D.M.A.C. Update

Drawmore Massive Art Collaberation:
Here are some updates for last months art collaboration on instagram.

Hair concept

Under suit draft concept

Final design draft of suit elements

Final coloring of suit elements

Final design of coloring and textures

Threshold concepts: Structure

When learning the  fundamentals in drawing, there are gateways that the student must pass through in order to fully comprehend them.  I call these gateways threshold concepts. They are very important because they mark the students degree of understanding and performance. Here is an example I put together of a typical journey a student must go through in order to comprehend the fundamentals of structure.

Level Zero: The student has no idea about structure and is simply winging it. this leads to very inconsistent success.
Level One: The student is beginning to comprehend what structure is and drawing success is getting more consistent. 
Level Two: The Student is further developing the concept of structure but is still not quite getting it fully. The drawings are getting better and more consistent.
Level Three: The student finally, fully comprehends the concept of structure and has a solid drawing. Now that the student has passed through the threshold of understand the concept of structure, drawing consistency goes way up! A bonus is that the student actually thinks differently now that they have passed through this threshold.

Use this example as a gauge for yourself and how well you understand the fundamentals of drawing.

Proportions of the head Part 1

When I need to design a character's head, I pay special attention to the proportions. I first divide my head in half and place my eye line, which follows the lower eye lid either above, below or right on the mid line of the head. This gives me a variety of heads to choose from! What happens to every thing else when I change the eye line level? Join me next week when I go into proportions of the head in further detail!