I have been clearing out my room (this seems to be a permanent occupation) and recycling old schoolwork, university work, articles, and old drawings and stories by me that just aren't worth keeping anymore. While doing that, I found these:Peter, my family's first...
Yesterday I found a link to the site artists.pixelovely.com which has photographs of people, animals, expressions, etc. that can be viewed as "classes". This morning I tried out a 30-minute figure drawing class, followed by a 30-minute animal class. There are...
I've wanted to post a little about how I'm animating in Maya, but when I began to look at what I'd done I realised that there was more I wanted to say. So I'm beginning here, and we'll see how it goes! Referencing This is, by far, the most important thing I've learnt...
I love this movie. I've seen lots of sketches from other people who've doodled through films, and I've always wondered how they can do that. Well, now I've tried it I see the appeal! I loved capturing the lighting in the central drawing, and trying to catch likeness...
I've now had my final life drawing class at Aardman. I need to find one I can go along to regularly - it's such a great discipline.
I visited Bristol Museum today and sketched some of the creatures there. This tiger was shot by George V in 1911, which is some sort of distinction I suppose. It was in an amazing crouched position and at first glance appeared to be ferocious. The longer I looked at...
This is one of the first sketches I did for the fire in "Dreid", my VFS classical animation. I took a picture of the sketch when I had to throw the sketchbook it was in away, and I only found the picture this weekend.This little bird was in the same sketchbook, but...
Today's quick doodle. I want to try and get away from relying on my sketch lines. I'm finding it difficult to translate them into finished, clean lines!
Some cats from my sketchbook. Coloured in Photoshop.