kraemoloblog

In keeping with the philosophy to remain goal oriented, I'm participating in the CHOW-341 hosted by conceptart.org. I need something more substantial than the straight forward academic drills of sketching gestures; more specifically, I need to put this knowledge of gestures, poses, & motion to actual use. The challenge itself seemed to me, to be relatively narrow, but I'm using that as an excuse to think outside the back and actual draw something that excites me. First and foremost, I conducted some research on the subject--nothing extensive, just some basic information as well as some image reference. I then started sketching some thumbs.

Quickly enough, I started to sketch the same variation of a basic body type, which frustrated me more than I should have allowed it to. The following night (tonight), I sketched a few more thumbs, which although slightly more interesting, were still based around the same basic idea. I then took some time and thought about what would be interesting and started sketching some thumbs based around that idea. I then sketched one final thumb, which evolved into an actual solidified idea. Based on that idea, I enlarged the thumb and began to render more thoroughly.

Might have been beneficial to explore more thumbs based on this idea, but I liked what I had, so I ran with it.