CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 7

   One of my favorite topics this week at CGMA: drawing animals! :) . I reached out this time and looked for an animal that I don't usually draw, just to expand my horizons. I picked a mule deer. A HIPSTER mule deer. Yeah. You can find them grazing near local coffee shops or posing against worn, brick walls, holding old cameras...

CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 6

  I really had fun with this week's assignment. We had to draw two dragons, one in the style of Jay Ward (designer of such works as Rocky, Bullwinkle, Sherman, Mr. Peabody) and one in the style of Ronald Searle (famous awesome designer from the past). Jay Ward design is on the left, and Ronald Searle is on the right. I very much like my Ronald Searle! (:

  

CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 5

  Back again with Week Number 5! This assignment dealt with drawing two (or more) characters interacting on a bench, sort of a telling a story in an image. I chose to go far out (way far out) and made my scene on the moon at a local alien bus stop. A wandering explorer from Earth accidentally stumbles upon this gaggle of aliens waiting for the next bus and is.. a bit stunned...

CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 4

   So sorry for the delay on posting assignments! It's been a busy couple of weeks. For this assignment we had to draw librarian heads. In my picture, I made a chipper librarian surrounded by more seasoned, stereotypical librarians. Commence awkwardness...

CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 3

  Yar! Week 3! This week's assignment was using basic shapes and incorporating them into 3 pirate characters while creating a character line up. This image was hard work near the end (for it was another full week of work) but the push felt good and I think it turned out well. The wily granny pirate is my favorite (: .

CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 2

  Here we are, into week two! The assignment for this week was creating a medieval crusader(s) from the simple shapes that we used from week one: rectangle, circle, and square. We could use any shape, or all three. I chose just the circle and square. We were then to incorporate those basic shapes throughout our character designs. I went silly with this one and had the round bubbly crusader wield a dashing balloon sword again the square young crusader-in-training. I like the tools and brushes I used in Photoshop to create this image. :) 

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CGMA - Character Design For Animation - Week 1

   Hurray! Yet another online classroom I venture into! Exciting! :D This time I am being taught by the talented Nate Wragg. The first week assignment was to create a monster from one of the three simple shapes: circle, triangle, or square. I chose... all three. I wanted double that to six monsters, but I worked about 45hrs this week and just didn't have enough time. There were a lot of shape sketches, believe me...