Sketches from an unfinished universe I created in college about the divided kingdoms of North and South Baring, which I used to create these characters for class now about ten years later. It was serendipitous! I found these old papers and descriptions of people and I had an assignment to design some 16th century science fiction characters that it was perfect for.
I am finishing up coloring them, so this is just a preview…
At the LA Zoo today. Now my feet hurt. :)
Still a WIP.
When it came down to it, I liked two value studies enough to continue on with both of them, even though I was sort of sure I was going to pick the one on the right. These are super helpful, even when (like me in this situation) you have a fairly specific idea of what you want. I’m going to work up the right bottom for the final painting. Even though she’s less in focus than the studies on the left, there’s something that feels right about that.
So, the real version of this is being done on illustration board with acrylics. I’ve toned the board purple and have started painting a few elements, so updates when there is a little more to see. :D
Some value studies for the Persephone painting. I like the top two, but they both have their merits, so not really sure yet. Luckily, I have a professor I can bother into helping me decide which works better. Or, please comment on which you like, pretty please!
These are from last term’s anatomy class where we mostly did long poses, so here are a few I like. All are at least 20 minute poses but some are 40 minutes (maybe 60, too – not sure). Best practice ever. I should do this at least every week.
Sketch for a painting I will be starting soon. It’s with acrylics (blaaaaaaargh), so let’s hope it goes well.
I love drawing skeletons! I hate drawing skeletons! Definitely skeleton-ed out (and then I had to draw muscles over top of it, yeesh).
A toast to king skeleton and his skeleton mistress!
Here is a very Sky Doll-inspired costume design I did for my final project in Costume Figure Drawing with Charles Hu (at Gnomon – wheeee! very fun class!). It’s a mash-up of evil queens, Renaissance/Elizabethan, Chinese wedding headdresses, sci-fi and such and was a preeeeeetty awesome open final project.
If you’re not familiar with Sky Doll, it’s a fantastic Franco-Belgian comic by the amazing team Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa BUT Marvel also translated it into English. If you like comics with amazing art and colors, then I think you might like it.
Some recent sketches from my moleskin, etc (and some really terrible margins on those scans!). I have a big thing for sketching with red pencil.
Courtney Trowbridge 