I drew the initial version of the lower-right mushroom from memory, which I realized to be too regular upon looking at the photograph while attempting to upload. I then modified the shape to be less regular and more natural/interesting.
The other two were drawn entirely from memory as I did not capture any photo reference.
February 17, 2021
Fungible memory
February 15, 2021
Fruits rest
I lost track of time drawing these two apples snugging on the bananas, and did not realize it was past my usual bed time.
February 14, 2021
Broken tires
A pile of broken tires around a construction site caught my eye on January 3 2021, especially the lower-left one in a twisted fold. But it was moved towards the fence before I got a chance to draw it.
February 11, 2021
Ugly apple
This apple has unhandled extraordinary vertices for its subdivision rules.
Ugly apple – pencil, charcoal, graphite, oil, and smudge #AdobeFresco
Even though shaped with
unusual subdivision,
still fresh and tasty.Happy new year! 新年快樂! pic.twitter.com/zaGinIAgYu
— Li-Yi Wei (@liyiwei) February 12, 2021
February 8, 2021
Vacant lot corner
Drawing is one of the few activities that can soothe me into a zone/flow, like hours before a SIGGRAPH deadline (before year 2011, the start of my diminishing marginal return).
February 6, 2021
Hand-rest profile
I drew this from referencing a magazine photo.
I did not know what I exactly wanted to do in the beginning and simply let the iterative process guide me.
February 5, 2021
February 3, 2021
Bright cloud
After experimenting with various brush types (oil, watercolor, charcoal, etc.), I realized that the best way to depict the fluffy cloud texture is smudge over the (black and white) strokes placed by whatever brush types.