Sketchbooks for me has been an emotional roller coaster. It feels I have discovered my creative voice, and this now shows within my work. It shows that I am freer, my style is more fluid, has movement, depth and very real feelings.
There is so much I need to learn about my creative voice, how to fully express my ideas and thoughts, increase my I also need to work on balance, professionally to carry out a brief and fully explore ideas suitable for clients.
I honestly do not see the sketchbook unit ending here. It is a lifelong learning experience that I will keep up in everyday practice.
This unit was completed during Covid-19 with many restrictions in place. I was worried I could not complete this to its full potential. You will see in my learning logs that I came to realise that this restriction in fact enabled me to discover myself and my every day. Through my every day I learnt to be my own friend, not to be afraid of putting myself out there and making mistakes. I have accepted myself.
To grow as an illustrator there are many areas which I need to work on, many areas still to explore and experiment within. Things such as making sure my characters are consistent, double checking my work with fresh eyes for mistakes, trying more composition and viewpoints. Line weight is something I will need to be careful of as I progress in my degree. I could expand upon my narrative, really pull emotion and mood for the readers/viewers. Other areas of improvement are presentation skills, video editing skills and taking my time with some things Finally, I feel it is important to stress that I am working on how I come across as an illustrator/student/person, as being deaf and possibly a more underlying issue it is not something that is natural to me, being able to communicate with the world. I joined the OCA student representation, I now join zoom sessions with fellow students and starting to write blogs beyond my learning log, all this all something unheard of in my world prior this unit. I have found the help of subtitles so I can “hear” and my growing confidence from this unit, this is all finally possible for me.
The best things about this unit for me has also been exploring the wide range of artists’/illustrators’ sketchbooks, I tried to learn and take something from each source of inspiration. While libraries and museums have been closed, I tried hard to ensure I was learning from a wide range of resources such as books, online courses and podcasts. I tried my best to ensure that I made the most of “getting out there” and drawing, such example of this was drawing while I was waiting for an operation in hospital and signing up to life drawing classes live.
During this unit I have being working on “creative book design unit”. So, during sketchbooks and creative book design, I feel have picked up a few new skills. One of most noticeable of my new skillset is book binding, I had started sketchbooks with no real interest in making my own sketchbook but, toward the end you can see not only have I started to create my own books but, I really enjoy the process. Most noticeable of my book binding project were assessment’s five sketchbook! Also, before this unit I had never done any animation, I am surprised by my newfound interest in this area as well. I feel this is something I can explore more in the future.
This all being said I feel my strongest area is indeed my sketchbook itself, I really engaged in my everyday topic and sketchbook. I took into mind the feedback from my last assessment and I kept the sketchbook tour file under ten minutes, which was a hard task as unit I have created vast amount of work and I really started to feel I am creating work as an illustrator.
I seem to now favour a technique of using water-based mediums such as watercolour and ink, scanning and editing digitally. I tried to match my techniques that I felt suited the projects and mood, I have started to try even more new things such as creating “pop ups”. I have pushed myself hard in this unit, emotionally and physically and the results even I think is beautiful, I am excited to see how far I can go.
This was followed by a new mock up (the plan is to also add the two new designs next to the mock up (smaller than the main poster) this mock up was created using a photo I actually took on location before the second lock down.
Assignment one (Below) I made the background less saturated on the advise of the tutor to make the character “pop” more. The background being very saturated in colours in the first place (and character being quite neutral tones apart from the grey) this was something I didn’t do enough the first time. Also added a bit of noise to the background to make the textures create more contrast.
New “hearing aid” illustrations These one I was having a play with, adding more line weight / textures and details
I liked how this part has pushed me, I started learning and trying new skills
Such as how to animate in photoshop and bookbinding to make my own sketchbook, I also liked revisiting my old work and adding a new spin on this. Creating my own visual journal was huge fun and could have kept doing it.
This was also completed during yet another “lock down” due to covid-19, I tried not to let it limit me to much.
Assignment completed during Nov 2020 Lockdown – Restrictions in places / Plus extra family commitments – meant that I wasn’t able to “get out” for a lot of this.
Option Three: Everyday Stories
I had already been drawn to option 3, while I liked the others just as much this one appealed to me the most.
During this Assignment I was going to face another huge issue which was we’re in the middle of another Lock down in England (Nov -2020 )As you know I’ve faced many issue during this whole unit due to lock down, lipreading and wearing masks.
Which means I’m very limited, but I know this is something I can handle very well by looking into myself.
My plans is to make the sketchbook at the end, and work on loose sheet which I will bookbind into a “display” book almost.
This assignment involved me looking into my everyday and almost a conclusion of the Unit.
When I started this unit, my first section of filming my sketchbook I stated I was “scared to use my voice” I have a deaf voice and was scared to use that. This is the time to use it, in my animatic you will hear my voice for the first time. I think this is the best way to reflect my personal creative voice growth I’ve done though out the unit.
I knew I wanted to do everyday issue I face as a person who is deaf, therefore it started by showing the issue I face, not hearing traffic, not being able to lipread, not hearing things. But, I realised I’m ending this on a positive and hopeful note. My hearing loss does not stop me, not really.
So the play of this is like “My Everyday does not stop me” Everyday motivational stories for people with disabities and my six images could be a collection of posters.
Each story from a person could be a small 2 min max animation, things they face and how they tackle the issue, something for celebrating disability awareness.
In fact could be animations that is played (like BBC x-mas ads) though out the year targeting the weeks and days of awareness. Such as deaf awareness week (which my little clip will be targeting) So a serious of peoples everyday, how it they do not let their disabities hold us back. Something like “child of our time” which follows the lives over a course of a year, with special exercises to tackle, to show how creative people can be to get around things not physically / mentally able to do, how life does not hold us back. So these mini Trailers for this documency can be shown though out the year, ending the year with this special show, also base these trailers on the people the trailersin their everyday, it which will be show that promotes and showcases difficulties that we can face, how we do not let us stop us or hold us back.
So I got something personal for my everyday, something that means something to me, it is motivational and I’m going to use my new found creative voice to express this. This indeed is my everyday!
So the trailer I will aim for would be my own everyday.
However a lot of this was about me pulling in from what I’ve done to date, research that I’ve done and expanding upon it. All the moodboards I created, illustrations I’ve create and giving this unit an almost “final piece”.
The artist that have inspired me so much such as Pam Smy, Myfanwy Tristram, Lynda Barry and recently Lisk Feng. Exercises such as drawing with one line, blind, my studies of trees and birds, drawing my everyday world around me, finding my narrative and story, this was about all this coming together in my eyes. Colours for my palette for this was quickly pulled from description and depiction, for the mood what I learn from Brandon J Wallace makes sense, using images/layout to feed the story and viewer mood.
So this assignment research is reflecting on everything I’ve done as the unit as a whole and putting together to create this project.
For the rest, I was limited by lockdown – but this will not stop me. Using youtube, Pinterest (Below) and my sketches to date I was able to put together the information I needed. I used this to fill in the gaps for things like * Crowd of people * Robin movement * Wings
Also reading The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard E Williams – which was handy to see some movements, while I still had a lot to learn from this book a lot started to make sense. It was also handy as one of the weights for making the sketchbook!
The Sketchbook – part one All pages scanned in loose before binding Pages are roughly A4 Landscape (some over double spread) Main medium used water colour and ink (but a couple of pages I experimented with different methods of ink and markers and Gouache )
The main Story board (Below) From the images I was creating that told my story for this “series” I wanted a flow, almost metaphor for what I mean… I want to draw the viewer into an almost fantasy world where everything is possible, we can do almost anything, even “fly”. Each element relates to something I cannot do/find hard, but how it does not stop me.
Leading to the title “My everyday does not stop me” “every day stories”
Though out my sketchbooks and thumbnails I used SCAMPER techniques to push the design/idea forward.
My sketchbook pages are mixed with doodles, words and studies.
The Character Design I wanted the character a bit like myself, but a design that more people can relate to.
The body design came from my own fast draw of people throughout my sketchbook, which I did loose gestures and at time long limbs, pointy fingers. While I was temped to pass on facial feature, I wanted to add emotions, the character to express to.
And making her purple, I didn’t want to do human skin tones, yet didn’t want to make her blue, pink or yellow. I knew green would have an issue with contrast in the nature settings. So I settled with purple as I’ve been told my aura is mainly purple, so this and the hearing aids are my inner self reflected in this character.
The Robin I could have used any bird really, I see often birds from my window and used in my early sketchbook work. I picked the Robin as is what I’m seeing now though my window, it is also symbolic meaning, which is how I feel about what this unit has given me. The Robin teaches us however harsh things have been, hope will reappear, new beginnings, I have to let go of all the negative in my past in order to embrace a new, happier phase. I could see the fact I’m using my “darker” past in my work now so that I can grow and move forward. Which is echoed in this very assignment, everything negative in the work is balanced out with a positive.
The Animatic / Animation – The start of something
Halfway though point (this can show my process as I was working on this in facebook. ) from the line, grey base to colour in one piece (below) The more animatic version would have less frames between – however I was enjoying working on this as I had a vision.
The Sketchbook Part two – The binding I’ve recently got into book binding, though out my “creative book design” unit I’ve been learning via BOOK, youtube and also a Domestika course which I’ve really been enjoying and using this as a chance to push my skills.
Paper Once I knew the main colours (purple) I had some paper which I ordered from G.F Smith – called Peregrina Majestic, purple for the main book and the spine I am planning to use silver for a strong contrast as I have plans to make the spine “different”.
I stitched the sections together and using TYVEK I bound the middle so it is stronger. Using Clips and weights I allowed the glue to dry. Then I bound the covers with the purple Majestic, using one piece to cover up the spine and Tyvek, I left this under weights to dry before finishing the spine.
I wanted a bit of a show case spine – to add additional level of interest to the book cover.
While I scanned the pages originally when loose, you cannot see the full effect of some of the pages, so I took pictures of each page.
Sketchbook tour – You tube (Quick tour)
The Illustrations From my sketchbook work/thumbnails I had a clear idea of how to start my illustrations. I would be creating these with watercolour at first, mainly as I want to slowly build contrast and have the watery textures.
I created the illustrations on Mixed media – A3 Canon paper I used watercolour, Real brush markers and colouring pencils.
While scanning in I knew was a few issues, after the last assignment I feel I’m gonna stop at stages and review my work before I reach a stage it is harder to “fix”. Scanned images (below)
Issues (Key issues)
* Colours – not scanned in the best, so lost some tone so need adjust. Also need to make colours work better * Body on the “dance” need to be longer (more adult) or head smaller * Flying wings – neck looks wrong so need to adjust * All these have been designed so I can use SCAMPER to make the best of the layouts. * head is too big on the “crowd image.
I found working on the illustration hardest this unit, because I wanted these sketchy but I also wanted them to be “perfect”. So at the last assignment I find myself in a little block.
I realised once all the images were together, I had indeed overwork one to to the point one of the faces looked plastic….
The Animation/Animatic
When I started this unit I said “Sadly I’m not “ready” to talk, this is due to the fact I have a deaf voice and do not say words correctly.” I was scared to use not only my creative voice but my physical voice, so it is only fitting for me to use my voice as I end this unit, the gift of this unit has been my voice… No longer will my own voice drown in the sea of voices.
Rough Copy – Due to Tech errors (laptop corrupted some files) – I have to redo a lot from an earlier save. (Due to assessment period I’m aiming for/Christmas period I want my tutor to have time to check this) so I will be uploaded a rough copy before the final.
Work in progress – Sound needed to be added, some frames need base Colour – disco lights and pacing and timing in areas are off….
Plan is to finish base of animation and then fix up in another software + add sound
With Sound
Emclemmie Creative Muse youtube (My personal channel)
I was a little worried doing this as wasn’t research heavy, I felt I had to do almost a summary of the unit and conclusion to the theme throughout of “everyday” I had revisited some of my earlier exercises and pulled upon that knowledge and things I’ve learnt.
I am not 100% sure on the illustrations (maybe it is the desire to polish them more).
I am over the mood with the sketchbook and animation.
Reflective Statement
I found this unit very emotional and a creative awakening. I’ve learnt my work does not have to perfect, I can be free and more myself.
I found the way I started to draw is more natural and it expresses who I am as an illustrator better. My marks have emotion, expression in them now, I do not worry about it being so clean.
My everyday has indeed changed I am now myself in my days, I’m now friends with myself and that is something that I think speck volumes within my work. It is a wonderful and inspiring things being at peace with yourself, I feel inspired, I do not feel the things used to holding me back any more, I am ready to use my voice. I still have a lot to learn about my voice, what do I want to use my voice for, how can I apply this in my illustration. How to grow with my new found voice and style!
I end this unit with heavy heart, I know that I can still do bits / redo exercise I wanted to once Covid-19 situation is under better control, could draw the world as it opens up. This has been a life changing moment for myself, as said before maybe because of Covid-19, I couldn’t go outside for my “everyday” so I had to look inside myself and I started to learn about myself, see myself clearly for the first time. I’ve enjoyed so much of this unit, I honestly couldn’t say was one bit I didn’t enjoy. Yes, I have some bits I would like to redo, but that is due to lockdown / limited freedom at the time of doing the exercises and assignments.
I’ve always enjoyed looking at art of others, however I hold more value in this, I’ve started really collecting the works of others, I feel I shouldn’t only learn and enjoy from the works of others, but support others.
My book circle is still on-going due to to Covid-19 we have to be careful, plus allowing more time for completion. I am hoping this is completed for assessment, however aiming for March it may “just” miss it, fingers cross.
Taking two of the images from the first part of the last exercise
I had an idea to create these both into a mini concertina book with each illustration on each side. I printed the image on A3 (double sided so wouldn’t need to fold or glue more than I would have to. Using a book titled “book binding” as a guide to help me fold I folded and added hardback cover and back, I had picked some patterned paper that I felt the handwritten text helped add to that “diary” feeling.
The word are things I would like to say to my children, so in many ways from these edited images in the new illustration I created something I can give to my children which I wish and hope for them.
Now was time for the real deal of my visual diary. I made a choice to tackle this differently and had no plan.
With in front of me my sketchbooks, folders containing my work I started to put together a very raw and real “visual diary”. I wanted to allow myself to continue the emotional connection on a very natural level.
I also wanted this to be organic in feel, so while the main collection of images will be digital I want to edit in a way that add textures, emotions, feelings and the vibe within the actual diary. Almost as if the pages are part of my soul and I’m laying out to the viewers how I feel on a more deeper sense with the paper/binding.
Printing on a mix of papers
I’ve been collecting papers for other exercises, as I wanted a almost rustic feel to this diary and organic sort of print.
So for this I printed on
Khadi 150gsm paper – I’ve been really loving using this paper, the edges that it gives. Flora Anice (Italian paper) – This has small bits in, and almost feels like a grey colour, the artwork blinds into this paper quite nicely. G.F Smith Accent Antique (Natural) – This is the first time I printed on this and I love the textures of the paper, the way the paper feels lighter, it does not feel I have printed this, but used ink on the paper directly. G.F Smith Neenah Environment (Desert storm) – I picked this one for the colour, as I planed to pick the “autumn” pages I wanted a warm base, and knew could add the white highlights.
Other between pages will be a mixed of black tone, grey toned, tracing paper & some normal printer paper at 160gsm so strong enough for a planned project within my diary. This planned project came while I was thinking of the Filler pages, it was important for me to express myself with words, illustrations and textures.
With the printed pages I sketched sections together. I’m liking and learning book binding at the moment so made sense I create my visual diary in this way, helps me learn more and I enjoy it.
The next part I had a huge debate, but in the end I trimmed the book for cleaner edges (with hope my pages soon show a bit more wear) the reason for this I wanted an easier book to flip though due to these idea I had for the filler pages.
So the element of the pop up came from the desire to make something more of the work I really liked. I had this lightbulb moment in the middle of the night and just had to do it. It suited the whole purpose I was aiming for with this visual diary, me being free and expressing myself. I’ve been wanting to try this, so why not now.
Then I wanted a bookmark/Tag – I first thought I would add a ribbon, but while I was getting my ribbons I pulled out some string, and I was drawn to it.
The cover Again, I just trusted myself and went all out. Using Demim PaintOn 250gsm paper, black ink mixed with water and a dropper I went for a dip effect & a little just because “mess”. I originally planed for this to be like a school book/booklet like I used to write in at school, but I didn’t want it to be so clean or polish, I wanted it to express me feeling “free”. Having already trimmed the book to have a uniformed feel to the diary, which mean I can really be unique in what I do in the remaining pages.
I added the “tag” which also works as the Journals title.
The pages are a mix of my work, new work traced elements (tracing paper), digitally placed together and randomness.
The pop up page right in the middle.
And that completes my visual journal.
This was a good exercise for me to put my final thoughts together before moving on to my assignment, I also tool a risk and just went with the flow, no planning and just me being real. I like the result, my little lightbulb moments which meant I had to learn new things.
I realised even though the speed of the course is in plan with my life style, I’m really sad to come to the end of this unit, it has been an emotional and enlightening journey for me. While yes, it will not truly end as the skills and life lesson I’ve learnt will go forward throughout my degree and professional career, it does mean the end of a wonderful unit. Feels a bit like I’m leaving home…. Sketchbooks feel like my home.
First of all started by doing though my sketchbook pages and putting all the images I wanted to use together (using Adobe Libraries – I could keep all these images together and quickly use when needed them) I am also choosing do do this digitally, one thing I am very mindful of waste / ink cost / due to trying to be more environment conscious with my work (such as started using more environmentally friendly papers – making my own paper out of waste – funding trees being planted) I printed a few bits to play with in my sketchbook – but the main chuck of this is done digitally and printed ready for the next exercise.
Just looking at the above, I started to place together some possible images. The first being…
I could also see this
Just the above I already had an idea how I wanted to do these two in the next exercise constructing a visual diary, would need to test if would work however. I think I may have to make two “visual Diaries” this one would have both my son and my daughter on different “sides” I would need to figure out if I need words in this or not. (so had a little play) – As below
While creating the “daughter and bird images” I untentially copied and filled (misclick) but it created quite an interesting effect (may have some use to use as a matter in the future)
I went of track a few times and had a bit of a play and fun with my illustraions.
Who is the real virus The irony of people wearing mask to keep themselves save while polluting our Earth! Illustration merged – A doodle page in my sketchbook and the “pattern” from assignment four”.
Back to school Merge images from my narrative exercise, assignment 4 pattern again (x2)
Child in the balloon 2020 This one may sum up the mood with children, while trapped in bubbles / balloons in the the world we live in to stay safe. Symbol of both innocence and being alone in 2020, just wanting to float away in the sky… Merged – Personal sketchbook piece and intro for the last assignment (that I drew on a post it note)
I think my collection is very much building around my children, Covid-19 and my “voice”. All things that are currently pretty much my everyday.
My Art supplies Using a picture I did in my sketchbook (think was blind contour or one line) and paired the illustration with the doodle I did later on for a doodle which was inspired by this.
I admit I prefer doing this digitally, not only do I not “waste” material / print cost I have more freedom to slot thing together, able to make it work better together, adjust colours in the background so can make the “foreground” stand out better (such as my feedback for assignment one)
But this did not stop me from having a little madness/fun in my sketchbook (below) Plus have plans to use to add a lot together in the next exercise.
I want to do something that reflects and conclude this unit. The impact doing sketchbook has on me, finding my creative voice and starting to use it.
My words are easy… (Below in my sketchbook I picked the key elements I wanted to included in my final.
Think more about meaning – While my work already has a lot of meaning, I want it to reflect better to others my meaning, I want to use meaning within my illustration. Draw people – Maybe create a career, crowd of people, I want my work to relate to emotions. Colour – As you know I love colour, I want to use to help me tell a story. Work in Sequence – Like colour I want to “tell my story of everyday” Show my Sketchbook to others – use sketchbook to help carry my meaning and voice. Explore Composition – Us this to help enhance the feelings/ views of what I do. Use words/Write words – To enhance the illustrations and work with. Become Braver – share the things that scare me, be real about my everyday.
I put together a sort of “plan” to work out how can relate everything together and gather my thought on what I can create.
Above – after working out what was important to me, ideas had started to take shape. The above is a bit of a doodle page as I was thinking things out.
It was nice to work thing out without “forcing” myself. Just doodled, said words/phases that I wanted to do, it also meant I could work out what I really wanted to do, so not trying to do too much that the message would have become jumbled.
My own visual language is something I’m looking to improve, as you know I like extra classes and course, at first this to me was about learning, treating as almost lectures from creatives. However this last few months I been paying attention to the visual language they use, the words they used and how they talk about other artist, I’m hoping to learn to translate my thoughts better into words as well as my illustrations.
So this was a good research task for me to do.
At first I went though the list of Illustrators * Alice Wellinger * Lucinda Rogers * Lisk Feng * Peter Kuper * Holly Wales
While I was torn between Holly and Lisk, I felt an more emotional response to Lisk and the collection of words I had from the first quick research.
I wanted to say I found a lot in common with Lisk, such as not only my moods can affect my work, but the weather, smells, music all feed into my own illustrations. I could relate to a lot of what she says in interviews and what is written about her…
In my sketchbook I created a page and illustrations based on words and her illustration style/vibe.
Then I felt ready to creative my statement
Artist Statement
Lisk Feng illustrations are playful, whimsical, she tells this story and sets strong emotions with her use of colour and textures. Her work is at times can be fun and experimental, with her use simple shapes and bold colours she really makes like to make a statement. She adds her own emotional response to her work, and I feel this is reflected in her illustrations, as a viewer, I can both feel and be inspired. It is that same emotional connection that follows her though in her work from the early sketchbook onto her final pieces and it is this what I truly relate to as and how she pulls together all these elements to get her illustration to have such deeper meaning and emotions, this is what I want to do within my own work and voice. Who she is as a person appears in her work, her sketchbooks that I cannot help but be inspired by who Lisk Feng is!
Her work is both ink and digital, making the use of both. In her digital work she work hard to bring that organic texture feel to her illustrations.
This exercise ask of me to go back though everything I’ve done, reflected upon, my feedback from my tutor and to think about what I think about this. (Above) in my course sketchbook I wrote notes as I went over everything to date.
For my first task I looked at the words and found myself not putting a single skull next to any of the words, so while I enjoy most things I will need to work out what aspect is most important to me. I thought about just listing everything and my thoughts, but everything I want to say now is almost a statement, it is the conclusions of thoughts and feelings that has been growing since I started this unit as I’ve already had a lot of thought though out this unit, I feel I’ve made a deeper and more meaningful connection with my work and this is the message I want to continue. I want to use my voice.
At some point though out this unit I had developed a sense of purpose with my inner narrative, it stopped being about making my illustrations look good but about what the meaning/what I’m trying to say.
By these kind of statements is is clear I am on the route of “Narrative, Message, Expressive, imaginative and meaning“.
The statements I said at first seems still very much true, but one line by Sarah Davies not stands out the most “It’s like a friend that I can blurt everything out to”.
Due to the level of growth and both the limitation I’ve faced due to Covid-19 and continuing lock downs there is a lot I want to revisit, but I will not let this unit coming to an end means I cannot do it. In my own time and for my own growth I can revisit moments in the exercise though out my life and in the freedom of locations.
So I do not see sketchbook as a unit that will end when I complete this section but something lifelong that can continue in my degree, my personal sketchbook and my professional career. I want to use my illustration to express myself, my inner thoughts and demons, both to help others and myself heal. Then I have countless stories I want to give life to in the form of my art, these stories from the young child me to the adult I am today.
As for process/materials it depends how I feel. Still very much a mixed media and I go where I feel is right for the piece, I have no reason to limit the way I now can express myself. (But I still like watercolour/Gouache plus digital as my first go-to)
This unit has been a personal growth for me, I find it hard to just list things as each moment / each exercise / assignment has a story now attached to it. For a person that actually likes listing things/tick boxes it does not really sum up where I am at this point. It’s like I’ve discovered my voice, how do I now use it, where do I want to take it.
I started this degree, to be more professional, learn new skills, push myself and get an education. I thought all this was what held me back, but realisation a huge chuck is that I wasn’t sharing myself in my art, it was a secret I knew and this kept other from connecting with my work. Do not get me wrong I still need to build upon all the skillsets, but something that was missing from me has now been found. I also would need to work out how to better express this in clients work as well as my own.
From the overall comments this stood out “confidence in your own visual voice is really blossoming.” as this is something I really feel of late. I feel I have so much I want to say and expressed myself, also all at once so a little overwhelming at time, feels like a huge mental wall that was blocking me has been knocked down
Overall the feedback is really positive and agree.
You have created masses of very creative and personal work for this task – work that has developed on from the initial requirements. This shows how engaged you were with the topic.
I really enjoyed the exercise and I’m really glad it shows.
Your sense of humour is definitely something to bring into your work.
This is something the more I open up, people are going to see this side of me.
keep pushing the scale of your elements in the narrative to bring us right into the action at times. You have started to do this but could explore this further.
Agree with this, I think I stopped myself when I should have allowed myself to get into this more like the storyboarding exercise.
• when creating the animations try and keep the drawing quality used in your initial sketches. These are much softer with more delicate features.
I agree with this as well, could see it I think I slipped up as I was trying to hard to make the animation flow that I slipped the more it went on. It is a pressured brush so think I pushed harder – maybe could change the size as I get more heavy handed with my lines. – or step away for a period of time and come back when relaxed again.
• I am not sure, from looking at the character, if she is a child or not. Some of the poses / body shapes are much more adult. Is this confusion intentional or would the character benefit from a few more studies of the proportions and stance of children? It depends what you are trying to communicate.
Yes, at times I was trying to keep the shape, keep the movement and likeness of the character as the pages go on, some of the basic got missed here. Maybe could have gotten my daughter to have pose for me to get a better “real” source.
you could also think visually about the height of the child more and let this dictate the viewpoint / angle of vision of the viewer looking at the page.
It is something I’ve considered before, but overlooked as I used real drawing based on my daughter (Which was though my eyes) – this is something I will consider in the future. As well as really pushing the visual dynamics more!
Everything in the feedback is spot on, I think I personally lose my delicate lines the more tense I am when drawing, such as I go on as I animate or more pressure to get it right. Now I am more aware it is something I can watch out for.
I have a little edit planned for assignment four as it is also a personal piece so want to feel it is my best work.
Part five is going to be almost a conclusion of myself this unit, it is the things I want to use my voice for.
Emclemmie OCA Sketchbooks 