Friday Night Jams

Drawing to some Ghibli tunes...Totoro is a great, light-hearted and pleasant soundtrack to work to. Princess Mononoke brings on the drama! I'm still a little obsessed with the Mongolian eagle hunters (hunters WITH eagles, not hunters OF eagles!). The people, birds, and horses are all gorgeous...some freaking great photography of this area. Forgot to do more than one WIP shot, as you might be able to tell I tend to layer on sketches until I reach a composition/setup I like then start blocking in.

Quickie

New macbook pro arrived this week in all its thin, sleek, shiny glory! In addition to being shiny, it also runs photoshop WAY fast. It's a complete transformation from the 2-3 second lag I would often get with brushstrokes before. A quick and rough drawing, obviously inspired by the awesome photos going around of the young Mongolian huntress:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26969150

For some reason, nothing really beats good old 30-second gesture drawings. And NOTHING beats Pinterest's mobile app for browsing figure drawing reference. For me, it's a seamless way to keep up a good sketching run for an hour or more without having to constantly enter new searches and browse different sites.