Final Blog

My Final Semester Anaylsis

Life Drawing In A Nutshell

Life drawing has been a very different ride for me, mixing more free stlye organic drawing with my intense accurate perspective pres tech class has been  a huge challenge for me this semester. By only having the class twice a week it gets real hard to hold on that organic rythym in my other work. I did really enjoy the class though. The biggest beneficiary for me that came out of this class was mapping out the body. Finding the pelvis and the ribcage made drawing a body easier because you knew the proportions were right.

I just wish we could've been able to spend more time on the face because that is where i'm the weakest right now in my opinion. It was hard trying to crank out a self-portrait with only a week's worth of information, but still it was fun and I recomend it to anyone that is looking for a great drawing class. 

Some Wacom Work

These are two tee-shirts that i freehand designed with my Wacom Graphics Tablet. The only objects that are not actually drawn myself are the bubbles and splats, they are a free text that I downloaded and used to it's graphic advantages. The lime in the top shirt is also a text insert. Other than that all the fruit and characters along with the type are all freehand drawn on a Wacom Tablet. Tee-Shirt Design is one of my favorite graphic design projects to do. So stay tuned for more.

Derek

Maniken Leg Muscles

New  Maniken Leg Muscles.

extensor digitorum longus (long extensor of the toes)
extensor hallucis longus (long extensor of the big toe)
peroneus tertius (consider this part of the extensor digitorum longus, as its fifth tendon.)

peroneal brevis (left)
peroneal longus (right)

SUMMARY

Everyone Can Check out My Summary Video at 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHRxscofLZs

Gesture Drawings

The first set of three drawings are from the beginning of the semester. And I have learned a lot since than. Gesture drawings are actually my favorite compared to full out detailed drawings because they hit the bare essentials of human form. 3 minute poses are usually the right amount of time for me to get in just what I want. You can really tell a difference between my earlier gestures and my new gestures. My earlier gestures really have no solid form, they're just loosely drawn stick figures. My newer drawings start incorporating the ribcage and pelvis, plus they are also more refined and structured better. Just look at the difference.

EARLIER DRAWINGS

30 Second Gestures

RECENT GESTURES

These drawings are starting to get more developed and take more human shape, with a variety in line and line weight. These drawings incorporate more important parts such as the spine, the rib cage and the pelvis. My drawings also focus mainly on the main structure rather than the outlines of the form. I was particularly happy with the structure of the ribs and pelvis. With guidance from Amy I've been able to tighten up my proportions and location of the Ribs and Pelvis and how they relate to each other.

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Recent Work Update!

Pen and Ink Fruit Project

Process and Ideation

This is a project I did my freshman year and here are some of the images and ideation drawings that I did for my first 2 Dimensional Drawing Class In college.

Recent Skeleton Work "The Legs"

In these images i've constructed various muscles on the thighs. This was more difficult than the neck and back muscles because of all the layering and covering of muscles there are in the thighs.

FRONT VIEW

In this image you see and don't see several of the thigh muscles because of the layering of the muscles. We've got the Vastus Intermedialis which extends the knee, and the Vastus Medialis Which Extends the knee, displaces the platella medially and rotates the femur laterally on the tibia. And the Vastus Lateralis which are not seen because they are covered by other muscles of the thigh. The Rectus Femoris which flexes the hip, bringing the thigh against the thorax.

SIDE VIEW

This view gives a better shot of the thigh muscles, we are able to see parts of vastus muscles in this image.

BACK VIEW

We start to see the Adductor Longus wrap from the bottom of the pelvis to the side of the femur. And this muscle Adducts and Flexes the hip. We also see the Adductor Brevis which also connects from the pelvis to the top of the femur which also flexes and adducts the hip. In the back we also see the thicker group of muscles which include the Adductor Magnus which adducts, flexes and laterally rotates the hip. The thinner muscle on the out side of the Magnus is the gracilis which flexes and medially rotates the knee, and adducts the hip.

Tuesday October 14th

We are up to date with having our muscles on our mannequins, so that makes it a lot easier to compare them. We started off by discussing our muscle placement, first thing was that Jess was confused where to attach the Gluteus, so she looked off of Lance’s model and the book and then attached them after discussion about it with the group. Then we also had a difference of opinion of the muscle placement of the Tensor fasciae latae. Jess had hers attached further away from the knee cap and a little bit further down the femur than Lance. We looked into the book for this muscle and discussed it. It was decided that Jess’ muscle was almost in the right spot, just a fraction off, so Lance needed to make an adjustment on his mannequin to match hers. Derek missed the last class so he didn’t have the muscles done that were assigned. He noticed that on both Lance’s and Jess’ models the Gluts were attaching to the femur on a big plane instead of the crest were the two planes meet on the backside. Also he noticed that they were attached on top of the coccyx instead of on the side.

Clay Muscles

Here is a front on shot of my manekin. Shown here is the rectus abdominis, this muscle was rather easy to create. I cut a long piece of clay with my razor and flattened out and  cut it took look like the rectus abdominis. This muscle flexes the lumbar vertebrae and helps depress the ribs and compress the abs in forced expiration. Also shown is the Abdominis external obliquus. This is the muscle that goes over the ribcage. This piece was pretty simple to create as well, just cut the overall shape of the muscle and than molded it to the ribs. This muscle does the same as the rectus except it also compresses the opposite side of the rotator of the thoracic vertebrae.

This is a back view of my manekin. You can see all of the spinal erectors in this picture.  Bigger muscles shown in this picture are the Longissimus throacis. This is muscle is a long thick muscle that is in between the spine and the ribcage. It extends and laterally flexes the lumbar vertebrae. Rotator of the thoracic vertebrae. Another big muscle shown is the iliocostalis lumborum. These muscles were rather easy to build, except for the longissimus took awhile to get formed the right way. The iliocostalis muscle is the wing shaped muscle that touches the spine and is mostly seen on the ribcage. it extends and laterally flexes the lumbar vertebrae, same side rotator of the lower thoracic vertebrae. Also shown in this image is a smaller muscle called the quadratus lumborum. This muscle is shown in between the pelvis and the bottom of the ribcage. It's sort of a triangle shape. It's job is to extend laterally flex the lumbar spine, and depress and stabilize the 12th rib.

This image is a nice close up of the spinal erectors. Included in this image are the spinalis capitus. The medium length muscle that goes from the bottom of the skull to about the 4th vertebrae on the spine. This muscle extends the cervical vertebrae and head; it also laterally flexes and rotates the head. We also see longissimus capitis this muscle attaches and twists from the top of the cranial dorsal process, and attaches to the caudal Transverse process of vertebrae c4 to T5. This is muscle was difficult to make because it has to twist under the longissimus cervicis. The capitis extends and laterally flexes the head and cervical vertebrae.  Rotates the head to the opposite side. The muscle that twists and rolls over the capitis is called the longissimus cervicis. And this muscle extends, laterally flexes the cervical vertebrae. And it attaches to the Transverse processes of the C2 to C6 vertebrae to the Transverse processes of vertebrae T1&T5.

We also see the Iliocostalis Cervicis which connects to the posterior tubercles of the tranxverse processes of vertebrae C4 to C6. To Angles of ribs 3 to 6. It is the muscle that comes out from the longissimus muscles. And beneath that we don't see to well in this picture is the Iliocstalis thoracis. This muscle rotates thoracic vertebrae to the same side. It is located on ribs 1 to 6.

Rib Cage Study

This is my rib cage study. I'll put the name of the art work up when I find out what it's called and who it's by. Below is a picture that I used and my images. What I can tell you about the work is that it's very religious with the human body coiling  like a serpent around the tree. This image provided good views to approach with the rib cage study. I'll make sure to put up the artistic information.

thanks,

Derek

What I've Learned about Gesture Drawing

Since this class had started I had Drawing 1 and 2 under my belt. We didn't do a lot of gesture or human form drawing so this was a new awakening for me when I started this class. When I started doing the in class gesture drawings I drew as if I knew what was there than actually focusing just on the model. Amy has really helped me grasp the most simple basic of these gesture drawings by just focusing on the spinal lines. It helped my get my proportions better. When you start to draw like that you really start to see what is really there. It's as simple as drawing a stick figure but you actually know what your drawing.

Our model has really made things challenging for us with some complicated poses where parts of body are hidden to you and the spine is curved differently but it makes for a better piece. I've also learned not to just draw with my palm to the paper like i'm drafting, but rather to step back and draw more loosely, I couldn't believe the difference it made in my drawings. I've also learned to draw more lightly on the longer drawings to start. Just get some light guide lines built up and than darken from there, and also to make the parts closest to you the darkest. This class has also taught me to relax when I draw. In my other drawing classes I was so unrelaxed that my drawings never really turned out as nice as I would've liked them to be. I always felt to pressured and this class has really taught me to just relax and draw what I see. Thus far this class has really opened my eyes to some new techniques and approaches to drawing, and I'm anxious to keep on moving into new areas and learning more.

Derek Hageness

Here's my latest 30 minute Gesture drawing.

What I've Learned about Gesture Drawing

Recent Work

Below I'm showing a few of my own works that i've created. They may be some of my favorite works and some that I like. Because I don't have all of my files with me it's hard to get all of my favorites. I hope you like what you see..

Sincerely,

Derek

My Metaphor Project Created in Design Theory & Methods

Constructed from wood

Photoshop of a Zebra mixed with a Rhino.

This was a tutorial I did back when I was in Digital Imagery.

More Work Soon....

FIRST BLOG

Thank You for stopping at my Life Drawing blog page. I will blogging my activity in this class and provide feedback and information on projects that we do in this class.

Stay Tuned.

Sunny