I did these sketches of our district superintendent during a school board meeting. He's a lively speaker, with great facial expressions. He was in constant motion, so I tried to pick a few characteristic expressions, just the way an animator might look for key frames.As I sketched, I wrote down the quotes verbatim.
this guy looks like a ball of nuttyness
ReplyDeletelol did he notice?
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ReplyDeleteReminds me of my grade 6 teacher. He was a meany to me. When ever the children teased me relentless, he never bothered to do a thing. He was always doing magic tricks and jokes. Personally, his jokes sucked and his magic tricks were of the same quality.
ReplyDeleteI have an old pic of him stuffing his face with an ice cream at the zoo.
Don't ask me why I took the pic but I guess for future reference.
These are amazing. I always carry around a small sketchbook to draw people, too, but maybe I'm too stuck on making it exact or something. Should I study more anatomy or something? I am usually just hoping people stay still long enough, or face in the same direction so that I can get their features
ReplyDeleteHi, Pennington--
ReplyDeleteI think the key is to work small if the subject is moving. These head shots are less than an inch and a half tall. What always surprises me is that people who move a lot always come back to the same poses again and again, so if you have several poses going, you can work them all together.
Thanks a lot! mine are smaller too. Can I show you some of my recent sketches and see what you think? my url is in the name.
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