Rafael Ramos

STATEMENT

This quarter in "Special Topics in Drawing", I had the opportunity to work on my skills around drawing the human figure. I started by working on the speed of my gesture drawings, and worked my way into shading, muscle definition, clothing and fabric, and adjusting figure poses to create a more dynamic line of action. By the end of the quarter, I was focusing on each of these concepts while applying them to backgrounds which I also drew, creating full scenes with my figures simply based on visual design. As our final project, our class worked together to create scenes by using each other's figure or background drawings. This course helped me hone many skills that I find very valuable in all of my artwork, as well as learn from and work in collaboration with all of my talented classmates.

BEFORE

A quick series of gesture drawings, simply trying to capture the line of action and build the body around it. I practiced speed in this series, attempting to convey the pose without using too much detail.

AFTER

I took my favorite gesture (in the center) of the "before" series, and tweaked the figure's pose to make it even more dynamic. I also added more gestures, giving each figure shading which creates more of a scene. I practiced line weight and light source in this series, which added personality to each figure.

MOTION DRAWING

This was a study about how fabric interacts with the body. I showed the same model in 3 different poses to practice the body's movement, as well as how the cloth folds and creases with each pose. A story is created about a woman who dances with cloth.

COLLABORATIVE DRAWING

This Jamboard project allowed me to indirectly work with each of my classmates and their artwork from this quarter. I used at least one figure or background asset from each classmate, putting certain scenes together to show how all of our art can exist in a realm together. I practiced composition within these pieces, learning how every figure's pose could interact with each other, allowing for a story to manifest strictly based on imagery which our class produced. My three Jamboard pieces represent life, death, and monsters, but they can be interpreted however the viewer feels necessary.

CONTACT: rframos@ucsc.edu

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