Art Challenge from Class

In Character Design class we were assigned to develop two characters based on a theme in a pre-established animated universe. Out of a hat, I drew the "Knight and Squire" theme. I actually wanted to stay away from the animated Star Wars universes because that's way too easy. So I chose the He-Man 2002 universe.

All of the masters are dudes except for Teela. Lol. 

There's gotta be another wonder -ahem- warrior woman around there somewhere. Haha.

The challenge isn't finished yet. There's 3 action poses to do along with 4 expressions for each character. Gotta get to work!

Some exercises from class

Here are some foreshortened exercises from my storyboarding class.

Ideally, you should be able to tell the foreshortened drawing from the realistic version. If not, I failed.

It was an experiment on how far we could push perspective until we break it or the figure, avoiding the unbelievable. A lot of times you'll have to change the pose around because humans just don't bend that way. And that's perfectly fine. 

I challenge you, take a pose then draw both a realistic and exaggerated version!

You can find the male figure on characterdesigns.com and the female somewhere on DeviantArt. I didn't keep track of that at the time. I know both probably can be found here: Pixel Lovely

Daily: Stream of Consciousness

Consciousness...Some metaphorical thing where which we reside. our true...Persona.
Well...Yeah.
I've been playing too much Persona 4 recently. But it's a great addicting game!
Makes me want to go out and increase my Social Links!

...
Yeah....

Stream of Consciousness is something I learned about from my friend Evan a while back, so I gave it a shot.

And it was pretty fun to tell you the truth! So freeing after having so many drawings for other people.

I guess Zero Suit Samus was on my mind. :P

June 11th Excercises.

Last one tonight, I promise.

So this is a storyboard I did based on Raphael's School of Athens, circa 1510-1511.
I needed it to be modern, so I added a subway. Why not, right?
The third picture has a reflective surface in it using one of the train's windows.

I probably should finish it. I was having a lot of fun with it before I had to go. These were actually done Thursday afternoon. I drew a lot more than just this that Thursday, but I'll post that tomorrow.

And yeah I did draw today. I'll post it tomorrow too. It's kinda late now.

My next assignment is to finish three sketches of my choice. So fully rendered drawings on comic art board. I've got two weeks, more like a week and a half now. Too much Red Faction 2: Guerrillas did me in. lol.

If you wanna see it finished, let me know. I can probably finish it real quick.

June 10th's Art Excercises, pt2

Cool. I can type up here too.

So this batch of images consists of another scene I wanted to work out, but with the same elements. I took the setting from a Barnes & Nobles Starbucks I go to often. Drew this almost immediately after the 3 drawings of the business man.

The cube is a TransDimentional Flux Device that grants super powers to people for figuring it out....or some such coolness...probably not. Any takers?

Pictures!
1. The Setup
2. Exaggerated
3. Hyper-Exaggerated
4. Security Cam view.

Kinda my progression. #2 I guess would be good for a panel in a page.
#3 would be a better cover....I guess.
What do you think?

June 10th's Art Excercises, pt1

Alright. Show and tell time. I always loved that part of class, but I'd more like to see everyone else' stuff than mine. But I'm slowly getting outta the habit of that and enjoying seeing my stuff online.
Then I wake up the next morning and wonder why I put my stuff up. lol.

Anyways, this batch is from an exercise my art teacher had me do, based on another exercise we both did at Dallas Museum of Art.
Combine an element of classical art (14th - 17th centuryish) with a modern scene. Along with that scene, I had to give 3 variations, or three perspectives, of that one scene. An effect very similar to what you see in manga in their establishing shot/page. And for the kicker, one of those images must include a reflection.

Yeah.

So I tried, and honestly avoided the exercise until last Wednesday the 10th (my lessons are Thursdays), but I found the art history book of my teachers and used it.
So out came these few pictures.

From my point of view, they're not really classically inspired, just good examples of perspective. If something comes to mind, let me know.

I drew a lot of sketches, so these are part one.