FemmeScape 1

The above was realized with Photoshop. Below is the digital model. Her dramatic pose defies gravity, but I think it works in its intended context.

Pose

Flirt 4

A variation on the Flirt model (last month), incorporating a few facial "ticks" to make it seem more life-like.

Flirt view 1

Since I have not been to a live sketching class in a few months, I thought it time to take what I have learned, and apply it back to the computer. Specifically, a computer program might start you off with a rigid and perfectly formed "model," but it will take some doing to achieve a naturalistic pose.

Flirt view 2

Yes, but is it sexy? That shadow across the back is not something you’d normally see in a photograph, but our computer model is trapped in 3D space, and the software renders it nicely.

Flirt view 3

There is no escaping the mannequin-like appearance from this view. On the other hand, a live model will almost never look a sketch artist straight in the eye.

A 3D femail figure in self-defense stance

This is a Poser project I was working on before I got too involved with the site re-design. I think the virtual muscular structure is pretty good, but there are obvious contortions when the figure does something athletic. In the spirit of this blog, I’m posting it now, as-is.

Hand with leopard skin texture

Note the animal skin and claw-like hand. Science has been talking about the possibility of “designer babies” in the near future, through genetic manipulation. What I am curious about is whether people will do the kind of genetic cross-breeding depicted here, as a fashion statement.

Mother Earth amid rising sea level

This is a representation of the mythical Mother Earth, or Gaia as she is sometimes called. Her hands in the clouds and legs in the water show the hydrological cycle. Her body is the color of arctic ice, ranging from white to deep blue. On her person you can see a human hand brushing the surface of the water. Those are typical Northern California hills in the background, and it appears that the water line is rising.

If you enjoyed the movie An Inconvenient Truth and are interested in areas susceptible to global warming, you can view dynamic maps created about climate change and sea level.