Motivarti

Hey folks in the LA area. I'm doing a mentorship program through Motivarti. Be sure to check it out, there is a great roster of mentors through the program.

"Rad How to" book

Hey folks out there! So I want to make a book by comicon with all new tutorials and examples from my own work. Here is an example of how it would look. if this is something you would like to see, please leave a comment. I want to get a gage of how many people would want this. thanks!

there are probably a million ways to start a drawing, here are a few things I start with. The photos were taken by Mucha as reference for his paintings.

Figure invention class notes

Here is a small sampling of the notes for my figure invention class:

Rhythm

Using "S" curves to show corners

interlocking

Life drawing notes

For my life drawing class, we start with shape slowly measuring out the placement of things using straight lines. Then we deal with form in this manner.

Fall Enrollment for CDA

I"ll be teaching Figure invention and Story development this term at CDA. You can sign up now here

Story class lecture

Here are some really general story notes from my storyboarding class (Note, this is the structure for most animated films, characters like James Bond don't have a need, just a want. Ususally the kill the bad guy):

Gesture drawing demo

Here are two demos for my Figure invention class. For three of the weeks, I bring in a costumed model for gesture drawing. I try to get people to add a background and some sort of story. I feel like if you get in the habit of doing that, it elevates your drawings to something more. even if you are doing just character design or just doodling.

quick sketching

Can you tell what I'm boarding on:

Class 4 demo

and my notes from story class. this really won't make sense without the lecture.