Second Figure Myriad -completed-

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

This is going to be my second attempt to get into CalArts. I'll keep the explanation brief and just post my Photobucket link for now.

I'll revise this post later, as I have an English class to head off to, haha.

Note: Most of my good stuff right now is in like... The seventh or eighth page from the main page. The other titles you see on the side are sub portfolios of my drawings from last year.

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc28 ... udametkin/

I'll post the source images soon, and include titles in all of my sketches and more highly rendered drawings for your convenience, because I know I don't like searching through tons of crap to get to the better sketches and all. I'll be posting in Photobucket in a regular basis, so feel free to look out for more things.

And yes, I know I need to add color into my works.


Yay, one minute gestures:
































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Hand Stuff (one to ten minutes for each hand gesture):













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[stephen]

its refreshing to see some drawings that are a bit more classical this time

everyones just gonna say get more experimental so i wont even bother

do more stuff from everyday life

and loosen up a little more while your at it

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

Take a look at my one minute gestures from pages 6, 7, and 8. I think they may be a bit more loose. Those other drawings where an hour long, so I was working on structure and rhythm.

[stephen]

thats what i am talking about when i opened it i skipped right to page 7

theyre very complete for gesture drawings i thought they were closer to 2 or 3 minutes

ok well whatever the other stuff still sticks

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

Ah no, haha, they were all one minute stuff. I have some others that I can show you that I've done in faster times. That's what I'm mainly focusing on though. Very quick gesture work, and working on construction, anatomy, and technique.

My apologies for the misunderstanding. But yeah, I should get more experimental with colors, washes, inks, and other things of such variations. They're quite fun, and I take a figure drawing and sculpture class this year in my college. I'm also going to be taking a facial expressions class next semester and anything else I can get my hands on. I want to focus on the core basics so I can get more work done and make everything solid.

[stephen]

ok then well good luck to you with that i guess

and thats not necessary but feel free to post as much as you want

[KyleBaeta-Orick]

Hey man!

I love your stuff. They look very finished for one minute drawings, I'd like to see more of your finished figures they kind of look like some heads aren't quite as rendered as bodies etc. Some color and composition of your pieces never hurt either (placing your drawing in a part of the paper other than dead center.)

Keep on trucking man!
Kyle Baeta-Orick

[Kit]

I like these.

I think you need to start to worry about having a variety of certain kinds of drawings inside of your portfolio. These are all pretty similar. Start experimenting with colors and such. Don't be afraid to exaggerate.

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

So some things like this? And yeah, definitely. Your colors are amazing, so I'm going to get working on those. I'll post some of my newer sketches that I've done by the end of today and consistently try to update my portfolio or what I have as much as I can. I want to go to CalArts incredibly bad, so I want to learn as much as I can when I draw to improve myself instead of just bashing sketch after sketch pointlessly.

Plus, it'll be fun to fool around! Lemme grab some white out and see what I can do on tone paper or news paper like Sunny Delight did. She (He?)'s insane at all of those things.

[Kit]

A lot of these are really busy. I you can't look at it and tell what it is right away, don't put it into your portfolio. When I look at a lot of these, they don't read.

A lot of these are also still avoiding faces.

[stephen]

i understand what you mean by busy but i think doing that is educational and fun at the same time (though i dont if i would send it in or not)

[Kit]

Educational and fun, but not for a portfolio. Not saying they don't have their purpose, but don't put them into your portfolio. Don't.

Things like that you do, take what you can from them and apply them. Don't send those in.

Not that they're bad, but if we can't tell what it is and if it's overly busy, what's the point. The reviewers aren't gonna look really hard on these.

[stephen]

ok well that sounds pretty logical. i was just saying that its a good tool and not to throw it away thats all.

[AlexAguilar-Rudametkin]

I'm aware of that. I don't plan to either. This was just an exercise of mine to use form and mass together, and practice with charcoal.

But I'll be sure to try not to make it not as busy for the real portfolio. After the portfolio review, I'll begin constructing my actual sketchbook and portfolio to send in, and keep you guys updated. For now I'm practicing for my own self benefit, and seeing how you guys respond.

I'm so glad that I'm not critiqued by how I'm not using bold lines, or not being able to "see the figure" and now it's more of small technicalities to really refine something down to make it presentable.

[BubbaGump]

Hey dude! Nice stuff going on here. I love quick gesture stuff. Yours hands look really good too, but I have problems with these two:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc28 ... oto160.jpg

^^The rest of the hand is ok, but the thumb looks anatomically impossible (unless you're double jointed, then I redact that statement).

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc28 ... oto173.jpg

This one really looks weird to me as well. The foreshortening of the pinky is off. The first half of the finger should be hidden under the palm. And I tried that pose and my pinky bends starting from the middle joint upwards, not the fingernail joint. The other fingers look really spidery and freaky as well.

But that's all. I feel very passionate about hands. I hope you don't mind. Gestures are badass!