Studio City Sketch Up

So last night, a couple of buddies and I decided to meet up in Studio city for some coffee shop drawing.  I realized that I get more drawing done when I’m not at home and plagued with distractions.   Also, being cooped up in a room all day can drive you crazy.

I got to the coffee shop about an hour earlier than everyone else since I have to account for my awful sense of direction.  So I spent the time waiting by drawing some of the people around.

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Finally, my friends showed up and got our drawing session started.  I’ve been experimenting more with my quirky designs since it generates more of a response than my human characters.  I was experimenting with different shapes and sizes while trying to keep it within the same style.
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After a while, some of my drawings started to turn to rubbish as I was hitting a design wall. So my buddy, Danny, suggested a more creative exercise in drawing: where you make random scribbles with a 30% tone marker and see what you can make from it and just draw. So here are some results of the exercise.
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After that, I felt back in the zone and started working on a penguin design for a photographer friend of mine. Didn’t get much done after that as we got kicked out of the coffee shop because it was closing. But overall, the night was a success as I got a lot of drawing done.
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So for the 3-4 people that read this: let me know what you guys think and until then. Cheers.

categories people sketching, sketch group | Carl | datetime May 16, 2009 12:33 am

  • By jay, May 16, 2009 @ 8:03 am

    last night was fun! ugg– i went to bed like at 230, but never thought of turning on the puter to post anything. I’ll do that in a bit I guess.

    ANYWAYS!

    love the rough sketches that were inspired by Danny, very loose and free I think, try that same looseness with your quirky characters character- i think you’ll like the results :)

  • By emily, May 17, 2009 @ 9:02 pm

    Hey Carl-
    I think I tend to enjoy your cute creature and animal designs more than the humans. I think it’s apparent that you’re starting to have a handle on animal drawing, which is awesome. Nice job keeping those creatures in the same style, I find it hard to do.

  • By Dustin, May 19, 2009 @ 2:05 pm

    Awesome stuff. The marker scribble exercise seems like it tapped a creative vein. You guys must have been at the coffee shop for a long time!

  • By ashe, June 12, 2009 @ 9:48 am

    kewl drawins

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