We combed New York to find the most beautiful burlesque dancers, the most bizarre circus freaks, and the most rippling hunks of man. Then, every other Saturday, we let you draw them for three hours. Interspersed with posing are comedy skits and ridiculous drawing contests (best left handed drawing? Best incorporation of a woodland animal?) where you can win booze or prizes

I was a bit apprehensive at first about going: I’d never done any life drawing before and as most of my work is now digital I hadn’t picked up a pencil in ages! I was also worried that I’d look like a complete n00b in front of pros!

All-in-all this it was probably the most fun I’ve had drawing in a long time! The different levels of skill and the overall emphasis on fun made it a very relaxed atmosphere. Here’s my drawings:

Each model held two poses, each for 10 minutes, except for the last two who held one pose for about 20 minutes. I’m definitely going to work back into these images as I think they have a lot of potential!

I interpreted vacant to mean blank and with that came the image of a blank piece of paper. A blank paper is very daunting to many artists and it’s no different with me. However if I start at a paper and think long enough usually ideas just start to come out at me. I portrayed this by using very light colours for the lettering and scenery.

You may have noticed that it’s a very minimal style than what I usually do. Probably not something that will stick, but I’ll develop ways of using it.

This piece was originally entitled Krap. It started out with the text and was a reflection on my mood. This I felt was quite negative so I added the faces and am now transforming it into a portrait of a man who loves music!

A reflection of my mood and also my first of this style to be drawn directly into the computer! It was a lot easier than I thought. In Inkscape I just pressed Ctrl + L to get rid of all of the extra nodes then smoothed it all out. This piece will make a lot more sense soon!

This is something that came from a drawing session awhile back. I took one aspect of the drawing and started repeating and morphing it. I’m thinking of incorporating some miscellaneous objects in there somewhere.

Having some problems with the hair though…

Just a work in progress. To be completed sometime soon

Watch as it flies by….

A personal piece I’m working on. Finally managing to avoid using a plethora of colours. Made in Inkscape

This was originally going to be for Illustration Friday’s Packed topic but I hadn’t yet gotten to grips with Inkscape so it was late. Ah well, here it is for your enjoyment!