Monday, April 21, 2008

Poot Post

Can't put up as much stuff as I'd hoped. But HERE'S what I can offer:

One of my big assignments for clothed figure class is to draw/paint a character from the past, present, or future. I started with a few thumbnails, and a classmate and I ran off to take reference photos from there. I was pretty excited to dress up in the civil war uniform actually, because one of my favorite indie comics is "Rose and Isabel" by story guru Ted Mathot. I'd like to think I was channeling a bit of Rose then.







Despite the fun w/ the soldier and caveman, I think I'm gonna go with the reclining dress pose, using oil paint on illustration board. The lighting and folds in the drapery are clearest in that photo. Progress so far: (in the 3rd one, I painted digitally over the photo of the painting)



Also, here's the work in prog of my pops:



and some in-class drawings, ranging from 5 minutes to several-hours-long poses:



12 Comments:

Blogger Tina Poe said...

Gorgeous and classic, I love your dad's portrait and the reclining Rosie!

5:20 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I like the one of the soldier crouching down, and the reclining pose. The graphic design of that one is very beautiful. The last one is beautiful too :)

2:33 PM  
Blogger Arthur said...

love the clothed figures you drew in class last week and the caveman rocks too. Who is that crazy guy? ;)

12:17 AM  
Blogger Allen Song said...

Beautiful drawings on this post, Rosie. I really like soldier drawings and the one with the decapitated head. See you :)

10:30 PM  
Blogger Hanna S. Abi-Hanna said...

Me likey very muchy!!

7:37 PM  
Blogger Rosie said...

Tina - you always love the reclining Rosie, don't you.

Chris - Thanks a lot! I loved the whole process of this, w/ the dressing up then picking one of them (too many choices sometimes sucks :P )

Arthur - hm i don't know. I just saw him stumbling down the street outside yelling profanities at tourists, and figured I could use him. :D

Allen - thanks a lot! I liked those a lot two in terms of storytelling, but unfortunately the lighting wasn't very clear on some of the folds.

Hanna Bananna - Thankie thankie!!

5:06 PM  
Blogger Adam Osgood said...

Wow! These are just stunning. You are incredibly talented!

7:17 PM  
Blogger Helen Chen said...

wooooo the oil painting is coming along beautifully! I can't wait to see it finished, since the wip is so awesome already.

12:39 PM  
Blogger digant sutar said...

hey
awesome sketches...
just fabulous..
plz keep posting more.....

8:43 PM  
Blogger Dominic Philibert said...

WOW!!!!!!!

9:29 AM  
Blogger Pieter Hogenbirk said...

What a beautiful blog Rosie!!!

11:14 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi Rosana,
This is Fabian's girlfriend, Daisy. This Artist Blog website is sooo cool. I came across yours and I just had to comment. Your work is amazing. Absolutely phenomenal.

6:59 PM  

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