(AUGUST 11th) - Class #12

For today's studio, one blind drawing:

Assignment 3 - CD Cover

For the last assignment I did an illustration of Beethoven for a possible CD cover which would be used by Archiv Produktion for a re-releasing John Eliott Gardiner’s legendary period-instrument recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9 symphonies in a box set, as requested for the 3rd assignment. I chose to hand draw this illustration and paint using color pencils. The background color for the front cover is a kind of blue/grayish because most of the stages in which the presentations were made were black, but as I used black permanent markers, I chose to do it lighter so it would contrast more with the shapes of the drawings. The typography used for the name “Beethoven” is kind of modern, showing that although his songs are old, they are also present in modern times and is being re-released, but it contrasts with this classical-type in the name “symphonies”. I was drawing listening to his songs, so the reason why I drew him standing upright and holding a baton is that I could only imagine was Beethoven conducting the band and the score going around the whole stage. It’s as if I were there, watching the band play and seeing Beethoven conducting them.

(AUGUST 6th) - Class #11

Studio class today!

Tutorial - Pencils and Popcorn

I watched the movie "Maid in Manhattan" and chose the best and the worst scenes in my opinion.

The image below was chosen by me as the worst scene (as a whole) because of the context. The couple had just met and they were in a park talking. Although during the fall the sun doesn't bright that much, the scene was too dark and could have something more romantic in the air such as some leaves falling around them to create another climate for the scene. Besides that, they could have been filmed with the camera in front of them, showing both of them looking passionately to each other. This is how I redrew the scene:

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 I chose the above scene as the best because it was one of the most beautiful moments of the movie: the maid was dressed out perfectly, with a beautiful and renowned sparkling necklace, almost holding the guy's hand, while he does the same wearing a suit. The ambience and the lighting were also perfect for that moment: at night, with a relatively big and bright fountain, making the moment be romantic, which is the intention for this scene.

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(JULY 30th) Class #10 - Expressionism techniques [angle strokes/time/pressure]

In class #10, the drawings were made using expressionism techniques [angle strokes/time/pressure].

Here is the photo:

And here are the drawings:

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Assignment 2 - Storyboard about Tim Horton

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(JULY 28th) Class #9 - Pencil Measure and Scribble method [model]

Drawings in class #9 were supposed to be made using pencil measure and scribble method. That day we had another model.

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(JULY 23rd) Class #8 - Pencil measure and clock measure 2 [model]

To do the studio drawings in class #8 we had to use the same technique as in class #7, but then we had a model. Drawings:

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(JULY 21st) Class #7 - Pencil measure and clock measure 1

More studio class! Today we learned how to do drawings using pencil measure and clock measure.
Here are the drawings:

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Assignment 1: Character + Ad + Storyboard

For the first assignment of the course, I needed to use one of the characters I created and do a storyboard and an ad for a company that didn't have a character.

I decided to use the cute character and create a campaign for the Ontario Government which makes people not only think and say they need or want to recycle, but actully have them do it.

 

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(JULY 16th) Class #6 - Grid & Architecture + Tutorial

In class #6, we were supposed to go outside the class and, using a grid, draw people who were close to an architectural piece.

Here is the result:

Another exercise was to create a still life and shoot it. After that, we'd have to redraw it using linear perspective. The result is right below:

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(JULY 9th) Class #4 - Combined

In the fourth class, we were supposed to draw colleagues observing their lines of action, the geometric forms their bodies have, and other details, such as the foldings of the clothes.

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These were the four only people in class at that time.

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(JULY 7th) Class #3 - Lines of Action

More drawings from the studio class. Today we were supposed to look at our classmates observing their lines of action. Here are some of the drawings!

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Animated Characters

We were asked to create some animated characters which could be used in our first assignment. My choice was to make characters that could be used in a game app with robots.

 

More details to come soon!

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(JULY 2nd) Class #2 - Forms/silhouette; open/closed positive negative

In our second class, we learned how to draw different kinds of characters. Here are some of them:

Also, we had more studio drawings, both using shapes and creating characters. Here they are:

 

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