Today 's model is again that beautiful male model who can do crazy poses. Some poses were too crazy though he had to abort. It is nice to draw a male body once in a while after all the female ones.
Today's model is middle-aged and saggy, which is awesome. It's been awhile since I drew saggy skin, it's fascinating. I wish I had the whole 3 hours just rendering one pose, really get those skin folds right.
This is the hotel we stayed at, The Liberty Hotel, it used to be a county jail, now is a fancy happening place.
There were so many wicket trees in that Public Park, this one was conveniently situated at a sunny spot that happens to have a bench right besides. Some very fat squirrels were watching my drawing with their judgmental beady eyes.
This was a view from a Gelato Cafe, the main reasons for choosing this spot was a) heating b) hot chocolate c) heating.
This is the first time I saw East Coast America, and boy did their architecture impress! I was very taken with their old school brick buildings and I even sat out in zero degree temperature for hours to draw it. Me who don't even step out into my yard during California Winter would froze a butt off and shiver in the wind in Boston in February? go figure. Well it was either that or be bored out of my mind in the hotel room. Plus I thought I should seize the opportunity to embody a true artist's spirit by roughing it in nature, endure physical pain and weird glances from passerby and squirrels, and producing meaning pieces of artwork that will be enjoyed by generations! Having Starbucks nearby for hot chocolate and bathroom doesn't hurt too.
This is my latest texturing work using Mari, Modo and Photoshop. I was reading The Hunger Games series while I did these so I fashioned him into a mutant who was part of the capital's experiment on combining human and animal, in this case Koi fish. They habituates and terrorizes lakes and ponds, using their glamorous scales as bait to sneak up and devour their victims.