Broom broom...

This is probably one of my favourite ideas to date. The incredible hovering broomstick. It was quite an evening at Egg Story. I it wasn't for the lack of music, the party would have been brought up a notch. But nonetheless, fun. :O) Food, games and fellowship lasted until 9.30pm. Some of the fingerfood got really creative too, like the cocktail sausages with press-on nails at its tips!

I was working on the 'incendio' incantation for the very first time last night. As a result, I almost set the school on fire! No kidding. Well, everyone should have one of these "I almost burnt down the school" stories to share... and now I have one!

Halloween Decor

The class is really excited about dressing up for tomorrow evening's halloween party! The decor crew is even more excited about dressing up the place. It's everybody's first time decorating for Halloween! (Well, except mine.) Imagine the energy! I find myself frequently saying. "Remember, less is more."

Now, finally, the cave on the ground floor of Eggstory has bats! :O)

The Zoo Review

Here's a sampling of my zoo field trip from my Kingdom: Animalia sketch book. The class met at 8:30am and spent 9 hours at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. I was wandering on my own 92% of the time... and like always, there was not enough of it. Spent a bit time reviewing my work with Philip after "school". Gotta work on speed, accuracy... and construction.

My first time drawing using ink, this method forces me to use cleaner and less lines. I was struggling for the first few pages trying to use that new medium! That's a long way to go and I definitely need to go back there again.

What a fun day! :O)

Kids stuff

I feel like a kid all over again.

Yes, that's an indemnity form. The kind you sign as a parent for your child's fieldtrip in very few words. Tomorrow is the zoo day. :O) I've gotten myself a set of watercolour pencils to accompany my sketches. May I be able to do wonders with it.

Yesterday, I accompanied Garcia to the PA Wearhouse to scout for some costumes. He wants us to practice drapery wrapping around the human body. What a brilliant idea!! Instead of drawing bottles and fruit or even just plain cloth pinched or resting on a table which are ultimately only assets (secondary items) in the 3D world, we will be drawing charcters (primary subjects) in a scene or period. We listed about 10 pieces we would want to rent over the next few weeks for our Life Drawing class. I may have to do the pick up and drop of of costumes??

Have been tasked to do decor for next Friday's Halloween gathering... am I looking forward to that or what?? ;p

Halfway there

Checking in.

It's nearly halfway pass the first semester and a trip to the zoo will mark that occasion this Saturday. How cool! I've been sketching any animal that comes my way since our first lecture in drawing animals. That class was a pain, but necessary to understand the skeletal structure of animals, especially the horse.

No complaints about school except for the timetable. But hey, it could be worse! :O) Tomorrow, I have two work-in-progress assignments due so I need to nail that down before my brain shuts down for the day! Let me know if you have been enjoying the progress reports from school!

Cheerios! ;oD

Anatomical Engineering

Updates! I'm nine weeks - nearly halfway - into my first semester and am progressing good. I sometimes wish I had more time for homework though. That's the secret to getting better at what you do! But duty calls at Imaginative, so an Imaginator has got to do what an Imaginator's got to do. There's a lot of careful balancing of school and work in these past nine weeks, figuring out when's the best time is for homework, whether to stay back at school to do it, whether to take it home. Whether to meet client or get stuff printed out during the breaks. Thank you God for Your guidance each day!

I can relate this to my anatomy class. As Philip, our instructor, always puts it, "You must know what's in front, what's behind, what's behind the behind. It's all about construction." The lead in the above drawing is fresh on the pad from yesterday's class, and this is one class I can see improvements every single week, picking up new techniques from Philip, other classmates and cohorts. And like everything else... there's always room for more improvements! :O)

Up, up and away!

Over in the Digital Arts world or class, we've begun posing our Stikfas figures for the next project. At this point, we've been working out thumbnails for what the final scene may be. What kind of a world will my figure be in? Find out real soon! ;p

Perspectives

Philip our still life instructor decided to take us out to the Boat Quay area for some exercises in perspectives even though there was a slight chance it might drizzle. It did for a while, but the weather cleared up quick and climate cooled to a comfortable 27 degree celcius. Awesome day to focus on vanishing points and horizon lines!

My subject was Cavanagh Bridge.