I struggled a bit with this session! As you can see from one of the drawings, I wasn't able to finish the arms. I still quite like the sketch though ...
Sketching
All In Gesture – Diner Waitress
I drew these last week, I think ... and forgot to post them. Some fun sketches of a 50s Diner waitress!
All In Gesture – Ballroom Dance
Kelly held some beautiful dance poses in this All In Gesture class from a couple of months ago.
Simple Character Design Exercise
Next week I'm running a Traditional Animation Workshop in Hawick, so I thought I'd share a little preview from the class. I've always found creating characters to be challenging. Where do I start? And I often find they all end up looking the same. Why is that? This...
Storyboard Planning
Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on a short storyboard sequence for my portfolio. It's still a work in progress, but I'd thought I'd share some of the early planning from it.I don't often share thumbnail storyboards because they're usually pretty...
All In Gesture – Disgust and Joy
Last Saturday's All In Gesture class theme was the characters Disgust and Joy from Inside Out. Both express strong emotions, so it was fun to draw and exaggerate the model! I also had a few attempts at drawing the characters.
All In Gesture – Viking
Here are some sketches from another fantastic All In Gesture session, with Kelly as a Viking! I was definitely influenced by How to Train Your Dragon ...
All In Gesture – Pregnant Mum
What a great session with model Veronica, nine months pregnant at the time! I enjoyed switching up my Photoshop brushes to try something a little different.
Costume Design
I've been working on a mini graphic novel project for a while (you may remember this, this and this) and recently I've been doing a lot of research into clothing. It's set around 1300 but much of it falls into 'vaguely medieval'. There are very few source materials...