Gesture drawing Part 5

I hope you like these guys, because I have more coming :)

These were done after a few months away from the classes.. I felt a bit behind, because once you start doing it kind of regular, it is easier to draw, and you can progress and add, and evolve. But if you stop, you have to give a bit more time to catch up.As one of my teachers used to say - art is a "jealous lover".


Надявам се, че тези постове са интересни, тъй като имам още за показване :)

Тези скици са след малка пауза. Поради това не съм много доволна от тях, но.. всяка почивка си има своята цена. За съжаление с рисуването е винаги така - влезнеш ли веднъж в ритъм, става все по-свободно и можеш да надграждаш и да развиваш нови идеи, да ставаш по-добър, но спреш ли за известно време - поне при мен, трябва да мине известно време докато наваксаш и се върнеш на предишното ниво. Както казваше един мой учител - изкуството е "ревнива любовница".

Once Upon a Time...

... some 19 years ago :)

Имало едно време, преди 19 години...

Gesture drawing... Part 4

Gesture drawing... Part 3

For this session the instructor said it is good to add face to the drawings, otherwise the drawing looks too dead. Even an ugly face is better than no face. And he said we should be fearless, and should not care if it is not well done. With the time, he said, it will get better /I truly hope so!/
It is hard to put face for the 1 min warms up, but I did try for the once where we had more time.

За този урок, инструкторът ни каза, че е добре да рисуваме и лица, тъй като без лице рисунката прилича на манекен - бездушна и безлична. Каза да не се притесняваме дали лицето е грозно или не, това с времето щяло да се оправи /силно се надявам да е така/. За скиците в началото, които са 1 мин е малко трудно да се смогва, но след това съм гледала да го рисувам винаги.

Pijo and Penda

In Bulgaria we celebrate many things in March, first of it is 1st of March, when every person puts matrtnitsa on himself/herself. It is varies in form and shape, but it is always a white and red yarn joint together for health and purity. And one of the most famous variants of martenitsa is Pijo /guy/ and Penda /girl/.
 So I had a bit of fun with them here.


Иииии... не знам дали има смисъл да обяснявам кои са Пижо и Пенда на български, струва ми се неуместно :)

 Честит 1-ви и 3-ти март !!!

Gesture drawing... Part 2

ROck!!!

This is me in my mind when I listen to rock music! :))))

Така изглеждам в мислите си, когато слушам рок  :)))

Gesture drawing... Part 1

We have these lovely classes at work which I started to attend lately... gesture drawing, which they say is very helpful for animators and of course drawing in general. 

I have been very rusty in these things.. haven't taken drawing classes for ages, so I though it will be useful to show some stuff. I have been to 4 sessions so far, but since the amount of drawings is huge I will post them separately.

One class takes 2 hours, and we warm up with 1 min poses for 30-40 min, then 2 min drawings, and 5 min poses throughout the second hour. Most of the drawings are bad of course. I don't like most of them but it is amazing once you loosen your hand what happens on the paper for incredibly short time.

Напоследък започнах да ходя на така наречените часове за "рисуване на бързи скици", които се провеждат на работа. Твърди се, че са в голяма помощ на аниматорите и разбира се за рисуването като цяло.

Отдавна не съм ходила на каквито и да е уроци по рисуване, тъй че реших, че ще е интересно да покажа разни неща. До сега съм била на около 4 урока, но тъй като количството на рисунки след всеки път е огромно, ще ги публикъвам в блога поетапно.

Един урок се провежда в рамките на 2 часа, като се започва със загрявка от пози за по 1 мин. за първите 30 - 40 мин., след което се продължава с 2 минутни пози. Вторият час е изцяло за 5 мин пози. Много голяма част от рисунките не се получават, но е невероятно да се види след като си се поотпуснал и загрял ръката и съзнанието си, какви неща се получават на хартията.

Gossip talk

The idea of this drawing is based on one of my most favorite subjects - the Bulgarian mythology, and more specifically the samodivi /the women under the tree/.

I am still not completely fully happy with this one. I feel something more could be added, or maybe colored in completely different way, although I though I had a clear idea form the very beginning. I still did it with a lot of love, and thought I should show it, and move on. I always feel a work shouldn't be shown if it doesn't fully satisfies me, but on the other hand every drawing has its own vibe, and nice mood and charm in it, and at the end this is what I am looking for. Drawing makes me be happy and I try to share that here!



Темата е една от най-любимите ми, а именно - българската митология и най-вече самодивите.

За съжаление така и не успях да доведа тази рисунка до краен вариант, който да усетя напълно задоволителен, въпреки че от самото начало имах ясна идея как да започна и как да подходя към цвета. Въпреки слабото представяне, е рисунка правена с много любов и реших, че трябва да я покажа и да продължа напред. Винаги имам усещането, че една работа не бива да се показва ако не съм изцяло доволнаот нея, но независимо от слабите си страни, тя все така може да носи настроение, което е и целта в края на краищата. Рисувам, за да се чуствам добре :)

Home sweet home

 

First bilingual post! 

Wanted to start posting in my own language as well for some time, but since I found out my dad visits me from time to time - Go Dad!, I thought the time for change finally came!

And in a parallel universe if I was home for Christmas this is what I will be doing now with my favorite women in the world!

Първият ми двуезичен пост!
Да видим дали ще звучи странно, но пък отдавна искам да пиша и на български тук (да, знам, че никой не ме е спирал)! А се оказа, че и татко бил минавал през блога от време на време, да ме види какви ги върша - Супер си, тате!, и мисля, че времето за промяна настъпи!  :) 

В една паралелна вселена, ако си бях у дома за Коледа, в момента щях да правя това с най-любимите ми на сърцето дами!

My Love...

Prom dress

Me and my sister shopping for a dress !!!

Waiting for the Ralph release

It has been long time since I have posted in my blog. Hopefully this will change if my inspiration decides to come back to me.
Last months have been pretty intense. We finished working on the Walt Disney animated feature - Wreck-It Ralph, which premiere is in 2 days!!!!! It was an amazing experience, working with amazing team and learning tons. It will be hard to describe my feelings.. I can just say I enjoyed it a LOT!

PS. On the picture is me being cold in our office  :))))


Here is the trailer of the movie, in case you haven't seen it already:

He is coming

Something from March :)

Cupcake Lover

 

Since we started crunch at work it has been really hard to find time to draw or to color my stuff.
This is a piece I did in February.  The cupcakes, at that time, started to be a huge temptation and I stopped them since then.. probably right after I did this drawing :)))

I wish I could just post my rough sketches, but I know that if I do it, I won't have any motivation to color them at all.


PS. My pattern inspiration comes straight from Kat in Wonderland :)))

Bobby P

On her way to work

Back home is the coldest winter in years... Seems not fun at all with these temperatures of - 20 C and even more.. but anyways...
 ...this is inspired by my lovely mom :)

Down in the sea

The Pearl

This is one reaaaaly old work, which I couldn't finish on time for some reason. I decided retouching it and post it, because it inspired several more sketches lately, and I thought it is fair this one to be shown first and I will follow it with the new once after.

last post for this year!

It was an awesome and truly hard but amazing year for me!

I wanted to colour this picture before the year have past, but since my tablet broke, I couldn't.

Anyway, I dedicate this post to my amazing friends that made my hard moments much more easier and bearable. And I dedicate it to all the other people that are not in this picture but that I truly love for the love they give to me without asking for anything in return!

Thank you for helping me making my dream come true!!!

Green dress

Moustache Party

We had an epic event last night!
The moustache party finally happened!!!
Boys and girls were supposed to come with moustaches :)))
It turned out awesome!


So this is a pin-up inspired by the event :)

Beer Lover

This beer is called Leffe, and it is one of my favorite. There are many variations, but I prefer Leffe Brune /and sometimes Leffe Blonde/.
There is one beer which even breaks the amazing taste of Leffe, but they don't serve it everywhere /I'll try to take a picture of it if I have the chance/.

And - no.. I am not an alcoholic..

Rada

Dreaming of Cheese

Yeah.. I miss the Bulgarian food and there are days when I wake up and have an extreme desire to eat something favorite. And in this case it was the Bulgarian white cheese.. the closest thing here is called Feta cheese, but it is still not the same...

I love you Cheeeeese!

PS. A bit after this crisis for cheese, I found a Bulgarian store in Brussels :))) Amazing!

Meeting Brussels

Watch your words mister...! I am NOT short!

Lost friend

Happy New 2011!!!

For start of the new year I am sharing with you two small test done for fun, by me :).

2d animation helps me to learn so much more, and the pleasure of drawing and animating at the same time cannot be described :)

PillowWalk test from Svetla Radivoeva on Vimeo.

PillowJump test from Svetla Radivoeva on Vimeo.

Stay inspired :)

I wanted to share with you guys these links about a great studio called Headless Productions.

They say when you want to stay inspired - surround yourself with inspiring people and inspiring things. So this is one of my sources of inspiration. And my eyes just melt from satisfaction when I watch the work of these great people.

Headless Productions blog

Headless Productions Interview

Just adorable!