Josh Fiddler
Montreal
Recovering mathematician, computer scientist, and pro chef. Professional Artist in Training.
GenAI is theft.
Art is NOT "content".
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Ron Kempke
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9d
added comment inDemo - Difficult Poses - Part 1
As interesting as this approach is in itself, can you elaborate how it would be used for finishing an illustration?
Josh Fiddler
1d
If I may offer something, I take this as the "okay, what do we have here?" part of my process. It lets me make sense of what I'm looking at in terms of what the model or reference is maybe just hinting at, and allows me to build up my own intuition, and trust that my eyes are seeing what they are seeing. From there, I can push the hints in the direction of what I want to say. I've only been doing this for a few months now, and feel confident in what I've learned so that when I sit down to look at things I like, understand how to make those myself.
Now, if you're someone who already sees well or has an intuition already built up, it may not serve you to go to this level. Some folks can just get right to business in their own way and create something magical. What Michael is giving us, from my point of view, is a structured way to analyze what we see in terms of an idea which we eventually get to translate to the illustration once we are confident that we have what we're looking for to say what we want to say.
Josh Fiddler
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1d
I took this on Marco's personal site and it was an amazing experience to learn some really essential things about colour movement. Highly recommend.
Josh Fiddler
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11d
I had the basics of this from Dorien Iten's materials and he's a phenomenal teacher. This lesson was really helpful though in one key area. You know when something is so obvious you kinda just overlook it? Well, yeah, OBVIOUSLY THE REFLECTED LIGHT IS THE LIGHTEST DARK of the Shadow Mass! Derp.
I'm really looking forward to when we get to edges! The softening of the cast shadow made me immediately think of lost edges.
Josh Fiddler
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13d
Getting quicker with these. Thinking about connection of rhythms, how to foreshorten without losing interest. I think I got the subtle ones pretty well. Absolutely loving this course!
Maria Bygrove
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14d
Just drawing along. I find that actually repeating the gestures myself, helps me watch the demos with more focus.
I love drawing along for the same reasons. Immediate feedback: am I understanding this? Nice work.
Josh Fiddler
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14d
Grrr. I had nice notes... and then wanted to delete a line... cmd-backspace took me back a PAGE! and now they're gone. sigh.
Here's hand written ones from the video (not as good), and my attempts at the demo images.
Josh Fiddler
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15d
Lots to think about. Definitely need to be a bit more adventurous with my exploration.
Josh Fiddler
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15d
Yeah more art history seeping into the lessons!
Definitely gonna keep an eye on connections of rhythms.
Josh Fiddler
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19d
Intrusive thoughts on the page.
Notes on Story:
- use single word or phrase to drive the ideas. talk it out. even if it's unhinged. ;-)
- consider the beginning and end of an action for the purpose of inventing. The middle may not be as interesting as how it starts and ends
- consider what is happening: big movements? imply with strong diagonals and placement of supporting limbs. Subtle action? Focus on body language: sad or regretful? bow the head, bring chest in, hide hands. Relaxed? Loose hands and limbs. etc etc.
John B.
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28d
Asked for help
Although it was a bit intimidating, the assignment turned out to be quite fun! Still just a bit unsure about whether to draw the curve for the lumbar even when there's a very clear single rhythm for a hunched back tho.
