Character sketches

Started work this morning on a short film. I have a script that I'm really happy with and these are just a visual exploration of some character designs using primitive shapes. Out of these only the guy with the flip top head is worth pursuing. I think I want this character to look a little goofy, just not lobotomized. Still, good to get some ideas onto the page.

Another 'trane sketch

Just a quick sketch before bed. Kind of happily surprised at how this one turned out to be honest. I wasn't thrilled with the reference photo, odd angle reference not being my forte at all so I approached it rough as guts and was really happy with how it all came together. looking forward to the weekend so I can pick one of these to paint. might even break out some coltrane cd's for old times sake.

Been busy

Sadly it's not been drawing. Between work and traveling to work and hating work I have very little time or energy left to suddenly break into creative mode and go to town every evening. I do try and get some sort of sketching in but more often than not it is usually just primitive shapes and simple things to just basically keep my hand moving. Also I have been working really hard on getting my blender skills up to scratch and so doing tutorials and experimenting in blender is taking up the majority of my creative time. The good news is that I am getting much more used to the blender interface. So hooray for blender, boo for sketching.
These are two things I've done today. The sketch is john coltrane. Very quick. The bass is a model I'm making in blender for an illustration which is in and of itself a test. If it works out then portfolio piece. If not, then I've learnt lots of cool things for my next attempt at a portfolio piece.
Seriously though, this whole thing would work out a lot faster if I didn't have to spend so much time at work.
Jobs suck. Don't ever get one.

Aspen

This is the progress of a baby I'm painting. This is the first time I've caricatured someone this young and it's turning out to be quite an experience. I have sketched caricatures of my daughter before but she was older than this. It makes a big difference. There are very few facial features there to play around with. Except in this case the blind eye. Still, every step forward is a step in the right direction according to Terry Pratchett. I just finished "and I shall wear midnight" this afternoon. I'm usually a big fan of the Tiffany Aching series mainly because of the nac mac feegle but this one really wasn't up to parr. Oh well, Win some lose some right Terry?

blender energy drink

Did this using techniques learnt from watching a tutorial on blenderguru.com.

Speedy Grampzales

No idea where this came from. Just messing around with shapes I guess. That and I think it would be fun to see what you could get away with when you're old.

gator skin progress

feels like I've been working on this forever but I've only been painting it for a week. And as that usually consists of one hour before work in the morning and then about twenty minutes before bed, that's really not that bad.