In order Left to Right: Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3
In order from Left to Right: Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6
Overall, I do a pretty good job of including the whole figure on the page. In a few gesture drawings that weren't pictured, I did have to cut off parts. Figure 4 above doesn't include the whole figure because we were focusing on the pelvis with that drawing. Figure 1 is one of my very first drawings, before we covered the long contour (starting in Figure 2), so it's the only one which doesn't really use anatomical landmarks. Figure 6 uses cross contour lines as well as the landmarks. Line variation is something I'm working really hard to improve. I like to outline objects and that makes my drawings start to look flat. I think I started to get better at this in Figure 6. Figure 4 seems to look more like an illustration, but I liked it so I included it. While drawing, I notice that I tend to match the angle of my hips to the model, or at least get close. I also need to work on exaggerating the angles so it looks more believable.
Long Drawings
In order from Left to Right: Figure 7, Figure 8, Figure 9
I feel that Figure 7 is strong because of how hard I tried to get the proportions correct. I also liked that I added a little shading. I included Figure 8 because of the muscles on the back--I like how they turned out. I also think I did well with line variation. Figure 9 is my favorite drawing that I've done so far. The proportion is slightly off, but I tried to get the muscles that I could remember in as well as the general shapes of those we hadn't learned yet.
Mannequin
From Left to Right: Figure 10, Figure 11, Figure 12, Figure 13
I think the strongest feature of Figure 10 is the abs, and I think I could improve the tendon that runs down the middle. The strongest of Figure 11 is the twist in the neck muscles, but I feel the proportions could be better for the back muscles. In Figure 12, the thigh muscles could be thinner to fit together better, but I like how the sartorius turned out. In Figure 13, I feel that I did the glutes well and that the muscles around the back of the knee could be improved.
The most interesting post I've found so far is this one by Matt from my group. I've used illustrator only a small amount and I find it really challenging. I've basically only been able to accomplish lines and text so far.
It's nice to see what I've been doing in class all in one spot. I find the general layout and amount of text displayed on a blog frustrating. I'm a web design student, and blogs seem to go against most of what I've learned about creating a good web page. I can't really show it to a future employer because while I did create the work, he or she would also be looking at the site itself, and I need to create a real website. I would like to post about website aesthetics, suggested amount of content, and other things like that. If I could give an assignment to the class, it would be to tell a little about themselves.
My image quality is the best I can get, while not owning a digital camera and not always having my roommate available to use hers. The quality of my writing, I think, is pretty good. I probably don't always spell check as much as I should, though. Due to lack of time, I haven't really been commenting on my other group members blogs, and they haven't been commenting on mine. I haven't replied to the comment I got. We did talk a bit in class during the maniken building times, which was helpful. I haven't been able to blog about non-class related subjects. As a professional artist, the blog doesn't represent me well because I'm just learning figure drawing. Looking at the work, someone would probably think I'm not a good artist because the drawings aren't that great.
