Hello!

Welcome to my blog, I'm new to the whole blogging experience so here's a chance for me to broaden my horizons a bit and share what I create with you. :B

I'm currently attending Newcastle College where I'm studying a Foundation degree in Animation and Illustration alongside some very talented peers. Lucky me!
The purpose of this blog is to document my progress as well as set targets for myself whilst showcasing some examples of work, like a personal visual aid to my own development as an animator, illustrator and artist in general.

Todays lesson in College consisted of being introduced to illustrator.
Since I've really only just come to terms with Photoshop Cs5 (I originally used Elements) this was something I was slightly apprehensive of…I know how temperamental these programmes can be -__-
Of course nothing compares to the mystery that is Cinema 4D!.
Needless to say Illustrator is not my friend and I'm extremely tempted to run back to my first love that is Photoshop.
I guess this is where every artist finds themselves in the face of new programs they need to learn to use.
It's only been day 1 and so far I've managed to draw a fairly decent outline of my character, though now I'm cursing myself for putting so much detail into him (as usual).
Illustrator in general has a different operating system than photoshop when it comes to line work, instead of simply drawing over a sketch on an empty layer you can actually manipulate the lines using placed pointers. I have to admit I like the smoothing tool since it makes life so much easier when trying to get that perfectly shaped line. (It's done wonders for my characters thighs!).
All in all it was a valuable lesson using a new programme and opened my eyes to new techniques that could greatly improve my line art in the future.