The guy has a pair of tired eyes.
2019-04-19
2019-04-18
Quick sketch of an evening train passenger
In an attempt to correcting the nostril shape, I made it too dark.
2019-04-17
Quick sketch of an occluded face on an evening train
I couldn’t really see this face, so I drew based on reconstructing multiple partial views.
Vector abstraction
I am practicing abstraction with Adobe Illustrator (Draw): given a photo, how to represent it simplest (but not simpler).
Quick sketches of evening train sleepers
The first one took off the train when I barely started drawing his face.
I took off the train after briefly outlined the second sleeper, and completed the rest the day after.
2019-04-16
Vector drawing experiment
I simply draw over a photo in Illustrator Draw, export the .ai file to Illustrator CC Desktop, and export as an .svg file.
2019-04-13
塞翁失馬焉知非福
A few years back I was having a hard time deciding between two job offers from institutions X and Y. After joining Y, I found out that the hiring manager in X left, which, if I had joined, might have succeeded the position. I kept on thinking this is the first (and only) career mistake I have made, until I heard recently that the positions in X are funded temporarily and are being slashed.
Quick sketches in a museum and concert
The Rodin collection in the Stanford Cantor arts center is an excellent source for portrait drawing. The sculptures remain stationary (as far as I can see) with fascinating anatomical structures. The darker colored materials are more challenging to shade, so I started with the lighter ones.
I didn’t have time to double check the source (looks like this one); the museum guards were in a rush to kick me out after discovering me staying beyond closure.
I arrived early enough for a pre-concert talk. The lights were still on to greenlight my quick sketch of the conductor.
2019-04-12
Digital artist
A guy boarded at the Palo Alto Caltrain station and sat in the line of sight between me and my drawing subject a few rows away. After being assured that I was not drawing him and excited about our common profession in digital art, he enthused his experience about being one of the first artists using Photoshop and other tools, nearby art gallery sponsorship, etc.
After disembarking the train, I finished the original drawing from memory (notice the inconsistent perspectives and such).