as a next step from drawing with references (including live subjects and captured photographs)
2019-11-09
2019-11-04
Creation is a dialog
About a decade ago, Evvia felt like a place for old people to me.
It was livelier a few days ago when I visited again.
I wondered what has changed and realized maybe I got old.
Artistic creation and scientific research share many similarities, such as picking the right subject/topic, and trusting the iterative process.
When I start a research or drawing, I usually do not have a very concrete idea of what I want to do, at least for more innovative projects. (If I can see a clear road-map from the beginning, the project is incremental.)
Just start doing something, and the process will guide me.
I did not really want to draw this one but felt compelled to finish the third of the Evvia series.
2019-11-01
Deadline ruining your holiday?
I never understand why people want to complain about how deadlines ruin (their specific) holidays.
Everyone is free to finish the job before the holiday even if the official deadline is afterwards.
I remember Hugues Hoppe told me that he usually had a complete draft of his submissions before late December, and in one instance he didn’t even touch the paper between X’mas and the January deadline.
Nowadays, one can submit to ToG anytime and still present in SIGGRAPH; I am not sure what is the real difference. And there are other related venues like CHI or CVPR.
Personally, SIGGRAPH crunch is kinda fun for me, so I won’t mind one way or another.
2019-10-28
Evening train sleeper
This dude sat across the aisle on the train. I pondered a bit whether he is interesting enough to draw as I brought my iPad to work for charging.
2019-10-27
Night driver
I have been fascinated by the light and shadow effects on a driver’s face at night from the passenger side view.
The stroke textures can influence the perception of the face.
2019-10-20
Cafe reader
I pencil sketched and oil painted this composition based on two reference photos I took two days earlier. (I have yet to try physical oil paint.)
The subject came into the cafe, pretended to look at the menu on the wall, and sat down at a table to read a book.
2019-10-13
Broken bridge
While sitting on a tree stump to draw this broken bridge, two deers ran right pass by me.
2019-10-12
Taking comments
I guess the key challenge for taking comments/suggestions from others is being rationally open and yet emotionally close, to make positive improvements without negative feelings.
Procreate
I installed and drew with Procreate last night.
In the background story, the founder said about their process of setting up Savage Interactive and developing Procreate:
“I grew up quite poor, so for me risking everything was a very natural thing. I thought, well, if it doesn’t pay off, I’ve been here before and I’ll be fine.”
(You might need to read that story from the App store as the web version might not be complete for some reason.)