<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229339602721380920</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:04:12.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Confused Muse</title><subtitle type='html'>Workspace for unfinished ideas. From drawings to animation. Music, sound design, and short stories fused between. Add your ideas and find your muse. - Ken Neth</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confusedmuse.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7229339602721380920/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confusedmuse.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ken Neth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017470706740546871</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nI3ugwju0eg/Tr4TTz1EvoI/AAAAAAAAABU/6DdVrl1wdCI/s220/Discus.tif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229339602721380920.post-3567247410863794161</id><published>2011-11-12T00:04:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T01:01:22.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Name That Sketch - Focusing Your Art</title><content type='html'>If you're like me you've got more ideas than the time or skills required to bring them to life. I happen to think that, by spending a little time getting to know art connoisseurs, we can learn to focus our efforts on eliciting the emotions we intend to convey with our art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get this blog started on the left foot (the foot controlled by the more creative side of the brain) I'm going to share a few of my sketches and invite you to describe the first strong emotion and/or experience they invoke in you. One of the easiest ways to describe how a piece of art makes you feel is to give it a name... and that's just what we are going to do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's get started:&lt;br /&gt;You might call this one "Face the Fall", or "Jump".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QY7gdAe4oVs/Tr4ty4nPa8I/AAAAAAAAACM/TfslarSwLrQ/s1600/jump.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QY7gdAe4oVs/Tr4ty4nPa8I/AAAAAAAAACM/TfslarSwLrQ/s320/jump.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;1) **name it**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Does this one remind you of anything special?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fuaMmvv2aOY/Tr4t0yoEHII/AAAAAAAAACs/syhgo4fgJdI/s1600/Rest.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="285" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fuaMmvv2aOY/Tr4t0yoEHII/AAAAAAAAACs/syhgo4fgJdI/s320/Rest.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;2) ** name it**&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsLAAbY8crI/Tr4tz6VbC8I/AAAAAAAAACc/8KJGxzuDbrw/s1600/model.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nsLAAbY8crI/Tr4tz6VbC8I/AAAAAAAAACc/8KJGxzuDbrw/s320/model.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;3) ** name any of these sketches **&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-maSY6xJPz20/Tr4tzcHlwRI/AAAAAAAAACU/lML8P5s-UOw/s1600/karatakid.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-maSY6xJPz20/Tr4tzcHlwRI/AAAAAAAAACU/lML8P5s-UOw/s320/karatakid.jpeg" width="245" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;4)**name it**&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhNMLC3z3ok/Tr4tyoq-3mI/AAAAAAAAACE/4mXtdOMl-PM/s1600/anguish.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="186" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhNMLC3z3ok/Tr4tyoq-3mI/AAAAAAAAACE/4mXtdOMl-PM/s320/anguish.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;5) **name it**&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZWR5ZF98c0/Tr4t0JpLZWI/AAAAAAAAACk/K8qTCltDdAg/s1600/rangers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="244" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZWR5ZF98c0/Tr4t0JpLZWI/AAAAAAAAACk/K8qTCltDdAg/s320/rangers.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;6) **name it**&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;How does this one make you feel about the man in the picture? Does it reveal anything to you about yourself?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iqiml05xVAk/Tr4t1BxuLkI/AAAAAAAAAC0/CiCMTXcrwgU/s1600/smoker.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="244" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iqiml05xVAk/Tr4t1BxuLkI/AAAAAAAAAC0/CiCMTXcrwgU/s320/smoker.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;7) ** name it**&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's it for now. &amp;nbsp;Thanks for your comments!&lt;br /&gt;May your creator, the creator of the universe and ultimate artist and friend, bless your creations!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace,&lt;br /&gt;Ken&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7229339602721380920-3567247410863794161?l=confusedmuse.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://confusedmuse.blogspot.com/feeds/3567247410863794161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://confusedmuse.blogspot.com/2011/11/name-that-sketch-focusing-your-art.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7229339602721380920/posts/default/3567247410863794161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7229339602721380920/posts/default/3567247410863794161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://confusedmuse.blogspot.com/2011/11/name-that-sketch-focusing-your-art.html' title='Name That Sketch - Focusing Your Art'/><author><name>Ken Neth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00017470706740546871</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nI3ugwju0eg/Tr4TTz1EvoI/AAAAAAAAABU/6DdVrl1wdCI/s220/Discus.tif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QY7gdAe4oVs/Tr4ty4nPa8I/AAAAAAAAACM/TfslarSwLrQ/s72-c/jump.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
