Tag Archives: drawing

Digitized Photography and Portrait Discovery

August Sander is one of my favorite portrait photographers.  He’s brilliant at capturing both the humanity and ridiculousness of his subjects August Sander is one of my favorite portrait photographers.  He’s brilliant at capturing both the humanity and ridiculousness of his subjects – something I aspire to in my own character designs.

I thought I had seen most of his published work…but I was wrong!

I love that boxer’s outfit.

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Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/262504

Long, Skinny, Distinctive

Illustration of a distinctive male artist's model holding sword and scabbard and sitting on a cloth covered stool. Sketchbook page featuring drawings a distinctive male artist model holding a cane and reclining.

Haven’t had enough man on this blog yet.  Some longer poses (10 min and 20 min) of a really fun artist’s model.  Really long and skinny, with a very distinctive belly button.  I might post shorter poses from this session.

Pretty, Knobby Women

Sketchbook page showing three color pencil illustrations of a nude woman sitting, standing, and lying down.

Something of mine again.  I went crazy with her muscle tone, didn’t I?  Do really like her feet though.

Two Ladies On Two Page Spread

Life drawing of the same woman in two poses. Pencil and colored pencil on cream paper.Thought I’d post something of my own today: a two page spread of my sketch book featuring two long poses of a lady sitting.  

Media: Pencil with an orange color pencil underdrawing in one case.