So I finally decided it was time. To draw those things I've been
avoiding drawing. You know. The stuff you don't see every day. So I
dutifully went to the zoo sat down on my comfy couch
with a bunch of Planet Earth and Life DVDs. Is that cheating? Honestly, I don't particularly
care as I wasn't exactly tracing over the giant TV screen. (I also
discovered how to use the TV....took a while)
Did the whole
gesture/build forms over top thing. At first I wanted to shoot myself
cause I had no idea what I was doing. You see, it's been...many
years since I've diligently drawn animals? And by animals I mean copy colorful photos from my animal encyclopedias when I was 10. Below are some of my masterpieces I found....are you ready?
Like, I mean are you really ready?
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You might need a blindfold for this.
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And a bottle of something strong.
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Now you know the funny thing is...you think you get better as you grow up and draw right? I suppose....unless somewhere along you journey you stumble upon the wonderful world of...dun dun dun: Digimon. And anime. And then your art looks exactly the same for the next...8 years. Voila work from when I was 12......
I'm serious about that something strong now
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some 50% Chinese rice wine might do the trick
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And now that you're gingerly holding your pint glass
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Behold what I call regression!
Yup. I know. You just grouped me into "that" group of people.
So as you can now understand...it's been a while. And considering what I managed to draw over the last few days, I'm pretty darn happy with how it all came out. Unfortunately as soon as I turned on the telly and heard his charming voice the drawing bit was totally over... I want David Attenborough to narrate my life. Just saying.
So after failing miserably to drawing animals in HD I did the next dumbo thing and searched for low rez videos of animals I was working on....so a lot of my sketches ended up being interpretations of pap smeared handy cams from youtube. Talk about brilliance?
Anywho, since I already exposed you to my wonderful beginnings of art, here are a few of my actually awesome pieces from when I was around 9 and 10.
Aren't they actually better than all that other work I showed you above??
These were from the period I diligently went to an art studio in Ukraine after elementary school twice a week. I totally thought I would be the next Leonardo. Hah. Hah. Hah. But I had a fantastic teacher whom I remember and am very thankful for to this day. Sadly I can't find many links to his beautiful work...but here is one piece! My artistic ambitions would not be where they are now that's for sure.
Well....an update on portfolio status: 12 pages done!! And that would be after having milked all my work up till now...yikes. All fresh new stuff from this point onwards!
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