Exposure, vol.2 || digital drawing

Masks, whether metaphorical or colourful like a carnival, have always intrigued me. Hiding one's thoughts or even one's identity seems a bizarre desire. And yet! This is what we do every day. It can be tiring...

About the drawing

This time I am not including a reference photo(or rather the two I used) because of the nudity. I think drawing the naked body has paradoxically little in common with photographing it. In both cases, we can play with light and mood - but I feel that photography captures a very precise moment in the model's life, whereas drawing willy-nilly represents a spectrum, especially when drawing from nature. The model cannot stay in one position for too long, especially when it is 'unnatural' for the body. The body 'settles', changes alignment slightly and almost shape over time. This gives us an image composed from a certain stretch of time, rather than a very specific moment in time. I often think about this when drawing.

In the original pictures, the posing girl had strings attached to her joints like an animation puppet. I decided to free her from the bonds and leave only their marks on her body. I think the impact of the 'conducted' pose itself is clear enough. Bluntness can sometimes be too painful, even when it's just a line on paper.

Working with a tablet gives me a lot of new opportunities. Lately I've been spending quite a lot of time playing with animation. I think I will soon switch to a slightly more sublime medium(than Canva;), but for now - it gives me a lot of joy:)