BK Dane

so im starting out with doing 2 minute sketches of photographs & my wooden model.
A lot of fails because in a 2 minute drawing I’m supposed to get the gesture of the model but instead I’m trying to get a GOOD sketch down instead of getting the gesture.
But the more i did it the better I got. I have to keep this up to get my skills back to par.
check out the drawings below!

They eyes are the windows to ones soul. That’s what people say, in
addition to may daily routine if will sometimes only do studies on
eyes. The eyes show so much expression when you incorporate the
eyebrows. It can show when your happy, sad and surprised. If you wanna
see some GREAT eye animation that shows a lot of expression you should
check out the Wallace & Gromit films. The character Gromit has no
speaking parts but when you see his expression through his face you
know what’s going on.
Here is a couple studies I did:

Okay y’all know i got this daily routine going on. And i started off HORRIBLE. I didnt draw too much and I sucked major at it. I gotta get on it I dont want to loose my skills. I am major rusty. as you can see in the pics below some definite MAJOR FAILS! When better ones come out i am gonna need great critiques on my works.
The first two are TOTAL Fails and the last one I”m getting a lot better. I did just three 2 minute sketches.
Fail 1:

Fail 2:

An Okay one:

Okay I have to change up my daily routine. I have a part time seasonal job right now, that i like its cool but not where I want to be at really. And I havent worked that many days. I would love to be at a studio or doing a BUNCH of freelance jobs. Doing storyboards or designing something. But right now just waiting to start work again. While i wait I haven’t been very productive. So i set a challenge for myself: Draw Everyday. Either it be a gesture drawing, peanut shapes, anatomy, or the human body (still life or made up), I draw it and then before the night is done post it on my blog. A page or maybe even two. Here is a sample of what it would be like:

As i sit here trying to fix up this blog I am procrastinating. I have the page open and ready to be written in but i doing something else. I’m glad that its nothing too bad like watching TV like i usually do. I am working on finishing up my website. So that it can be fully functional.

But procrastination is really my BIGGEST enemy. I mean I havent even picked up a pencil to do a sketch in a long while. I am rusty like the Tinman in the rain. I need to get all oiled up and get myself back into motion. And I am slowly but shortly kicking procrastination in its BUTT! I have a whole bunch of personal projects that need to finally take flight. Here is the list:
- My faux T-Pain video for his song “Ringleader Man” from his Three Rings Album
- This “Super Cool Game World” animation that needs to get finished for SnakeMonkey Studio
- Scanning all of my old animations i did from high school to college
- Daily drawings
- Finishing my website BKDANE (plug) lol
- And adding content for my website

- Half Animated

But I’m doing a little bit at a time. And getting LOADS of inspiration from different blog sites like GSG & Motionographer. And getting inspiration from friends, check em out on the links page.

Yeah. Its either early or late right now how ever you look at it. Had a wonderful time last night with my Angelina and when i got it was pretty late. I took a shower and then decided to fix up a couple things on my blog. I had added a Link page. Linking you the reader to all of my friends/ professors/ colleagues. There is A LOT of them and i wanted to have them on my page because they are AWESOME for a fact and creative. They also give me inspiration. Here’s to more blogs from me and now i am going to sleep!

trying to get this blog started