I've been working on improving my colour studies and digital painting. There's a lot I need to keep practicing, but I'm pleased with the sense of distance in this study.
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Hand Studies
Recently I've spoken to a few people about their life drawing, and one thing that's kept coming up is hands, feet, and faces. It's really clear when I look at work that has these things missing. They're tough to draw - don't I know it! Sadly, they will still be...
Studies from ‘The Stranger’
I recently watched Orson Welles' 1946 film 'The Stranger', about an investigator from the War Crimes Commission trying to track down a Nazi in Harper, Connecticut. Early on there is a scene where a character is being followed. When watching it I immediately wanted to...
Life Drawing, 10th March
Sue modelled at last night's life drawing session.
Life Drawing, 25th February
Hannah modelled at last night's session.
‘Klaus’ Clean Up, Part II
Part I A brief note about some of the terms I use: keys, breakdowns, and inbetweens are names for different drawings in animation. Keys are 'extreme' poses that tell the story. Breakdowns show how (slowly, angrily, passionately) the character moves from one key to the...
‘Klaus’ Clean Up, Part I
Last year I worked as a clean up artist on the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Klaus. SellOut Animation, based in Edinburgh, worked on scenes outsourced from the main studio, SPA, in Madrid. From May until August I joined the team, cleaning up a variety of shots and...
Life Drawing, 4th February
This week our model was Alexa.
Life Drawing, 28th January
Danna modelled at this week's life drawing session. Her poses were often unusual and pretty challenging to draw! I set myself an additional challenge this week of drawing the longer poses in colour. I've done a few digital studies from photographs recently, but it has...