As someone who's never had a ton of confidence drawing people, this has been a great class to practice figures while not feeling boxed in with feeling like I have to draw realistically.

Page of Poses

Being in San Diego, surfers only seemed fitting. My first sketches were pretty rough and tentative (as seen by the plethora of sketched lines). I can tell that the top left was the first one I worked on, and I got more confident towards the bottom of the page.

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 1 - student project

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 2 - student project

People in Shapes

Really enjoyed this exercise! This may make its way into a regular warm-up activity. My first attempt turned out pretty stiff, so I did a second version that I was happy with that I ended up refining and coloring. (Inspired by my usual sleeping position.)

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 3 - student project

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 4 - student project

Cutouts

My paper people ended up looking like they're dancing. My favorite one is the bottom left. He's really into whatever he's listening to. The one on the bottom right doesn't quite look like she belongs but she has such a joyful, fluid spirit that I let her stay.

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 5 - student project

Exaggeration

In my imagination, this character found a giant key and lugged it around behind her until she found a keyhole that looked like a match. I hope she was pleased with whatever she found behind that door.

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 6 - student project

Yena's Odd Bodies - image 7 - student project

Thanks for the great class, Tom!

Yena Lee

Graphic Designer & Ilustrator

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