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| That Time I Drew My Ex | The tale of the time I made my best effort to draw my live-modeling ex. Also some not-very-good art. | 2024-08-20 |
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The tale of the time I made my best effort to draw my live-modeling ex. Also some not-very-good art. | /img/doodle.webp | A wiggly vector ice cream cone with a wee smiling face and colorful sprinkles. The cone is holding two smaller ice cream cones in its long, wiggly arms, one of which is wrapped around its body. | 112996800811207774 |
At the start of the pandemic, I had just begun a relationship with an artist who had the occasional gig doing a bit of nude live modeling.
When he invited me to join a session via zoom, I was apprehensive. Drawing has never been my strong suit. I can doodle, but I can't draw. But hey, I thought, I'm not completely devoid of artistic skill. I have been doing design work for years; while graphic design is not art, it's at least art-adjacent. Hell, when I sit down and take my time, I can produce something that's downright fridge-worthy!
Prepared to do my best, I settled down with my laptop, some pencils, and a pad of paper. What I was not prepared for, however, was how quickly the poses would change. There I was, expecting a good chunk of time to carefully render my new boyfriend in loving detail, only to have the pose end before I'd even managed an outline! And so I changed my strategy: I decided to prioritize speed. That didn't work either. Here are some of the results:
After much scribbling, I did begin to improve, eventually turning out this:
I put the pencil down after that.