I ended up liking this line art better than the finished painting. More practice!
homework,
Concept & Imaging homework. Our directive: create an environment with architectural and organic elements and directional lighting. All the interactions between different light sources were fun to figure out, as was the perspective on the different levels of the platform. I think my favorite part of jobs like this, though, is figuring out the practical details: what effect does wear, weather, vegetation, etc. have on the materials of this space? What kind of people live there? What does their typical day look like? That’s the stuff that gets me going, and why I’m excited to do more environment work in the future.
More homework. If I never draw a ribcage again it’ll be too soon.
Plus there’s this.
Ljuba and I rescued this crappily-taxidermied turkeyesque bird from a roadside bag of freebies (see also: her duck companion). She’s had a good run presiding over our living room, but I think it’s time for her to move on.