OMG! I LOVE your stuff -- especially that touch of death. :-) I love your sense of style.
I'm applying to Ringling this January. I don't expect to ever be this good, but I'm crossing my fingers I get the opportunity to come and learn from the best.
Computer animation (eep.) My portfolio is mostly life drawing right now. I have some digital work, but I'm not really sure how many of these pieces to incorporate. If you ever have a moment, I've uploaded some of my pieces online and I would love if you could take a quick look: http://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/ -- any feedback you might have would be appreciated. :-) I'm in full force freak-out mode.
I found it! It still says "awaiting moderation". I'll just copy paste it here.
The are really nice, it’s good you have works with value and with line. I especially like the one on the top left. I also really like the drawing of the woman standing with her hand on her shoulder. It has good weight in my opinion.
I might suggest putting some gestures in your portfolio as well, though. Gestures always tend to have more honest life, and it shows you can understand the forms pretty quickly. It might be a good idea to work on keeping the brightest whites and the darkest blacks only for the where they are needed, so there’s more impact and accuracy. Try out working with a piece of grey paper so that the whites parts are only exactly where you want them, and the darkest blacks as well. That can make sure you control where the contrast is. If you don’t want to use grey paper, at some point I was taught you can lightly rub your charcoal over the page to make it a lower value as well, and pick out white with an eraser or white charcoal.
Oh thanks! That's a great point! Gesture has always been an area of difficulty for me, but I'll be sure to work on it in these coming weeks. Thanks for the tips and advice!
Keeping track of all the essays and elements has been difficult. At least I still have another month (although I'm sure it will fly by!). Thanks again -- I'll definitely keep working on the gestures. :-)
I know I'm totally taking advantage of your kindness, but I was wondering if you might take a look at a gesture drawing a just posted to my blog and let me know if you think it would be something valuable to add to my Ringling portfolio. I'm not very good with gesture yet. (my super slowness doesn't help) :-) I have a pile of gesture drawings sitting out right now...and most of them don't even look human! The gestures (series of three) appear about mid way down the page just after a reclining figure. I really appreciate your help and feedback! Deadline is next month -- so it's crunch time! :-)
http://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/life-drawings-2011/gesture1/ is this the one you were talking about? I feel that it has a good start but doesn't realy read to have a lot of weight. Maybe it's the back. I think the line work is in the right direction, though. The knee, especially.
http://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/life-drawings-2011/pink1/ I like this one a lot. I figure it must not be a gesture, but it is a fun style. You should see if maybe you could use a thick pen for gestures too. It could block in values quickly.
OMG! I LOVE your stuff -- especially that touch of death. :-) I love your sense of style.
ReplyDeleteI'm applying to Ringling this January. I don't expect to ever be this good, but I'm crossing my fingers I get the opportunity to come and learn from the best.
Inspiring stuff.
Thanks! I really should update this more.
ReplyDeletejust make sure you have a lot of life drawing in your portolio and you should be good. Oh, and a bit of what you do for fun. What're you applying for?
Computer animation (eep.) My portfolio is mostly life drawing right now. I have some digital work, but I'm not really sure how many of these pieces to incorporate. If you ever have a moment, I've uploaded some of my pieces online and I would love if you could take a quick look: http://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/ -- any feedback you might have would be appreciated. :-) I'm in full force freak-out mode.
ReplyDeleteSo I left a comment but I think it ate it. Did you ever get it? /failboat
ReplyDeleteUh oh, I think it did eat it. Thanks for checking it out, though! Technology seems to be my enemy lately. :-)
ReplyDeleteI found it! It still says "awaiting moderation". I'll just copy paste it here.
ReplyDeleteThe are really nice, it’s good you have works with value and with line. I especially like the one on the top left. I also really like the drawing of the woman standing with her hand on her shoulder. It has good weight in my opinion.
I might suggest putting some gestures in your portfolio as well, though. Gestures always tend to have more honest life, and it shows you can understand the forms pretty quickly. It might be a good idea to work on keeping the brightest whites and the darkest blacks only for the where they are needed, so there’s more impact and accuracy. Try out working with a piece of grey paper so that the whites parts are only exactly where you want them, and the darkest blacks as well. That can make sure you control where the contrast is. If you don’t want to use grey paper, at some point I was taught you can lightly rub your charcoal over the page to make it a lower value as well, and pick out white with an eraser or white charcoal.
Oh thanks! That's a great point! Gesture has always been an area of difficulty for me, but I'll be sure to work on it in these coming weeks. Thanks for the tips and advice!
ReplyDeleteKeeping track of all the essays and elements has been difficult. At least I still have another month (although I'm sure it will fly by!). Thanks again -- I'll definitely keep working on the gestures. :-)
I know I'm totally taking advantage of your kindness, but I was wondering if you might take a look at a gesture drawing a just posted to my blog and let me know if you think it would be something valuable to add to my Ringling portfolio. I'm not very good with gesture yet. (my super slowness doesn't help) :-) I have a pile of gesture drawings sitting out right now...and most of them don't even look human! The gestures (series of three) appear about mid way down the page just after a reclining figure.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your help and feedback! Deadline is next month -- so it's crunch time! :-)
http://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/life-drawings-2011/gesture1/ is this the one you were talking about? I feel that it has a good start but doesn't realy read to have a lot of weight. Maybe it's the back. I think the line work is in the right direction, though. The knee, especially.
ReplyDeletehttp://catslifedrawing.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/life-drawings-2011/pink1/ I like this one a lot. I figure it must not be a gesture, but it is a fun style. You should see if maybe you could use a thick pen for gestures too. It could block in values quickly.