My final film story boards will never get done…

I realised i forgot how to draw the face of the main character of my film so had a play around at re learning his facial anatomy and re stylised him a little, i think im liking his new look much more, but theres still a few areas i need to play around with

its not a sketch dump, so its just a dump...right?

Ive been a bit quiet recently so i thought i'd give a bit of a check in with whats going down at my end. Here's a shot of my pre production 'sketchbook', and somewhere under there is my bed... i think. My final film is coming together slowly, ive spent the past week or so mainly just sketching out storyboards, trying to nail this story down so i can move on to more fun things. I really suck at story so its been a bit rough, but hopefully it'll all come together at the end  until next time...

At work Ive just finished designing a big election phase branding which has been a new experience. Had to drop the drawing side of things and focus on a graphic design approach. It’s been a big learning curve but fun non the less. I was asked to design cups which was pretty cool, ive never designed cups before. 

and last but not least, heres another brief i recently finished and was actually happy with the design. Went for a very retro, Hanna Barbera feeling.

Melissa redesign part 2

After a busy week getting a presentation ready for uni, I decided to treat myself and colour the Melissa sketches i did the other day. Had fun playing with some new brushes and starting to get an idea of how i might paint the backgrounds for my film.

Must…learn…colour…

quick colour studies. must…learn…colour…

Character redesign

SPOILER ALERT: A certain someone may have gone through a bit of a redesign ready for a guest appearance in my final film. Yep thats right, Melissa Madison is back! More vivacious and curvaceous than ever. Its fun to see how she compares from her initial designs, its crazy to think that its been a year already since i first designed her…

Ident character concepts

Im currently in the preproduction stages for a Sky ARTS short ident. Here’s a few character concepts that im working on right now. Ive been researching a lot of 50’s animation styles for design inspiration, trying to push my use of shape more since i know i suck with shape playfulness. Theres a few sizing and proportion issues but im not that bothered at the minute, just trying to get down some interesting shapes. Hopefully it wont take up to much time so i can work on my final film again!

Hefalump studies

Heres a few sketches that i included in my portfolio, all drawn from photo reference unfortunately, sad times i know. I planned on doing some animal studies but initially didnt plan on drawing some elephants, but after downloading Aaron Blaise's how to draw elephants PDF, i had to have a go. I found it insanely helpful for analysing shapes in form so have to say a huge thanks to Aaron for that! Everyone that has any remote interest in art needs to check out his work! its crazy inspirational!

Doodles

warm up doodles yerpy derp

Walk cycle warm up

warming up with another quick walk cycle, might have a play at some characterised performance next, but is that before or after i do everything else i plan on doing… 

Character expressions

One of my favourite things to do with character design is to create expression sheets. Heres a few for the 2 main characters in my final film. They’re pretty rough, but they’re only exploration sketches

Art block walk cycle

Since sending my CalArts application, ive been in the biggest art block ive ever had! i literally haven't been able to draw for over a week and have been in full on hibernation mode. Im hoping after some well earned rest time i can relight the furnace and get going again!

Heres a quick walk cycle of one of the characters from my film, i realised i hadn't animated in well over 2 months so i played around with tv paint for a bit. he's a bit off character but im just glad im drawing again :) hopefully i'll test out some final look tests with him ready for my film

Actually sticking with a New Years resolution

First off, happy new year guys, in keeping with my new years resolution, i plan on doing a lot more digital paintings, here’s some character design and visual development for my film. Ive finally submitted my portfolio for CalArts, I’m a little undecided at the minute with how to upload them as theres an image limit on here, but i’ll keep you guys posted!