Neon splash

I've been meaning to try and do some digital painting (which I've never really been that good at). I thought I'd give it a go and one night I got sucked into a time vortex and did this. Of course I went with what I know, so this is another self-portrait (yes it's a bit narcissistic but some of the greatest artists were too :P ).


I used a reference photo of myself to do this, and also decided to draw on the colour scheme of a photo I found very interesting. Here's the reference photo for the colour (left), and the result. It's still a bit of a WIP, though I'm not sure where to go from here - open to critique!! Overall I'm pretty with what I've done on it so far.

Profile

New sketchbook, new self-portrait. Here's my first one in profile!

Immobile

It seems it's been more than three months since I last posted anything... time to get back on the wagon methinks. I'll start from where I left off...

These drawings are from a week after I had my appendix spontaneously removed. I was stuck at home for a week pretty much immobilized, and after a solid week of sitting in front of the TV I was all couch potatoed out. This is my best attempt at illustrating how it felt.

Beaker

New sketchbook which means new self-portrait! This is my best impression of a muppet.

Reflection

Another self-portrait... I've decided I'm going to do one per sketchbook now (I'm onto my 4th A4 one since this new wave of drawing).

"Twenty One"

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

"I Just Can't Wait To Be King"

ONE MORE self-portrait and I'm done with them for a while. I did this on the eve of my 21st birthday; an old photo from when I was a kid that I thought captured the excitement of it almost being my birthday.

"Snarl"

On to sketchbook 2... Yet another self-portrait (I promise I'm not completely narcissistic - just drawing what I know!) that I'm very happy with. Taken from a reference photo.


I wanted to experiment with strong facial expressions with very minimal shading, so I can try and get closer to a more cartoony style while maintaining clear emotion in the face.

"Die Another Day"

Die Another Day

Another self-portrait. This was also taken from a dance image. I think it could be a lot more dynamic with more exaggeration, rather than being a very literal illustration of the original image.

"Trapped"

Since I started getting back into drawing, I've been doing a whole lot of figure drawing using the 30 Second Drawing tool at posemaniacs.com, which I've found really useful. Starting out I did mostly 60 second drawings, and over time have been getting more comfortable with faster ones.


But this isn't one of those figure drawings; I've also been doing one or two portraits using reference photos for each figure drawing session I do.


This particular drawing is the first of a few self-portraits I've done so far. The original image is taken from a video of a dance rehearsal for a contemporary piece I performed called Trapped. Did I mention I'm a dancer?

Welcome!!

Cartoon me, circa 2010

First post!


I'm Dave, and welcome to my new art blog. I'm an animator from the wonderful land of Oz, the one without the wizard in an Emerald City.


After an unnecessarily long hiatus from doing my own personal artwork, especially drawing, I've recently given myself a forceful kick to get back into doing what I love.


I'm still trying to oil my rusty drawing joints but I'm going to post as much as I can, even if some of is (knowingly) not that great. I've managed to get into a pretty consistent routine of drawing in the last month or so, and am already noticing a major improvement - so looking forward to how much more progress is yet to come!


I'd love any constructive criticism you can muster up; the more feedback the better! Hope you enjoy my work! :)