I like to create a mood and then kill it with a machine gun

[secondlina]

We artist be giant teases, amiright?

Pity I don't have a female model I can command around like this.

I don't draw from life often. As a matter of fact, I always kinda sucked at it and hated it. Too used to draw things from my head. But once in a while, there's this one, extra-complicated pose that annoys me. So I tell my boyfriend to strip down to his underpants and torture him. For art.

Also...



A few of the French artists I follow online did these amazing re-tellings of Popeye for the "24 hour comic jam" at the Angoulème festival this year. Many of these are GEMS. If you can read French, give it a go... [link]

I just wanted to add my own Popeye and Olive to the mix.

Trying out some new coloring tricks with this piece. Oh, the background texture is a print by the Japanese artist Hokusai.

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Having fun with different art styles, too, I see. ;) It's not a perfect solution, but a lot of artists have a mirror on hand to help, probably when they lack an actual model. Or heck, you can get one of those cool little wooden models. They amuse me far too much! (I always pose them when I see them in stores.)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I love those little wooden models! Even if they're not much help for complex poses.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I hate those wooden models. I feel like it's the biggest scam in artistic history. *laughs* The wooden models can help you master proportions, but when it comes to innovative poses, I find them rather useless.

I use a mirror a lot, actually. And Link when I need a boy-body :D

I actually spend a lot of time just drawing people on the subway too. Good practice.