Bi-weekly reflection - Compositing progress SWOT analysis

Last weeks goals met?- yes 

I now have a nice number of images to potentially use in my project

I have a vague idea what I would like to do

I am trying to streamline my work

This weeks goals- 

Research some compositing tutorials on YouTube

Decide on project theme

Begin making of guide

S- I can easily get some ideas by watching videos online to choose what type of compositing o should do.

W- I can procrastinate a lot when it comes to written work and tracking my progress

O- I have the chance to see how compositing is used

T- I have never done this before and am unfamiliar with the software we are using

Bi-weekly reflection - Compositing intro SWOT analysis

Compositing-

This weeks goals-

Take some pictures to use in project

Think about what to do for the project

Keep it simple!

S- I have found some good places to potentially take some pictures

W- I am not good with a camera!

O- a chance to try something new- I may end up liking it

T- if I'm not organised and get an idea I could fall behind 

Bi weekly reflection - panel progress

Last weeks goals-

Try to finish page two and attempt page 3-  I have almost finished page 2 as shown above but the background is still a bit of a mystery to me. I might leave it until last and just continue with my other pages.

Maintain pace-  I am worried I am slowing down!

This weeks goals-

Finish page 2 and made good headway with the other pages. I can begi another if I want to and I don't have to keep working in order. This might make things easier as I won't get bored as easily.

Bi-weekly reflection - Comic Strip panel

Last weeks goals
-Finish panel 1

-Think about colour scheme for next panel

The artwork is still continuing well.

I am getting the change to see how the comic is coming together

I am currently on track

This weeks goals-

Try to finish page two and attempt page 3

Maintain pace

S- I am making good progress

W- it is daunting to think about how much work I still have to do

O- good practice for my painting skills

T- could become bored or lose interest

Reflection of preparing for Commercial Illustration module and SWOT analysis

Goals for this week-

-Finish panel 1

-Think about colour scheme for next panel

Strengths- artwork: I am happy with how the artwork is progressing so far and am confident that the rest of the panels will look just as nice.

Weaknesses- tiredness and external factors: it is the Christmas holidays and so distractions are natural and spending long hours drawing is pretty taxing even for the best artists.

Opportunities- I am getting the chance to think through how to construct a comic panel and I have to think about the layout so it is streamlined and neat.

Threats- Time management. Whilst I am on track so far I know I need to work a bit faster to complete the panels in good time

Sketch selfie

Selfie!

Summer Holidays= practice, practice, PRACTICE!!

Over the summer, I worked on a few little projects of my own to keep myself busy whilst I wasn't at college. I saw the summer as an opportunity to better myself in all aspects of illustration such as learning anatomy, poses and expressions as well as practicing my digital painting.

Here I was practicing painting semi-realistic skin

I also wanted to pay attention to how light and shade affects a picture and so I practiced with something simple

The red lines show where I planned to shade and the green represent highlights 

I'm quite pleased with the outcome!

Here is the finished result

In college our current project is character design which is my favourite aspect of animation and illustration. I threw myself in the deep end by creating a rather complex character but i'm pleased with how he turned out.

Turnarounds of the character I created for my Character Design module

Another piece I worked on was a picture of Summer Finn and Tom Hansen from the film 500 Days of Summer. I felt inspired after watching it for what must be the 100th time (I just love Zooey Deschanel!!) Backgrounds aren't my forte so I decided to include one here for good practice. Since Tom is an architect I thought a nice cityscape would fit the bill whilst editing some antique looking wallpaper over it to pay homage to Summer's vintage sense of fashion.

500 Days of summer

One piece I did recently was for a Charity Ball auction where I was asked to do a picture of Elsa from the Disney film Frozen. I loved doing this piece but it was 24hrs+ work being a perfectionist and all!

I was thrilled to find out it sold at the auction for £255 so I'm glad I did my part in raising a good amount of money for charity! 

Frozen Charity Ball portrait

Close up- 

Included in this sketch dump are a couple of my favourite characters from shows like Death Note and Attack on Titan in addition to Snow White from Disney. There are a couple of my own characters included here. David bowie has even made an appearance too!

Sketch dump