Bulldog Creature

Here is what my bulldog Creature looks like.  I know its cheesy but I  thought it would be cool to mix a Bull with a Bulldog.    Also here are the side views of the Bulldog. With the Muscles and the bones.  OLE

Bull (dog)

My Favorite dog is a bulldog.  So with our creature design class I had to do this project.  First the dog then the muscles, then the skeleton.  I learned a lot about animal anatomy doing these drawings.  Its all things I have learned before but this time around they just seemed to resonate with me... Hopefully forever.  Next I must create a creature based on the bulldog. Ill post those sometime this weekend. 

More from the clothed figure...

Here Is some clothed figure stuff. This man was a pretty great model, and when i say great i mean that he was comfortable with what he was doing...he fell asleep during a couple poses, but hey, at least he didnt move!  He also had a funny look about him.  I tried to caricature this slightly (my teacher doesnt like me to exaggerate  too much).  

But here he is.  

Dog Show Sketches

Im taking a creature design Class with Joe Weatherly here at the Academy that Im really excited about. Our First field Trip we went to the Marin County Dog Show. It was pretty cool...I had never been to a dog show, and had only seen them on TV. It so funny to see all the dogs and the character they have! But then the owners are just as fun to watch. People were cheering for the winners as if they had just scored a touchdown... and some were really depressed that their horribly behaved dog did not win first Place. I would love to go back and recommend anyone who loves dogs or quick sketching try and attend a dog show.

Heres a page from my book.

Hope its enjoyable.

Clothed Figure Drawing

Here are a few Examples of my work from clothed figure drawing. Its only day 2 and i am seeing some improvement in my work. In class we are doing 3-20 minute poses. This is new to me because I am so used to drawing fast that i get impatient around the 7 minute mark. But i think since ill be trying to slow down a bit I will see some improvement with my proportions because i will have the time to fix them and perfect them. THey have always been something I struggle with while drawing the figure. Ill post more of these, hopefully on a weekly basis.

New Web Site!

Please go to FABIANMOLINA.com and check out the new fun! Fabian molina.com is an animation Blog that I am just starting and it has links to my Sketch Blog(here), portfolio, and Thesis Project Journal. Have FUn and Ill upload more soon. I have been slaving away at this for a couple of days so there definitely more to come!

Thanks
Fabian

Shape...AND how to break it ever so slightly.

So call me a jerk for not updating.  I guess i have a Valid excuse this time.  My scanner must have took a beating during my move to San Francisco because ever since I got it here it doesnt want to respond.  Either it doesn't like the way I treat it...or it pooped and died on me.   Either Way Im hoping to get a new one Very Soon.   Thanks for all the comments and love you guys show.  For you, I thought I would give my First Little Tip----

So here Goes - - 

Fabian's Tip #1 

When Drawing out in the field (well not really a field of green grass but a coffee shop or public area) I Try and remember that I am trying to focus on clarity of shape  and a sense of simplicity. The first thing I do when I put the pencil down is think of the shape that my subject is going to take.  Oval, square, equilateral triangle.... any crazy shape is possible as long as it has a sense of direction or force applied.  Then after my shape is blocked in I try and look for subtle ways to break it and.  By Breaking it I mean adding detail to give the Eye a rest, or breaking point.  Think of it of a rest stop  Ill show you a couple examples of what I mean.   

 Below the man in the center reading the paper has a sort of asymmetrical egg shape to him.   I repeated the shape in his ear to give it a sort of  visual pattern.  The man next to him with the tie is a good example of direction.  The shape of the head is pushed by the direction of the hair, and even the directional tilt of the glasses are going the same way.  And both the glasses and ears are those breaking of shape, in these two sketches.

In this example symmetry is being slightly broken by end of the trunk.  The overall compositional shape though is a triangle.  (uh but please dont look at that hideous tangent..ahhhh)   Thats a whole other topic! ) 

Here I drew the same woman on the bus 5 different ways.  Just really quick pen drawings with not much detail.  She got off after one stop.  

I added some contrast in color in Photoshop to help notice the shapes.  I wasn't trying to keep a likeness of the woman but a similarity in the shapes.  Every face here except number 1 has a angle to it where the chin protrudes farther from the forehead. The angle is slightly different in every one and I kept the features similar...just changed the distances from one another. Lengths from one point to another point of the face can be pushed and pulled to get different cobinations of the same person.  In this case the noes and bottom protruding lip are the details that give the eye an interesting  point for it to rest.

With the same woman I drew a similar shape for both body masses ....one just rotated 180% 
Here is a tree I drew this weekend while at Golden Gate Park.  Once I am set on a shape for my drawing I then look for places that I can break that shape ever so slightly to give it some variety and organicness (is that a word?)  What i mean is to add something that will break the shape and then bring the eye back to the shape and not away from it.  Here the leaves at the middle of the trunk serve as a good breaking point for the line and the eye to focus on.  Then as we move up the tree the breaks are in the way the "bushes" of the tree create one mass and shape that resembles a shell or slight s Curve.  So whether its leaves, glasses, ears, noses, lips  or even wrinkles in clothes try and break the shape...ever so slightly.  Thanks. 

I hope that all made sense!  Let me know what you think  ... or even offer feedback.  Fabian 

The Moon - A sketchBook

At Siggraph 2008 in LA , Cogswell College Released a book entitled "The moon - A collection of student work"  The Object of this book was to gather talented students of the school and produce a book of concept design.  5 students were chosen, myself included.  We drew designs for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale "The Moon" .  Our designs included characters, props, landscapes, and space crafts.  Here is a sneek peek at the Book and an a closer look at the cover, which I designed.  Sorry for the bad picture quality all I had on me was my phone. 

Also if you would like to order one feel free to contact me.  I can send you one where ever you may be!

Why So Serious?

I have been a bit busy with building portfolios and  looking for work that i tend to not draw as much.  Heres a tribute to batman i did really fast, all digital.  The boxers below were done in pencil but color adjusted and titles added in PS.