Character Design Silhouettes - Crow Grim Reaper/Shaman

that'll do pig...or will IT!?

So, every scan and photo I took are corrupted besides sir oinks a lot here. So, I'll have to try uploading again tomorrow once I re-scan an entire sketchbook. Sweet. D:

Story Beats...

You have to read the middle image and then the top one for the story beats, and this was an assignment for school. I'm now boarding it,and the story is far more developed, but we started with taking the phrase(Each class was given one) and running with it. I went with the monster under the bed fighting the monster in the closet for the boy in an all out brawl! The designs have changed slightly,I'll post them when the story boards are finalized!

Character Design sketches

Sorceress with Sass (with pre lim sketch)

Sorceress with Sass (single)

Archer, don't get in her line of sight (this is all a friends fault, so many archer fb posts....and brave,pixar,looking at you)

Archers,dragons,and sorceress oh my...

Wakfu styled Lop (above)

Liquid/Fire esk Creature(above)

Heavily equipped archer (above)

Mandible dragon(above) ((I want to take this a lot further, really liked this design))

Sorceress ( Above) ((Another design I want to take further))

Layout Assignement- Big Character/Small in environment

Not much to say, I am pretty exhausted right now, but the blog must be updated! I'm going to add what I can tonight, and then finish up tomorrow or Thursday.

Here is a layout assignment I did. I'd like to digitally paint this, or marker/guache render it.Who knows what I'll end up doing,only time will tell.

Hope you enjoy, check back soon.

-Dane

2011, BAZINGA!

So,this is the first thing I've drawn for 2011. I haven't drawn a marvel character,let alone a villain, in a long time. I might take it upon myself to draw out the rogue gallery as much as possible for spiderman. I think Kraven and Scorpion,and possibly doc oc are next. We shall see.

Hope your all having a great 2011 so far, cheers to a good year all.

All the Rage

Some sketchbook drawings. Getting to the end of this one soon, I'm literally thinking of posting every single page just to see what I'd consider worth keeping. And get a better opinion on my own work.

One drawing here is an Ivy inspired Bruce Timm sketch for our artist profile we do in character design, originally I drew her nude to honor his pin up style,but our teacher is pretty against that kind of stuff in first year.

Also, that's my friends picachu dying, because she failed as a trainer. I was challenged to draw it really, I didn't have any real reason to. Not that one needs a reason to draw ;).

See yeah next time around.

-Dane

The Inmates are Loose

Here is a step by step *(2 hours already in from first image), one image per hour, recording of my 5th animation layout assignment (master copy of a real layout). I chose this from the Batman: The Animated Series. This series summed up my career decision pretty quick as a kid. I was either going to become Batman, or draw Batman. So far, I'm not sporting any tights or armour, but I have been taking a stab at that drawing thing for awhile now. That brings us here, to the "painting" portion of animation. I will say it, I suck at painting. It is not a strong suit,point, or even skill I currently have up my sleeve. I have to say though, at least with this painting, it seems I'm getting better, or at least getting an idea of where to start.

Here are the images in sequence, from blocking in to finish. Let me know your thoughts, feedback, etc. I'd like to know what I should work on and what (if any) looks right.

Rejected Character design pages, Layout Assignment #2,and a few other things that just won't do.

Character design thumbnails, layout assignment 2 drawings, and a few sketchbook pages.

Sorry updates aren't as frequent as I hoped, but I'm going to at least stick to once a month.

cheers all,

-Dane

Invert this!

This is a rough character turnaround I'm doing for class right now (it's actually due today). My 3/4 back view is missing,but the 3/4 front view is duplicated...thanks photoshop?

I like the inverted look,make the underlying shape more present.

I'll post the finished copies after I get the assignment back.

cheers

And here we ...go

So first year is off in full swing, and after a rough start ( I moved during the first week of class,don't ever do that), I'm off to the races with Sheridan's program. So far, I'm noticing it's very open. In saying that,I mean they give you assignments and let you role with them, but they do tell you what "they" would change/fix.

In terms of animation,shoot it,make it functional. I'm actually surprised at how well I'm doing at plotting out the animations so far (bouncing ball,bowling ball,balloon,and pendulum), I did hit some snags though.

I'll post work during the reading week,and I'm going to use Thursday's to post as least a few things a week. I want this blog to stay alive,and full of life!

It's 3:11am though,so off to finish some painting work for now.

Until next time,

-Dane