Special Problems in Human Anatomy: The Neck

Now that we have finished a little bit of practice with gestures, let's zoom in a bit.

Let's start taking a look at some 'trouble' spots of the anatomy -- areas that regularly give artists trouble. You may know some of thee already: the hands, the feet, the head and neck, etc.

Today, let's take a break from the body as a whole and just focus specifically on the way the head attaches to the body through the neck, and spine. A lot of times,

Assignment:

• Please watch some of these recommended videos:
• How to Draw the Neck (looking at skeletal anatomy)
• How to Draw Necks (looking at muscle anatomy)
• Drawing the Back to Neck Rythm (looking at gestural forces)

• Please make 3 sketches of this head/neck area (from stock reference or from imagination).
• Post your drawings.

Using Reference - Human Figure

It might sounds silly, but a very important skill for artists is being able to copy! Copying not only helps us be accurate, but allows us to start to build a mental image of whatever we reference, so we can draw from imagination.

Please watch the explanation and examples of what a 'gesture' is. You may draw as you watch. The video sis about 20 minutes long, but most of it is realtime examples:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiwGm32dXU&list=PLC1sAfc6uw7oM7D-EYffRPFui1U9BOlom&index=16

Your assignment:

• Draw 5 gesture drawings and post them. Please limit your gestures to 5 minutes each. You may post them a single file or separately. You do not need to email these to me.
• Here is a handy set of human figure stock photography that you can use as references: http://seadrinker.tumblr.com/post/60721104134/shinga-tumblr-fujo-senshistocks-gallery

Intro to Digital Art

Hi, guys! Ok, as we get this class under way, let me update you on a few details:

1. I'm going to have some video tutorials set up that you can watch at home, if you like. You may find them here
1. Digital Art - YouTube
2. As we wait for out school tablets, I will compile a list of drivers for your personal tablets, so you don't have to hunt them down every day. You will need to re-install them each period, unfortunately, until our school tablets arrive. This list will be located here: 
1. Temporary Tablet Drivers
2. Drivers Folder
3. Lastly, here are some pictures if you can't think of something to reference
1. The Small Majority (bugs and other animals)
2. Anatomical Art Tumblr (humans and whatnot)
3. Animal Drawing Practice Tool (other animals)
4. Pinterest Animal References
5. Pokemon Fusion
6. Habitats (landscapes)

Form: Light and Shadows Showing Space!

Here are some examples of student work from the past month - Grade 3:

Several Second Stories - The Finished Animations!

To see our other animations, please visit: ibshart.tumblr.com

Several Second Story

Before we begin, everybody:

1. Please download
2. Easytoon.

Final Assignment:

Steps:

1. Turn on your computer.
2. You have time to work on 10 of your pictures today. You will have time to finish the other 10 tomorrow.
3. When finished, please save your files with the SAVE button, not the GIF button. It needs to be named "your name part #"
4. Turn it in to me using DropItToMe. The password is the same as usual. Your file will probably be under Documents or Downloads.
5. If you finish and still have time, you may use Youtube.

Final Animation Project

Today, we'll start working on the plan for our final animation project:

10-second stories!  

What we will do is get into groups of 5 people and decide on one 10-second story to tell.
Here are some examples of animations that are just about 10 seconds long:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVVFKJpBjIE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmDOzS2Olg
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPryTc7CW7E

Because there will be 5 people in each group, each person will need to draw 2 seconds, or about 20 frames. That means each person needs to make about 20 small drawings.

                                                                                  

      Person 1             Person 2             Person 3              Person 4             Person 5     

        Part 1                      Part 2                     Part 3                   Part 4                   Part 5      

                                                     

     20 Drawings       20 Drawings       20 Drawings        20 Drawings        20 Drawings   

    2 Seconds              2 Seconds            2 Seconds              2 Seconds            2 Seconds      

Here are some good and bad examples:

Good:

• All the drawings are in slow motion. The drawings only change a little bit from one to the next.

• The pages link together at the beginning and the end. They all fit together like parts of a story.

• All the pages are worked on at the same time. Because you planned your story, you know what will be happening on each page of your plan.

Bad:

• The drawings happen to quickly. Things change too much from one drawing to the next. Things suddenly appear without coming into the drawing slowly. 

• The pages do not fit together. The end of one page does not match with the beginning of the next.

• Only the first 2 pages are worked on. You have not used your story plan to know what will be happening at the beginning and end of each page of your plan.

So, what you need to do is:

1. Get into groups
2. Decide on a story
3. Tell me the story in 5 parts
4. Begin your drawing!!!

You may begin.