Author: Miles CGI’ve found this entire semester to be a mixture of fun, frustrating, exciting, and extremely challenging. As someone with no previous experience using 3D software, I’ve approached every task with the mindset of making things functional before making them pretty. It’s been like learning to draw from scratch all over again and I haven’t gottenContinue reading Assignment 2 – Reflection
owl house character model by jellyavi on Sketchfab
We all started off modelling the head, following the tutorial on Blackboard to make sure the topology was correct. I included the turnaround image in the scene for the front, back, and side, so I could make sure my model was as close to a 1:1 recreation as possible. I found the head easy enoughContinue reading Assignment 2 – Modelling Process
After researching the style of The Owl House for a while, I started sketching out rough ideas for character designs. I experimented with the wide range of demon species in the show and tried to push the boundaries of what the anatomy would allow for. For these sketches, I chose to do them on paperContinue reading Assignment 2 – Design Process
For assignment 2, we had to select a cartoon, research the style and character designs, and create a character of our own who could fit into the cartoon. We would then have to translate this design into a 3D model, pose it, and upload it to Sketchfab. Our options for the cartoons included Gravity Falls,Continue reading Assignment 2 – Research
For our first lesson in character design, we were taught about shape language and how different shapes, iconography, and motifs can be used to suggest meaning and personality in a design. The three most important shapes are circles, squares, and triangles. Circles are associated with friendliness and softness, often being used in children’s media andContinue reading Week 5 – Character Design
This week, I was moved into a different group: Group 8. This group’s world was based on the idea of the aftermath of the Gods fighting leaving the world in disarray, with chaotic, uninhabitable weather forcing the surviving humans to retreat underground. The protagonist, a human tasked with venturing above ground, is in search ofContinue reading Week 4 – Colour
This week, we began with some basic tone and line studies of nearby objects, which I did traditionally, one with pencil and one with pen. This was to get used to expressing form and meaning through lines and tone as opposed to colour, and to figure out the most efficient way to convey the subjectsContinue reading Week 3 – Tone and Value
After learning about the Rule of 3rds and Golden Ratio, I tested my ability to utilise them by drawing 4 rough compositions relating to the world my group had chosen, which was the concept of a post-apocalyptic world where cats have taken over as the dominant and most sapient species. I drew two rough thumbnailsContinue reading Week 2 – Composition and Perspective
For the first week, we started off with basic warm ups and a brief run through basic drawing skills. Then, we drew out various simple shapes, making them 3D and bending their forms to create new shapes. This helped us to visualise complicated shapes as more simple, recognisable ones, just warped. We were then taskedContinue reading Week 1 – Form and Shape