More pen gesture drawings

Some more of my pen gesture drawings. 

Poses from a  female dancer, two minutes a figure, just to get warmed up.

My one minute gestures, I was watching Muay Boran tutorials which served as my reference.

 These I did in pairs. Conversation pieces, a minute a figure.

The Grandmaster

For those of you that don't know, I come from a martial arts background. I grew up watching Bruce Lee and the Shaw Brothers movies of the 70s and 80s. I've dabbled in the styles of Capoeira and Xingyiquan, and I intend to dedicate myself to studying martial arts when the opportunity presents itself.

That being said, I'm hyped that The Grandmaster is getting a theatrical release stateside! I remember watching a bootleg of it once with some friends of mine. It features styles like Wing Chun, Bajiquan, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan. I haven't seen a film depict Xingyi since Jet Li's The One. Now I finally get to watch a clear print of it and with subtitles. I quickly made this as a spur of the moment thing and I figured, why not share it?

Jett "The Jaguar" Langford

As I work at my cintiq, I tend to my TV switched onto channels showing K-1 and MMA marathons. Naturally, this seeped into my thinking process and I decided to make a character based on it. The roughs of this character were sitting in a photoshop file for a few weeks, and last night I finally decided it was time to finish him. My kickboxing mixed martial artist, Jett "The Jaguar" Langford. I can't remember exactly what brought about the cross tattoo, but I felt it added a little bit more to his character to make him a man of faith.

Pen gesture drawings

This is my first time doing gesture drawings in pen. I'm enjoying the looseness of it and the fact that if you make a mistake, there's nothing you can do except keep going. It keeps me from over-thinking and helps me improvise.

3 minute gestures

 

2 minute gestures

1 minute gestures

30 second gestures

Life Drawings

Hello all, here are a few life drawings for a change of pace.

Donnie Baxley Dialogue test

As promised, here is a rough of the Donnie Baxley dialogue test.

Donnie Baxley - The Actor

While making my demo reel last year, I noticed a glaring problem. While I had action scenes, there was an absence of dialogue pieces to show off my acting capabilities. Donnie Baxley, an obnoxious movie star that you love to hate.

For the character design, I sought the feedback of one of my professors, who is the client. The design went through many iterations, 

 

The one that resonated with my professor most was the one below. This one seemed to capture the arrogant side of the character more. It also has a bit of Hugh Jackman feel.

I'm currently finishing the final frames of the dialogue animation, the post will be coming soon.