Akiko’s dead blog - 1618-v1

I wish we had more time than 3 days. He has so much information to cover, and unless you actuallty do them as you go, it’s hard to retain. Still being concious of notan versus chuiraroscuro, we did some complimentary colors and green gel light. the scariest of them all - green gel from the right, and red gel from the left!

Today, we go into color. It is amazing the range of colors you can get with just the limited colors. Substituting veridian Green with Pthalo green and Alizeron Crimson with Rose madder was a new adjustment to me. Anyway, even with the addition of color, it is important to stick to your major statement - what Bill class “design matrix”.

Marshall’s animal drawing workshop is over. Usually after his workshops, I go into accoma due to info overload and brain malfunction. But this time I don’t have the luxury to because Bill Perkin’s workshop starts today!! August has been a heck of a workshop month.

today, we start with black and white. The idea of chiaroscuro and notan. Hi key and low key. Your major statement and secondary “stuff”

Tonight was the last day for this intense workshop. We covered neck and head, and other animals like cows, girraffe etc. Most of them are variations of horse and cats.

We were also introduced to H. Kley’s work. I had his book for a while, but I didn’t understand the significance and greatness of his work till today - after learning about animal anatomy etc.

Although I am glad the commute to Fullerton (during rush hours) is over, this was a workshop I wish didn’t end.

Today we covered the forlegs on several animals. It is amazing how similar our arms are to the cats.

We covered the hind legs in a comparative anatomy fomat. Also learned about big cats.

Below is the quick gesture drawings.

I am taking Marshall’s animal anatomy crash course at Fullerton. After intense note taking and drawing, the last 30 min is gesture drawing. This is where you forget all you learned and just draw from emotions.

3 day crash course on sequenial art

day 1: story
day 2: character
day 3: shot/panel design

More than enough information to blow up ones mind. and my mind did explode. At least I was able to get most of it written down on my notebook. I am not trying to be the greatest storyteller or anything. But it is such an important field for artist to understand. and eventually aid for my own story development. Some of my questions were answered, new questions emerged, and the list of movie titles to watch just got another foot longer.

The 3 hours spent this Sunday was one of the most insightful and substantial one I had in a while. THIS is the information I need.