Drawing Fundamentals Week 3: The Power of Perspective

This week, we discussed home to construct large scale scenes and landscapes using 1,2, and 3 point perspective. I thought Thomas's explanation of the different types and rule of perspective was a little difficult to understand. There was just too much to cover in an hour and a half lecture.

I would highly recommend "Perspective for Comic Book Illustrators" by: David Chelsea. He cover's all of the points made by Thomas, but in more concrete terms and in more depth.

The homework this week was picture of the white house. I was little confused why Thomas chose this image because the perspective is muted almost to 1 point perspective. I decided to rotate the image and emphasize the 3rd perspective point in order to increase the challenge and add more drama (which Thomas consistently pings me on). I'm new to painting with straight color, so, this was a bit of an experiment for me. I'm pretty happy with it though.

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My Version

                                 

Drawing Fundamentals Week 2: The Power of Value

This week we talked about using a full range of value to add depth and drama to our work. The assignments were to make a grey scale from 0%-100%, and draw either a lion of an angel. I chose to draw the Lion.

Here is the Reference

Here is my version

Drawing with Thomas Fluharty Week 1: Shape

Ok, so the first week is pretty basic. We're starting with shape study. This is where we visualize breaking down an image into 3 dimensional shapes and building from there. This week we did a Dog a Frog, and the homework is a giraffe.

Starting with primary shapes.

Rough Outline

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Rough Shapes

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First Shape study (tracing)

Second shape study and rough outline (not traced)

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Final Comparison

Drawing Fundamentals With Thomas Fluharty

I was on the fence about taking this course. I would guess my own skills are between novice (hopefully more than novice) and semi-pro. I did not go to art school, so even though I've been drawing for a while, I can't be sure that I'm not missing a vital part or my foundation. I've decided to be conservative and take the course just in case.

I figure, if I have a lot to learn from this course, then I will get my moneys worth and life is good. If, I already know all this stuff, then I'll get some very high level critique from Thomas, and raise some eyebrows. That'd be cool too; if unlikely. Also, I'd be able to sleep sound knowing that I'm building on a solid foundation.

Hello World!

Hello everyone. My name's Dave, and I'm an aspiring illustrator. This blog is meant to document my growth over the next 2 years.

For a year or so, I've been watching all of the Chiu-Stream interviews, and drawing sessions. After months of saving, I pulled the trigger and enrolled in a course. I plan on taking the following courses over the next 2 years with the goal of reaching a professional skill level when I'm done.

-Drawing Fundementals
-Gesture Drawing
-Character Design
-Intro to Digital Painting
-Digital Painting
-Design with Color and Light
-Creating a Comic Book Portfolio

I'm going to post all of my submissions for all of the courses to document my progress. Here we go. I'll see you on the other side.