silouette ideas

just some quick concepty stuff for what the backgrounds could look like. I'm liking the whole tower thing, makes for some interesting shapes. The first one looks a little steampunk...the second tower looks very witchy. i like the witchy one :D

ideas for experimental

Originally I was going to do this for my 3rd year film, but in flash, I think as an experiment, I might try it with real cut outs

here is my inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlP20I8Mh_M

I love the idea of giant backgrounds, so I'm gonna try it, and I'm thinking a cheesy princess/enchanted thing, with a horse, and a little tower. Could be fun.

Just need to get hold of that black cardboard

Hey John!

ok, now my 2d subject has decided to take over this blog.

So what will I do...

EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO DUMP!!!!

personally, I'd like to thank Josh Murphy for posting such wonderful things on my facebook.

http://vimeo.com/5595869
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Emakezine%2Ecom%2F2%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z50CbKEZK-w
http://vimeo.com/5452385

and my personal favourite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4

am extremely tempted to do the photos, but I dont think I have the time to do a decent one, maybe after I graduate, haha

bye for now~

I go' betta - Sketch Dump

Apparently my drawing skills seem to be improving, after looking at these and comparing them to something I stuck in my portfolio for my animation course, which now makes me want to puke.

life drawing - shadows and edges

ok, found this link, i want to make sure to look at this, the shading is great help,

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14035

this one is great too, explaining edges and how they look with a light source. the picture towards the middle of the girl's face is a great example!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913

also, some head tutorials, similar to the first link

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14119

art theory

ok, found colour theory tutorial too, thought this would be awesome!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

more lighting

found a great lighting tutorial for concept art at conceptart.org

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148355