Some portraits

Cripes, I'm terrible about updating this.

I've taken the last few days to work on some portraits to work on faces looking not only good, but similar to the person they depict. My original intention was to use different celebrities so that the person viewing could guess at the subject, but this pool comes from a somewhat limited range. I'll probably be going out of my way for more variety in my reference in the future.

It was also an exercise in working with vine charcoal. You can see a slight change in techniques from high contrast to something a little more traditional as the series continues.

Zzzzz

I'm exhausted right now, but I'll touch on a few goings-on before I dive into work:

-Lost Season 5 Finale: I must say, that was the single most poignant closing title card I believe I've ever seen on television. Also, good to know what lies in the shadow of the statue (or at least, lives inside its foot).

-Pirats: Crunchtime! I'll likely be staying at the studio until seven for the coming weeks.

-AP Testing: Done! Not going to worry about it until I get my scores.

-Star Trek: Win. Elaborate thoughts on that later

-Figure drawing: Final on Monday, so I suppose it would be nice to get advice concerning which drawings I should include to show my teacher (we're showing him 4-5 examples of our best work for him to critique).

Got stuff to do...

...But here's a quick update.

More drawings

More of the older drawings I've recently photographed.

*crunch*

This was drawn with a foot-long string dipped in ink.


It's one thing when you're in crunch time for a project. Quite another when everything is in crunch at once.

I haven't studied for the AP English test in ages, and, with fourteen school days left, my class has another 80 years to cover in AP US History. AP Studio Art is in a similar situation; I have three pieces to finish, but would like to redo two or more.

"Bye Bye Birdie" opens in a week (go if you're in the area!), and rehearsals are going to be lasting until ten or so for the next week.

Most importantly, "PiRats" has got to get done. We're in full swing for production, and after a week of going to bed past midnight, voice acting has been organized and recorded with a cast I was very happy with. Luckily, when the show's over, I'll be able to spend more time cranking out footage.

Obviously, the most important thing to do in this situation is to take everything one step at a time, but that ges difficult when everything overlaps (I've risked missing many a cue by running across campus to grab something from the animation room). Figure drawing's probably the only remaining time where I have the comfort of not only focusing on the present. So! Enough rambling, here are some of the older drawings I've just shot.