Take a look at these sketches done on the iPhone y Eric Molinsky on the subway in New York. I thought they were very appropriate since we just did speed paintings and you know how hard it can be to capture and synthesize a subject. Here is his blog and a video piece they did on him in the New York Times.
I took a look at the first two pages of Molinsky's blog and it's amazing how the faces and people he draws just feel so real. He caricatures and abreviates his drawings so perfectly and gives them so much character. Browsing through his blog, I loved the variety of faces he uses as well. From what I saw, I especially like the sleeping man halfway through the first page. It feels so real that I can almost hear him snoring.
ReplyDeleteOverall, this seems like a great exercise. I admire the artist's persistence and dedication to do this for so long. I can only imagine what Eric Molinsky can do with paper, pencil, and a little more time.
Romtin
Interesting to see how technology evolves art. This is a good exercise for doing fast sketches, sort of like gesture drawings in my life drawing class. Just more sophisticated.
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I agree with Fernando, these are a lot like gesture drawings. I really think fast sketches like these are sort of like "backbone", I suppose, of learning how to draw something accurately. When you draw quickly, you tend to pick up more on what makes that person/item unique, such as specific facial/body features. Whereas when you draw for a longer period of time, you tend to over-think the object in a way and prescribe what you think the thing your drawing should look like. (i.e. If the person you were drawing had a longer nose than the typical anatomical canons).
ReplyDeleteWell, I really hope that makes sense, ahaha.
So that's why I really enjoyed these drawings! I think if I knew what these people actually look liked, I'd be able to recognize them from these drawings!
-Mattie Goad, Painting 1
I think it is amazing that he does each of the sketches in 30 seconds and captures a good impression of his subject.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun alternative to photographing people too.
Soheila D.
That's interesting how he uses only neutral or sad or angry faces on his caricatures. He is very talented, because I would not be able to draw in 30 seconds such a picture. In the rhythm that is going I won't be surprised if one day artists are repalced by technological devices.In my opinion, I hope that day will never comes, because art will be boring, robotic and won't have any real sensation.
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I like how any drawing whether on an iPhone or sketch pad can be art. Clearly he has artistic skills and I see some realism but the features have this cartoonish quality which makes it very stylized. Its pretty darn neat.
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Painting 1
I should bring in my speed drawings, they crack me up! But i do not do them on any phone. I like giving them silly titles. It really makes my friends laugh. Maybe i should make a book out of them! They can be so fun but they help so much with techniques!
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That was amazing !He is doing a grate job ! I had hard time get use to touch screen phones! I wonder how he is drawing on them?
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