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Not Building

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Not Building

(Another New Studio)

Not Building

Standing Nude, Gesture VR drawing using passthrough

I got a new VR program – Gesture VR  that uses 3d scans of models to allow you to practice gestural life drawing in VR (while wearing a headset). Like all digital programs (I might make Art Rage an exception so there will be others) the mark making is pretty rigid and very hard to get variety into. I have done some small drawings in the virtual studio, shown below, but the big virtue of it for me was that I could use it with my Quest 2 with pass through active so that I could see the model in the space while I drew on paper in the studio. The above drawing is my first effort. Charcoal on paper with a bit of white chalk and around ninety minutes.

Gesture VR Life Drawing - Digital Drawing

Gesture VR Life Drawing – Digital Drawing

Gesture VR Life Drawing - Digital Drawing

Gesture VR Life Drawing – Digital Drawing

After finishing(?) ‘Lemniscate Wave cc’ I got an email from the UKSPF Art Grant regarding moderation. I got a small grant from them to produce some drawings with an attached AR element as a downloadable app for smart phones.

Communications of any kind always break into the flow of work so the ‘Redfilm’ and developments of the lemniscates are on the back burner for a while as I resolve the timetable for the ‘Doncaster Platonics’ [UKSPF Art Grant].

Earth

Earth

Fire

Fire

Water

Water

Air

Air

The Heavens

The Heavens

The five drawings will be used as triggers for video/animation about aspects of Doncaster related to the classical elements as listed.

Drawing

I’ve continued to draw every day;

The June drawings can be seen here

  • Draw Every Day – June 23
    Draw Every Day – June 23
    Draw Every Day - June 23 Continuing to draw every day, in a new sketchbook using sketching ...
    See photo »

…and the May images here

  • Draw Every Day – May 23
    Draw Every Day – May 23
    Draw Every Day - May 23 Continuing to draw every day, in a new sketchbook using sketching ...
    See photo »

There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to Twitter and Instagram each day.

Rearranging the furniture

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Rearranging the furniture

(Another New Studio)

After my last post I was thinking about the use of space in the studio and quite obviously it could be much better, so I set about moving the installation space into the corner to utilise the two existing walls rather than just one. I know this is bleedin’ obvious but I plead enthusiasm!

I decided to do this on Friday afternoon, the 2nd June, after returning from a trip away.

Rearranging the furniture

moving the installation towards the wall

The photograph above shows what I mean, the wall behind the drawing board becomes the back wall of the installation and the construction you can see on the left here is the left hand wall of the installation once you’re inside it.

The photograph below is the view from the door giving a direct view of the desk as you enter the room.

Rearranging the furniture

the view from the entrance

On Friday I couldn’t finish it all so I got back to it on Monday 5th. Below you can see view back from the desk with the extra working space created and a nice clean floor.

Rearranging the furniture

New space by the entrance

Rearranging the furniture

Corner installation

And here you can see the filled in installation walls. The projection wall is the reverse of the three 8×4 panels on the left of this picture.

Rearranging the furniture

New Projection Wall

As I freed up three complete panels with this move I was able to make the bench pictured below to use for construction and display.

Rearranging the furniture

New Construction Bench

Over the weekend I worked on some prints of images of the lemniscates that I will turn into sculpture with AR accompaniments. I made the drawings last July and you can see this post detailing them or the gallery

  • Lemniscate Waves
    Lemniscate Waves
    Lemniscate Waves Developed from the lemniscate explorations these are simplified digital ...
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Drawing

I’ve continued to draw every day;

The May drawings can be seen here

  • Draw Every Day – May 23
    Draw Every Day – May 23
    Draw Every Day - May 23 Continuing to draw every day, in a new sketchbook using sketching ...
    See photo »

…and the April images here

  • Draw Every Day – April 23
    Draw Every Day – April 23
    Draw Every Day - April 23 Continuing to draw every day, in a new sketchbook using sketching ...
    See photo »

There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to Twitter and Instagram each day.

Continuing distractions.

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Continuing distractions.

Another wasted(?) period of time, six weeks or so since my last post.

I spent a lot of the time working on the continued transfer assets to a newer version of Unity to allow for a cleaner (smaller) executable and for more actions within the space. Conversations and research have convinced me that I need a narrative and more interactions in the space and I think I’m going to combine them. The thing I haven’t got at the moment is words.

So I decided to take a step back and produce some developments towards sculpture based on the lemniscate drawings. The full gallery is here …

  • Tori Drawings
    Tori Drawings
    Tori Drawings I decided to develop a series of drawings based on the form of the torus ...
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The drawings began as experiments with binders and carriers for graphite powder following the comfrey torus drawings from this post, stepping aside occasionally

studio drawing

A1 drawings made in the studio

These drawings were then torn into quarters and collaged together

A1 torus collage

A1 torus collage

And finally these collages were worked over to define a central connection and suggest a sculptural solution.

Final A1 Torus drawing

Final A1 Torus drawing

There are 16 drawings in total and I’m working on a series of maquettes.

I also made some paintings of peppers I grew this year.

Continuing distractions.

Fruit and Peppers, oil on denim, 12″ x 12″

There are six paintings and they can be seen on this link

https://www.ian-latham.com/painting/four.html

Drawing

I’ve carried on drawing every day and you can see the November  images  here

  • Draw Every Day – November 22
    Draw Every Day – November 22
    Draw Every Day - November 22 Continuing to draw every day, in a new sketchbook using ...
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There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to Twitter and Instagram each day.