Lifedrawing Sketches Dump:

JacqueChoi

I'm looking for a few choice pieces to include in my portfolio.

A LOT of these are VERY VERY old (over 12 years old, dating back to when I was in high school).

If I can get some honest opinions on which ones should stay, and which ones should go, that'd be AWESOME!

Most recent are these top 4. The rest are from at least 9 years ago.









The rest of these are from my time at Art School, and High School

JacqueChoi

Studies from photograph:

Tumerboy

hee hee. . . I can see his doodle!

ArtsyFartsy

Your stuff is pretty good and you show a fairly good handling of form and shading. I'm not sure what the portfolio you're assembling is for, but I think you know which pieces are better than others. You must look inside you and pick the ones you feel represent you best.

Sometimes when I have a bunch of average pieces I group them all into one composition which may or may not be greater than the sum of its parts. Kind of like this

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5175617

The cat drawing is very well done, but I think the fact that it is so clearly based off a photograph takes away from it. I use photograph reference too, because there's no other way around it, but try to reframe the image, or tweak it somehow so it is a little more personalized. Or even better, draw a couple of different sections of photographs on top of each other and see what comes out.

Cheers

Swizzle

3, 4, 8 and 12 are good stuff. They look like you're comfortable and confident with what you're doing. The rest seem like you're being or trying to be a little too tight.