Notes from a character design lecture An important lesson I’ve learned from the subjectively channel is writing down your ideas and themes to find a clear concept that you want to convey with your design. Character template Name: Finnessa Waterson Backstory: Grew up on the water planet of Neptune. To survive their she needed to…Continue Reading Character
Barren Blue toned greys contrast dry orange grass. I experimented with painting depth into the picture by replacing the river with a canyon. Hopefull Cold calming blues contrast soft light pink and yellow sunrise. Inspiration from Masters of the universe below. Dramatic and scary There were no big changes to the world this…Continue Reading Colour
I normally begin ideating in my sketchbooks. Digital art allows constant refinement the lack of refinement in sketchbooks encourages me to be free with my creative ideas. I’m very inspired by the texture and shapes used to colour the Steven Universe backgrounds, as well as the ruff texture of the line art. I used photoshops…Continue Reading Tone
I found the perspective assignment extremely useful. Finding where the converging lines meet at the horizon line better helped me understand how to use perspective grids. In my two-point perspective study, I realised that my vanishing points were too far apart and my horizon line was wrong on the first attempt. lines drawn according to…Continue Reading Composition and Perspective
The first assignment was drawing contours over shapes to give them dimension. When I translate this to cartoon drawing it gives characters a greater sense of space and believability. I struggle with drawing men but I wanted to push myself to progress so my next choice was Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls. I first drew…Continue Reading Shape and Form