Tommy Hoppe
Hoppe rhymes with Tommy.
CURRENT SERIES
Ancient Egyptian Design Tactics. Watch the lessons and try the tactics in your own drawing.
SELECTED
Works.
Graphite drawings on paper.
From the archive
Most of my work lives in a physical archive, not online. You may have caught a glimpse of a drawing in a video or story and wondered about it.
If something stays with you, ask me about it. Describe what you remember, share a video or post link, or tell me what draws you to the work. Some pieces are available, and I’m happy to help you find one that feels right.
Each drawing belongs to a much larger story. I like staying in touch with the people who give them a home.
FUTURE FORMS
LECTURE · PART ONE
On Open / Closed Forms
What changes when you close a shape? A chalkboard lecture on weight, balance, and movement in a picture. From Atlanta.
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What changes when you close a shape?
C is open. O is closed. That small difference changes how a picture holds weight, balance, and movement.
Think of the canvas as a field of mass contained by its edges. An open arc lets that field move around it. Close the arc and you contain a second mass inside the first, giving the picture a new weight to balance.
At the chalkboard, Tommy demonstrates how placing partial, open forms first lets you build the balance before closing them. The next question: what happens when the composition opens beyond the edge of the canvas? That is where melodic composition begins.
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