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Working on issue 3 of Morningstar. I've been trying to improve my comic book backgrounds and try to give a sense of space in each issue. The environments for current page I'm doing laying out, just are not cutting it.
After looking at some photos of caverns online, I realized I needed to go back to my basic tool for solving almost any visual problem. Thumbnailing. At first I was just doodling, trying to separate planes into foreground, middle ground, and background, with progressively lighter or darker values. By the time I finished those, I started developing, or re-remembering a feel for abstract shapes as compositional framework to make forms emerge or recede in space.
A couple of years ago I took a layout and composition class with Art Center professor Will Weston www.willwestonstudio.com/wws/. His class was invaluable for wrapping my head around the concepts of merging composition with depth and light/dark values to create convincing environments. He has a bunch of free resources from his lectures available on his site, so it's well worth stopping by.
After re-analyzing the page a bit more, it made me go back and erase the first panel completely and recompose it to have both better space and composition. I even realized I could add a subliminal feeling of peril by making the rock formations surrounding the character take on the shape of jagged teeth, as though he were trapped in the mouth of a horrible beast about to consume him.
Yeah, sometimes, when a drawing isn't working, the only answer is to roll up your sleeves, do some research and thumbnail the hell out of it until you come up with better options.
Listening to: Bright Ideas podcast www.stitcher.com/podcast/bright-ideas-podcast/bright-idea...
This is a student drawing (4 Stitches out of a 30 Stitch homework assignment). I drew on top of it. I'm discussing eye paths, focal points, the bean, and dark over light in line work. From my Inventive Drawing class at ArtCenter. #academyofartuniversity #academicfiguredrawing #woodburyuniversity #willwestonstudio #uscanimationart #uscanimation #artcenter #animationguild #animationunion #academicfiguredrawing #academyofartuniversity #disneyart #drawanyway #howtodraw #sketch #santafeart #scottsdaleartistsschool #laartclass #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclass #loyolamarymountuniversity #uscanimation #otiscollegeofart #otiscollegeofartandesign #willwestonstudio #woodburyuniversity #inspiration #inspiration
Working on issue 3 of Morningstar. I've been trying to improve my comic book backgrounds and try to give a sense of space in each issue. The environments for current page I'm doing laying out, just are not cutting it.
After looking at some photos of caverns online, I realized I needed to go back to my basic tool for solving almost any visual problem. Thumbnailing. At first I was just doodling, trying to separate planes into foreground, middle ground, and background, with progressively lighter or darker values. By the time I finished those, I started developing, or re-remembering a feel for abstract shapes as compositional framework to make forms emerge or recede in space.
A couple of years ago I took a layout and composition class with Art Center professor Will Weston www.willwestonstudio.com/wws/. His class was invaluable for wrapping my head around the concepts of merging composition with depth and light/dark values to create convincing environments. He has a bunch of free resources from his lectures available on his site, so it's well worth stopping by.
After re-analyzing the page a bit more, it made me go back and erase the first panel completely and recompose it to have both better space and composition. I even realized I could add a subliminal feeling of peril by making the rock formations surrounding the character take on the shape of jagged teeth, as though he were trapped in the mouth of a horrible beast about to consume him.
Yeah, sometimes, when a drawing isn't working, the only answer is to roll up your sleeves, do some research and thumbnail the hell out of it until you come up with better options.
Listening to: Bright Ideas podcast www.stitcher.com/podcast/bright-ideas-podcast/bright-idea...
This is for the Instagram #artvsartist project people are having fun with at the moment. #howtodrawings #howtodraw #drawanything #draw #drawingoftheday #artcenteredu #societyofillustratorsoflosangeles #societyofillustratorsla #massart #uscanimation #animationunion #animationguild #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclass #figuredrawingclass #figuredrawinglessons #drawanyway #drawanyway2 #inspiration #loyolamarymountuniversity #woodburyuniversity #willwestonstudio #artvsartist
Working on issue 3 of Morningstar. I've been trying to improve my comic book backgrounds and try to give a sense of space in each issue. The environments for current page I'm doing laying out, just are not cutting it.
After looking at some photos of caverns online, I realized I needed to go back to my basic tool for solving almost any visual problem. Thumbnailing. At first I was just doodling, trying to separate planes into foreground, middle ground, and background, with progressively lighter or darker values. By the time I finished those, I started developing, or re-remembering a feel for abstract shapes as compositional framework to make forms emerge or recede in space.
A couple of years ago I took a layout and composition class with Art Center professor Will Weston www.willwestonstudio.com/wws/. His class was invaluable for wrapping my head around the concepts of merging composition with depth and light/dark values to create convincing environments. He has a bunch of free resources from his lectures available on his site, so it's well worth stopping by.
After re-analyzing the page a bit more, it made me go back and erase the first panel completely and recompose it to have both better space and composition. I even realized I could add a subliminal feeling of peril by making the rock formations surrounding the character take on the shape of jagged teeth, as though he were trapped in the mouth of a horrible beast about to consume him.
Yeah, sometimes, when a drawing isn't working, the only answer is to roll up your sleeves, do some research and thumbnail the hell out of it until you come up with better options.
Listening to: Bright Ideas podcast www.stitcher.com/podcast/bright-ideas-podcast/bright-idea...
Working on issue 3 of Morningstar. I've been trying to improve my comic book backgrounds and try to give a sense of space in each issue. The environments for current page I'm doing laying out, just are not cutting it.
After looking at some photos of caverns online, I realized I needed to go back to my basic tool for solving almost any visual problem. Thumbnailing. At first I was just doodling, trying to separate planes into foreground, middle ground, and background, with progressively lighter or darker values. By the time I finished those, I started developing, or re-remembering a feel for abstract shapes as compositional framework to make forms emerge or recede in space.
A couple of years ago I took a layout and composition class with Art Center professor Will Weston www.willwestonstudio.com/wws/. His class was invaluable for wrapping my head around the concepts of merging composition with depth and light/dark values to create convincing environments. He has a bunch of free resources from his lectures available on his site, so it's well worth stopping by.
After re-analyzing the page a bit more, it made me go back and erase the first panel completely and recompose it to have both better space and composition. I even realized I could add a subliminal feeling of peril by making the rock formations surrounding the character take on the shape of jagged teeth, as though he were trapped in the mouth of a horrible beast about to consume him.
Yeah, sometimes, when a drawing isn't working, the only answer is to roll up your sleeves, do some research and thumbnail the hell out of it until you come up with better options.
Listening to: Bright Ideas podcast www.stitcher.com/podcast/bright-ideas-podcast/bright-idea...
A basic composition lecture and my two TA's Grace and Lydia at the old campus at ArtCenter. My Dynamic Landscape Drawing and Composition class open to the public at the Gallery Nucleus starts this Saturday at 10 am. All signup info will be in my next post.
#directorsguild #drawanyway #disneyartdraw #santafeart #inspiration #Willwestonstudio #woodburyuniversity #uscanimation #otiscollegeofartanddesign #loyolamarymountuniversity #conceptdesignacademy #societyofillustratorsla #gallerynucleus #calarts #disneyart #digitalart #academyofartuniversity #animationguild #animationunion
Some basic drapery to round off the term at ArtCenter in Pasadena, CA. Everybody's wiped out with final projects and the general completion of 14 weeks of hard work. On the other hand, the break begins in a week! #uscanimation #otiscollegeofart #otiscollegeofartandesign #inspiration #figuredrawinginandaroundcharlotte #drawanyway #howtodraw #disneyart #willwestonstudio #woodburyuniversity #artclass #artcenter #artstudent #artoftheday #figuredrawing #figuredrawinginandaroundcharlotte #laartclass #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclass #calarts #characterdesign #socieyofillustratorsla #gallerynucleus #conceptdesignacademy #drawing #deskshot #comics
In Class Demo. How to draw roads & pathways. For my Dynamic Landscape workshop that starts this weekend, Saturday, June 20th at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA. There are still some spaces available. Online signup info is available on this Instagram page or on the Gallery Nucleus website. #brainstormschool #digitalpainting #uscanimation #otiscollegeofartanddesign #inventivedrawing #inspiration #conceptdesignacademy #societyofillustratorsla #gallerynucleus #instaart #willwestonstudio #woodburyuniversity #inventivedrawing #landscapepainting #loyolamarymountuniversity #entertainmentart #entertainmentdesign #artcenter #animationguild #animationunion #loyolamarymountuniversity
Sylvia got a Pixar internship - and I got this fabulous cookie! Congratulations Sylvia, and thank you for my cookie. #Willwestonstudio #animation #artcenter #animationart #animationguild #woodburyuniversity #entertainmentart #entertainmentdesign #conceptdesignacademy #gallerynucleus #societyofillustratorsla #uscanimation #inspiration
Student Work. From my Photoshop Painting Basics class at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA. You can sign up for the next one now on the Gallery Nucleus website. Starts in about 3 weeks and the info is on this Instagram page: willwestonstudio. #Willwestonstudio #wondercon2015 #willweston #artclass #animation #artcenter #animationguild #academyofartuniversity #DisneyNight #demoart #digitalpainting #dynamicsketching #disneyanimationcaricatureshow #entertainmentart #entertainmentdesign #comiccon #cottonwoodarts #conceptdesignacademy #uscanimation #bgpainting #inventivedrawing #loyolamarymount #woodburyuniversity #illustrationclass #gallerynucleus #societyofillustratorsla #inspiration
Student Work. From my Costumed Figure Drawing class at Art Center in Pasadena. Students are generally in terms 2 to 4 in this class. #gallerynucleus #societyofillustratorsla #figuredrawing #disneylifedrawing #demodrawing #disneyart #uscanimation #academicdrawing #artclass #willwestonstudio #woodburyuniversity #uscanimation #societyofillustratorsla #gallerynucleus#lifedrawing#loyolamarymountuniversity #entertainmentart #entertainmentdesign
Student Work. From today's Costumed Figure Drawing class at the Society of Illustrators LA in Eagle Rock, Ca. Student: Sonya Chen #inspiration #inventivedrawing #LAArtClass #animationguild #artcenter #animation #artclass #willwestonstudio #animationunion #entertainmentart #woodburyuniversity #uscanimation #otiscollegeofartanddesign #lifedrawing #loyolamarymountuniversity #c#figuredrawing #conceptdesignacademy
How to draw a road, or creek, or trail. From my Art Center Composition class. #societyofillustratorsla #gallerynucleus #figuredrawing #loyolamarymountuniversity #woodburyuniversity #entertainmentdesign #entertainmentart #animationunion #willwestonstudio #artclass #animation #artcenter #animationguild #LAArtClass #inventivedrawing #inspiration