Here is one page (of many) of poses from yesterday's class. If you compare this to my gesture sketches in earlier posts, you'll see that these are much more fluid and have better weight distribution, posture and... substance. It's crazy how much two hours in one little class can change so much. Thanks to Scott.

Like a sponge.

   Hey everyone. I just got home from my first figure drawing class taught by the very knowledgeable and skilled animator, Scott T. Peterson. Scott's animated for WB, Dreamworks, and Disney, and has taught animation around the world. He owns his own studio here in Provo, Utah, and also teaches classes. I called Scott about taking an animation class, but he isn't holding any in the near future. So he told me to come take his figure drawing class for now, and if we can get 4-5 people together he'll start up another animation class later. *exaggerated fist retraction*
   Anyway, I learned so much just in the first session of class that it's changed the way I'll draw from now on. It's like a dam broke and creativity is rushing through my brain. I can't thank Scott enough, and CAN'T WAIT till next class. (yes, the all-caps was necessary there...) Keep checkin the ol' blog, I plan on uploading a new idea I'm playing with.
   Oh, and I figured out a new way to scan my drawings that will make my uploads much more visible. Today's just a good day.

Dive dive dive!

Today I took the liberty of partaking in a mini-challenge over on the 11 Second Club Blog. The challenge was to animate a character on a diving board. I'm actually pretty happy with it.

This is always fun

Haven't done one of these in a while. I just sit and draw whatever comes to mind, or whatever passes into my field of vision.

Drawing from Life (kinda)

    I've been doing alot of figure drawing using this site: http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php. It's not as good as the real thing, but when the closest figure drawing group is thirty+ miles away, you improvise.

   Here are some 2 minute sketches.

And below are some 30 second sketches. These are the funnest to do. Since you only have 30 seconds, it forces you to stop thinking in terms like "arm", "leg", "neck", etc. and instead makes you focus on shape.