Drawing- Shape Mannequin-Immortals

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Inspired by the film IMMORTALS,  I discuss the power of shape to create more powerful poses and use a frame from the film to present the ideas.

Created on a Cintiq

This week's FORCE preview video!

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During this video about Guillermo’s drawings I discuss intention behind drawing. It all comes down to what you are thinking as you are drawing.

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Drawing- FORCE Gesture

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This video presents a few common ways with which students are taught gesture drawing.  As analyze these ways and define why they do not work as well as FORCE.  The end of this video shows to figures drawn from imagination using FORCE and the lessons taught at the beginning of the video.

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Drawing- How to draw the turning edge

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Using one of the drawing from the FORCE books, I further explain the use of turning edge and other tricks to seeing form more clearly.

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Ralph McQuarrie passes on

One of the world's finest concept artists, Ralph McQuarrie, passed away at 82.  Ralph was the father behind the visuals we all have been affected by in the original Star Wars trilogy.  I was seven when the first Star Wars film, A New Hope was released in theaters. At that age I was a prime candidate for the infectious and unforgettable moments that burned into my mind not only great moments in film but a new way of observing the world.

I have chosen this painting of Ralph's because I had the opportunity to view the original in the Star Wars show in San Francisco in 1995 and it reminds me of Yoda's wisest of lines in Empire. Words I still live by today.

A sad farewell and a most gracious thank you to Ralph for inspiring me.