Sanctum Sanctorum: Drawing

90 minute movie drawing challenge: Tango and Cash

Its time for this weeks 90 minute drawing challenge. This week I was challenged by my brother to do the 1989 film: Tango and Cash, (he knows where I live) which runs for 1 hour 47 minutes. In this weeks challenge I'm returning to the well and doing a pen and ink.

So before I get into the results lets go over the rules:

I thought I might go over the tools I used in this challenge:
This this photo I have:

Wooden Mannequins*

Brushes

Pencils

Glass, for water

Coffee lid*

Masking tape

Eraser

Circle and ellipsis' tools*

* equals items that were not used.

No sketch this week!

No sketch this week. Working without a net people! What this photo depicts is very important. When working with Artline markers (and other felt tip pens) you need to ensure that they are all working. If they aren't working, DON'T USE THEM!!!! Its just like warming up for a marathon (I do warm up to do the challenge as well. You need to do this as your back, shoulder, wrists and fingers is constantly moving for 90 minutes plus).

Rambo? Rambo's a pussy!

OK I admit I had photos on my computer of Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone on my computer. I wanted to get the likeness right. I think I've succeeded.

Rats in a maze

Sylvester....not so much.

I think my underwear is riding into my throat

What's F.U.B.A.R?

Here I laid out the blacks using the thick brush and ink.

We're ALMOST out of gas!

To work with the fine lines and help try to create a 3D element I used a Faber-Castel PITT artist pens which come in Small (0.3mm), Medium (0.7mm) and Brush tips.

End of end credits

Just for something different I though I'd scan the image and show some detail of the characters. I really had fun this week doing the challenge.

And now for the obligatory YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7LPKebIpY

What I learned from this challenge:

Sketches gets your head into the game but sometimes you CAN do without it.

Photo reference is okay, especially if its a movie you don't watch often (I admit that this movie is not on my radar- But a challenge is a challenge)

Turn off your phone, don't answer emails as you only have 1hr 47 minutes to do this.

You need to do a life drawing course Sam!

90 minute movie drawing challenge: RoboCop

Its time for this weeks 90 minute drawing challenge. This week I'm doing the 1986 film: RoboCop. This week I'm using the Directors Cut which runs for 1 hour 37 minutes. In this weeks challenge I'm returning to the well and using pencils.

So before I get into the results lets go over the rules:

90 minute movie drawing challenge: Blue Velvet

Its time for this weeks 90 minute drawing challenge. This week its the 1986 film: Blue Velvet which runs for 1 hour 52 minutes (psst next week I'm doing a 90 minute movie). In this weeks challenge I'm back to pen and ink, but with a different genre again. Blue Velvet is a post-modern thriller. If you haven't seen this movie YOU MUST RENT OR OWN THIS MOVIE.

So before I get into the results lets go over the rules:

Choose a film

Choose a character or theme for a pic

You have from the opening scene to the closing credit of said movie to attempt to finish this picture related to said movie

Sketches and layout is allowed but are included in the drawing time. The more you sketch, the less time you have to draw your final piece.

Once the movie is finished (pencils or whatever medium you are using) down.

What I learned from last week is that brushes are unpredictable. So...I'm still using brushes but with pen as well. Also I did mention a while back that I would work in A4 rather than A3. Well to show just how much I don't listen to myself...here I am working in A3 again.
I once again chose to warm up first. This is really important as I pointed out last week. You're moving for 90min-2 hours without significant breaks. Unless you want your hand to shake and not be confident in the work you're doing you really need to limber up.

It looks like the ear was cut off with scissors:

So as has been the case over the last few weeks, I have taken the sketch option. Which really is just like warming up but for your mind. Maybe from here on in expect a sketch. It gets your head in the game and ready to work on the final piece.
What I wanted to do in this piece was show the scene where Frank Booth (played by Dennis Hopper), high on Nitrous Oxide, performs depraved sex acts on Dorothy Vallens (played by Isabella Rossellini) while Jeremy Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) looks on.
As has been the case for the last few weeks, I do have to say that I like the speed and intensity on the sketch, maybe over the final piece.
Please note, I had a spill of my ink on this page (good thing this didn't happen on the final piece). And on the left hand side you can see the notes that I take again (and some notes on a Hellboy/Peanuts comic that I drew).
OK so not to be a tease here's Hellboy/Peanuts....

She lives on the seventh floor...come on

As this story is a Thriller, I thought I'd try a bit of a Frank Milleresque heavy black and whites a la Sin City. I wanted to put in the Nitrous Oxide mask in the image (you'll see in the youtube that I struggled with this-and struggling is something you can't do with a drawing challenge)

I want to see you get undressed!

Laying out the blacks. Boy I'm so glad I'm back with pens.

It's Daddy you S*&%head...where's my bourbon?!!!

F&*% that S%^&...Paps BLUE RIBBON!!!

You can't see it here, but this is the point where I knew that if I wanted to do the Frank character justice (plus I was still looking into doing the Nitrous) this has meant that I can't do Jeremy in the closet.
A candy coloured clown they call "The Sandman"

I've laid out the blacks using brushes and ink (back with the brushes). So I have to wait for the ink to dry (good thing its around 30 odd degrees celsius here right now so that happens really quickly). So I decided to work on some action lines. I still don't think that this worked. But this endeavour is supposed to be about experimentation.

I love you...but you're gonna get it

O.K. here's where I decided not to do the hand and the nitrous. I am burning through time and its time I don't have as I'm about 20 minutes until the end here.

I could never eat a bug

Here is the final piece. I really enjoyed this challenge this week. No doubt you can tell its my favourite movie and I've seen it way too many times. I think I might break the rules (gasp) and finish this piece at a latter date.

YouTube time lapse movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2_Ik5JVmXs

What I learned from this challenge:
Have a plan for the piece. That's why you do sketches. But also have a plan for the piece related to time management. If you start running out of time what do you do? Have an idea of what you can change and adapt, with reason to still give you the end result that you're happy with.

Don't be afraid to change your mind. But once you've made a decision be happy with the result. There is no time for lollygaging in the challenge.

Use a movie that you've seen several times. This way you aren't tempted to watch the film the whole time. It's a muse-not a distraction. The moment it becomes a distraction to need to stop for a little while and re-focus. That's time well spent.

90 minute movie drawing challenge: Hellboy

Its time for this weeks 90 minute drawing challenge. This week its the 2004 film Hellboy. In this challenge I'll be using the Special Edition of this film so, just like last week, its longer than 90 min (clocking in at 1 hour 59 minutes). So before I get into the results lets go over the rules:

RULE ADDENDUM:
I'm a HUUUUUUUGE Mike MIgnola fan and have all of the available Hellboy:Library Editions as well as Cosmic Oddessy and Gotham by Gaslight. Because the film is based on his characters, but the more I watch it its more about Del Toro's view of this world.
Hence: ALL MIKE MIGNOLA WORK IS OFF LIMITS. Failure to do so incurs a 15 minute pens down penalty.

A new eden will arise

At this point I was not sure what to do the picture on I knew I wanted to do a picture with Samael (The demon) in it. So before I started I wanted to find my inner Mignola.

It was bright red

So I decided to do the picture on Abe Sapien, which I've decided is my favourite character in the Hellboy movie universe. Before I started on the picture I thought I'd draw an Abe from memory. The notes and arrows are from later on where I noticed that my memory sketches were wrong. (Also note the left hand side is the notes I take about lines in the movie (which I should have taken some time stamps instead).

Have you told him yet...you should

These sketches is my study on Samael, which I don't think I pulled off. He's dark and reflective and in the time limit I don't think I go it right. But the Samael sketches here was to get my head right for this character.

Turn the pages please

Well its not cheating I decided to use photo reference. I'm a thin(ish), balding guy so I decided to use myself as a model (thankyou MacBook iSight camera). Enough foreplay, time to get started.

Music Interlude: Red right hand

OK this was supposed to be the start of the image. Buuuuut I didn't like where it was going. So I used it as a layout sketch (I'm wasting a LOT of time here right now-all my extra time is now gone).

Whattya say we work this out nice...peaceful