Words, Art & Science by Anthony Francis
More sketches from Wizard - How To Draw: Basic Training. I was curious about what happened to Wizard, and it apparently imploded with the big move to the Internet - just like many Internet publications imploded with the move to regurgitated garbage hidden behind sociopathic paywalls. But I'm not bitter.
Drawing, on average, every day.
-the Centaur
Even thought this illustration in Goldman was designed to show off the viewfinder idea, it is useful for my "drawing every day" purposes because it has an unchosen subject that requires new rendering techniques. Getting the texture of the viewfinder right is tedious, and it looks like I took a hammer to this guy's thumb on the left. But it came out kinda nice regardless, and stretched my drawing muscles.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
The cleaned version of what I posted yesterday.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
In case I don't get internet access in time to post the cleaned version, here's a peek at Drawing Every Day 2024 number 136:
Yes, I am literally drawing every coherent illustration in the Goldman book, even if they are not intended as drawing exercises. This forces me to stretch with more complex compositions, and broadens the drawing eye.
Drawing every day, posting when I have Internet.
-the Centaur
Mixing in some comics-style illustrations based on Wizard How to Draw Basic Training ...
Drawing, on average, every day; posting every day that I can.
-the Centaur
I thought about riffing on M. C. Escher by having the object being viewed in this finger viewfinder turn out to be another finger viewfinder, but I have neither the power nor inclination to follow the Hungarians beyond the Rhine. Still, I am feeling better about this drawing series as it progresses.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
More Goldman studies. Starting to feel a little three-dimensionality to the shapes; I should start leaning into that, as I think that's a limitation of both my drawing and my viewing eye.
Drawing every day (on average).
-the Centaur
More from Wizard How to Draw. These stick figure exercises are starting to prove very effective in helping me break down human figures so I can draw them more accurately, so I guess I'll keep doing them.
Drawing, on average, every day.
-the Centaur
Somehow I'm feelin' "intrinsic plantar foot muscles" a little bit less than "palpable bony landmarks".
Still, it gives me more idea what's going on beneath the bottom of the foot.
Drawing every day (on average).
-the Centaur
More Goldman studies. I don't know about you, but "palpable bony landmarks" sounds vaguely salacious or Lovecraftian, and I can't pin down which. It certainly is a phrase that writers would put in their folder of "neat sounding words and phrases that someday I hope I can do something with".
Drawing every day (on average), posting as regularly as I can.
-the Centaur
more from "wizard how to draw basic training", drawing (on average) every day.
running out of buffer here, good that tomorrow is a catch-up day
-the centaur
More Goldman studies. Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
A relatively simple-looking drawing from Wizard How to Draw, but deceptively hard to get right.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Dorsal, meaning the upper part, foot, meaning that thing you stand on.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Yes it will. Though it may be a while, the entire point of Drawing Every Day is to restore my confidence in my drawing so I can resume my webcomics.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Pictured: Part of Xiao's work outfit from her summer job, resting atop Xiao's supercomputer.
When I sat down to draw today, I realized I'd never filled in the frontispiece and first page of my sketchbook because I was intimidated. SO! I set out to overcome that today. What you see above is as good as I can reproduce this without actually running it through a scanner - I am currently capturing these drawings by photographing them with my phone and then Photoshopping them into shape, not because I'm opposed to scanners, but because I'm trying to eliminate sources of friction that might prevent me from drawing and blogging the drawings every single day. Below is a closer picture of what the original looked like:
The red of the notebook front makes it hard to scan, but I think you get the gist. I used to do this with all my notebooks, but when I broke my arm (almost two decades ago now!) it broke my confidence, and eventually I stopped doing it. But the solution is to keep doing it - and to carve out enough time to draw so you have the time to do it, and not to feel bad about the time you have to take to do it.
Drawing every day, and getting confident enough at it to personalize my notebooks.
-the Centaur
Xiao, the protagonist of my stalled webcomic f@nu fiku, out for a jog.
More Goldman studies. Interesting how complex the foot is - in some ways, even more so than the hand, though that its deceptive (the hand's quasi-regular structure contributes to its flexibility).
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Quick sketch from Goldman, with the relevant tendons photoshoped in with blue. It says foot muscles, but that was just the title of the section; the blue itself is are tendons in different states of flex.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Late, tired, bed - but I feel like things are getting back on track, with Nano and Drawing Every Day up to date.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Outta time, and my notebook wasn't even on me. So you get a quick Photoshop sketch. Real drawing resumes once Camp Nano is over.
Still, drawing every day.
-the Centaur
