FEWS Mid-Length Poses

Hands!

Lately, I have been doing many hand, feet, skull, and skeleton studies for figure drawing.  I got tired of doing the same thing over and over again so I tried experimenting! I love this page.

5 Min Poses from Class

Sassy Model

So we have this club at Ringling called FEWS.  It is basically just a group of people who meet from Mon-Thurs for figure drawing(fun fun)!  Last thursday, we had this AMAZING model and I absolutely loved her.  She reminded me of dat old Hollywood glamour.  She had sass. 

Meeting Steve Hickner - Director of "The Prince of Egypt" and "Bee Movie"

This weekend we got to see Steve Hickner! He’s the director for “The Prince of Egypt” and “Bee Movie.” He has also worked as storyboard artist on “Over the Hedge,” “Madagascar,” “Shark Tale,” “Shrek Forever After,” and “Antz.”

It was absolutely amazing meeting Steve.  He gave a presentation highlighting various things we will run into in our careers.  It was incredibly motivating.

Here are some quotes from the presentation!

“You’re not an artist without a sense of your tradition.”

“Missed chances don’t show up on life’s scorecard.”

“Don’t take someone else’s time until you put in your own.”

“Your early twenties are life’s beachfront property.”

“You can teach a person to have skill not an attitude.”

“James Cameron: “Saddle up to the people around you, not above you.””

“Be your own sculptor - reinvent yourself from others.”

“You see the famous CalArts picture with John, Pete, Musker, Selick, etc, and like there are only 10 of them yet 7 of them are major directors! Do you know why?! Because they hired each other!”

“The guy who does it is going to get there.  The person who says he is going to do it is going to fall behind.”

“Never turn down a combat mission.”

“The best opportunities don’t come in ribbons.  When opportunity comes you have to run to it.”

“No job is unimportant.” - I found this really interesting.  He is right.  No job is unimportant because you have no idea where that job will lead you.  

“You are all at one point going to face rejection.”

He also has a book called “Animating Your Career”  I got a signed copy :D It is very interesting so far.  I recommend it to anyone in the creative field.  

And here’s a picture with everyone and Steve (photo credits to Vicki)!

Gestures from Class

Here are some of my gestures from Figure Drawing I!

St. Armands & Labor Day Weekend

We went to St. Armands Circle this weekend! If you don't know what St. Armands is, it is basically a beautiful circle full of all sorts of shops! It was really exciting to be there!  We went to this art gallery where Tahoe exhibited his air bending powers ^.^.  The guy is such an adventurer. He has all these crazy interesting stories.  You wouldn't imagine what kinds of experiences he has had.

Oh! And I finally have a picture of myself.  If you spotted the Indian girl, THAT'S ME! And of course, there's Jessica on the left, Tahoe behind me, Allen on the right back, and Andrew on the right front.  You wouldn't believe how talented these kids are.

All in all, I am really enjoying my time here at Ringling! I will keep you guys posted on what's going on. ARTWORK TO COME SOON!!! 

Caricatures @3AM

Today we drew caricatures of each other :)

The one on my door is drawn by Camilo (camilocastroart.tumblr.com)

And the one on the right is by Andrew (theartofandrewcapuano.blogspot.com)

They are both so talented and so wonderful! Check them out!