Speedpaintings

Some basic composition brainstorming I did for a lecture on concept art I will be doing soon. Took about an hour for both... Why is it always harder when you're on the spot??

Scrapbook 23/01/12

Totally been going back to basics lately. I've been watching a lot of videos on the 'Reilly' method of anatomy drawing. It's something I've used before but never really taken the time to learn. It's uber-relaxing to sit and practise for hours as well, and I'm getting some real sense of improvement :) 

I'd totally recommend practising these shapes, regardless of your skill level or discipline. You can find a rough guide (taken from the imaginefx anatomy issue) here:

http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/CAP113_tut_bodies.pdf

Here's some mindless brain spew as well. Whenever I feel stressed from looking for CG work, doing CG work, worrying about CG work, nothing is more relaxing than picking up a pencil/wacom and spilling your mind onto the paper...