First few attempts focused on the fantastical image of a minotaur.. with a bit of the cartoon-y. I started using a blue pencil to sketch then go over with graphite to draw the actual lines. This sketch was done over the break.
Consider next a more realistic view of the minotaur... where one might actually place a bull's head on a human body. The focus of this sketch was the face and getting a bull's head more realistic- working off a photo, obviously. Sketch also done over the break.
Various sketches- one of a bull, one smaller of the body of a minotaur- trying to see how the whole body might look. This sketch as well, over the break.
And finally, one last sketch from today- mixing a bit of the more real aspects of a bull. Having some time off from drawing minotaurs, I found this one a bit lacking and certainly looking a bit more cartoon-y than I desired.
The last one might be more cartoonish, but as a composition, it still works. In some ways the further you get from realism with something that's half human, the easier it is for the brain to handle. A real bull's head on a man's body is pretty intense to conceptualize. It's disjunctive and dissonant--two things that shouldn't go together. But when the details are reduced, it's much easier to get your brain around it. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm all about the guy in the middle image, lower right. What a charming slouch he is.
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