Sketches

Just a couple of sketches I made today. Including a first attempt at Peter Gurney

The Ascii Project

One of our smaller briefs is to create a character using ascii art. At some point we will have to animate that character but at the moment I am just trying to focus on things to explore within that seemingly very limited medium. To be honest, I thought I would hate this project when I heard about it as it was very far away from anything I had done before and didn't look that interesting but I am enjoying it now. It feels a lot more free than I had expected and doing something so different is actually quite relaxing. 



I used photoshop to make these as it made it quite easy to use layers to create shading but I would like to experiment with a typewriter too. I was really inspired by this BBC News broadcast about Keira Rathbone, who works solely using a typewriter. Her work is astonishingly beautiful. 

Today's sketches

One of my favourite things about studying animation is that the thing that used to be considered rude or a bit naughty is now work. Here are some of the doodles I did today.

 

Thumbnails

In the spirit of never underestimating the power of a scribble, here are some thumbnails I drew using a brush pen.

Tom Pierce facial expressions

I doodled some facial expressions as well as ideas for character design for the Widecombe fair character of Tom Pierce, owner of the old grey mare.

 

Self-portrait with facial expressions

These are some self portraits of different emotions made during my first year. They are all drawn in a different style and using different materials.

Anger - Acrylics

Contempt - Finger paint

Disgust - Water colour 

Fear - Ink and Watercolour

 

Happiness - Dry pastel and Watercolour

Sadness - Dry pastel

             

Surprise - Acrylics

2015

This is mostly sketchbook work. I've mostly been using a brushpen and working in black and white. My tutor still has one of my sketchbook so there isn't that much work to be posted yet.

2014

I got a lot more serious about my drawing in 2014 when I decided that I would definitely go for animation as a career path. This are some the drawings I made in the process of building a portfolio for my application to the college of art.