Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Links

I'm looking for relevant links so I'll be adding but here's one I said I post for underwater/cave reference:
http://micechat.com/53403-disney-imagineer-tom-thor-thordarson/
This is the site for the "Bodies" exhibition. I'm going to callhttp://www.premierexhibitions.com/exhibitions/4/37/bodies-exhibition/plan-your-visit to see if you can draw there.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Some links

Here is a relevant post by a friend of mine.
http://filmandanimation.sva.edu/a-is-for-animation-mario-menjivar-3/
Pretty good inking tutorial (I'm going to quiz you Matthew)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6t7nWZPvo
Behold! The Drybrush Master!
https://vimeo.com/90784758

Monday, April 27, 2015

Some Walk Cycles and Movement

On Saturday I don't expect the final toned paper drawing done. I expect the final drawing done, ready to be transfered. If you get it transferred that's great. But I'll show you how in class if you don't know. If you have gray markers bring them. And if you have colored pencils (Prismacolor) bring those. Don't buy them if you don't, I'll bring some.

Here's some walk cycles from Preston Blair's book I'll add more things as I find them:

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/walk_reference_01.html
http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/walk_reference_02.html
http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/walk_reference_03.html
Hears a good action sketch:
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2015/04/conductor-paul-phillips.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Character pages

These have a nice level of finish. I'll add more as I find them.


Exploration of expressions.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Meet in front (near ticket booths) at 9 am. Here is the zoo's info page: http://www.lazoo.org/visit/

Here's some good pages to look at. Look at how they are simplifying things like fur:

http://davidsdoodles.com/
http://aaronblaiseart.blogspot.com
http://nathanfowkes-sketch.blogspot.com/search?q=zoo
This is an interview with Terryl Whitlatch she has a very thorough approach to character design. It involves a lot of research from real animals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4tonAYHhw

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County time and meeting place for Saturday April 11th

Meet on the steps of the entrance at 9am. Bring your student ID they should have a discount. 
The museum is located at:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007
I would bring pen and pencil and Sketchbook.
If you have a toned paper sketchbook/paper bring it too.


















Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

I'm waiting for approval on the trip. I'll post here as soon as I know.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Cosplay model Friday night in room 1020!

This will be a costumed model. Take advantage of this! Getting a costumed model is a big deal.
And it's fun. If I see sketches in your sketchbook from this I will give you extra credit.  If you don't make it, only bad things will rain down upon you. 7-10pm

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Arboretum Business

I'll do a water demo this Saturday. Get a roll of cheap tracing/sketch paper. They should have it at Dick Blick. Also bring a board or something to draw on. You don't want to draw directly on the table. I want to see ten pages of explorations on Saturday. Not nine, not five, not two, ten at least. 
Also think about really pushing your lighting design. I'll go over that also on Saturday. 
Here's some samples, this one is a good example of keeping architecture simple it you want to add it (I'm referring to the to the first image). Remember that the terrain is the "star" here. If you put anything else in keep it simple and secondary.
http://theartofmichaelspoonerlilo.blogspot.com/
Some more:
http://fuckyeahchrissanders.tumblr.com/post/22188129173/lilo-and-stitch-concept-art
Scroll through this page, tons of good stuff:
http://artofdisney.canalblog.com/archives/1998/01/29/26281339.html

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

EASL Club Info


This is the latest info for the EASL Club. This is a student group putting together model sessions, sketch trips and other events. Veronica Quiroz sent me the info below. I can't emphasize enough the importance of this. If anyone is interested in demo's of any kind let me know and I'll be happy to do some and maybe later get some guests to talk/demo. Take advantage of this so it grows, it's great for everyone. Also a good way to fill up your sketchbook for my class.
This tuesday, the club will be meeting at the Packing House (440 S. Anaheim blvd, Anaheim Ca) at 5pm and they're going to sketch around the place as a group.
The club regularly meets in room 1015 on tuesdays where the meetings start at 5 and end at 7pm unless we're doing outside sketching. 
The club meetings will mostly be for students to draw and work, bounce off of each other's creativity. Ranging from sketch groups to themed drawings to brainstorm sessions to days where we share different sketching materials. I've suggested we talk about networking methods and actually going to events and gallery openings to put networking into action.
On Fridays we will be holding life drawing sessions in room 1020. The doors will be open around 6:30 and we will most likely end the session around 9:40 (ish) to leave time to clean up and share work. It will be $3 at the door and students must their student i.d.'s.
We're working on building up enough funds with these meetings to hire professional models.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

2-7-2014

This is Carter Goodrich's website. Look at how he uses a more graphic approach to character design: http://cartergoodrich.com/#/books/say-hello-to-zorro/Say-Hello-to-Zorro-1

Peter De Seve: http://www.peterdeseve.com/