Week 10

I started going to the Life drawing classes which have been pretty good, if a little odd that I'm drawing my flatmate haha

We've done some cool Poses etc!

[LD images]

Err I kinda got bored of drawing the model and drew this guy in class instead... he was standing funny xD

[LD images]

One of the poses we were to use our imagination with! I call him The Diamond Reaper! hah

Week 8

Unfortunately I missed Crit because I went to Glasgow to visit my mum in hospital.

I really need to look at the briefs again I haven't decided on which brief yet and I'm no further forward with work.
The VFX one would be great but I think it will take too long now, though I have been watching some things like The Hunger Games and looking at theirs...

The environment briefs may be simple enough as there isn't any need to rig anything =P

Err useless post but just checking in!

Scrooge!

hah this is really cool! A recreation of Scrooge McDuck by Eder Carfagnini.


Uncle Scrooge from Eder Carfagnini on Vimeo.

http://www.edercarfagnini.com/#!scrooge-mcduck/cvcg

I like the idea of the miniatures! The little bit of environment/props really capture the character (as well as obviously the rigging and posing =P)

Week 6 - Briefs

I have to admit I forgot to check out the briefs in more detail so I spent the day today looking into them.
I was mostly interested in the 3D character ones but Ryan also posted up a VFX brief which I would like to look into.
This one involved creating either magic spells for a game, [something] or creating a futuristic user interface that a user could interact with and touch in the air (a bit like Minority Report).

I did a few doodles of this idea.

[doodles]

I'm still unsure as to which brief I would like to pick, however...

Week 5

I really didn't get much done this week.

I did these extra drawings to continue with practising the basics but I need to engage and do more sketch work!

For class we were shown the briefs and Ryan talked through a few of them.  I liked the sound of a few, including the 3D environments and character designs.  There were a few based on books like Lord of the Flies, which was one of my favourite books in school so I may consider that as well!
I'll look into the briefs in more detail soon and try and decide.

Week 4 - Pitch Week

I wanted to really get back to basics and build on the kind of drawings that I haven't done in a while. I used to do portraits and still life studies all the time before leaving uni to work and I used to be pretty good at the portraits in particular.
I did this self portrait to see just how much I could remember about the proportions of the face and I actually found it quite difficult!  It took me around 3 hours, which for the level of detail is probably a bit slow.

Still, it doesn't look weird or out of proportion so I just have to practice and hopefully this will all improve!

Week 3 - Live Drawings!

The task this week was to get out and draw some live studies of people in motion.
These were to be quick poses and sketches focusing more on capturing the essence of the pose or movement than any specific details.

[img of drawings]

I find this kind of drawing a lot of fun. It's challenging to try and capture a moment and at times you could find yourself focusing too much.  It seems the key is to try and capture and remember a snapshot of the pose or action in your mind as well as to capture it quickly in the drawing.

My line work can be a bit messy; not that this is bad, but it sometimes means the images get a bit hard to read. Being lighter with the pencil might help this!