Sketching CONAN in 90 seconds.. A video
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Atula Siriwardane
Mongoose
I love that you notice and questioned...
It depends a lot how do you practice life drawing... and the way you imagine the figure...
I practiced life drawing with a great Sri Lankan artist (Stanley Abeysinghe)for a very short time but was very helpful..
He offered me two very important instructions..
1. Draw without outlines....
2. Look at the paper as a space..
And another instruction by John Buscema also used here..
In "How to draw comics the marvel way" John Buscema says.."The important thing is to train your eye until the lines almost begin to take shape in your imagination before you start putting them down on the paper." It is easier to draw if you treat the figure as a whole than a collection of body parts. Here you can see that most of the parts are not drawn properly if you look at parts.(Look at the lower parts of the legs.) But as a whole you won't notice them.
You can correct them later..
But I too can't draw like this always.. Most of the times I struggle.. because my imagintion is not powerful at the moment.
But when I draw like this I am at my best... everything falls into places..
You may check these videos too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uhnqiAulnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PimbD6C7n8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGvtIdtFrAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_gF3Re8CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW20p-DE2hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP8zbo22pxg
I was inspired and my inking improved a lot watching this video by John Buscema..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4d8oTU2tk
It depends a lot how do you practice life drawing... and the way you imagine the figure...
I practiced life drawing with a great Sri Lankan artist (Stanley Abeysinghe)for a very short time but was very helpful..
He offered me two very important instructions..
1. Draw without outlines....
2. Look at the paper as a space..
And another instruction by John Buscema also used here..
In "How to draw comics the marvel way" John Buscema says.."The important thing is to train your eye until the lines almost begin to take shape in your imagination before you start putting them down on the paper." It is easier to draw if you treat the figure as a whole than a collection of body parts. Here you can see that most of the parts are not drawn properly if you look at parts.(Look at the lower parts of the legs.) But as a whole you won't notice them.
You can correct them later..
But I too can't draw like this always.. Most of the times I struggle.. because my imagintion is not powerful at the moment.
But when I draw like this I am at my best... everything falls into places..
You may check these videos too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uhnqiAulnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PimbD6C7n8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGvtIdtFrAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_gF3Re8CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW20p-DE2hE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP8zbo22pxg
I was inspired and my inking improved a lot watching this video by John Buscema..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4d8oTU2tk
Yogah of Yag
Mongoose
True talent! 8)
(I'm very surprised that there are ANY Conan fans in South Asia.) :shock: Just goes to show how international the appeal is!
(I'm very surprised that there are ANY Conan fans in South Asia.) :shock: Just goes to show how international the appeal is!
Atula Siriwardane
Mongoose
In seventies there were comics in Sri Lanka drawn of characters inspired by Conan the Barbarian comics. And I think there are readers of novels too. But in India the interest is much less..
I was hooked in early eighties and never looked back from then.
I was hooked in early eighties and never looked back from then.
Atula Siriwardane
Mongoose
No, But I like teaching because I realize a lot when I try to solve problems of an artist or a student..
Once for over one and a half years, I conducted workshops for small kids from kindergarten to grade 5 mainly in their school class rooms and occassional workshops for all ages. That experience developed my skills more than all other practices..
That is the essence of the vision I used in the video..
Once for over one and a half years, I conducted workshops for small kids from kindergarten to grade 5 mainly in their school class rooms and occassional workshops for all ages. That experience developed my skills more than all other practices..
That is the essence of the vision I used in the video..
