Last week we were able to gain some insight from Sorcha on the topic of Character design, and the many indepth details that make a character interesting. We went through many topics, from anatomy to character dynamics. Sorcha mentioned the four fundamentals that help majorly in character design: Shape Silhouette Rythm Construction Shape […]
Month: October 2021
Animation Study – Procreate
Throughout the year I have made my own attempts to practice animation, mostly using a ball to understand weight and bounce. Within the last couple weeks with some aid from The Animator’s survival kit by Richard Williams, I have made some more studies to understand spacing and bounce further. I have a vimeo that I […]
Week 5 – Character Design
This week we focused on the character designs for our World – Sugar Prohibition. In previous weeks group members have compiled various references to help build the world and the characters that live in it, and the newer members have since added their own ideas and references. I find character design incredibly tricky but the […]
Group 4 Colour palette task
Sugar Prohibition – Group 4 We searched around the building on multiple floors, but the best colour palettes were the ones found in posters and banners. Most have vibrant and interesting colour palettes. Complementary Isaiah’s – Analogous Isaiah’s – Monochromatic Isaiah’s –
Colour Homework
Watching the lecture and guides for this homework was very useful, especially when trying to convey a certain mood and atmosphere for environments. I really enjoy using colour but I feel I’m not the most adept at it, so watching videos from artists like Bob Ross and studying works of Mark Maggiori who uses bold […]
Tonal Studies Homework Neo Noir World
For the tonal homework, I found quite quickly that it was harder to try and create strong contrast in outside environments that are city based. I think the issue I have is also creating texture on the buildings, my alley study feels very flat compared to the inside diner concept maybe because of the more […]
Week 3 – World Building Group Swap & Updates
This week we swapped some members of each group around again, I was moved from Group 1 (NeoNoir) to Group 4 (Sugar Prohibition). The group now includes – Ellie, Ciara, Kharis, Isaiah and myself. During the class the members of Group 4 explained to the newer members the general style, story and ideas that […]
Week 2 World Building – Group Swap
The second week some members of the groups got swapped, Group 1 for this week now includes Kaz, Dan, Finn and myself. This week I arranged a time for a discord meeting to narrow down our activities, discuss ideas and goals that we wanted to accomplish for the week. Before the meeting started I wrote […]