Helgeson Art: Lifedrawing

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Lifedrawing

Posted by Johannes Helgeson at 4:21 AM

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Johannes Helgeson: I´m a Concept-Artist and Illustrator active in the games-industry. I love to draw, design and paint! :)

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Quotes

Actually, I don't really draw that well. It's just that I don't stop trying as quickly. I keep at it. I happen to have high standards and I try to meet them. I have to struggle like hell to make a drawing look good. - Milt Kahl
I always say that my work is 90% frustration, 10% satisfaction. There´s always that brief moment when you look at the finished product, and you allow yourself to be proud after all it took to get there. Then you get into the next job, and the frustration comes right back. - Sergio Pablos
"Don't get stuck trying to make the perfect piece. You'll just get all bunched up and make a stiff piece, or even worse, never make anything at all. Your going to make a whole bunch of bad drawings before you make a good one, so you might as well get the bad ones out of the way." - Jason Deamer
"It's never easy. It shouldn't be easy. If it's coming easy then you're going down a path you've been down before. You’re resorting to design solutions that you've used or you've seen used before." -Jason Deamer (on the subject of character design)
"Even in those of my works in which action is least emphasized, I have always sought to put some suggestion of gesture: I have very rarely represented complete repose. I have always tried to render inner feelings through the mobility of the muscles... without life art does not exist." -A. Rodin
"These works have a single purpose: the representation of emotion." - A. Rodin
"Does your drawing have weight, depth and balance?"
"...anatomy is not the answer - acting is." - Walt Stanchfield
"If you do what you´ve always done, you´ll get what you´ve always gotten."
"The ability to draw any character, from any viewpoint, in any kind of attitude, and in motion, all of this instantly readable by a general audience."
"...draw the idea behind the pose and not attempt to copy the model, line by line." - Walt Stanchfield
"Verbalizing a pose or a gesture mentally before starting to draw will help to disengage any obstacles that might stand in the way of drawing the idea clearly." -Walt Stanchfield
"If we settle for mediocrity then mediocrity will find a welcome haven in our own work." - Walt Stanchfield
"Think first, then draw."
"Whether you are drawing from a model or from the imagination (as in animation), you should always be aware that you are not drawing bones, muscles, and cloth, or a model sheet drawing - you are drawing an action." - Walt Stanchfield
"Remember, a drawing that does not tell a story can never be good, and one that does tell a story can never be wholly bad." -Walt Stanchfield
"What, How, Where, When, Why? "
"When I am walking I am walking; when I am eating I am eating." -Zen saying
"In other words, in most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all three." -Walt Disney
"... see it in the mind, and feel it in the body before trying to draw it on the paper." - Walt Stanchfield
"Drawing gestures is like using body language - it requires the context of an entire situation (story) to be thoroughly meaningful." - Walt Stanchfield
"An interest in the subject; something you want to say definetly about the subject; this is the first condition of a drawing."
"A drawing or a scene is not final when a material representation has been made; it is final when a sensitive depiction of an emotion has been made." - Walt Stanchfield
"Draw verbs, not nouns." - Walt Stanchfield
"You won't catch any fish acting like an anatomychart." - Walt Stanchfield

Classical Art Heroes

Alphonse Mucha
Anders Zorn
Arthur Rackham
Edward John Poynter
Eyvind Earle
George De Feure
Gustav Tenggren
J.C Leyendecker
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
John Singer Sargent
Mark Davis
Mary Blair
Milt Kahl
Norman Rockwell
Paul Colin
Paul Grimault
Philippe Rousseau
William Adolphe Bouguereau
Émile Cohl

Contemporary Art Heroes

Alberto Varanda
Alex Alice
Alex Woo
Allesandro Barbucci
Alvaro Tapia (No Gallery)
Andreas Deja
Anette Marnat
Aurelien Predal
Aurélie Neyret
Barth
Ben Caldwell
Ben Mauro
Bengal
Benoit Tranchet
Bill Presing
Bill Schwab
Bobby Pontillas
Brian Wong
Britney Lee
Bruce Timm
Bruno Dequier
Carlos Baena
Carter Goodrich
Chris Appelhans
Chris Sanders
Christie Tseng
Christophe"ZEBE" Lourdelet
Ciia
Claire Keane
Claire Wendling
Clio Chiang
Cory Loftis
Dan Hipp
Daniela Strijleva
Daryl Mandryk
Dave Pimentel
Dice Tsutsumi
Elena Bespalova
Elsa Chang
Emily Carrol
Enrique Fernandez
Fabien Mense
Florent Sacré
Florian Satzinger
Franco Spagnolo
Geneviève Godbout
Genndy Tartakovsky (No Gallery)
Georgi Simeonov
Glen Keane
Glen Murakami (No Gallery)
Glenn Vilppu
Goro Fujita
Guillaume Ospital aka. Crowley
Guillaume Poux
Hayao Miyazaki
Helen Chen
Hethe Srodawa
Hunter Severn Bonyun
Iain Mccaig
Ian Mcque
Igor-Alban Chevalier (AKA. Black Frog)
Irene Matar
Jake Parker
James Finch
Jason Chan
Jason Hong aka. Rusty
Jason Seiler
Javier Guzman
Jeff Maka Merghart
Jeff Turley
Jesper Ejsing
Jin Kim
Joao Ruas
Joe Olson
John K
John Nevarez
Jose Lopez
Josh Cooley
Josha Middleton
Joshua James Shaw
Joy Ang
Justin Gerard
Karanak
Katy Hargrove
Kelly Hamilton
Kendra Melton
Kevin Dalton
Kevin Dart
Kevin Nelson
Kosal "Petit Carreau"
Kris Anka
Krista Huot
Kuz
Laurel Austin
Lesean Thomas
Levi Hopkins
Lisa Keene
Lorelay Bove
Lou Romano
Louie Del Carmen
Louis Clichy
Maly Siri
Man Arenas (Yaxin)
Manu
Marcelo Vignali
Mark Mcdonnell
Martin Wittig
Mathieu Reynes
Matias Hannecke
Matt Rhodes
Maxime Mary
Melmade
mickael balloul
Mike Mignola
Min Yum
Mindy Lee
Moby Francke
Nathan Fowkes
Nicholas Cole
Nick Carver
Niklas Jansson
Octavio Rodriguez
Oren Haskins
Otto Schmidt
Ovi Nedelcu
Pascal Campion
Patri Balanovsky
Paul Felix
Paul Lasaine
Paul Richards
Peter Bergting
Peter De Seve
Phonixa
Phroilan Gardner
Pierre Alary
Pierre Perifel
Radford Sechrist
Rich Lyons
Rob Laro
Robert Kondo
Rod Guen
Ronnie Del Carmen
Rose A Petits Pois
Sam Bosma
Sam Nielson
Sandro Cleuzo
Saskia Gutenkunst
Scott Campbell
Scott Watanabe
Sean "Cheeks" Galloway
Seo Kim
Shane Glines
Shane Prigmore
Shiyoon Kim
Shoomlah
Stephen Silver
Taylor Krahenbuhl
Thomas von Kummant
Tien Hee
Tiffany Ford
Tim Mcburnie
Toby Shelton
Tom Scholes
Tuna Bora
Tyson Murphy
Uli Meyer
Uwe Heidschoetter
Vadim Bakhlychev
Victoria Ying
vincent nghiem
Wes Burt
Win Arayaphong
Wouter Tulp
Xavier
Xavier Ramonède

Blogs I Follow

Indistinguishable From Magic

Cosplay the Classics: Natacha Rambova
3 hours ago
Gurney Journey

Painting the Kurbmaster
9 hours ago
Flooby Nooby

Across The Spider-Verse VFX Breakdown
20 hours ago
lines and colors :: a blog about drawing, painting, illustration, comics, concept art and other visual arts

Marc Dalessio (update 2024)
1 week ago
Colorful Animation Expressions

My Year in Film 2023
3 months ago
Academy of Art Animation Notes

The Hobbit animated film
1 year ago
Muddy Colors

Character Design, Pt 8: Designing Alternatives (Layer Comps)
1 year ago
The Round Tablet | Digital Art Inspiration and Tutorials

Sony Releases PlayStation VR2 Headset’s Design
2 years ago
Today's Inspiration

Shannon Stirnweis, Part 4: Paperback Cover Art
2 years ago
One1more2time3's Weblog

Instagram
2 years ago
Character Design | Artist Interviews

The Art of Luca
2 years ago
Drawn

Hello world!
3 years ago
Spline Doctors

AnimBot – Spline Cast with Alan Camilo
5 years ago
How to draw and paint tutorials video and step by step

Today drawing LIVE stream no 212 simple portrait
6 years ago
Cartoons, Model Sheets, & Stuff

Pete Hothead Model Sheets
6 years ago
The Art Center

Summer nights on the beach
7 years ago
Temple of the Seven Golden Camels

"Presentation of Storyboards" by Joe Ranft
7 years ago
3 Grenouilles

TROLLS ...
7 years ago
The Invisible Ink Blog

Enough already with the Raiders of the Lost Ark “Story Problem”
8 years ago
Rad how to

Story class spring
9 years ago
Michael Sporn Animation - Splog

ASIFA EAST Memorial for Michael Sporn March 2, 2015
9 years ago
WorkInProgress

JL Munuera & Sedyas
11 years ago
Academy of Art Character and Creature Design Notes

Sculpting a Maquette with Tony Cipriano: Part One
12 years ago
Char Blarg

Mike Lee
13 years ago
Design Lessons

Practical Anatomy
13 years ago
Ten-Minute Drawing Techniques

Off-perspective drawing
14 years ago
Gorilla Artfare
On Animation - Inspiration for the Animation Masses
SiDEBAR - COMICS, ART & POP CULTURE
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
W.I.P. Podcast- Sci-Fi & Fantasy Illustration
Cartoon Modern

Other Great Sites

Living Lines
Schoolism with Bobbu Chiu - Interviews
Movieclips - great acting ref
Catsuka
Venus Observations - Erotic Depictions of Women in Art (NSFW)
Film Noir Photos
Gesture Drawing
Penny Arcade Webcomic
Cucumber Quest Webcomic
CharacterDesigns, Lots of Photref
Creative Uncut Video Game Art Gallery
Electric Tiki Sculptures
Inspiring Animation Demoreels
Disney Modelsheets

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