Yesterday Master Drawing Japan presented a livestream from Japan in collaboration with the Creative Talent Network in the USA.
The two hour event named Kagura was a live drawing event presented as a motion story performed by Cay Izumi. Special guests participating were veteran Walt Disney animation alumni Glenn Vilppu and Ron Husband.
It was a spectacular event thanks to all the talent involved! More to come in the future!
VERY PROUD to announce that I will be holding my 1st Drawing Livestream event with CTN (The Creative Talent Network) this month, May 16th 7- 9 PM (PDT) / May 17th 11 AM -1 PM (JST)!
Invited guests to draw along with me will be world renown drawing instructor, Glenn Vilppu and the great animator, Ron Husband!
Join us as we demonstrate figure drawing to a supernatural tale performed by the very talented, dancer Cay Izumi. Click below to register and see you on the 17th!
I suggested the rice bag because it is a common tool for laying in a volume for the torso. Or as a tool for laying in forms that can convey expression in an animated way. Also it is helpful when people don't know "where to start" when drawing.
But then I heard some people are having problems regarding where to start when drawing the rice bag!
今回の記事では、「コメ袋」をどこから描き始めたらいいか、教えてほしいという声にお応えします。
Here are my suggestions: 私からのヒント:
Even though the rice bag can be a very appealing and even "cute" kind of tool, please don't forget that it is just a tool for showing the relationship between the ribcage and the hips.
If you are not sure where or how to start when drawing the rice bag, note the rhythm in the relationship between the back and the front. (Note I placed lines to emphasize the fact our rice bag friend is a 3-dimensional form)
If you are drawing the rice bag as a tool for animation or animated style characters, by all means allow yourself of "squash and stretch" the volumes to emphasize what is being expressed.
However if you are aiming to draw something a little more realistic, please be careful to keep your hard forms solid and save the squashing and stretching to the soft areas, the waist.
When you attach the limbs to the rice bag, whether it is a very cartoony character, or a "realistic" kind of character, don't lose the sense of rhythm.
Maybe my last and most important suggestion: when drawing the rice bag----ALWAYS bear in mind, "What is the gesture"? What is the figure doing? What is being expressed? If you do this, I am very confident you will be more successful in drawing your figures!