Illustrations, sketchbook experiments, life drawing, and videos from the desk of Graham Smith Illustration
A few weeks ago I was asked to give a presentation on Character Design to the Animation team here at work! Let me first say that I don't, by any means, consider myself an expert in the field, and approaches/opinions on design vary wildly. So this was , essentially, just my humble outlook on the artform, and is based on my personal design aesthetic (what I like.) So here are the images I went through during my talk. If I have some time I hope to give these images some actual context with what I was saying, but I just wanted to post these images us, hopefully they mostly speak for themselves. "Personality usually dictates design, so I consider Silhouette, Shape , Proportion, and Pose." -Joe Moshier, Dreamworks Character Designer Art by Shannon Tindle Art by Daniel Lopez Munoz More examples of circles vs squares (straights vs curves): Art by Ricky Nierva Art by Jay Shuster A lot of times Nico Marlet works with one broad shape and the details are subservient . Art by Nico Marlet Art by Nico Marlet Art by Carter Goodrich Art by Joe Moshier Art by Nico Marlet Art by Norman Rockwell Art by Bobby Chiu Art by Milt Kahl, Breakdown by Mark Kennedy Art by Chuck Jones Art by Nico Marlet Art by Shane Prigmore Breakdown by Xavier Ramonede -----The Way I work. Well, one of the ways.----- Subject research What I want to emphasize Thumbnail , done tiny tiny Thumbnail blown-up Shape Breakdown Flow Breakdown Clean Line Flat Color Simple Render And that's all I had! Feel free to drop me a line you wanna talk shop if some of this doesn't make sense! Bobbypontillas (at) Gmail (dot) com
one of the display cases from my exhibition. more about this, and my exhibtion, on my blog; andreajoseph24.blogspot.com/
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Here’s a set of sketchnote layouts to try, plus some ideas about why they work so well, and which layouts to use for which particular purpose. One of the questions I get asked a lot in the training sessions I do about sketchnoting (or visual note-taking) is: how do I organise content on the page? …
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These free printable sketchbook ideas and printable drawing prompts are perfect for your technology loving kid or teen. Print and go!
Sheep Shearing thumbnails One of six 8 1/2" x 11" pages I filled with drawings Howard Pyle taught his students that every painting should ...
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This is a very useful sheet for all GCSE students. It's a writing frame that should help you to structure the annotations you make in your sketchbooks. It's very important to explain each piece of artwork in your book with a small amount of writing, but it's easy to write the wrong things, and hard to use the right artistic language. Following the five headings and using the phrases on this sheet will make your annotations better, and help you gain marks. You can access the sheet online by clicking here. I hope you find it helpful!
The Journal Diaries is a blog segment where we get a sneak peek into the journals, notebooks, organizers and diaries from creatives all ov...
In order to become a better artist, it's recommended that you keep an art journal or sketchbook. It's hard to come up with new ideas every day, so I thought that you might like some sketchbook art inspiration. The following inspirational sketchbooks will open your mind to new possibilities in daily art journaling and sketchbook-ing. Here are more than 50 inspirational sketchbook art and illustration ideas.
Looking for sketchbook ideas for your elementary art classroom? See some ways to use them, student benefits, how to make them, and keep them organized.
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