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Archive for June, 2009

Oil Study of Degas’ Galloping Horse Sculpture

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

I really enjoyed this one, mainly because Degas’ sculptures are just so brilliant to look at and study. I love the exuberance and joyousness in them; loose but still completely controlled and articulate.
Using just four colours - ivory black, titanium white, cad red and yellow ochre helped a lot… apparently Zorn used this limited palette […]

Stargazing - May’s 11 second club entry

Monday, June 8th, 2009

 I used last month’s 11 sec club as a chance to try out my Pleb rig, and see what rigging problems crop up during animation. For the most part it held together well, though the makeshift IK-shoulder-elbow I set up for the shot to keep the elbow pinned to the ground could’ve used a little […]