Animation students will sometimes start out animating a sack of flour; it’s a way of exploring squash-and-stretch without having to draw a detailed character. Of course, they usually put a little more effort into their tests, but hey, I’m sleepy.

I spent so much time playing mad scientist on the computer today, I almost forgot to draw something. So…how `bout me as a mad scientist? I guess I should have put india ink in the beaker.

I’m getting better at forcing myself to sketch little gesture drawings while I’m out and about. Here are a few people in the park after today’s jog. And here’s a gesture drawing as a proto-animation:

Meet my oldest fans, Nana and Tata. No, really, they’re 193! And believe it or not, I did find a photo of Tata smiling about that big:

Gearing up for my figure drawing class in a couple weeks, using virtual models from pixelovely.com. Apparently most life drawing sessions start out with a few very quick poses (gesture drawings), followed by progressively longer poses. I hate posting lousy stuff like this, but my hope is that it will help to provide some contrast with future attempts, and illustrate my progress. In the meantime, feel free to let loose with the pointing and laughing.