Fioness Muse

Incite: Walking in the Spirit [Tues Nov 25, 2008]

2008-11-25T13:29:00.000-08:00

Walking by the Spirit

As of Late I have not been keeping my mind pure. And whatever is in your mind will come into being sooner or later.

So God showed me this to meditate on:

Galatians 5

I usually Read ESV but I've found it is paired well with the Amplified bible.

(Side Note: Each Version, as we cannot all read and understand the original text, is the same as a photo of a person. Each angle photographed gives new information yet lacks the vantage of another angle. The way to envision the whole person without seeing them first hand is to view as many angles as possible. I frequent biblegateway.com for this.)

ESV

16But I say,(AD) walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify(AE) the desires of the flesh.

17For(AF) the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other,(AG) to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

18But if you are(AH) led by the Spirit,(AI) you are not under the law.

19Now(AJ) the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions,(AK) divisions,

21envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that(AL) those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22But(AM) the fruit of the Spirit is(AN) love, joy, peace, patience,(AO) kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23(AP) gentleness,(AQ) self-control;(AR) against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus(AS) have crucified the flesh with its(AT) passions and desires.

Amplified

16But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).

17For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.

18But if you are guided (led) by the [Holy] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.

19Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency,

20Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies), 21Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,

23Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [[f]that can bring a charge].

24And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.

25If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit [g]we have our life in God, let us go forward [h]walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]

Some Definitions I wasn't previously aware of:

dis⋅sen⋅sion --1.strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.

for⋅bear⋅ance -- 1. the act of forbearing; a refraining from something. 2. forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.

con⋅ti⋅nence -- 1. self-restraint or abstinence, esp. in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation. (Pretty specific huh?)

I got a new revelation about what the word "Law” refers to in the bible. It seems to have many meanings depending on context. While I have always read it just as the religious law that the Hebrews had to live by I've realized that it means so much more.

"Law" can be seen also as entropy. It can be seen as the natural order that deals us our due. It is in Human law as in physical law. (If you cheat on a test and fail it’s not Gods Wrath its just that you stepped out of order.) It is sort of like how it just rains. It is chance. It is “karma.”* In many cases it just IS.

So the natural “come-upings” for the practices of our Human Nature without God are the result of the Law. The full brunt of the effect is left to chance.

But the Fruits of the Spirit: ( 23…Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge]. ) Do not bring a negative effect (though they can cause resistance.) Not just that but they also allow us to step out of the restraints of chance, into Gods favor.

So therefore the practices of our flesh (human nature without God) only bind us more and more to the misfortunes, hardships and entropy of the world.

While the fruits of the spirit (our human nature in Gods image) serve as a ticket to a higher level. We can reach our dreams. We can move through life with greater ease, more favor and deeper purpose.

This is foolishness to the mind of our fleshly human nature. Only by letting our mind be renewed by the nature of God’s image (by actively following his example of purity and changing our ways) can we comprehend and tap into this “magical realm,” just as the internet is invisible and intangible until we get a computer and a wireless card to access it.

-R

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Response by LArry Wittien,

I think you are on to something concerning the Karma thing. How about this: God created the universe before the curse of sin fell upon it. So, our imperfect responses to life cause spiritual and natural outcomes that could be called karma. Also, because of the universe's 'fallen state' random bad things happen to both good and bad people. Those 'bad things' are not necessarily karma or reaping from a past action, or God's judgment they just happen. The Bible says somewhere, "The rain falls equally on the just and unjust." And, as you point out, our only way to avoid bad karma is to walk by the Spirit.

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Be Brave! ^_^

2008-11-16T09:58:00.001-08:00

The following is something I actually wrote to myself while I was praying but I thought I would share it. ^_^

Bravery is getting up and doing what is right in spite of how you feel or what you think is right.

If we wait to feel or think differently about what is going on or what is happening we will never get up because once our feelings have changed it means we missed the fight.

And you are stronger than you think. Bravery acknowledging it by using your strength even if you don't believe it is there. That is what Faith is. Faith is bravery in God's love. Knowing that despite the current "sensation" of life he has not changed. And the God that has blessed you and smiled on you in the past is still beaming just as brightly. The only thing that has changed is that we have become complacent to the cloud over shadowing your mind.

But you must remember, grit your teeth and get up and fight the long hard fight. When you keep getting up eventually the situation might not change (visibly yet,) the sensations might not change, but you realize that for a while you have been numb. That the pain feels more like the memory of pain instead of a sharp immediate sensation. You come to realize that where you used to grow faint, though the weight has actually increased, you are not so bothered by it. You find you can lift more, walk longer, fight harder, take more blows. But to get to that place you have to keep getting up, keep taking the blows, and keep walking until you have been doing it for so long that you can't figure out exactly when it was that things changed inside you, but that they defiantly have because you are a different person; capable of so much more than you were before.

To get a new level and become something more, God asks to leave our comfort zone,] And Yes it is hard. But we are capable of doing it. You must do it or you will become the thing you hate. Complacency, the shallowness, materialisticness, selfishness are the symptoms of a condition called "Comfort Zone". Most of the world lives in the comfort zone. Some peoples comfort zones are actually horrendous. Addiction, violence, sensuality, poverty, bitterness etc, these are comfort zones that are bathes of corrosive acid eating away at the occupants hearts until some basically lose it entirely and lose their soul. when you look into a person's eyes and they are hallow this is what has happened. And in many the empty eyes is the only outward sign (and only those who can discern) of this unfortunate inner process.

Extreme I know, radical yes, but to quote Unusual Suspects, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist."

Convincing the world that the problem isn't that bad, and even worse that it unchangeable.

WHAT A LIE!!!

But that is all that the devil can do anymore. Is Deceive. Jesus broke his back on the cross and all he can do is slither around and convince the world that he still has that power that we still can become our own gods. He still truly believes this as he cannot fathom the mind and heart of God. But he is powerless!

Don't be deceived either for the threat and danger of the enemy is great indeed. But one MUST understand that what is actually going on is we humans have all the power and dominion in this earth. WITH OUR WORDS WE CAN CHANGE THE NATURE OF MATTER AROUND US!!! Because we are made in Gods Image! WE ARE BUT GOD'S OWN BREATH INHABITING ONCE LIFELESS DUST!!!

"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made. 4 In him was life and the life was the light of men, and the darkness has not overcome it." "14 And the Word became Flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the Only Son from the Father, full of Grace and Truth." (John chapter 1 - the entire chapter is good.)

These verses are incredible! Why? Because the profound truth of it is that everything that is in this universe, the electro-microscopic particles that make up sub-atomic particles is the Humming VOICE of God. The Word of God. Then "the word of God" The bible is the smallest glimpse into this hum, this energy, this pattern, design, truth, Light! But is is what we can handle and what he gave us. But you see we are God's breath. By his grace we exist. He need only hold his breath but a moment and all that exists will cease to be.

SO! You see we humans have all the power as the Devil is an angel fallen from glory and is not the made in the likeness of God and is not made of Gods breath.

What has happened, is happening, is that humans have accepted the deception and given themselves over as puppets of darkness. Allowed the Devil to hold the strings when in fact there ARE NO strings and evey movement we make of our own accord.

So if this is SO true and SO horrible, why have we let it happen? Why are so many people walking to hell with a hand basket in their arms?

One simple, brutal and underestimated reason, Comfort.

It is easier to accept the status quot, to not put up a fight, to go with the flow, to see ourselves as victims who can only get by in this horrible world until we cease striving.
Now Comfort seems innocent but it is not. It is a stand in for PEACE. Just as happiness is a substitution for Joy.
Comfort is the product of your environment. So we seek an environment to produce and maintain our comfort. This leads us from confrontation.
PEACE is not changed by the environment or circumstances.
Happiness changes from moment to moment and is finite. Joy (which can only be had in God) is not of this world therefore not dependent on circumstances. This is why the disciples rejoiced, even when they faced torture and death in prison.

"4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your reasonableness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition (constant, gentle coming to God), with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." Philippians 4 (NIV)

You see all that God has made, that is pure and Good, has a counterfeit that can be had in the Comfort Zone.

Comfort - Peace, Happiness - Joy, Lust - Love. Etc...

The devil is clever and has constructed systems (all put up by willing human hosts) that provide these counterfeits in ready supply; But it is just to keep us sedated, to keep us from questioning the lie. And We with OUR MOUTH voice the lie, others hear it and voice it too.

God's breath in us, which had the power to create all things, but that he gave us freely with FREE WILL, gives us the power to alter the world around us. Actually Alter it! What we speak is created. If we speak the lie then WE CREATE THE LIE. This is why we are held responsible for all of our actions, we do not realize what power we have.

BUT IF WE SPEAK THE TRUTH THEN WE CREATE THE TRUTH. And the truth is revealed to us in Gods Word. It is the rope lowered from above to bring us up out of this limited plane of an existence.

So as above in Philipians 4 we see that it is a promise, but a promise attached to a formula, a series of steps that must all be completed together (and only through the Grace of God which he gives us freely out of his love and we can access by simply tacting out of our trust in him) in order to bering about the promise which is peace (that surpasses understanding because it is not of the world that our mind was born in and limited to.) We see also that the verse requires us also to mediate on God's attributes to reformat our limited mind so that it can process and comprehend what GOd has for us. And then in the last part we are required to practice, to do in the physical world not just in theory or in our mind, knowing that it is true, or in our hearts feeling that it is true and real. We must DO it. "Faith without works in nothing."

So it comes back to Bravery. Bravery is what takes these heart-warming ideas and makes them more than a momentary emotional kick.

At times you will not feel like it or think that it is worth it but Bravery, Faith, is calling your muscles into action, moving your limbs, opening your mouth, getting up, walking away from a dangerous situation, walking to, physically going to a positive situation, one we need (church, quite time, or simply working hard or doing something that God put in us that is pure and we love.) We cannot do it in our minds or our hearts (though it begins there) we can only DO it with our body as an act of Faith. We must actually do it We will always have a different thing on our minds, day to day we will feel differently because our mind and body were born and raised into this earth. But we always have the choice to have our brain to send nerve pulses to different parts of our body and command it to go here or there, do this or don't do this.

"13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed." (James 1:13-14 (NIV)

Temptation has this stigma that leads us to think of maliciousness sin and passion. But it is more simple and strait forward than that. It is not a sin to be tempted as it is merely a question, a request, or a suggestion to DO something that is not in the image of God, that is not of the attributes of his character. Simply enough. Not doing something is still an action. More often than not we say to ourselves "Well At least I do not do this or that." There is always some bad thing out there that we haven't done. But we have chose to NOT DO something that we should have. Inaction has just as much impact on the world as action does because in truth there is really no such thing as in action. We cannot not do something. {Example: If I tell you not think about an Apple you will first think about an apple then try and erase it from your mind. But if you say, picture an Orange. for that moment you weren't thinking about the apple. Unless you mind is just stuck on the apple -_0 but you see we are incapable of not doing something, we can only do something else. )

So On a day to day basis we are given choices in how to act. As we get to know God better we are given greater options than our usual choices. We realize that we are not so limited or chained down as we once thought as we can accept and tap into Gods Grace.

"13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." (1 Cor 10:13)

God knows who we are and what is within the parameters of how he made you so he will only ask you to do something just out of the reach of what you believe to be your absolute limit. God is a good God he will not ask the world of us he will only ask for ALL of us. Which is to say: just beyond the limit of everything we can actually give to him at any given moment. This requires Us to Depend on God to make up the Difference. Often times we become disillusioned because we expect more of ourselves than God has actually asked. Sometimes we expect something of ourselves that is not actually congruent with our character but might seem right overall because it is right for people we know or observe. The only way to get past this is to, in our day to day relationship with God, ask him to reveal to us more and more who we actually are (not what the world has projected on us.) We must ask and listen for him to tell us just how far we are to go and ask and expect for the strength to reach just a little bit farther than we ever thought we could from situation to situation, as we grow with him.

Yes it is hard, Yes it is Dangerous, Yes the Enemy is Real, Yes it will be Painful at times. BUT It is worth it. Not just because we "have our reward in heaven" Really who want to wait that long?

No. Our walk with God, despite the trials and difficulties and hardship we endure, will allow us to transcend these things. The situation may or may not change but as we grow,( and yes it is a process, just as water smooths a stone (though God can and will often accelerate this process)) we will find that we are more and more free, stronger, stouter, and able to see farther than we used to from a lower standpoint before we started the climb. We will find that we will change inside, THEN change the situation around us not the other way around. Walking with God, enables him to make this transformation in us so that WE can, through him, transform the world around us.

"14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens,Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4

God is not asking us to do this all in one day, he is asking us to just acknowledge him in little moments during the day, to take as many opportunities as we can to learn more about him and spend time with others on this same path. To radically seek to let go more, and more of things that are harming us and replace those things more and more with Gods attributes. He is not asking us to do the impossible but to actually get up and DO the things that are just outside of our ability and expect him to be there with us.

God is Right there next to You. Be Brave! Be patient, endure and Expect to see God's awesomeness become more and more apparent in your life. ^_^

Anthro's 0_0

2008-09-07T22:07:00.000-07:00

Painted while waiting in the airport. Me as a Fioness. >_<

Rough sketches of my Fursona.

Cool Hat -_0

Koshi Watercolors

2008-09-07T22:05:00.001-07:00

More of Koshi, this time in watercolor -_0

Fun Sketching with Friends

2008-09-07T21:58:00.000-07:00

Hanging with my sister Lily in Berkley and talking about my graphic novel in progress.

More WW1 sketches.

Hanging with K-Kat and Amanda at the Brand Library in Glendale. This Library branch was entirely made up of art books. Too cool. 0.0

"Mandrews" drew this one. Just one of hundreds of drawings that covered the floor after "jack sessions." (a period of time in which no work is accomplished but sides are split from laughing) What can I say, I love Batman.

"Cute and Quite; like Batman." -Leo M

The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Sketching

2008-09-07T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sketching While Walking around Fishermans Wharf

2008-09-07T20:44:00.000-07:00

So I decided to do what Ted Ty suggested a while ago. And that is to walk and draw people that just passed by without stopping. It was a good exersise and was alot of fun. I want to do it again in the future.

Sketches: Pushing Faces 1

2008-09-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

Mannequins in the SF mall. I came to understand alot more about shadows from drawing them.

Random: Stereo Gram

2008-01-28T22:14:00.000-08:00

cross your eyes and look between the two images until a third image appears between the two. I should look 3d. =)

Art: More Sketches

2008-01-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

Art: Void Walkers Film Characters

2008-01-23T12:31:00.000-08:00

Art: Sketches

2008-01-23T12:16:00.000-08:00

Art: Illusion Post Fin

2007-11-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

Art: Film Concepts

2007-11-17T18:01:00.001-08:00

Art: Sketches

2007-11-17T17:57:00.001-08:00

Art: DVD Cover Commission in Progress

2007-11-12T19:23:00.000-08:00

I'm creating this for my friend Aidyn's senior film.

Art: Found this

2007-11-10T17:20:00.000-08:00

Art: New Painting of Sara

2007-11-04T20:46:00.001-08:00

Art: Some Random Art

2007-11-03T13:08:00.001-07:00

This was done digitally in ArtRage 2.5 while my cat was sleeping next too me. She is so cute!

Art: bunch of Paintings

2007-11-03T12:59:00.001-07:00

Art: WHAT YOu Still Draw???

2007-08-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

Guess I do. 0.0 First time in quite a while.

Art: Ink Animal Gestures

2007-01-22T18:23:00.000-08:00

So On saturday I attended the last half of the landscape drawing class on saturday. I'm glad I ended up going too. I always wish I drew more when I do go to these things. So Here is the maddness I recorded at this western type farm we visited right near my house in newhall.

As A result I have developed a new love for Fat Animals.

Art: Many Ink Sketches

2007-01-22T18:18:00.000-08:00

So I sat in on the Ton Sito Leacture on friday evening. I Was crazy interesting the stories he had about the people back stage old school animation industry. In particular at Disney during the strikes.

A spitting image of him:

And whilest He talked I drew these:

Art: More Film Sketches

2007-01-14T14:40:00.000-08:00

Art: More Animal Sketches

2006-12-23T21:25:00.000-08:00

Art: Sketches from my Film

2006-12-23T21:10:00.000-08:00

My main Character Arnia and here father. (not too in character though)

And her friend at school, Yan.

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Art: More Sketches

2006-12-18T07:53:00.000-08:00

Golden Japanese Spaniels

Art: Wall Scroll Commission 1

2006-12-17T19:16:00.000-08:00

So I'm not sure I'm going to take many more commissions involving people as subject matter. It's always hard for me. That is if it has to look like the person. And this took way too long. But heck I figured aout alot with it so that's a plus.

Art:: Finished a Commission

2006-12-09T12:22:00.000-08:00

So here it is a commission I've been poking at all summer. It's almost poster sized to give you an Idea. I did it for an up and comming clothing company called Love Nail Tree.

And here is some color tampering:

Notes:: Cinematography as it relates to Animation

2006-12-01T23:53:00.000-08:00

So the following is notes from a lecture today. As of now it is only words but I might add drawings to illustrate further. Good stuff.

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Cinematography as it relates to animation
Notes from Jeremy Laskey Presentation

It IS

ALL About Making CHOICES -Everything is a choice

ALL ABOUT DELIVERING INFO - to progress the story just as it is needs to progress

The RuLe

The audience MUST look exactly where you need them to

All to be considered in ShOt DeSign =

COMPOSITION
CAMERA LENSES
SCREEN DIRECTION
EYELINE
CAMERA MOTION
EYE FIX
PACING

ComPoSitioN =

You don’t always need to justify why it looks that way – if it looks cool use it
THinGs to KeeP in MIND =
Think of unusual ways to shoot the subject
Everything need be on PURPOSE
Always consider the foreground and background elements
Light as a composition element
You can dramatically change the composition in a single shot
Low angle vs. high angle vs. normal
Light and Dark
Graphic Quality
Dividing the Frame

CaMeRA LENses =

WIDE Angle =

Increases the apparent distance between foreground and background
Some distortion – bending – barrel distortion
Greater depth of field
Vertical and horizontal lines are bent
Main Object many be distorted

Narrow LENses [telephoto lens]=

Compression of the focused space
Blur out of unfocused planes
Focus as composition tool
The Sharpest point becomes the focal point

ScrEEn DIrectION =

Tricky to learn but necessary
All to not screw with the head of the audience

Eye contact:
Eye direction/contact causes stage line for the 180 boundary
When switching to a new stage line Previous eye-lines don’t matter anymore
In cuts the characters still have to be looking same direction
When introducing a new stage line:
Have to start with previous line before changing to another
All tied together
If done right you don’t get lost

But crossing the line can be useful for an effect
Crossing the line will demand attention
Causes Unsettling feeling
Makes you reset and focus harder
But can be Confusing

Camera moves can really help layout the geography and the directions
You can use a camera move to cross the line instead of cutting

Don’t want the audience to get out of the story
It will waist your animation time and
Could make them miss a point
Draw set on a down shot and figure out angles etc

Eye-line:

Have to be looking at the same place in the screen
Same place in frame relative to staging line
Also applies to objects

CAMERA MoTION =
Not used as much but powerful
Dynamically changes composition
Movement as the story calls for it
Hard in 2d- can be a great discipline
Can really make it feel like real

Use to:

Explore the Environment and have the audience take in the spatial relations clearly
The camera move can show that the moment is important
It holds on the moment instead of cutting
Cool change of composition
Can give you a style feel and mood feel
Dictate a move that makes you feel like the camera is you as a character and the way it moves dictates how you are in this scene
Can make feel unplanned not mechanical

Must:

There always needs to be motivation for movement
Camera movement motivated by character movement
Quality of camera move
The camera is affected by environment moving around obstacles and moving in a way that reflect what is going on and were it is in
Turn of camera move/ presence needs to uphold the story

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should do it!

Story FIrST

Pacing
Staging/ time
Setup w/o talking

CHARACTER STaginG =

Consider:
How characters are staged in relation in a frame
More creative ways to show who has the edge
You can All of a sudden show character
Carefully reveal characters
Figure out the best way to present it the actions that need to be shown
Think as if you were a live action camera crew,
Chose angles in a set
Storyboard artists are concerned with what the character is doing
In some cases the set may need to be changed for the character
Keep in mind how the blocking needs to happen
If in needs to be seen show it!

EYE FIX =

Easy but very important
Basically it is a good idea to hook shots to gather by having the ending focus in the same area as where you need to be looking in the next shot.
Especially important with close ups to wide shots or vise versa
Always remember how big it will end up in the theater

PACing =
When you have everything to put together

Consider:

Figure out you visual queues
Establish the mood
Drawing you into the scene
Progression
ALL based on MOOD and TONE of the scene

And

QUESTIONS to KEeP in MInD =

What shots do I need?
How can I make this interesting?
What is the most important thing?
What looks cool vs. what fortifies the story
Have you explored more creative options?
HOW do I Make it Work

Is the Story GREAT?

Featured Movies:
Point blank
Rushmore
All the presidents Men
Touch of evil – Orson wells
Armageddon for cinematography
How to kill a mocking bird

And directors:
Martin Scorsese
PT Anderson

Art:: AH HAA! I have drawings!!!!

2006-11-30T14:04:00.000-08:00

These are just some life drawings I did. I was board with the modle so they ended up wierd. =)

Notes :: Gesture Drawing

2006-11-10T19:01:00.000-08:00

::[ Gesture Drawing ]::
As an Animator we of course need to take in life through quick sketches that capture movements and mood instead of detail per se (life drawing.)

Notes and Tips, Via Ted Ty and My self:

Always finish off the hands

Try and challenge yourself Every now and then with your gesture drawings. Get images and views that are difficult to get but show more than an impersonal view of a person.

Where Sun Glasses when you can get away with it and not look weird.
Turn your head away from the person you are drawing but look at them through the corner of your eye. You will find that you can get better drawings when they aren't aware of it (not to mention less nasty looks.)

Always indicate the context.
Tell stories.
Imply setting.

Commit, make a choice and draw it.
It caught your eye so commit and get it down.

Be Bolder, You can always turn the page if you don't like it.

HAnds and Feet!

A Good exersize is to walk and draw all the while commiting to one capture after another.

Think:
Interesting drawings that make you wonder
Flowing

Yo I

2006-11-07T22:29:00.000-08:00

I have a blog now YEahh!!