Month: September 2023

  • Aftyn figure studies 3

    Aftyn figure studies 3

    I had a confidence setback recently in my art skills, and wanted to salve that hurt by going back to some drawings of my favorite subject, Aftyn Rose. These are five figure studies rendered as nudes from a variety of non-nude sources. The bottom two drawings, sourced from one of my favorite videos, I did…

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  • Celebrity heads 2

    Celebrity heads 2

    More celebrity portraits, continuing my practice going from the stripped down head model to likeness. I think most of these look pretty good. From the top-left, going clockwise:

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  • Study group – shape design 1

    Study group – shape design 1

    This month the Love Life Drawing study group focus is on shapes. Simplifying shapes into CSI curves. Making them feel organic. Some guidelines included making them asymmetric in form and using more obtuse than acute angles. The first exercise was in the three parts. Part one asked us to just make a bunch of shapes…

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  • Thoughts on the Aftyn Center posts

    Thoughts on the Aftyn Center posts

    I finally finished and posted the whole Aftyn Center story. It’s been a real journey! When I started drawing as a teenager, comic books were my guiding light. It was a dream to draw my own stories. Obviously in this case I didn’t do anything as bold as drawing it as a comic, but putting…

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  • Website notes

    Website notes

    If you are the regular reader of this site, you may have noticed some cosmetic changes. The most noticeable parts are the new banner and logo images in the header. To keep a consistent theme going, I have changed up most of the site colors as well. Gone is the old blue scene, in with…

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  • Aftyn center, part 3

    Aftyn center, part 3

    The ghost girl rushes from room to room, looking in panic for a way to stop what’s going on. She no longer has lungs, but still her breath comes in ragged gasps. “What can I do?” she cries. “They’ll kill him! Or worse!” She passes through walls like they were curtains.

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