Back to the drawing board! ( part deu ll )

From the previous post this mash up of images was set up to give a sense of what was going through my head when trying to solidify a look and aesthetic ( I love that word), which was the next step,( we were also steadily narrowing down the characters for another line-up, soon to follow). It came to a point where I said.. you know what this still isn't working. Especially after a critique I had. the class tossed around interesting ideas but for some reason I wasn't content with my detectives outward appearance anymore... I thought it would be more interesting if his looks played no part in winning him the ladies.Just his wit and no mess attitude. A seasoned detective. check it out! more details to come, the sultry femme fatale (working on names) and just a tip of the iceberg as far as his opposition goes. I'm trying to build this dark and twisted world from a solid foundation. Comment 'n check it out!

Back to the drawing board!

One of my many assignments in my bag 'o' workload was to build some characters from the ground up. No solid story plot, but enough meat on the bones to create a solid cohesive batch of characters. Being that these characters are geared towards animation I decided to keep the look simple,(well...duh) BUT!! try to capture some personality. I couldn't help but visit my old detective friend from from my fall semester days.. I felt like I didn't do him justice so a while back, since I saw a window I jumped through it. More details to come on that front these were the selected silhouettes from the couple rounds that I did. Check 'em out!

PROJECTS.COM (thesis)

Recently I was asked by one of my home-skillets, to help out with concepts for a senior thesis project he's tackling. Aside from the fact that his ideas are solid, and his drive is nothing short of inspirational, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to do some critical thinking thanks to him and feed off some of that energy. So were moving things along 1 step at a time. This is the initial look and overall feel for the main character. I don't think its my place to divulge all the details about his project but time will tell so stay tuned as I reveal the awesomeness, in the mean time I'll do my part. Every now and then I'll post these updates here and there,. Hes got a whole ton of images from more earlier works that I did for the project, these are just nitpicked for my blog. I'll give you guys the link as soon as I figure out how to work this damn link thing!

PROJECTS.COM ( POST NIGHT)

Off to an interesting start this quarter, but the more time that passes by the more I realize how important it is to practice and produce work. I've said in previous post I was going to post specific stuff. Instead I'll post the most recent up dates fill in the blanks and keep things moving from there. I'm currently enrolled in two character design based classes, awesome stuff, good insight, great films, butt-loads of inspiration! check out whats new.Hope everyone's hanging in strong.

GROUND WORK

Quick environment study for the geeks room where he takes all his fantastical wondrous books to fully immerse himself in.

RECENT PROJECTS FINALS AND STUFF

Blogger's, I've finally made it back to update this vessel of mine. Ive got some recent finals and personal projects coming your way ready to share and ready for some input and insight. I'm on my spring break now so now is the perfect time and oppurtunity to upload,and see what folks ahve been up to, hope everyones getting inspired and trying there best to stay inspired! up top Ive got a little peek at one of the short stories I worked on for my visual story telling class, just basics in trying to get an idea of the look and feel of the story. The title was "overdue" and basically our geek! goes head to head with the security guard who hates overdue books!

QUICK POST

I know I haven't posted in a while but I haven't been in idle mode, I've been keeping busy, most definitely. Maybe one day me and my art director can look back at this blog 10 years from now and he'll say, "man you sure did suck!"(pause) but your hella good now though. So the moral of my imaginary story is to practice, practice practice, and I'm here trying to practice what I've been preached. Just spreading the good word! in the meantime there's been allot of really awesome opportunities for growth and Ive been learning alot this symester so far so I'll do one major post sometime soon but in the meantime these sketches fell outta my head and on paper. Hope everyones hanging in there.