Buddha Lady

This is a class demo in progress. I plan on finishing it in black line soon. We were discussing Buddhism and I got the idea of a female Buddha type character so I came up with this image while drawing with students.

Demos from online character design

Hello there friends! It's been so busy I fell behind on everything once again including sharing some art with you. I had to travel and attend to various responsibilities and free time was at a premium. I was able to get back on track recently with some demonstrations I created for a couple of my online students. Here's a sample of the lessons I was parsing out.

This student was having problems getting started with their concepts utilizing the construction method I was teaching. So I went through the process to illustrate how to go about it.

Start with a foundation ...

Use the foundation to build out your design ...

Once your have your design established you can eliminate the foundation sketch. It did its job ...

Add some shadows from an overhead light source to help describe form ...

Another demo involved getting my student to break out creatively and really push the concept and the design. This is what they had to start ...

By creating a construction based foundation you can set up your approach ...

Push the foundation sketch and let the character emerge ...

Now that you've got the anatomy established it's time to explore clothing ...

Add a shadow level to enhance the dimensional form and you're in business ...

Thank you for your patience and for continuing to check in! It's always a pleasure coming here and posting art.