Latest Work!

Here's a few more projects from this 2012 fall quarter. Most of the group projects really get people interacting with each other and generating exciting ideas that make each piece more interesting...plus it really helps to get to know each other.

So as we begin our final project, here are the main guidelines:

Must complete your character, a landscape, and remain within the following limitations -
- 11 x 17 format
- Include a foreground and background
- Include perspective/depth of field in the background
- Keep in mind the light sources (top left main and middle left reflective)
- Maintain your layers!
- Keep each character's focus or attack at an eye level.

- Create at LEAST 5 thumbnails for the landscape and character.
- Have something ready to scan in and get started on Friday May 11th.

Get your sketchbooks managed and have your blogs ready to show.

Photos for the Caricature Project

Alright, get to work! You need to bring with you nine line drawings to scan in and get going in painter for Friday, so choose which photo of each person you want to use (side or front view). The theme is fantasy creatures per the vote. 

April 13th

Yep, it's Friday the 13th...get your eight self portrait expressions done and we're going to get into caricatures for a group project, so be brainstorming some cool ideas. Don't forget your web resource and poses!

For April 6th

::: Visual Thinking :::

We're learning to make detailed observations about works of art and to justify your interpretations with perceptual evidence in the image. 

Due today – 10 poses for reference

Web Resource – Visual Thinking Site ---Don't forget!!!

30th of Mar

Legs and Arms should be completed. Post arms to blog.

Extra credit- bring in work in presentation format and show off your work!

Web resources and 10 poses due…I'm paying attention to this.

Also, looking at the syllabus, 30% of your sketchbook should be done, so bring them in for the first grade!

Remember to go to the facebook page and post your links! (and like the page)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MCC-Electronic-Imaging-and-Media-Arts/280873835270701

Erms and Lags

These two weeks will be devoted to studying the proportions and anatomy of the arms and legs. Get familiar with how they work…look, feel, observe others and more importantly, experiment with your own. Really spend time thinking about how the muscles are attached and look at the values created when light is reflected off your skin, along with how the muscles move underneath.

Arms & Hands should be completed on Friday, at which time we'll begin Legs & Feet. Don't forget your web resource and 10 poses!

March 23rd, 2012

Have arms done for next Friday! Make each layer visible separately and save as jpegs so you have bone, muscle and skin images, then post on your blog. Any questions email me!

4 arms extended
2 with biceps flexed
4 hands

Web Resources
10 Poses

SPRING 1140-2A

Alright, starting out there's a lot to get going, so here we go. For next Friday, below is what you'll need to have ready:

1. A blogspot.com or wordpress.com or some sort of online documentation of your work in this class. If you have questions about this, email me.

2. Get your sketchbook and get started! You'll need to be knocking out about 7-10 sketches per week to stay on track.

3. Bring $10 worth of Print Coupons from Student Services.

4. 10 Individual images that deal with skeletal structure and muscle anatomy. These need to be AT LEAST 400 x 400 pixel images. (No thumbnails)

5. Your Web Resource - The site is up to you, but it needs to be something you can show and explain.

6. Finish up your Skeletal/Muscle drawings and make sure they're labeled, then save as jpg and post to your blog.

Here's a few examples of student work from last quarter

  

Reminder for Last Class

Deliverables for Wednesday Feb 22nd

- Blog finalized with all of your work posted
- Completed mugshots in the mugshots folder on the network
- 60 total poses in the poses folder on the network

Any questions, email me!!!

Wednesday Feb 15th

Final Project: Collaboration Comic

The basic storyline is we'll start off with an in classroom scene discussing what to do for a final project. From there, each student will create an 8" x 8" page that includes at least 3 panels. You can include more if you want to, but within these panels, you will portray yourself declaring your idea for what you would want to do for a project and then create the other scenes to be a visualization of that project. For example, Sarah said she wanted to create herself as an elf set in World of Warcraft, so she would portray herself proposing that idea, then illustrate the two other panels with that story.

The requirements for these illustrations are as follows:
8"x8" file size at 150 dpi
Must include figure, hands, feet, close up/portrait, & perspective
All three panels should be carefully planned out with regards to layout, readability, flow and interest.
Each individual scene should be dynamic with perspective...no straight on shots (like with everyone on a flat horizon line and eye level with each other. No two characters are to be the same size in the same scene...demonstrate the figure in space and using line of sight combined with perspective to achieve an interesting scene.

For Wednesday, bring:
- written ideas for your project
- at least 3 different layout concepts (panels only)
- lots of thumbnails. Sketch these out loosely and choose the best ones, don't just make one and be happy with it. Even if you think it's the best, make a couple more...analyze it and figure out what could make it better.A ballpark should be at least a page for each panel/scene.
- Final Scene in pencils. Wednesday will be spent inking and coloring in.

The following Wednesday will be spent compiling them together and printing. If you want to keep a printed version, bring your $10 of print coupons and we'll print out all of your work from the quarter for you to take with you.

For each character, refer to the clothing in the mugshot photos...we're trying to keep these somewhat similar in style, but for sure the character should look the same.

Here's some websites to get an idea of layout.
http://www.idrawdigital.com/2009/11/tutorial-composition-and-page-layout/
http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754331703249440/tutorial.pdf
http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=43497
http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=52&page=1 - Lots of Jim Lee work
http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=75 - J. Scott Campbell
http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=118 - Adam Hughes layout examples
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/04/if-only-these-pages-were-earning-frequent-flyer-miles/

Any questions contact me!!!

Weds Feb 8th

Ok. Inking 8 portraits is crazy. Here are the heights! Inking done and Barbarians colored for next week, along with 60% sketchbooks done.

John - 6'
Colleen - 5'10"
Sarah - 5'6"
Ashley - 5'5"
Shawn - 6'
Joe - 5'9"
Chris - 6'1
Nate - 6'4"

Wednesday Feb 1st MugShots

Alright, here are the mugshots. Make sure you have at least one of each student plus the instructor, they can be either forward or side facing. Any extra's are extra credit, any questions, email me.