Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Sketches from Maine

So I'm back from my week long family reunion/anniversary party in Maine. I got a lot of quality time with my Mom, brothers, as well as various cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents. Everything went perfectly. One highlight was getting to see a bald eagle fly right past the house on lake Maranacook where we were staying. This was a first for me, and I was very excited about it. Also got tons of fresh seafood which is always a plus...anyway enough reminiscing about last week, here are the sketches I did while up there. I didn't really take the time to do any candid life sketching, but I enjoyed these little beasties I concocted:




This first guy, i started drawing some sort of dinosaur, then decided to make it more interesting by adding in human features in it....I then kept that for my theme and created this human-dino hybrid creature. It's a little eerie to look at, but it was fun to do.





Next we have this little guy. I have no idea what he is...I just thought he was cute :)




Next we have this canid. I really liked the pose I put him in, and thought the expression was too good to not add something for him to be reacting to.



Now we have a graphic approach to a barn owl (Tyto alba). I started with the outlined shape on the left side, and tried to finish the form without disrupting the simplicity of the outline. I tried to contain as much of the character as I could inside that shape.



And finally, I got bored while waiting for my dinner at the Chick-A-Dee restaurant in Turner, Maine with some couple dozens of family members.  I drew this creature trying to keep the idea in mind that I wanted to create a monster that didn't resemble any living animal. It's really tough to do, and it's something I'm always trying to practice here and there. I particularly liked the idea of having suction-cup like legs, and a pair that sprout from the tail.

3 comments:

  1. These are great! I would love to see the last creature animated. It's movement on the side of a cliff would be awesome.

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  2. Not sure how I stumbled on this, but I like your drawings. That first guy reminds me of how Gollum looked in the Rankin Bass Hobbit movie. Cool blog. :)

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  3. Thanks for the kind words! I never thought about that but totally see what you're saying. Cheers!

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