Sea project test

Our group has opted to do a 2D, almost metaphorical interpretation of the sea, and quite often people relate the waves to white horses galloping into shore. So I started doing some tests of galloping horses from different angles. I used the rotoscope technique but simplified the form down into just line-art.

Character Emotion

Since doing the Performance workshop on Monday I began to study a character's body language a lot more closely and in doing so I was drawn to Wall-e. I recognised this film in particular as a good way of studying body language because Wall-e doesn't have any dialogue (apart from the occasional Eeevva). All of his emotion is portrayed through his eyes and his body.

Below are the sketches I did whilst watching the film of the various emotions he was depicting.

 

 

Backgrounds

 I'm now beginning to learn more about backgrounds and as a starter I was tasked to copy five backgrounds from animations using just pencil lines. Below are my results:

Brother Bear background

Journey to Agartha (Children who chase lost voices)

Prince of Egypt

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Sword in the Stone

Life Drawing- Balance and Weight

Image above: Model continuously moving around the platform, hence the tangled mess of lines.

Train Background

I forgot to add the steps I took to get the train background so here they are:


Step 1: Pen on paper outline

 

Step 2: Began using Copic pens but soon realised I didn't have all the colours required to colour it so from here on I switched to Photoshop

 

 

 

Step 3: Basic colours added, started with very faint colours to get an idea of colour palette.

 

Step 4: I worked around in the outer edges of the image then gradually worked inwards. So here I darkened up the platforms and added detail to the roof.

 

 

Step 5: Added the remaining detail to the platform on the left, which for this was the shadows.

 

 

Step 6: Railway line and middle of the track detail added

 

Step 7: Right Platform detail added and bridge detailed up.

 

Step 8: Train detail and finishes touches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Sketchbook Pro/Designer

Started using Autodesk Sketchbook designer/pro today. Here are some of my drawings.

 

It's better than using Photoshop, which I've used for my previous drawings and Sketchbook Designer is more WACOM friendly as it has a larger workspace and better tools. 

Drawing when I'm bored...

Drawn with felt tip, digitally re-mastered in Photoshop.

                                   Before                                                                                                           After

Before

 

 

 

 

After

 

And some artwork from drawing tablet to photoshop...