Couple gestures from last night (3's)...

Gonna post some more demos from my CalArts class tonight.  Stay tuned!

Life Drawing for Animation demoz

UPDATE -- This post was featured earlier by Bryan Lee O'Malley himself as well as Drawn!  Wasn't expecting this, but I guess I'll be sharing more of my demos from now on!   -Stu

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Hey guys

So I've been teaching at CalArts for about a month now, about time I share some stuff.

This being my teaching debut, each class has included its fair share of experimentation on my part.  Above all, what's worked best for me are the storyboard-demos I open each class with, following a 25-30 minute gesture warmup.

Some random anatomy stuff (bones, muscles, joints) the students also keep as a printout for ref.: 

 

 

But I'm more concerned with how the parts move together, and how they are used practically as tools of expression -- maybe the most experimental part of the demos:

 

Talkin' about legs/feet and how they can express attitudes on their own:

 

Oh, and I did a stroke-by-stroke demo 2 weeks ago that included how I typically draw w/ gesture:

Just this week, I wrapped my demo with some work by other artists whose works are in coherence with the class' goals.  Loved putting this part together:

I have a feeling these demos will be completelyyy different in the coming weeks, but I look forward to sharing!

-Stu