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Reuben Whiting Portfolio

Line drawings of a sheep skull from two different persepctives. (Pencil)
Sketches of stuffed animals to practice constructing forms. This practice was especially helpful when I began doing life drawings. (Charcoal)
Line drawings of different shaped bottles and a candlestick. I found the shapes really rewarding to draw as it is very easy to tell when a bottle looks right and when it looks wrong. (Pencil)
3 different drawings of plaster busts. The first was just line art and the second was using only dark and light rather than gradual tones. For the third I put a hat on a different bust to give more variety to the drawings and I used a more realistic shading technique. (Pencil)
A series of gestural drawings of a live model. For each drawing I had a different challenge, such as only using certain shapes or only being allowed to use a specific number of lines. I really enjoyed trying to convey the human form in a limited way. (Charcoal)
The model remained in each pose for a few minutes before moving into a new one, leaving her leading foot in place each time. I really like the animted feel this gave the drawing as it makes it easy to see how the model moved across the room. (Pencil)
A collection of life drawings making use of how water and sanguine interact. This was my first time using sanguine and I really enjoyed it as a medium both in how it looks and how it feels to draw with. (Sanguine)
A selection of life drawings on coloured paper. The darker paper helped bring out the white chalk which gave a good contrast to the charcoal. (Chalk and Charcoal)
Some longer pose life drawings of a male figure. (Pencil)
The goal of this drawing was to create an interesting composition using only two poses done by a live model. I opted to do this by having one of the figures much larger than the other and have the smaller figure rest upon it. (Pencil)
I really enjoyed the life drawing done in class so I made use of online resources such as Line of Action to do a lot more figure drawings in my sketchbook. This is a collection of a few different female figures. (Pencil)
More sketchbook life drawings but of a male figure. All of my sketchbook figure drawings were timed between 30 seconds and 10 minutes. (Pencil)
I noticed a weakness in my life drawings was in the hands. So, to improve on this, I made use of online resources as well as my own hands to do a lot of timed sketchbook work. (Pencil)
Similarly to the hand sketches I also wanted to improve on how I draw feet. (Pencil)
After my sketchbook work to improve how I draw the extremities I produced this digital sheet of hands and feet. To keep the collection interesting I coloured each drawing in different way, making use of different tools and brushes available in Clip Studio Paint . (Digital)
A pair of landscapes drawn live. I did some simple landscape drawings to improve on how I draw them as I noticed a large part of my drawings had focused purely on the human figure. (Ballpoint Pen)
A character design sheet for my Dungeons and Dragons monk. I did some preparatory pencil sketchbook work before moving to digital for the full sheet. (Digital)
A small storyboard based on a Dungeons and Dragons combat encounter. I made a note of the simple action descriptions and then sketched how I imagined the events would take place if the battle was animated. (Pencil)
A small animation of a figure moving between a punch and a defensive stance. (Digital)
An illustration of my monk character and an embodiment of his fighting spirit. I enjoyed experimenting with screentones for my hands and feet sheet and wanted to use them for a full illustration. (Digital)
Reuben Whiting Portfolio
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Reuben Whiting Portfolio

Portfolio for university application.

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