MOVEMENT

Over Winter Break I've done a lot of sorting out ideas in my sketchbook and I've decided to focus my art on the Beauty of Movement.  I found that movement is a huge basis for all of my interests and in turn, can be used as a reflection of who I am as an individual.  I've always been intrigued by video, as I explored the importance of movement it became evident that movement is vital to the visual appeal of video and film.  The way a camera is handled during filming allows for an infinite amount of beautiful motion shots.  Movement catches the eye and holds on tight.

I've started exploring movement in an area of one of my life's greatest loves : Skateboarding

In Skateboarding, Style Matters.
Where does style come from?
Movement.

It's the unique movement of tricks and the way the particular individual performs them, which creates beauty.  Skateboarders are found in unique positions during tricks.  I've decided to show theses not so often seen forms in motion, as a way of portraying the beauty of movement in Skateboarding.

The idea stemmed from a project in drawing class where we created a series.  After proposing the idea of drawing skate photos, my professor suggested that I take a look at Robert Longo's "Men in the Cities".
I used the work as inspiration and my drawings improved through the series.

This was the final drawing of the series which was due at the end of the Fall 2010 Semester.

During the last critique Brian suggested that I continue the series as life size drawings.  I stocked up on a ton of new drawing supplies and a 10 yard roll of paper.  I also picked up a large 2B Graphite Chalk Stick which I'm using to sketch out the new drawing.  I'm already very satisfied with working on the huge area,  it's allowing to work much faster and improving the fluidity of my drawing.