DrSketchy Drawings

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Jules Engel

Wow! I have sadly just come across this legend and a cornerstone of an artist. I strongly recommend you guys check out this link and read throughly each link. Amazing resume and what an inspiration.

New motion studies!

Bear motion studies.

Oh man, what can I say, by far these are the most amazing creatures and the ones I am most fascinated with studying besides the white faced gibbons! Otters are amongst the most active and interesting creatures I have seen yet. The silhouettes and shapes they create when moving are graceful and simple yet just awe inspiring. I hope the studies show a little bit of life and help visualize what I am talking about. The image above is studies of the otter's hands as they swim around, this is a under the water view. Basically, there are two floors in which you can view the otters, the top which obviously you can view the otters layer around the rocks, flipping around, pooping, etc. The bottom floor is the underwater view, which gets kind of annoying because let us say the otters decide to jump into the water and you want to see them. So you run down stairs and then only to find they resurfaced above the waters! It can get frustrating but let me tell you guys, if you can catch 'em when they are swimming it is worth every second of it!







Some of these studies only survive for about a quarter of the page horizontally because of the change of direction and the different paces and patterns the creatures decide to embark. Again, there is only so much I can record in matter of a few seconds...that is why with practice and more of my future zoo visits I will be able to train my eyes and get a lot better at recording their actions.
These are Nilgai (Boselaphus Tragocamelus, the scientific term for all of you who are all interested in knowing I am sure) motion studies, some are the front leg studies and some are the rear studies. I am thinking about recording their movements in parts and then when it is time to animate, I can piece them together later. This is because there is so much that is going on when the body moves and the mechanics of it all it is just mind blowing. As fascinating as it is just watching them I record the best I can with every single slightest subtle gesture that these amazing creatures make.
Wild dogs are amazing, their beautiful pattern camouflages them well with the ground. I should have captured those patterns but again I am trying to focus in on motion studies...period. As my friend Amanda said, I did have an unfair advantage drawing them because my dog basically resembles their almost identical anatomy ha ha. I did stick around for at least a good 20 or more mins trying to see if any activity would occur among them...but no luck, maybe on my next zoo visit.

New zoo drawings and dog gestures!

These are studies of my dog and I have been thinking lately of studying him and animating him in a stylized manner. It is really fun and challenging to capture a dog's pose when they are REALLY energetic! Great dog, great subject to draw, what else can I ask for. I am going to shoot for more running studies but again, boy is it tough to capture and record on paper when they take off!

Hey guys! This is the new zoo drawings I mentioned on a earlier posting. These all gesture studies and as I was drawing these, as before I think to myself that I should not just enjoy myself, sit back and just draw all day but actually put some thought effort into these drawings. That is not to say I do not think when I am drawing or sketching but as you will notice on some of these pages that I was trying to convey a sense of a animation study of the particular animal, draw poses in sequence and number them for the sake of motion study. I do feel I have improved over the last year or two when I have last visited the zoo consistently. I can not emphasize enough how important these animal drawings are for a animator. I have recently been thinking it is not simply enough to draw well but to convey and capture a sense of life in these gesture drawings. I will continue to heavily keep this in mind and post future drawings that will greatly present themselves as motion studies throughout my zoo visits. Enjoy!

Oldies!

Hey guys. These are a few drawings I did back in the '09 when I was in the zone and into drawing the zoo animals. However I did go to the zoo today and will have those drawings posted real soon! For now enjoy these drawings. I did buy another membership pass and I plan on stopping by the zoo a lot more than I have been...I have not been going for a year now...yikes! I've got a lot of catching up to do, along with zoo drawings, I will also be posting cartooning that I will create as I progress with zoo drawings and gestures of people along the way. The top two images are actually gestures I did while waiting to see the District 9 film for the third time with my parents, I could not get enough of that movie.

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