{"id":824,"date":"2015-01-07T00:48:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=824"},"modified":"2015-01-07T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T08:46:37","slug":"drawing-style-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/drawing-style-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of my drawing style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, happy new year! I hope your 2015 is off to a great start, yes? As for mine, well\u00a0I\u00a0post\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/arncyn\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> almost everyday so\u00a0you can have a look-see there if you&#8217;d like to know what I&#8217;ve been doing\u00a0since I last wrote.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been working on <a href=\"http:\/\/poptasticbride.com\/custom-couple-cartoon-illustration-invitations\/\" target=\"_blank\">client-commissioned cartoon portraits<\/a> for my <a href=\"http:\/\/poptasticbride.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">wedding site<\/a>\u00a0over the holidays but I haven&#8217;t had the chance to post any of the newer stuff yet. In the meantime you can see what\u00a0I&#8217;ve already done <a href=\"http:\/\/poptasticbride.com\/2014\/08\/custom-couple-illustrations\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m waiting for a new batch of rubber carving blocks\u00a0to arrive, I&#8217;ve been practicing figure drawing\u00a0with\u00a0colored pencils. I confess that I have a hard time drawing males &#8211;they always end up looking girly (( have you seen my artworks for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/ang-nawawalang-soundtrack-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ang Nawawalang Soundtrack<\/a>&#8220;? Enough said. )). Witness Exhibit A.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/xgJcSqNrjs\/\" target=\"_top\">I&#8217;m not used to drawing guys so I chose a guy that looks like a girl to practice on (#matsujun, lol). Fan art for &#8220;Hidamari no Kanojo&#8221; #coloredpencils #artph #art #illustration<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-01-06T06:23:32+00:00\">Jan 1, 2015 at 10:23pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script>I made this sketch today, an homage to the Japanese movie &#8220;Hidamari no Kanojo&#8221; which stars my favorite Juri Ueno (awesome actress) and delicate-faced Jun Matsumoto (( no he&#8217;s not my favorite Arashi, Nino is.\u00a0)). I&#8217;m a sucker for chick flicks, even at my age *blush*, and this warm\u00a0&amp;\u00a0fuzzy scene at the train station was one of my favorites in the film. Can&#8217;t say I liked the ending though, but that&#8217;s another story. If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, here&#8217;s a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=atLheTOqzJA\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a>. While working on this drawing, I thought of looking for old artworks I made back in college just to see how much my style has evolved. Thankfully, I remembered that they were in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">old online portfolio<\/a>\u00a0which means\u00a0I didn&#8217;t have to look too far. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/illo\/fence.jpg\" alt=\"cynthia arre old illustration\" width=\"203\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0&#8220;Fence&#8221; (1990)<\/strong> &#8212; Seeing\u00a0this again today, I can\u00a0now\u00a0say that I was a bonafide mushball *bow* &#8212; I blame the many Sweet Dreams books I read as a teen. On another note, I&#8217;m amazed that I was able to draw the girl&#8217;s expression so well! I was 18 when I drew this and I haven&#8217;t experienced real love yet #chos. Kilig moments? Probably.\u00a0I clearly\u00a0remember\u00a0making\u00a0sure that\u00a0the chain\u00a0holding the gate together forms a heart,\u00a0haha.\u00a0I&#8217;ll try scanning the painting\u00a0again so you can see it in detail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/illo\/pool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Pool Hall&#8221; (1991)<\/strong> &#8211; See, even with this painting there&#8217;s romance brewing between characters. In my teen-aged mind, the girl on the right and the tall guy in red are dating&#8230; but his friend, the guy in green likes the girl and she seems to like him back. Tall trophy boyfriend, meanwhile, is oblivious to the sparks between the two and is only concerned about maintaining his\u00a0billiards\u00a0champion title. The two guys on the left&#8230; well they&#8217;re\u00a0the only ones without love problems tee hee. \ud83d\ude42 Again, I&#8217;m amazed that I was able to tell a story through one painting. Also, I have no patience to paint in watercolor with that kind of attention to detail anymore. Maybe I should title this post &#8220;DEvolution of my drawing style&#8221; instead, lol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/illo\/hitchin.jpg\" alt=\"cynthia bauzon arre illustration\" width=\"233\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Hitching a Ride on Santa&#8217;s Sleigh&#8221; (1996)<\/strong> &#8212; And then came the E-heads&#8217; &#8220;Fruitcake&#8221; book project while I was in the middle of an advertising career. From this point on, it seems I started drawing\u00a0people in a more cartoony fashion. I also don&#8217;t recall why\u00a0I\u00a0chose to do these illustrations\u00a0in black and white. Printing cost concerns, most likely.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cbarre\/2803246666\/player\/\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Artworks for my old online store &#8220;The Paper Basket&#8221; <strong>(2008)<\/strong> &#8211; Looking at this again now, I know I could&#8217;ve done this series so much better. I think my freehand\u00a0drawing downfall started after I got dependent on the computer from 1993 onwards. I would still draw outlines by hand but coloring by computer was so much quicker. That, and I think I lost confidence in my\u00a0illustrating\u00a0self after being on the computer for so long&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cbarre\/3591261143\/player\/\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Artwork for an auction<strong> (2009)<\/strong> &#8211; I was challenged to explore painting and drawing by hand again when I started getting invited to participate in exhibits and auctions. It was refreshing to actually dab paints to paper and &#8220;touch&#8221; my drawings after just seeing them on the screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cbarre\/4570747402\/player\/\" width=\"197\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Dreamtangle&#8221; (2010)<\/strong> &#8211; By this time I was already comfortable drawing and doodling again. Sometimes I would combine hand-drawn inks with digital paint, but now after much trial and error I&#8217;ve learned to just leave the pen and ink art alone as they are. K.I.S.S. and all that. The bare-bones black and white version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/poptastic\/works\/13533742-dreamtangle?c=349225-doodly\" target=\"_blank\">this drawing is on RedBubble<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just to cap off this post, let me show you\u00a0another colored pencil practice sketch. This is from the other day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/xdzLHEtrgG\/\" target=\"_top\">Figure drawing practice with #coloredpencils before cooking dinner ???? Somehow I always end up using just these four colors. #art #artph<\/a> A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-01-05T08:30:28+00:00\">Jan 1, 2015 at 12:30am PST<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><br \/>\nAfter seeing all my old stuff, I&#8217;m glad that the attention to detail (folds in the clothes, etc) that was present before is back. However there&#8217;s still much to learn and new techniques to experiment with so we shouldn&#8217;t stop evolving. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnold-arre.com\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold<\/a> keeps telling me, &#8220;gawa lang ng gawa&#8221;\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0and he has every right to dish out that advice as you can see on his site how much his art has evolved and developed\u00a0through the years. Laterz!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, happy new year! I hope your 2015 is off to a great start, yes? As for mine, well\u00a0I\u00a0post\u00a0on Instagram almost everyday so\u00a0you can have a look-see there if you&#8217;d like to know what I&#8217;ve been doing\u00a0since I last wrote.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 I&#8217;ve also been working on client-commissioned cartoon portraits for my wedding site\u00a0over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,2],"tags":[20,21,32,33],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-design","category-pretty-things","tag-art","tag-drawings","tag-illustration","tag-watercolor"],"views":3099,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}