[Jeremy Frias]

Just finished week 1!

I love the new materials I was introduced to, particularly the wax pencil/crayon. It wasn’t clear whether to get water soluble or not, I wonder if there’s a big different.

I do notice it’s hard to get a dark mark with the graphite 9B, though I’m still just getting used to graphite in that shape. I’ve been using the Mitsubishi 10B for a while and love it.

I’m enjoying the physicality of this drawing approach. Some samples from the soft touch assignment:

[Jeremy Frias]

Those are beautiful Claire!

For instructor critiques, you’ll want to look into the live classes. https://live.nma.art/

There’s also a chat application called discord where you can share under the critique channel for fellow students to look at: https://discord.gg/qHDdQfDu

(I admit that I am not tech challenged and still find the discord to be unwieldy myself.)

Have you done an orientation yet? If not, that may be useful. I wasn’t able to find a link but perhaps you can email support and ask for a link!

[Jeremy Frias]

Posting again here because Discord is overwhelming to keep up with, posts get lost, and it’s nice to have a separate forum for each lesson!

Hi all! I’m Jeremy and I love practicing movement and figure drawing. I’m learning how to draw for its own sake and as a foundation towards traditional hand drawn animation. Ryan Woodward and Glen Keane are some major inspirations, as well the polish and joy centric animation of many Nintendo games.

Excited about the existence of this course! Traditional animation instruction seems really hard to find online.

[Jeremy Frias]

Welcome Altaira!

When you’re writing a draft of your post (like you already did), you’ll see a little image that looks like a picture of a landscape. Click that and you’ll be able to attach pictures to your post.

[Jeremy Frias]

That sketch is amazing Rachel! Welcome and best of luck in your studies! It cam be challenging to find time and energy with so much else going on.

Daily practice seems to work well for me, and the smaller the chunks, the better. That way there’s minimal inertia when starting a 15 minute session vs trying to find time to do 30 minutes or more under pressure.

Happy you’re here!

[Jeremy Frias]

Hi All!

 

My name is Jeremy and I love movement and animation. Ryan Woodward’s video Thought of You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw), Glen Keane’s Duet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Y35XLBY8A&t=11s), thatgamecompany and Matt Nava’s game Journey, and David Whyte’s poetry are some of my biggest inspirations.

I’ve spent the last several months setting up my space slowly and gathering supplies. I just came off of Glenn Vilppu’s wonderful Drawing Essentials online course. Below are some pics of the space and some recent drawings.

All the best on your journeys!

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