I rather enjoy this method of drawing, even now. It is both exaggerated but also retains a sense of design and a sense of the completeness of nature. Unfortunately it requires me to look both very accurately and very abstractly which requires an amount of time and precision that I typically don't have. But with practice I will be able to refine the process and draw like this a lot faster and even more accurately and even more exaggerated and hopefully retain even more of the rightness of things.

I also included a drawing from my imagination for shits and giggles.



Love,



Ed

This is probably, in my opinion, the post that I have the most mixed feelings about.
I mean I like the drawings and all... I still am really proud of the top page. It's just.... the drawings are boring to me. That's all.

Sorry about the shitty photos in the coming days. I don't actually own a scanner so I take photos of all of my work rather than scanning it. I've finally figured out a set-up that works pretty well too... after this photo set.

Okay. I'm starting with the drawing that I know that most of you haven't seen. (In fact, I'm pretty certain that only Oli, Doug and Adrienne have seen the drawing.)


So... yeah. I'm not too happy with it, but I like the intent of it. You see, I aspire to inspire. And when I find someone that I get along with well I tend to end up simply trying to push them... to give them some of the momentum I've gotten along the way. And I try to do it on a case by case basis. Some people I know I try to push by being incredibly critical and stopping them and forcing them to think about the choices they are making and if they make sense. Some people I try to push in the opposite direction and I tell them to stop analyzing the situation, stop having a plan and just do. And with some people, the only thing I can actually do to help them is to give them blank pages to work with and tell them they should go out in the sunshine and draw every day.

So, to all of you my wonderful friends;
Draw every day. And if you don't draw; simply find a moment to savor, and draw it all in.

Love,




Ed

Two of my favorite drawings from today.
I swear I'll post more... in fact it is assured because tonight I have nothing to do and can set up automated posting until I run out of the drawings most of you have already seen!

Yay!

I just wanted to share this with you.. and maybe analyze it a little bit. I love horror movies... maybe not as much as some people I've come across, but I still love them.



I love this film by virtue of the fact that it masterfully uses a horror film shot selection... to the point of caricature. I mean, I felt more empathy for the characters in this film than I have for... just about any of the films I've seen recently.

It starts off very cartoony and flat.
Flat shot.
Cut in close. Still flat.
Cut to truck. Still flat, but the tone of the image is darker simply by having 70% of the image as a darker value.
Cut to hand opening door. Heavy perspective, Camera tilted diagonally. Everything is diagonals... There are no horizontal lines... After door opens, 50% of the image is black. 90% of the image is a dark value.
Cut to 1 point. Almost symmetrical composition. Downshot on characters. Characters almost being trapped by the shape of the houses.
Cut in to show handhold.
Stuff
Stuff
Stuff
In this sequence the important thing to note is the fact that every time the camera cuts it gets closer. Even the time each shot takes has decreased significantly.
And the first shot to break this rhythm is the shot establishing the nervousness of the girl..... Freaking awesome.
And then back to fast paced cuts.

Simply masterful... and that's just the opening 36 seconds.