background. |