A watering hole for animation, sketches, designs, and general craftiness
This Monday was July's session of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, and as always, it was a lot of fun. I was unable to stay for the whole thing, but I look forward to going to the session during the Hintonburg Arts Festival this August. The theme was Wild, Wild West, and the models were in amazing costumes and really got into the theme. There was even live music from Lefty McRighty, which made for a very fun evening of sketching.
The sketch with the cactus was for the Incorporation of an Animated Cactus contest, which I'm happy to say I won! I really like the relaxed attitude of the Dr. Sketchy's events and how they encourage a lot of experimentation with your art. I tried a lot of different media throughout the evening, and I've posted my favourite sketches.
In January, I did some designs for Ottawa Theatre School's Theatre for Young Audiences production of Beo's Bedroom. The designs had to be set up to print onto panels so that the set would be portable, and the heater became a character, so it had to be a design that would translate into a costume. It was a fast turnaround on the design, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It gave me a lot of opportunity to play around with different media during the sketching stage, and brush pen wound up being the media of choice.
I've discovered the fun of playing with scanned fabrics recently and decided to use some scanned lace to this invitation to our semi-annual fancy party. Because really, what's fancier than an octopus in a top hat and an old-timey mustache? The design has also been added to my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands
The second Dr. Sketchy's I attended was in January, where the theme was Roller Derby. The very talented models were from the Rideau Valley Roller Girls: Assassinista, Cupcake Killa and Raggedy Annger. They came up with some amazing poses and were very fun to draw.
Wow! I'm finally going through sketches that I've had archived for a while. Back in November, to my absolute delight, I found out that there was a Dr. Sketchy's Ottawa! It takes place on the last Monday of every month, and though I've only been able to attend a couple Dr. Sketchy's nights, I highly recommend them as they're very fun and provide the opportunity to sketch very interesting models. The November Dr. Sketchy's theme was Steampunk. This is my favourite sketch from that night, a 20 minute 2-model pose.
Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, I am a freelance animator and illustrator. I love anything creative: sketching, crocheting, jewelry making, baking. Further designs may be found at my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands. You can follow me on twitter; I'm @cararowlands.
Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, I am a freelance animator and illustrator. I love anything creative: sketching, crocheting, jewelry making, baking. Further designs may be found at my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands. You can follow me on twitter; I'm @cararowlands.
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