Speed-paint from figure drawing

Today's speed-paint from figure drawing class. Huzzah for drapery! It's nice to finally have some work that I can kosherly post to Facebook lol

David/ My first 3D Print!

The original ZBrush Model of David (his story can be found here).

The MakerBot: Replicator 2, the Harold b. Lee Library's new 3D Printer

David before the removal of his supports

Final cleanup!

The pouch and sling were too thin for this printer; they were reproduced,

but were fragile and came off with the supports. A 3D printer that prints 

with wax supports, like the one in BYU's Crabtree building, might have

more of a chance at preserving those kind of details.

Geeking

ZBrush! :D

I just barely started working in ZBrush, and I'm still a total newb at it, but learning a little more every day :)  This was a speedsculpt ( a little under an hour) from the open figure drawing session today using zspheres and sculpting tools, no template.  I think I slapped chrome on it because I'm still excited about all the nifty  ZBrush features . . . kind of like the first-time birthday party video editor who uses a different and more obnoxious transition on every cut (link). Okeedoke, off to class! :)

First day of gesture class!

Today was the first day of Ryan Woodward's gesture drawing class, which I have been wanting to get into for 2 years lol–  I'm so psyched!  We had a sub today, the incredibly talented Cynthia Hogan, who was incidentally my very first figure drawing teacher :) It was a blast.  Here are a few of my favorite sketches from the session:

Lol my buddy Mitch (plug!) started drawing some of the poses as Marvel Avengers in honor of the movie coming out next week.  He did hulk, so I decided to do iron man lol:

(cleanup and shades in phootoshop)

Capoeira Club Live sketch

 
Sketching from life with a friend on tuesday at BYU Capoeira club. These were a few of my favorites :)

I love to sketch the figure in motion. There is a music to it, a grip to the action, whether it's sports, dance, or a little kid playing in the sandbox. It's hard to capture, and even when you do you only capture one interpretation, but its incredibly satisfying when a little life drips from your pen. Capoeira is all about motion, it's a beautiful martial art to "play" (in capoerista terms) and also incredibly fulfilling to sketch.