Dawn

This is the character I am doing for my character design assignment this semester. We will eventually be making maquettes out of our designs. Can't wait!

Demo Reel with animations! Whoa!

Here is my demo reel for the end of the semester. Nothing special, just had to show that we understood how to use the program we used to make the video.

Has a couple animations that I did this past semester.

DUMP!

Time to dump all the stuff I did after I stopped posting because things got pretty hectic with school.

Here is a character design assignment we had that took a really long time to come to completion.
We had to design a creature, create a dynamic pose for it, then draw the skeleton for it, and later add on the muscles.


This is a digital tools assignment where our prof gave us a layout that he drew and we had to digitally paint it so there were no lines.

And here are my 100 feet to go with last semesters 100 hands. Also, on a side note. Apparently, it only takes 2 days to draw 100 feet. Just saying... I guess when you leave them till the last minute you use the time you have..

I want to work on a bunch of stuff for myself this summer, and I was really getting into it at the end of the semester, doodling for me instead of doing my homework.
Now that I'm actually out of school though, I've lost my motivation. I'm hoping it'll come back and I'm just taking a long awaited break from drawing. So we'll see.

I'll try to keep updating with what ever I may have over the summer.

Well that's all for now.

Later days

So much to post!

So much to post!!

Ok, because I have no time to actually post all the work I've done lately, I will post the last assignment for digital tools/layout I finished. Since I have it handy here.

I decided to show my process since we're encouraged to save throughout just in case. I know I'm always interested to see how a person gets to the finished process when I see images online.

So first I had laid down the basic colours and then started cleaning up the line work since the scan wasn't that great of a quality. Then I started filling in the objects. Once that was done I started creating the shading in greyscale. We learned this method the class before and I really like doing it this way. Then that's my final result, and below with our character we had to add in.


Still have a long way to go, but overall I'm happy with it.

More to come soon! I promise!

Later days.

Update!

Alright, finally an update with some work.
Now that it's reading week it seems appropriate to post some pictures of my assignments from first semester so far.

First we start with 50 hands. Half of what I will have to do to complete this first semester. Second batch of 50 will be due before Christmas break. ughhh...
You can tell that I slowly got a bit better as I went, the first hands I drew are in the second image.




We had to do a rotation of half of a pelvis.


This is the first of two 3 views of a torso that we had to do, then re-do.


And finally a Batman challenge for character design. Turning the shapes we were given into Batman's. Fun stuff.


I'll try to update more frequently.

Last few weeks I was going pretty insane with stress. I'm curious to see how the rest of this program will be for me.
I can safely say I'm already seeing a massive improvement in my drawing, and I'm totally loving it.

Later days

2 Weeks Down!

As week 2 has come to an end, I try not to cover my computer in pencil lead that is all over my hands that I'm too lazy to wash off right now.

I have just finished my first assignment for Story boarding class. Finally.
Not one of my favourite assignments, Ive basically been putting it off repeatedly until now.

I have work tomorrow and Monday which I'm not looking forward to at all.
I guess the trouble with starting a new job is not knowing how to do everything completely.
I HATE IT!
At least at Blockbuster, I knew how to do almost every function, and I knew how to deal with every situation. Now, I have to re-learn everything and it's a lot more complicated this time around.
I've been going over things in my head, I know the basics of what I'll be facing, but I also feel that when it comes down to it, under the pressure of the line ups and angry customers, I'll forget everything.
Another thing that bugs me about Ikea is how friggin' huge it is. There are SO many people working there, and yet its so hard to ask for help if I need it. Because it's so busy everyone is doing something, and can rarely come help me, or if they do, it takes a little bit in which the customer will be giving me an evil stare.

Here's hoping my first few days of working on my own go smoothly and without problems.

I'm starting to get to know the people in my class more and more each day.

Hockey starts this week. Ive finally paid so now it's official. I have to play. Let's see how this goes with school work and what not. Also having my early day the morning after hockey will be fantastic.

Oh! I wonder if the Rocky movies continue this weekend from last weekend.
I really do enjoy Rocky Balboa thoroughly. What a guy.

As Promised, pictures of my studio.

That's my desk.


The other side of the room.

Colourful eh?


Yo Adrienne. That's for you. ;)

Later days.

Happy Bluestein Day!

Today was 'wear blue day' in honour of one of our teachers, David Bluestein.

And wouldn't you know it, he wore a bright green shirt today.
Everyone heckled him with 'Greenstein! Greenstein!'

His response, 'I didn't get the email, guys!'

Then he reworked one of my drawings into something awesome. What a guy.
Takes him like 2 mins to draw something amazing, even in just rough it blows my mind.

One day...

Tomorrow is 80's day...I don't know what I'm going to wear...
There is also a soccer game after school, students vs. faculty. Should be fun to watch, because me and running don't mix.

Till tomorrow.

Later days.

P.s. I also have pictures of my animation desk finally, but I have yet to upload them. Tomorrow if I get a chance.

Spirit Week

So this week is Spirit Week in the Animation department.

A new event every day, lots of food, festivities and fun to be had by all.
It's my day off school and I'm still going in! Hows that for dedication?

Today is favourite t-shirt, wacky hat or sports jersey day.
Followed by a secret screening of an animated movie tonight. I want to know what it is!!

Should be fun!

Later days

First week DONE!

One week down, I don't even know how many to go.

As you know, I couldn't stop talking about how excited I was for school to start.
As Tuesday rolled around I felt nothing but butterflies. Well, that was pretty much how every day this week started for me.
Starting something new is always a challenge, even if I am super excited about it. When it comes down to actually doing it, I get really anxious until I'm in the situation.

The beginning of the week was a bit harder than the end, but I must say, by the end of the week I had a permanent smile on my face just knowing where I was. In animation, finally.
Now, instead of being excited about starting school, I'm excited about my art improving, and all the possibilities there are. Each day, our teachers tell us stories about all the amazing adventures their jobs have taken them on. All the people they have met over the years. I want to have that too.

I'm proud of myself for taking everything seriously right from the start.
Ive already stayed for extra life drawing twice, that's once more than I did in all of Art Fundamentals. Tuesday and Wednesday I was at school from 9am to 8 or 9:30pm.
Having my own little studio/desk makes it so much easier to stay and work on assignments.
I'll post some pictures once Ive had a chance to take some.
The people in my class seem nice, and I look forward to the 3 years of getting to know them.

I'm glad I'm not the oldest person in my class!

This blog has kind of been all over the place, but I must end it now so I can go work on some more homework.

Here's a skeleton rotation I did on Wednesday. Kinda sucky, but we still have time to work on them. I like how he gets bigger as he goes on, and his head gets smaller.



Later days.

Schoolz

Omg, blog!

First of all, it's been too long.
So much has happened worthy of blogging about, but I have had no motivation to do so.

School is in 2 days!!!
It's finally here and I'm still just as excited about it as I was before. If not more!

Ok...quick run down of some things that have happened:

-Lost my job at bbv.
-Had 3 weeks 'off'
-3 interviews later, Ikea hired me.
-Couple shifts in, realized how difficult of a job it really is
-Got my new macbook! woot woot!
-Haven't gained any weight!! (haven't lost any either)
-Went to the Ex and watched my friends eat deep fried butter.

Hmm...what else? Cant think of anything.
Anyways, now that school is finally starting, I'm hoping to update this blog with some art as I go.
So we'll see.

Anyways, I've got lots of iTuning to do so I must get back to that.
I'll be back soon.

Later days.

Drawingzzz

Hello there,

It's been a while. I apologize.

I have no excuses other than laziness.

So the past few days I've been getting super excited for school...yet again.

I guess I go through stages of excitement then lulls of not really thinking about school because I'm busy with other stuff. But I'm back to excited!

Thought I'd post some old drawings just to get used to posting more stuff here.

I created this blog intending to use it during school to post my work, so why not start now with some old stuff?

I hope, after everything, I can go through this blog and see some improvement in my work.

I'm already jealous looking through other Seneca student blogs and some of their work, and I REALLY hope I can become as good as some of them.

I really need motivation these next 3 years. I need to push myself to WANT this. After everything Ive taken in school, and everything Ive done in life, I want this to be it. I really do.

I don't want to go into school again and have myself hate art because I'm being forced to produce it. I need to take it as practice and learning, so I can become better.

So don't let me hate art! K good.

So I was googling Disney and Pixar animation studios to see if Id even be able to work there if I was good enough. Turns out they have student programs for graduates, or students about to graduate. I thought that was awesome. BUT! Disney's studios are only in LA. Pixar has a Canadian studio, but it's in Vancouver.

So there goes that. I'm not saying I wouldn't move to do what I want to do, but right now I've got it set in my mind that I want to live here in Toronto.

Who knows. Next is to google Toronto animation studios and see what pops up. I know there are a bunch that do shows for like YTV or even Disney channel shows, so we'll see.

Ok so here are a couple naked girls.

Later days.