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June 11, 2012 04:44

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Toni Collette

Her left eye is a bit far from her nose but otherwise I'm happy with this one.

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June 11, 2012 04:42

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Figure drawing dump #02

Some more figure drawing...

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June 11, 2012 04:40

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Original sketch dump #03

A bit of pose drawing and some expressions a bit later. Took some inspiration from the TV show I was half watching simultaneously, to practice capturing the essence of a pose quickly.

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June 11, 2012 04:38

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"Pagent Talk"

One of Kristin Wiig's many brilliant characters on SNL.

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June 11, 2012 04:35

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Original sketch dump #02

Just experimenting with a bit of squash and stretch in the face.

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June 11, 2012 04:31

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Figure drawing dump #01

Found another great life drawing resource online, with photos of actual models rather than the 3D muscle models used at posemaniacs. It has timed drawings as well as "classes" that begin with quick gesture drawings and gradually building into longer poses. Pretty much the next best thing to an actual life drawing class.

I was happy that this had real people since I can focus more on general shapes of skin and flesh, with decent lighting.

Here's some of the sketches I've done using that tool; they vary in length of time drawing. Still got a long way to go, but it's a start.

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June 3, 2012 04:12

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"I'm broken"

Deb from Dexter, when she has a complete breakdown after the death of her boyfriend. This scene was acted incredibly by Jennifer Carpenter, and there were so many frames to choose from for this image. I'm quite keen to animate to that piece of dialogue in the near future.

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June 3, 2012 04:10

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"Cut Off"

Image from V for Vendetta; the scene where Natalie Portman has her head shaven. Really intense emotion I wanted to try my hand at. Pretty happy with the result.

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June 3, 2012 04:07

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Original sketch dump #01

Finally some original drawings without any ref pictures. I've only included the ones I didn't think were atrocious, and there are a couple in here I'm really happy with.

I started experimenting a bit with eye shapes, but eventually started doing whole faces and poses as well. This session highlighted how far I still am from where I want to be, since these expressions still weren't coming to me all that naturally. Need to keep practicing and get out and find more inspiration especially!! I definitely to broaden my range of what I draw too.

One step at a time!

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June 3, 2012 04:03

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"No, I'm not"

"I'm okay. No, I'm not"
- Michael Scott

Great subtle moment in The Office. Again. This is the second Michael Scott portrait I attempted; the first was so terrible I'm not going to post it.

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June 3, 2012 04:00

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Angelina

Angelina Jolie crying.

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June 3, 2012 03:59

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Abed

Abed from Community... interesting expression though it's not quite the same as the original, which was less menacing. Mouth is a tad too wide methinks.

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June 3, 2012 03:58

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"Twenty One"

ANOTHER self portrait (okay this is the last one for real - planning to not do any more for a while).

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June 3, 2012 01:49

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"Broccoli"

The original image always makes me laugh; it's Kevin from The Office being force fed broccoli. Pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject too. Good exaggerated disgusted expression to draw. Original below...

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June 3, 2012 01:45

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"Lucille"

Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development - not that happy with this one (it looks incredibly distorted especially on the top left corner of her face) BUT after quite a struggle getting the mouth with the right amount of pout, I got something right at least.

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June 1, 2012 07:08

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"David 8"

David 8 from Prometheus. I wanted to capture the empty-looking sadness he has in the image below.

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June 1, 2012 07:05

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Rapunzel

More expressions from Disney expression sheets... this time Rapunzel. I'm happy with a larger percentage of them than my previous ones, so I guess I'm getting slightly better at drawing with this style. Woo progress!

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May 31, 2012 09:18

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Office Laughter

Dwight

Two different characters from The Office US (again, I know) laughing. The second one, of Stanley, I tried to caricature him slightly, but in the process of trying to get it looking right missed the mark and only made his eyes a tad bigger than in reality. Still happy with the expression, just not the style I was aiming for.

Stanley

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May 31, 2012 09:16

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Sansa Stark

Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones. She had a really complex emotion that was a challenge to capture, and I didn't quite get there but I think it would need more tone to really get the essence of it. Referenced image is below...

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May 31, 2012 09:12

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Mother Gothell

Facial expressions of Mother Gothell from Disney's "Tangled", from an expression sheet found on the web. Not so happy with these, except for the middle left one. Still need a lot of practice with eye placement, especially with tilted heads.

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