Oscar the Grouch

While in class, the skeleton (named Oscar), some drawing mannequins, and disembodied heads and arms were out. Instead of running in fear, I decided to draw Oscar, using the pencil method to measure proportions.

I also did a quick sketch of the disembodied head with muscles and flesh showing through. I'm not sure if it has a name as well, but if it doesn't, I'm rooting for Sylvia.

...Just looks like a Sylvia.

Visual Communication: Week 3

Balance and line studio (cartoon character):

This studio, our challenge was to fix the symmetrical, lame, non-dynamic poses of the cartoon characters. I used red for the line of action, blue for the body parts, thin black for the sketches, and thick black for the final lines. For fun, I added a bit of color as well.

The original weak poses:



Action line, body parts, rough sketch:


Line art over rough sketch:


Line Art with some coloring:

Visual Communication: Week 10

Clocks and Tick Techniques


Using the clock technique, I drew my hand in a 'peace!' pose:



Using the tick technique, I drew my brother on a couch. Looking back at it, the nose seems too large. However, I was under some serious time constraints because my brother is very impatient. I also should have taken the photo before drawing him, because by the time I finished he was not willing to stay still any longer. The bottom photo is the best photo I got... xD

Visual Communication: Week 9

The White Mouse (short story comic) 

Rationale:

To see a pdf with the rationale and more in-progress work, go here.

Visual Communication: Week 8

This week we are looking at methods, styles, and techniques of comics and graphic novels.

I decided to test my rendering skills on the batman line art given in class. I used feathering techniques for some of the shadows, and used a red divide layer to get the cool lighting effect. Lastly, I added blood for a grim and serious look, and touched it off with a blur effect to help add depth and text to make it feel like a poster or cover.



Looks pretty cool, not going to lie.

Visual Communication: Week 6

Squaring Up/ Drawing outside of class using the grid

For my grid measuring device, I used a glass frame from the dollar store and used washable marker to draw lines onto it. This is a convenient way to make a grid measuring device because you don't have to worry about threads, and the glass is the exact same size as printer paper. That being said, it is glass, so you have to be careful when you bring it around and stuff it in backpacks.

I used my grid device to create the following images. Unfortunately, my arm started to get tired after a while of holding the frame, so the right side of the image is slightly skewed looking compared to the right side.



The original scene I am drawing is my basement stairs:



Tutorial Sketchbook Assignment: Perspective
I drew the bat mobile I carved way back when, while doing the following:

• Drawing it using linear perspective
• using red for the eye line
• light blue for orthogonal/parallel lines
• dark blue for 'gift' box around form
• dark pencil for final lines/cleanup
• showing unseen planes of the object

Because of the angle I drew it at, I had to place the red line quite high. The car has a lot of curves in it, so I tried to imagine how the car was a simple block of wood before I carved it.



Photo of car: