Michael Giff
Michael Giff
Baltimore
"Have I not suffered enough?"
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Michael Giff
Guess I'm more of a waffle guy.XD Seriously though this was the first time I suffered from blank page disease in this class. Had the the bloody thing taped to my drafting table with a border for days. Watched the video a few times and scribbled along in a notebook and kinda of knew this was going to be a mess... but then again most of my first submissions are a mess so I'm not sure why this time I was so overly anxious about it. Any-whosie, here we are! 90 minutes of pain.... I have no clue what's going on with the interior lines when they are hanging above the horizon line. I'll be sure to watch the video again, think I'll attempt to draw along line by line with the teacher and see if that helps me out a bit. Open to any suggestions or comments.
Michael Giff
Some mindless doodles while hanging out with my family.... not feeling or seeing it. Maybe I'll try my hand at copying others? I don't currently have the skill to free hand sketch something and make it look like an environment or something pleasing.
Michael Giff
That's amazing. I always hoped that my community college would do something like this
Rachel Dawn Owens
If you’re near a city, look around online. They may organize on Facebook pages. Seems like more groups are starting to pop back up again. A lot of them stopped during 2020 but they are coming back.
Sara
Asked for help
Michael Giff
That's some grade A note taking there. Trying to find the time to convert my notes into flashcards and see if that helps me remember the proportions better.
Sara
First 2 attempts - will try more!
Michael Giff
That's very nice! Are you looking at reference or doing any planning? I'm trying to follow the instructions in the video but really just end up with a big mess of shapes.
Michael Giff
ooof, rough day at the office XD. 90 minutes spent on blobs and melty pancakes and 2 and half hours spent on an incomplete proportional chart. I Guess it should be expected at my current skill level. It's probably considered cheating but I think I'll start using a ruler to figure out halves and thirds for the proportional chart assignment, 45 minutes just setting up the measuring lines is entirely too much... at least it feels that way. Especially since I did want to attempt it four more times before the assignments due date.
Michael Giff
Spent some time yesterday fixing up the gesture model. Want to submit a few more pieces for the gesture course and then it's PANCAKE TIME!
Michael Giff
Hello all! This was just me taking notes during the lecture videos, I'll be sure to post a couple other charts, experimenting a bit more but I do have a few questions. Question 1: When altering the figure from 8 to 7.5 head tall is it only the the placement of the knee and hands that change? Question 2: Does the J shape of the end of the femur line up with the back of the head in side view? Question 3: Does the ball joint for the humerus stay the same when looking at the figure from behind as it does looking from the front. Question 4: Does the Pelvis change shape from looking from behind. Question 5: My pelvis got a bit smaller once I added the curves to the rib-cage. Should I be concerned about this? Is the rib cage bowing too much? Thanks to one and all for reading and answering any of these questions.
Michael Giff
Wow... that took forever XD. Part of me wonders if I'm doing myself a dis-service by spending so much time (3 hours) and being really fussy with it as oppose to getting 3x the amount work done by working a bit more carefree. I took a good bit of time trying to reinforce the difference between a male gesture figure and female gesture figure. Not sure if I landed it or not though. (Maybe too much tilt in the female pelvis?) Bottom half of the legs give me the most trouble it seems. Hope to do a few more tomorrow before the assignment closes. Any advice or suggestions are welcome from one and all. Hope everybody enjoyed their Valentines Day weekend.
Ari a
So I tried to do it, but I think this doesnt look good
Michael Giff
The big ideas are there though! A few observations from my novice eyes: I would say for your front view the larger hand size is correct! Beware of tiny hands! Your femur joint (greater trochanter) seems to be a tad low. It should be 2/3 the way down the pelvis this looks like it's touching the bottom which will shorten the bone. (screen grabbed an example from the lesson for ya) I'd advise to post your work on the project tab, that would give you a better chance for the teacher or more advance students to review your work. (I am a very, very, very, basic student and you deserve to talk to someone that knows what they're doing!) Hope that was helpful, best of luck in your art journey!
Michael Giff
Day 9: First day working through the gesture class! Mostly had to do with proportion and simplifying the body into 8 major parts. Instead of an action line I tried to draw the three parts of the spine (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)... jury's still out whether that is the right way to go or not. This was a 30 minute session.
Michael Giff
Day 8: 40 minute practice. Arthritis has been slowing me down lately but still manage to get some practice in. Looking forward to checking out the gesture lesson tomorrow morning. (Again a little too tired and beat up to post the reference... tomorrow!!.... maybe.
Michael Giff
Spider-Man vs Venom reference photos
Michael Giff
Day 7: Hooray to one week... and I did decide to buy a course on gesture XD. I'm a bit too tired to make a collage of the reference but to keep my streak alive I'll post the gestures and get the reference up in the morning. This was all in the span of 40 minutes.
Michael Giff
Superman vs Ali! Reference for the gestures.
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