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Thursday 15 November 2012

DEEP script: My first storyboard on photoshop

Hi again, finished the storyboard for Dereks DEEP script, my first storyboard attempt in Photoshop. I made a template for the boxes, then two layers titled 'grey' and 'black'. The grey layer was the basic outlines of the shapes and people within the soryboard while the black was the detail and final 'outcome'. I have yet to figure out how to draw characters onto a second layer on top of the background without the background showing through though, I'll have to ask a second or third year for some help with it.



Friday 9 November 2012

Beeble

I accidently made a character today, and I think I'm in love. His name is Beeble, he is a little mutant experiment thing, and he is adorable...when not attacking peoples sleeves and socks. I'm seriously considering developing this little guy into an animation when I'm done working on all the storyboards we've been set.


Thursday 8 November 2012

Cartoon Takes a.k.a An Excuse for Killing Cubey

Hi, been busy doing research for the storyboard task so haven't been as loyal to the blog as I'd like. Also, been listening to the 3rd years pitching ideas and trying to summarise the information I got from their feedback:
- Be aware of the time it takes to tell a story. The story could be amazing, but you can't get many emotional transitions into the plot in just 3 minutes or so.
- Think of how the story is structured. Will an audience get the meaning through what you plan on showing them?

And so! Cartoon takes, in which a character looks at something, absorbs the information, then promptly freaks out. In this case, Cubeys friend from my previous animation was out for revenge, so dressed up as a monster to scare Cubey, only Cubey seems to have been scared to death......

I love this reaction as I've only ever seen it a few times and it is a humourous method recognised globally as 'this character is scared'. Only I decided to cut the animation short of Cubeys ghost returning to his little body....


Thursday 1 November 2012

Life Drawing

Here are a few of my recent (and favourite) life drawings.

Ink 'action' poses
 The ink action poses are my favourite so far, because they seem really dynamic and stylised.

Graphite 'cylinder' drawings

Charcoal and graphite warm up sketches