Praxinoscope

The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder.
Praxinoscope from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Drawing and sketching trip

This summer I made a sketching and painting trip with my fellow students. We cooked together,  made campfire in the night, made music and painted and drew a lot.

These are of my sketches that have arisen on the trip.

 And these are some memories of the blissful place...

Birthdaytime

It's August and one birthday follows the next. This is one of my birthday presents for a very special friend of mine. Today is her 25th birthday. I've drawn some of her favorite movie characters and some of her favorite animals. 

Can you find all 11 hidden yoshi eggs?

Maquette-Workshop summer 2013

The first thing you need is a sketch of a character in order to create a maquette. 

Imagine your character from each side and make some sketches.

Then you create a rough framework of wire and aluminum foil. 

You can take a small wooden block as a pad. Make sure that it is stable.

"SuperSculpey"is a great material for sculpting.

It makes it easier splitting the material into small pieces and forming it to slim long worms before working with it.

Then you wrap the malleable material around the aluminum figure. 

Use different kinds of wooden or metallic tools to work out the shapes and details of your character.

Shape and form are important first. Do not loose yourself in details at the beginning. 

The material gets solid after baking (one hour at 130° (celsius)).

Finally you paint it with acrylic colors...

This work has given me so much joy.

It not only looks great, but also helps to better understand and visualize the figure.

You can imagine how the character moves and the way he talks.
I have built a close relationship to my character ​​during the working process...

Figure Drawing

Mixture

Figure drawing Spring 2013