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Monday, November 2
Monday, October 12
Life Drawing: Autumn '09 pt. 3
In direct contrast to the week before, last Monday at life drawing class we worked on very small paper - and by that I mean about 1 x 1.5 inches.
Despite drawing at a similar size when I thumbnail ideas for animation, I found working like this in the life drawing class quite challenging.
Typically, I struggled most with getting proportions to feel right and fit within the confines of my tiny canvas.
Drawing tiny is a great way to remind yourself of the importance of shape organisation in picture-making. Getting the larger forms / main statements in place before working on the finer details is where it's at.
At times I was reminded of how unneccesary those details can be in creating an appealing and more importantly - engaging drawing.
Halfway through the session I decided to do a series of studies from roughly the same point of view - shifting my place only slightly to keep me from repeating the same observations. The idea was to study varying approaches to detail and tone:
This promted me to do a couple of value studies, specifically looking at how the model relates to her environment, tonally:
As you can see, a lot of "detail" can be implied by carefully composing the shapes and their tonal relationship. Fascinating stuff (to me at least).
Despite drawing at a similar size when I thumbnail ideas for animation, I found working like this in the life drawing class quite challenging.
Typically, I struggled most with getting proportions to feel right and fit within the confines of my tiny canvas.
Drawing tiny is a great way to remind yourself of the importance of shape organisation in picture-making. Getting the larger forms / main statements in place before working on the finer details is where it's at.
At times I was reminded of how unneccesary those details can be in creating an appealing and more importantly - engaging drawing.
Halfway through the session I decided to do a series of studies from roughly the same point of view - shifting my place only slightly to keep me from repeating the same observations. The idea was to study varying approaches to detail and tone:
This promted me to do a couple of value studies, specifically looking at how the model relates to her environment, tonally:
As you can see, a lot of "detail" can be implied by carefully composing the shapes and their tonal relationship. Fascinating stuff (to me at least).
Sunday, October 11
Saturday, October 10
Thursday, October 8
Bitfilm links roundup
Fellow Bitfilm Award Winner Alexander Lehmann has a post on his blog about his trip to Tel Aviv. We hung out quite a bit out there - he's a top bloke and really talented animator. Alex's film "You Are A Terrorist" won first prize in the Politicool category at the Bitfilm Festival.
Weekly German magazine SPIEGEL ONLINE (www.spiegel.de) have written a piece about my winning film "Follow the Legs" and also have it embedded on their site. Check it out.
For those interested, Bitfilm have now ranked the films in each category according to the online votes. Dig.
Wednesday, October 7
Tuesday, October 6
"Faulty Choirs" character designs commended at the 2009 Digital Artist Awards
My character designs for "Faulty Choirs" - a music video I designed, directed and animated for OSYMYSO were commended at the 2009 Digital Artist Awards in Shoreditch, London last Thursday October 1st.
They are on display as part of a Digital Artist exhibition, running at Blackall Studios from Friday 2nd October to Saturday 10th October.
There's loads of really cool artwork and animation on display at the gallery, I really reccommend checking it out if you're in the area.
While you're there you can pick up a free postcard featuring the characters:
Entrance to the gallery is free, opening hours are 10am - 5pm. Blackall Studios is located on 73 Leonard Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4QS.
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