It was.
Tagged: About Me, Allen Capoferri, Art, character design, Christmas, Illustration, people sketches, quick sketch, sketchbook, sketchbook drawing, USA
It was.
It was.
Frequenting a court clustered between stores, restaurants, and cafes, the place takes on a world of its own. I’ve been sketching here for quite a long time. Long enough to know it has its courtiers, kings, queens, and jesters. Dogs have a special ascendance. They are lavished with particular affection.
I often see the same people. The man above looked like he was visiting. The logo of the football team on his sweatshirt was an indicator.
I was in town watching people and drawing in my sketchbook. I realized I needed spellcheck.
I was in town watching people and drawing in my sketchbook. I realized I needed spellcheck.
I realized I haven’t posted for some time. I wanted to let people know I’m alright despite the necessity of my energy being directed to less than positive things.
Anyway above is a moment I was able to get away and do what I love to do.
Everyone got out of the house this weekend.
Quicksketch done in the library.
I haven’t a name for her tribe yet. Ursa’s character relates to Abominable.
Tagged: Allen Capoferri, Art, character design, Childhood, Childrens Storybook, Illustration, people sketches
Above is a vis dev story beat for A Fish Story. For those of you not familiar with the terminology “vis dev” is short for visual development. A “story beat” is an important part of the story…one that “drives the characters”. These are all terms in “previs” which is short for pre-visualization.
My daughter said the drawing reminded her of the “original Cinderella story. You know, the Chinese folktale?” I never heard of this.
Done today at a local bookstore, this a good example of what I referred to in my previous post “More People Sketches.” By taking a visual snapshot of, I guess we can use the word subject here, then applying what you already know about drawing you can draw the subject from any angle. Imagination is important. Should anyone have told you should draw a human anatomically without imagination needs to look at a doctor’s drawing to see how wrong that is.
While considering a title for this post I remembered occasions in the past when I’d draw people in public. I’ve heard of different names for this kind of drawing people in natural settings. One is “Cafe Drawings”. Not really an appropriate name for where I draw though. The alternative is sitting in an art class with fifty or sixty other people drawing a model in a pose you may have seen a hundred times before…and they look like they’ve done it hundred times before. Although you learn it does get stale..fast.
You can only get good drawings of people in completely relaxed environments. People are different when they know their being observed. I’ve always been a people watcher and feel being a good observer is an essential ingredient to being a good artist. Something funny I recall is once I was at one of my favorite places, Huntington Gardens. I was on a bench drawing people at the entrance a few down from where tours of the garden were given. One conscientious tour person asked if I was waiting for a tour. I made the mistake of being forthcoming with her. She said “Are you telling them your drawing them?” I can only remember smiling. How would you respond to a question like that? Considering this I guess you could call this post “Surreptitious Sketching”.
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Growing Up Asian in America Art & Essay Contest for Youth~ entry deadline Mar 6, San Francisco, CA, USA
StoryFeast 2008 - International Storytelling Festival~ Feb 1 - 3, Vancouver, BC, Canada
18th New Delhi World Book Fair~ Feb 2 - 10, New Delhi, India
National African American Read-In~ Feb 2 - 3, USA
SCBWI Annual Winter Conference~ Feb 8 - 10, New York, NY, USA
First Nations Public Library Week~ Feb 11 - 16, Canada
ALOUD: A Celebration for Young Readers~ Feb 12 - 14, Toronto, ON, Canada
Taipei International Book Exhibition~ Feb 13 - 18, Taipai, Taiwan
Cybils - Children’s and YA Bloggers’ Literary Award Winners Announced ~ Feb 14
International Australia and New Zealand SCBWI Conference~ Feb 23 - 24, Sydney, Australia
Freedom to Read Week~ Feb 24 - Mar 1, Canada
Kiriyama Prize Finalists Announced~ Feb 26, USA
New Zealand Post Book Award Winners Announced~ Feb 26, New Zealand
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Announcement of the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature~ United States
SCBWI Speaker Event: Lara Saguisag on “The Filipino Child and Filipino Children’s Literature”~ Jan 7, Makati, Philippines
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities~ Jan 11 - 14, Honolulu, HI, United States
American Library Association Midwinter Meeting~ Jan 11 - 16, Philadelphia, PA, United States
American Library Association Literary Awards Announced~ Jan 14, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Mumbai International Book Fair~ Jan 16 - 20, Mumbai, India
“Cooperative Learning in Multicultural Societies: Critical Reflections” Conference~ Jan 19 - 22, Turin, Italy
Costa Book Awards Winners Announced (formerly the Whitbread Literary Awards)~ Jan 22, London, England
Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias~ Jan 24 - 27, Cartagena, Columbia
SCBWI Tokyo Author and Illustrator Showcase~ Jan 26, Tokyo, Japan
Family Literacy Day~ Jan 27, Canada
Kolkata Book Fair~ Jan 30 - Feb 10, Kolkata, India
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International Library of Children’s Literature Exhibition “Palette of Dream Colours III: Winning Works of the 15th Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations from Asia, Africa and Latin America”~ ongoing to Jan 13/08, Tokyo, Japan
Santiago International Book Fair~ Oct 23 - Nov 4, Santiago, Chile
National Association for Multicultural Education Conference~ Oct 31 - Nov 4, Baltimore, MD, USA
National Family Literacy Day~ Nov 1, USA
Multicultural Children’s Book Festival~ Nov 4, Washington, DC, USA
Children’s Book Week~ Nov 12-18, USA
Indonesia Book Fair~ Nov 14-18, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pacific Islander Education Conference~ Nov 17, Paramount, CA USA
Children’s Book Week~ Nov 17-24, Canada
Guadalajara International Book Fair~ Nov 24 - Dec 2, Guadalajara, Mexico
Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Announced~ Nov 27, Montreal, QC, Canada
And not very happy about it. Very expressive, Allen.
Stay warm! : )
‘Tis the season. Thanks, Karen! Stay warm too and have a great Christmas.
You too, Allen! Thank you.
: )
Hi Thorsten and John, thank you!
cold and bitterness often don’t come together so well in a human form! rarer is such a capture of that combination! Merry Christmas and take very good care of urself Allen!
Hi Personal Concerns, thank you for the warm Christmas greeting. I’d like to wish you a wonderful Christmas too!
Haha, been feeling some of that chill over here too!
I hope you’re doing well these days, Allen, and I hope you have a WONDERFUL Christmas holidays with your loved ones. All the best! Stay warm!
Wishing you and yours a wonderful festive season!
beautiful!
Thanks, man!