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Hey guys. Sure I'm boring you all to death but I'm having fun (if a bit fatigued). Several more assignments have gone by -too many to scan (and some are just too big). I did do one in class assignment to show I understood the various camera shots and as a sort of intro to the concept of storyboarding. I posted it on a web page here for those interested.

http://www.stormvisions.com/bc/camshot1.html

Working on final two animations for this intro class and love it. Be good.

Very nice. I liked the variety of shots, and even the little story that's told. I especially liked the shot of the fish bones on the chopping board. Good balance between closeups, faraway shots, and birdseye shots. Now when is the storyboard going to be done?

I think we will actually formally do storyboards next semester (though we are doing some thumbnails and similar as part of the design process). Most of the animations so far have been the simple one shot stuff designed to understand basic concepts like squash and stretch and we haven't done life drawing or character design yet.

3 weeks and then after the holidays we get some more good stuff -right now I will begin my final background design, value and color studies and then paint it which is the main part of the Layout Skills class, then two more animations dealing with weight.

Cool!

One last question. What size were your original drawings done in?

Those were all 8.5x11 sheets of paper. I know later we'll have to set them up smaller and in some ratio or other.

bupaje,
what you have been doing is in no way boring. As a matter of fact you have been allowing us to take a cartooning course for free!
Oooops, I shouldn't have let the cat out of the bag.
Please keep it up.
I am getting a lot out of your experiences.

ingie01 wrote:bupaje,
what you have been doing is in no way boring. [...]
Please keep it up.

I agree. Bupaje dont stop it, and if you have some time share your knowledge with the public. It is not boring at all.

Thanks. Not sure I have reached the level of having knowledge to share but I am going to be working on my finals for the animation and layout design courses. If I can get the images scanned I may post the initial drawing, then the value and color studies and final background so anyone interested can see the process.

Not sure I have reached the level of having knowledge to share

I'm not sure if this is true -- but if you believe it is, then share the angst -- yt's just as interesting! I really look forward to seeing what you are doing. Don't stop!

J

For those who might be interested here is the draft of the final layout (for my Layout Skills class) in pencil at about 1/4 the final size. Next I will do 3-4 value studies, then I will do the same amount of color studies and sometime next week I'll start painting the final background using these. If the colors and values scan well I'll post them.



The garbage can gave me about 3 hours of headaches -trying to do it in 2 point perspective but getting that top ellipse right was beyond me. If anyone is a perspective expert and knows how I should have handled that I'll be glad to hear -or do you pros just eyeball it?

Anyway, I finally went with one point perspective and got a few lines in as guides but finally still had to eyeball it. The teacher's suggestions were great and helped point out weaknesses in the first few compositions and I ended up redoing bits and pieces several times. About 7 hours from start to get this far so not ready for prime time.

Ok, first value study in charcoal. The first study was to create a mood.



EDIT: Ok, here is the second in watercolor -stil not very comfortable with wet media ... this one was supposed to indicate a light source, not quite right ...



The final value study for tonight supposed to be balanced and create motion using value (cause the viewer's eye to flow around the composition). Not sure if I got it right but that's all she wrote .....

Did one more value study - just using a General Layout pencil- and my first color study. Color is going to be a challenge, I imagined something totally different than what I ended up with. I also went to the school bookstore and brought paint and just realized when I sat down that I got acrylic instead of water color. Got soooo much to learn about everything.





Suggestions/comments welcome as always.

Second color study - going to try to do 2 more ...



Third color study - purchased a box of Nupastel as I have wanted to try pastels. No great because -in addition to my lack of experience- I found out that the color doesn't stick good on copier paper and tough to blend as each layer pushes off the other layer as I lay it on. I did a search around the net and looks like I want a coarser or speciality paper.



As you can see, color is not my friend yet ...

Your monochrome(all blue) and your complimentary(red&green)work the best-- they keep the details. Personally pastels are a BAD starting point.Colored pencils always gave me a better response. Acrylics can be watered down just like watercolors, again my choice over watercolors. (they dry very fast and can be worked over and over unlike watercolors and you don't need speciality papers.)
try using a hair dryer if they don't dry fast enough-keep it far enough away not to blow the paint around or not

Yeah Bupaje!
Thank you for sharing these different colour studies!

I think they give all interested people an idea of setting different moods for the same setting.

Your pencil work could be improved, but i personally think this is just a question of practice.
Once you exactly know about it, it won't be as difficult as it was when you started.
You are on the right way.

Keep up the good work and colour will become your friend!