Gareth Hinds's Blog, page 16

Manga Studio test #1

I've been playing around with Manga Studio, which is a drawing program specifically tailored to drawing comics. It's got a lot of crazy features, and I've barely scratched the surface, but here's a quick inking test I did. The pens have a nice feel to them, and this is drawn with vectors, so it's resolution-independent and fairly easy to scale or manipulate line-by-line.

Othello

I just saw ASP's Othello. Unfortunately I missed the dress rehearsal for this show, so it was just a regular performance. Well, actually, it was a daytime performance primarily for local schools. It was kind of neat seeing Shakespeare with a bunch of high school students. I could sense their confusion at times, but for the most part they got into it. They were most audibly impressed by the fight scenes (very well-done) and the kissing scenes.

This is an emotionally powerful performance. Jason ...

Connections to old New York trips (part 3 of 3)

And finally, here are two drawings from Central Park — one I did two weeks ago, the other is from the 2007 trip.

Connections to old New York trips (part 2 of 3)

I can't really post about the Natural History Museum without showing some drawings of the huge fabulous dinosaurs in the atrium.

Connections to old New York trips (part 1 of 3)

You know that that Glyptodont I blogged about last week? I was trying to think where I had seen one before, and I came across this page in an old sketchbook. I think that's him, right there between Centrosaurus and Moschops. This drawing is from New York's fabulous Museum of Natural History (which, incidentally, is right by the New-York Historical Society, where my work was featured in the big Slavery exhibition a few years back). We went there to see the butterfy house — more pics below...

Old Sketch of the Day #10 – Abstract composition

I went through a stage where I did a bunch of compositions like this, inspired primarily by Richard Diebenkorn. I really enjoyed the exercise, although I've never felt as personally connected to abstract work as to representation.