Tjudy

The Fearless

The Resilient (Winter 2022)

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tjudy's Sketchbook

  • The Resilient (Winter 2022)
  • Sharing the Knowledge
  • The Fearless
  • Giver of Life
  • Giver of Life
  • Dimensional Dominator
  • The Relentless
  • Basics Brawler
  • Lesson 5: Applying Construction to Animals

  • Lesson 4: Applying Construction to Insects and Arachnids

  • flamingo sketch

  • Drawing Prompt: Secret Garden

  • Drawing Prompt: The Goblin Snow Games

  • Drawing Prompt: Hamelin at War

  • Drawing Prompt: The Great Space Bakeoff

  • Drawing Prompt: Hidden Amongst Us

  • Lesson Three Revisions

  • insect construction clarification question

  • Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

  • Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

  • Template for Texture Analysis/Challenge Chart

  • Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

  • Lesson 2: Forms Intersections HW question

  • bear cub playing

  • palm island

  • Big Dipper

  • black widow 20221030

  • Black widow w/shadow

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I'd been drawing as a hobby for a solid 10 years at least before I finally had the concept of composition explained to me by a friend.

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Marcos Mateu-Mestre's Framed Ink is among the best books out there on explaining composition, and how to think through the way in which you lay out your work.

Illustration is, at its core, storytelling, and understanding composition will arm you with the tools you'll need to tell stories that occur across a span of time, within the confines of a single frame.

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