Summer Drawing Day #58 & #60

I apologize for not updating yesterday, I just got really sick and spent most of the day sleeping... I did draw one thing, but I'm too happy with the turn out... so it won't be posted.
The day before, I tried taking my bike down to the gas station to fill up the flat tires (don't ask why), unfortunately the front tire was just dead flat, so I had to hike it up back home up a series of hills (true story). On the bright side, I was taught how to make tamago donburi, which turned out pretty good. In matters of drawing, I just did some figure traces... just to try to understand the gesture and structure of the human figure:

For today, I was feeling a little better. Whether I was or not, however, my family and I went to see my aunt and cousins in Berkeley. In between, I got a chance to draw a few people and some drinks in a Thai restaurant:

 I couldn't get the guy in the upper left correctly because he just packed up and left the minute I began drawing him out. The woman the upper right was a little easier, since she seemed too busy texting or playing around on her phone.

Summer Drawing Day #57

Today I decided to be a little productive and visit an old street I used to come by a lot as a middle school student and a high school student... still somewhat the same, though a few stores have been driven out of business (due to the economic crisis we are still in). I also got a chance to go through the park and draw a fountain in front of the Academy of Science:

Not too bad... the circular parts of the fountain were a little trick, based on proportions and whatnot...
Later, I redid the mugshots from yesterday, along with a little profile:

 The guy above is suppose to be an anamorphic polar bear, so I've been trying to work with his head and muzzle (I read somewhere that polar bear's heads are more narrow and cone shaped compared to a regular bear, who has more of a square head).
Honestly, doing these character designs seems wrong to me, yet I can't stop doing it... I guess it's probably because I'm really into kind of drawing.

Summer Drawing Day #55 & #56

Still counting the days as they go by. Yesterday, I wasn't too active... though I did check out Border's status in matters of selling everything at a shopping mall (they still have a long way to go). I just did a few traces of the human figure, along with a little trace of the hand:

Getting back to basics (such as gesture and structure) can help a little for real life figures.
For today, I went to another shopping mall, and managed to get in a few people:

Both of them seemed like they were texting or doing something on their phones (kind of a little symbolism in how the world is becoming obsessive over special cell phones). For both of them I was focusing a little too much on structure and getting their exact posture... which is why the gesture is pretty weak. Like my art professors would say, you have to exaggerate the actual pose in order make it real in a drawing.
Later today, I also did a little character design:

I might work on a little more on this tomorrow (Eclair is just there for comparison). I also might try to do a still life (though I might plan too many things and just do nothing in the end...). I'll let you all know in the next update.

Summer Drawing Day #54

For today, I did quite a bit of quick sketches and life drawings:

Record shows that I still have a lot to work on in matters of drawing people...

This one I had a little fun with, even though it was hard to get the exact folds of the flag which kept changing every few seconds.

The pigeon above was really tricky of course, lot of little kids would keep scaring them away... The lamp post was somewhat manageable, the background was a little difficult to get down in matter of perspective...

Summer Drawing Day #52

I know this is a bit late, but here's something I did yesterday while at a mall:

I personally like how the out line turned out, not the best looking plant, but still okay. The rest of the day I ended playing Guitar Hero and watching a Giants' game (4 to 2, Mets).
For today I've been a little busy, this morning I went to a little reunion with my high school cross country coach and one of my teammates. We had hot chocolate and talked about our personal lives, along with a few other random things. Later on, I went on a long walk with my dad, which kind of wore me out a little... I guess you can call this a mini vacation from drawing, but I will try to come up with something later on tonight and post it tomorrow. With school starting up again soon, I need to give it my all and be ready for new studio classes.

Summer Drawing Day #51

Can anyone believe how fast summer flies? Some may think it will last forever, but it ends right before you know it.
For today, I mostly just worked on couple's designs for a t-shirt design contest one of my friends is hosting. I'm not really expecting to win... I'm just entering for fun. Here's the design I did:

I sketched out first, then went over it in photoshop (I'm still a little newbie at making art with photoshop). It's pretty plain and simple, it's suppose to split right in the middle so the girl and the boy will be on a separate t-shirt.
I also did another couple design, based on old characters I came up with for an Academy of Art Animation class:

That was back when I didn't had any professional lessons on drawing or animation... Anyway, here's what I did with them today:

Maybe someday when I get better, I'll try remaking the animation, though that's still in the "maybe pile."
Tomorrow is going to be a sale in one of the last few Borders in the city... yes they are still alive (barely).

Summer Drawing Day #49 & #50

Yesterday and today I worked a little on character designs:

This character (Jenny) is best described as a "Disney Princess:" the one pretty girl who stands out from all of the other minor girls in the animation. To me, the key is to get the eyes right... plus make the girl somewhat attractive and innocent compared to a girl like this:

The bottom right is suppose to compare the two girls in looks and personality, though I didn't really try to hard... Next time I'll make a bigger drawing with better gesture and detail.
For today, because I had to get out of the house for quite a while, I got to do a little perspective in a mall:

It's suppose to be a ProActive vending machine, not my best perspective, but not too bad (compared to the last perspective I did). I did wanted to add more background and depth, but my pen was low on ink during the time...