Term2 - LifeDrawings

Just some of the stuff I did throughout the term.



Some of the longer poses.





Gesture to Short Poses.

One day our model didn't show up, so we each took a turn on 15 minute poses. Though not great proportion-wise or in action - these 2 are my favorites, so I wanted to share.

Term2 - LifeDrawing - More Portraits

Started learning facial construction.

Term2 - Story Visual Language - Storyboards

Started a new class in Term 2 dubbed Story Visual Language - or SVL for short. Surprisingly, I'm still a little unsure of how to summarize this class; it discussed anything pertinent to the story (from story pitches to story boards, facial acting etc). I suppose it would be best to say that it was meant to get us ready for 4th term where we all get to work on our own shorts.

Anyway, this was the intro to storyboarding. The goal was to get a character to react to the presence of a box he just noticed. The corrisponding reaction could be anything - though it must lead up to the character opening the box.

Term1 - Animation - More assignments

I realized that it will probably be a while before I get those layouts to the point where I'd be happy with them, so I may as well get this thing up to date in the meantime.

Sooo here we go.



Jump on and off a box.


Progressive generic walk


Character walk cycle (I...don't really know what sort of walk this is supposed to be)

Life Drawing - Form Homework

The final image was to adapt a character of our choice. This is Mid-Boss of the Disgaea series.


Learning about the use of shapes in construction of form and its use in assisting with perspective. I'm pretty sure I did this before we started on portraits - this is probably some time near the start of 1st term.

I'm still not sure about what constitutes a violation of terms in accordance to nudity (some people are stupid picky about this stuff...so I'm playing it safe with a happy face.

Anyway, we had to use 2 models and adapt them into box and mixed form.

Character Work?

The characters on showcase here are Steve's cop and robber from his awesome story idea. I got caught up in the fun and threw down some variations as well. Of course, at some point we lost sight of where we were going and ended up shifting to drawing cats and Mario.

The ones of my make are on the 1st pic (the robber on the bottom left) and on the 2nd (the cop in the center and Mario to the side).

If you want to know what happens in the story, Steve has posted videos of his pitch on his blog (Really worth seeing - one of them also has another of his ideas that got shelved)

Sketchbookin #2

I need to start drawing more full-bodied characters...

Animation Term1 - First few assignments

Don't ask about the star... ... just don't, I don't know what I was thinking. I have learned a valuable lesson... I will NEVER do that again... well, at least not on assignments to be graded.

And yeah, I noticed how he rolls over his tail and defies the physics of solid ground. I forgot about the ground line and really only realized it after I handed it in... On the bright side, I haven't neglected it since :)


Showing weight with balls.



Everyone knows this one. The quintessential bouncing ball. Oh how I cringe when I look back on thee ;) . Must mean I've gotten better since I've started. I'll allow myself a small pang of pride :)

Life Drawing - Portrait Homework

This one actually turned out okay. It's fellow artist and classmate Chris. He does awesome stuff, I highly recommend you check him out.
Unknown...

Supposed to be my sister. Jury's out on this one I think.

I'm not even going to try to be chronological anymore... I have enough trouble knowing what month it is, let alone trying to make posts from multiple classes coincide. I think keeping them within the same term is hard enough as is...

Anyway, I was supposed to draw 3 people each from a different view point (Front, Side, 3/4)

Sketchbookin #1

This was originally a wave chart for analyzing the accents in a dialogue I was doing. Then Steve found his way over to my desk...and well... I don't even know how clowns came into it.