Showing posts with label characters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label characters. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Space Puppy Character Designs - Pass 1



I have been drawing the characters for my Layout and Timing class a lot for the past month or so, making way for the first turnarounds that we recently completed. These were my first character turnarounds, so I can wee some wonky features that I am ready to go back in fix in the upcoming pass. In class, we were instructed on how to "check" your turnarounds and animate them spinning - a really cool exercise I want to definitely continue to do in the future.





Monday, January 21, 2013

Winter Break Pt2: Character Study-Palooza


This break I made it a point to try and take a few days where I would just sit down and draw the same character as many times as I could. I decided to focus on characters I thought I already had put together fairly well from my childhood/early years as an artist - it was such a neat process to tap back into them again and push them further than I ever thought I would. The most interesting and rewarding thing was the fact that sketching them in this fashion really helped me see as more of a feasible, concrete characters that I can imagine with much more clarity. I came to new conclusions: the kitten with the laser cannon on his tail - his tail could be long enough for him to hold so he could aim his laser cannon. The cute creepy thing with the mask - why is he wearing a mask? Maybe he is actually a hideous freak with lots of lots of teeth? 

I also started drawing the Hardcow again, at the end of break - and this has continued into this first week of school. More big sketch posts of lots of cows/barnyard friends (for Animation III) and Space Puppies (for Layout and Timing) are on their way!

Winter Break Sketches Pt1: Face Studies & More


Here's a generous amount of various sketches from this past break from school. Most of them are from various Facebook friend pictures, some are from TheSmokingGun.com, a few others are from life, and a few are straight from my weird brain. I was getting inspired by clicking around the internet to a few really cool artists, notably Sam McKenzie (http://samsamsamsam.com) and the way he draws the face/figure. Also, I think my love for coloring in noses and ears is getting serious.

The break has been really nice, and now that school is back in session, I am definitely appreciating all that time I had to not do homework per se, and all the time I had to sleep... here's, though, to a new year, and many more sketchbook posts. Especially now that I no longer have Cafe Sketch class (http://sarahschmidtsketch.blogspot.com).