So my friend Luke and I worked on a 24-hour film together during the fall reading week a couple of weeks ago. Since we both had lots of other things to do, we cut it short to about 9 hours, but we still managed to create a short video in that time-period. I hope you all like it; it was fun to see this come together!
November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
Expressive Radios
So for my character design class I was assigned to create a character's face to use for a variety of expressions to draw.
For some reason I choose to draw a radio :|
I learned that drawing a radio with a stretchy face was not an easy task. Now I am done drawing said radio with a whole bunch of different expressions. It was fun, but very frustrating. Getting the face to look right was hard: especially the cassette-tray mouth. I did, however, learn a few nice things about squash and stretch that will come in handy. I also digitally inked these, which took me much longer than I expected. Overall, I can't complain about the outcome of this assignment, but there are a few things that will continue bugging me as I look at these. I like them though!
For some reason I choose to draw a radio :|
I learned that drawing a radio with a stretchy face was not an easy task. Now I am done drawing said radio with a whole bunch of different expressions. It was fun, but very frustrating. Getting the face to look right was hard: especially the cassette-tray mouth. I did, however, learn a few nice things about squash and stretch that will come in handy. I also digitally inked these, which took me much longer than I expected. Overall, I can't complain about the outcome of this assignment, but there are a few things that will continue bugging me as I look at these. I like them though!
November 23, 2011
Oh, Good Morning Textures!
These took me so much longer than I originally planned. It was an interesting learning experience putting these four small texture paintings together. I really wish I had put a dark-to-current-colour gradient background behind the peacock feather, but there's not much I could do about that after pretty much finishing the whole thing. Good to know for next time. I'm starting to get a better grip on gouache though :)
Yes, I was up until very late finishing these. Time management: I need to look into that, again.
Yes, I was up until very late finishing these. Time management: I need to look into that, again.
November 17, 2011
Royal Animals
They just don't stand still!
Well, here's my animal portfolio for the Royal Winter Fair that we went to exactly one week ago. Eighteen (good) gestures and six studies is a lot of drawings to do in one day. I like some of the drawings, while there are a few I simply wish I didn't have to include. I didn't have much choice though, since we were not allowed to draw from photographs or anything: I had to stick with what I had.
Here are all the drawings. Let's see if you can pick out my least favourite of them all:
Well, here's my animal portfolio for the Royal Winter Fair that we went to exactly one week ago. Eighteen (good) gestures and six studies is a lot of drawings to do in one day. I like some of the drawings, while there are a few I simply wish I didn't have to include. I didn't have much choice though, since we were not allowed to draw from photographs or anything: I had to stick with what I had.
Here are all the drawings. Let's see if you can pick out my least favourite of them all:
Yes, I strongly dislike that one pig study. Ugh... It was interesting to work with different media, but I think I might want to bring some toned paper, when we go to the Toronto Zoo next semester.
November 15, 2011
Whalimating the S and C Curve
Rayman Origins comes out today!!!
Aside from that, my next two animations for animation class were both practices for the S and C curve. The S and C curve is... difficult to explain without images, so I'm not going to try it here :P
I'm happy with the way both of these animations turned out, mostly. I'm not really satisfied with the candle in the book page flip animation, but since it was extra work, I won't be marked on that anyway. Also, the book page flip animation is a bit dark, so I apologize for that.
Now here is the marine animal. Man, did this one give me trouble. I have restarted this roughly nine times, and ended up going with number eight. I might do a compilation video of all the different pencil tests I have saved for this one, so stay tuned. The whale is a beautiful, graceful animal, I realized. It moves very fluidly, and its size is breathtaking!
Originally the background was much darker, but the animation didn't show up on it very well. The artwork of this is not mine: it's my teacher's, Michelle. I just coloured it :)
Aside from that, my next two animations for animation class were both practices for the S and C curve. The S and C curve is... difficult to explain without images, so I'm not going to try it here :P
I'm happy with the way both of these animations turned out, mostly. I'm not really satisfied with the candle in the book page flip animation, but since it was extra work, I won't be marked on that anyway. Also, the book page flip animation is a bit dark, so I apologize for that.
Now here is the marine animal. Man, did this one give me trouble. I have restarted this roughly nine times, and ended up going with number eight. I might do a compilation video of all the different pencil tests I have saved for this one, so stay tuned. The whale is a beautiful, graceful animal, I realized. It moves very fluidly, and its size is breathtaking!
Originally the background was much darker, but the animation didn't show up on it very well. The artwork of this is not mine: it's my teacher's, Michelle. I just coloured it :)
November 06, 2011
Shark-Bites and Grape-Toes
While I don't really have an issue with shark-bites or grape-toes, there are plenty of things I need to work on to make my life drawings better (I just thought it would be a cool title for this post). The main thing I need to focus on is closing up the gaps between my line-work (surprise!) and add more contrast to my drawings, as currently all my lines are getting on the dark side, where the cookies are. Getting better at shorthand hands and feet is also on my to-do list.
Getting my first life-drawing portfolio back was fantastic. I really like knowing what I have to work on, and looking back at my drawings, it definitely makes a lot of sense. Here are the ten drawings I submitted. If you look closely, you can see the red circles around the areas I need to work on.
Getting my first life-drawing portfolio back was fantastic. I really like knowing what I have to work on, and looking back at my drawings, it definitely makes a lot of sense. Here are the ten drawings I submitted. If you look closely, you can see the red circles around the areas I need to work on.
November 05, 2011
Layout in Perspective
This assignment was very fun, but not the easiest to do. Drawing up and down shots can be a bit challenging to get right. And shading... I really need to work on that. Either way, here is the assignment: hope you like it! And yes, it is related to this post :)
November 01, 2011
Fluffy Shape-Shifters
Two posts in one day!
These are the clouds I've been working on for our painting class. Gouache is a very unique type of paint, but I am still trying to get the hang of it. I find it hard to paint different levels of opacity, let alone clouds. Nonetheless, I like how this turned out, and I'm excited to paint more with the medium.
These are the clouds I've been working on for our painting class. Gouache is a very unique type of paint, but I am still trying to get the hang of it. I find it hard to paint different levels of opacity, let alone clouds. Nonetheless, I like how this turned out, and I'm excited to paint more with the medium.
(Digital) Thumbnaaails!
The Posing of a Character
This assignment required us to pose an original character in eight different positions. Because of that, I didn't start doing my poses until I had a good idea of what the character's proportions were. I still had trouble drawing certain poses, but I'm glad they turned out the way they did!
Oh, and I'm starting to get the hang of clean-up, little by little :)
Oh, and I'm starting to get the hang of clean-up, little by little :)
Today we also practiced some quick expressions with our character, so, for those of you interested, here's some in-class work related to this character.
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