Need More

Aw man, I haven't done much life drawing year, I just checked my stuff fromUni and it turns out that I only had about 6 sketches... I really miss life drawing, I really have to do a lot on these last two week :S

Not very long till pitch week, and I still haven't fully churned out the stuff I have to do for it. I will start doing it once I get advice from the tutors. But yeah, here's a few crap that I have.

On the other hand, I've been playing final fantasy a lot... I'm 1 boss away from completing it, but I decided to do a bit of level grinding. So yeah, that's my life wasted.

Overall, good game though, at least the story was very good this time. But I'm not entirely sure about the game mechanics... The battle system is practically X-2 with the sphere grid and everything... But still, it's quite refreshing. :)

China Land

Woah! Loooooooooong time since I last updated. Seems like I've been slacking, but nope. I was away on a placement in China. Was working for an animation studio there. It was quite new, so the company didn't seem very busy, and to be fair it looked very unprofessional and everyone seems to be laid back with their work, but they still take everything seriously. [As some of us experience whilst we were out there].

I've learnt a lot when I was out there, especially in story boarding, and how they work. Long hours from 9-9 every day wasn't too bad once you get used to it, since the work wasn't very heavy. I think they system there works as how much you can do not how long you can work for.

The company has changed a lot since I first saw it, the film they're working on, Back to the Sea has been in pre-production for quite a while now, maybe about 4 or 5 years now and they still keep changing stuff. But yeah, check their website for more details.

It was cool how the trip ended up being a holiday instead of a placement 'cause they took us out everywhere, and pretty much everything was paid for. Here's a few snapshots;

Whilst I was out there, I've been doing a lot of drawing, my journal of China was my sketchbook, so it was fun drawing people and places where ever you go. It's funny how this is the first time I've used a holiday as a drawing exercise... Makes it seem really sad, but if you're surrounded by fellow artist, you kinda have to do it and it's not as awkward. Haha. But yeah, the experience was great, and it was fun drawing people you see.

By the way, the order is reversed, so start from the bottom.

Fall

Wow, been a long while since I've updated here... Been really busy with Uni, and trying to organise myself for the trip to China. Going in about two weeks! Quite exciting.

For news, well I haven't got anything new, been working in production, still waiting for my grades from the last assessments, done well on my advance drawing unit, so I'm pleased.

I've also volunteered for another production called 'Fall'. They were looking for a background artist, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

That's all for now!

Peace.

Martial Arts

Here are some life drawing, mainly gesture poses I've done. Learned some new stuff when doing this, plus it gets a bit confusing when you do a moving sequential... But all in all, good session I guess.

Pretty cool having a martial artist as a model compared to the usual models we get.

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Dragunov

Speed painting for fun... Been playing Tekken 6 a lot recently. That game is too addictive!
Really like the new characters, specially Leo.

Been trying to play it online but its just so damn laggy, so been playing with my housemate. She says I cheat if I use combos on her, but she does spam a lot of Alisa's hard hits.

But yeah, that's all for now, just wanted to mess about with photoshop. Took about 1 hour. I did some progress shots, but I don't think there's much point posting it since they're quite big leaps in process...

peace!

Watah Corrors!

Meet Trish, the most boring life model ever. Good for volumes though, haha.

Study of Rubens

Been looking for ways to improve myself. So I did some more artist study that is quite different to how I would shade. It was recommended by one of my tutors. I knew that I wasn't going anywhere with my drawings because I looked through my work from 4 years ago and I saw the same style I had before, but just more refined...

When I was talking to my tutor that time, he said that it was a good thing that I notice my own weakness, because other people don't usually, once they get comfortable with what they have or if they've developed a routine or a style, they tend to stick to it, not knowing that they're stuck in a rut. He also said that I picked the best film to work on, because it suits my style, but it doesn't help me on the life drawing department because it's very graphic.

This just means I have to work harder eh?... Heh... I guess this really is my year of improvement. Need to crack on with some digital painting too. Haven't done that since Uni started...

But yeah, That's all for now.

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