Category: Drawing For Animation

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Week 14 Final Class Test + Reflection

2 minutes (Nude)

5 minutes (Nude)

5 mins (clothed)

10 mins (Nude)

10 mins (Clothed)

20 mins (Nude)

20 mins (Clothed)

Reflections:

Before attending Jesse’s or Hannes’ class, I struggled a lot with understanding how the body worked. My knowledge of proportions and human anatomy was extremely shallow. Even in Poly, I couldn’t really pin down the right spots in my drawings as I was fundamentally weak.

After attending 14 weeks of class, this is what I have learned from both Professors:

  • Jesse:
    • Through Jesse, I was able to understand how forms relate to the human body and how we can breakdown the model’s physique with simple rectilinear and cylindrical forms.
    • How the body works structurally and how to translate our observations into points and strokes.
    • As Jesse doesn’t give us a “one-size fit all” solution to our questions, he provides us with suggestions and his opinions which guides us into finding out ourselves, a guideline that works best for us.
    • Overall, I feel that fundamentally, my knowledge of anatomy and the method to observe every model has changed. I am able to work out a more consistent workflow when I am figure drawing.
  • Hannes:
    • Through Hannes, I was able to break free from being overly rigid in my drawings and learned to rely on gestural strokes to better convey the human form.
    • How to create fast observational drawings (and not just some random scribble on the paper) with lines of action to jot down important information on the body.
    • I’ve always struggled with drawings animals and through the zoo trip, I was able to understand why gestural drawing is important and useful and how it can train us into using the correct strokes through careful observation.
    • Overall, I feel that I am better at applying more confident strokes than before where I hesitated a lot.

After 14 weeks of lessons with Hannes and Jesse, I feel that the way I draw now is a lot more balanced as compared to before. I am able to apply looser strokes with careful placement as compared to the past, I would solely draw from what I saw without any considerations. I am thankful to have gone through this class as I am happy with my progress even though it may not be big.

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Rectilinear and Cylindrical forms Final

Curvilinear Form

 

As I did my research in Part 1, I knew I wanted my curvilinear space to be a cosy home on-the-go. I really liked the organic shape from the lotus teapots  and the bamboo cicadas hence I wanted to utilise the shape.

I made a rough sketch of the exterior and then went on to further design the interior with another sketch.

I wanted my home to have this industrial look with all the pipes coming out of the ceiling. There’s a control panel at the front of the home to maneuver the whole creature-home.

Here’s the final. I made several changes to the furniture.

Rectilinear Form

For the rectilinear form, I happen to stumble across these 2 boxes that were stacked on top of each other. For some reason, it reminded me of a television show about interesting houses which in an episode, there was a house that was completely hidden in the frontal view by a hill and could only be accessed through the back and light entered through a tiny hole in the ceiling. Sadly, I can’t find the original home that made me feel inspired, but these are pretty close:

I also researched on Bjarke Ingels, a Danish Architect who uses very interesting forms to create practical buildings.

Here are the boxes!

As soon as I saw the boxes, I made really simple sketches of the composition and went straight into creating the sketch.

The home would be underground, where a window on the ceiling is the only light source for the middle level. There’s a pool in the house which connects to the ground floor.

Here’s the final! To my dismay, the home looks really confusing without any shading. Hence, I added some shading to indicate the separation of floors.

   

That would be all! Hopefully, the homes I have created would look livable :,)

Thank you for looking through!!

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Assignment 1 Research – Cylindrical and Rectilinear forms

I chose to look at a single material, bamboo. The material has been used to masterfully craft out objects varying in purpose, showing the versatility of bamboo.

These photos were taken in Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan respectively. I chose to focus on interesting structures that made use of cylindrical or rectilinear forms to build upon itself.

Researching for bamboo eventually led me to Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, and Bonsai, the Asian art of cultivating plants to look like mini trees in containers. I’m not sure if they are considered art in the western world but it’s interesting to see the irregular forms that come out of it. Somehow, I stumbled across a few artists who specialises in using plants in their instalments, such as Patrick Dougherty and John Grade.

Also, while looking at the branches, it reminded me of Tinus Vermeersch, whose art was displayed at the Parkview museum some time in November last year. These are some of the photos I took, you have to see it in person to understand how beautiful these pieces are.

Here are some studies I did after receiving feedback from Jesse. I sifted out those that really spoke to me and here’s what I got.

I’ll be including some of my sketches as well ( to be continued )

 

Here’s the link to a google drive just in case the photos turn out looking like crap:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-DKtr328fjzRh7yoS0IyHrEw41dtp8dZ?usp=sharing