Motion 2

This sketch is based off of a photo I took today of my cat Dinah. She was stalking a bird, and I thought it would be a good study for my "motion" focus. I meant it to be a 15-minute sketch, but it ended up taking 45 minutes...oh well!

Motion 1

One of my weaknesses is the portrayal of motion - I will often find myself doing very static work, and ending up with a stiff, boring result. So I'm going to try and turn that around by getting more comfortable with bold motion - in pose and in technique.

5 minutes each:

Back to it!

It's been a while, and things have been crazy...but I'm getting back into daily speed sketches. Here are a few from today:

top to bottom:
1 min
5 minutes
8 minutes

I really like how buffalo look - they always seem to poised and stoic.

Well In

Here are a couple small sketches from the game project I'm currently working on (to be announced shortly!).


`But they were in the well,' Alice said to the Dormouse...
`Of course they were', said the Dormouse; `--well in.'


-from "Alice in Wonderland"

"Not Quite Daily"

Oops! I forgot to post yesterday (although I did do a little sketch, below). The reason being: life is super, super busy right now! Thankfully in a good way (lots of work)! But this level of busy-ness probably means that this "daily" sketch blog may not be exactly "daily" for a little while! So look out for "not-quite-daily" speed sketch posts, and also posts every now and then in my main blog (nataliemaletz.com) about these other projects that are keeping me so busy!

Animation Practice

A few animation-oriented studies today:

Dinah Sleeping

My cat Dinah, in about 20 minutes (from life):