Weekly Check-Up 1

So...this year off I'm working on my portfolio for grad school. To help me stay on track, I made a deal with my friends to post some art work or something at the end of each week to show that I've been working on something. All of these works won't end up in my portfolio but they are helping me get back in the mix of things since it's been so long since I've used my drawing skills. This week was the first week and I probably picked a pretty hard subject to jump right back into drawing,, but it's something close to my heart, my camera. I decided to draw it because I couldn't capture in the earlier post that showed my tools. This is the beginning of my journey. I decided to show various stages of completion to show how I work.


This first image is me putting down the outline of my camera. You can see some of the construction lines that I used to guide my angles and the shape of the lens. You can also see a slight difference in the sketching style between the camera and strap. I used a looser style on the strap because it wasn't as necessary to be precise, just needed to rough in the basic shape.


In this image I'm beginning to shade and define the camera's shape and how the light plays on the surface.


It's not finished yet but this is what I have so far. I used a hatch on the strap instead of the smoother shading I used on the camera body to give the strap some texture. There's still some white spaces because I haven't decided how detailed I want to get and whether or not I want to draw in the brand name and writings on the lens. Also, I haven't quite figured out how I want to deal with the glass on the lens yet. I still need to darken the values in some places to give it a more finished look.

...maybe I want too much...

Toys R Us

Yeah... I know.... It's been a minute. So sue me. Not really.

Anyway. I like toys. So I wanna talk about toys. I would like to get myself some new toys. I will eventually, soon as I earn some extra money. No these won't be frivolous purchases. (I try to stay away from that kind of stuff.) The toys I want can be very useful. Like a Wacom graphics tablet. I really want a Wacom Cintiq but I'll settle for the more affordable Intuos line. I want a tablet pc most likely from Motion Computing. I also want a customized desktop pc that I'll probably end up building myself with a dual monitor set up. Sounds like just a bunch of fancy computer stuff. Well it is but I'll use it for my art and photography so it's fun and practical. Computers are fun... I'm such a nerd. Oh well.

I guess I used the phrase I want a lot. I probably sound like a spoiled brat. I want! I want! I want! Lol. I have tendency to get an I want attitude. But I'm ok with that because it's not like I'm demanding stuff from somebody. What I want, I get. Ok, that sounded bad. What I want, I get for myself. Much better. If I'm wrong somebody please correct me. Obviously I like toys, my New Year's resolution was a shopping list. What can I say....I like to play.

Peace.