Me: This was probably the most enjoyable exercise for the course. I love creating expressions and acting poses! I really tried to focus on distorting the face with every main emotion, yet still maintaining   the characteristics of the chef. I wanted to focus on his mouth, as I found that to be the most expressive feature of his face.

Silver: (changes in red) Great job on these. The only thing I would say for the expressions is pull out his bottom lip and make it a thicker. The poses are working real great too. I would be tempted to make his begging pose a little bit lower. This pushes the pose more by pulling out his knees and working the perspective. The one where he is running is great too, really like how you handled the legs. Just maybe alter his apron so it isn't touching the back leg so much and push is hair back as the wind will be against him. 

Turnaround

Me: It's been some time since I did a turnaround so I was bit apprehensive yet excited. I found the task quite enjoyable and definitely helps to sharpen your eye for detail.  Also you have to visualise your character as a 3D being and how he looks from a variety of angles. This lesson taught me a lot, mainly how to keep construction consistant and that practice makes perfect!

Silver: (changes in red) generally a very good turnaround. Be aware of keeping the shoes and legs consistent in size for every angle. Also push the hands away so you can see all the fingers. Also the front face is getting a little skinny, fatten it out for clarity.

A little more practice

practicing poses and line of action

More caricutures :)

Hands,noses etc

Character Development

Original Designs

Silvers changes

Me:I found this exercise really helpful in terms of developing a character with appeal. The sketches in red are Silver's adjustments as he talks me through the design.

Here's Silvers critique:

Silver: Looking at Hyde I think the image of the face (besides the coloured one) seems to be working better. In the coloured image it seems like the ladder affect is happening; with everything piling up on top of each other. The brow, the hat etc all seem very similar. Experiment more with size variation of the elements to create contrast. For example the hat can be a lot taller to contrast with brow. Maybe pull the jaw down. When constructing the whole body, try to understand how our guy looks naked so we are drawing through the shapes. Play around with how his clothes wrap around the body etc.

Now onto Jekyll. The guy (circled) has a lot of good stuff going on, which I feel you have lost a bit in the development of the design. The shape variations are a lot stronger in that design and you ave broken the shapes up beautifully. Just focus more on the consistency of volumes (i.e the arms) and how the overall construction is. Other wise good job.

Practice faces

Here is a little practice, as advised by Silver. He stresses that its so important to know the structure of the face, from front and side. Only then can you create believable characters.

Defo found this exercise helped, especially in experimenting with different face sizes on the same skull.
Hoping to create more of these from from front and 3/4 views also.

Assignment 3: Caricatures

2) Draw the attached BOWLER HAT MAN as you saw in the video from class 03 zip (attached). It is labeled Untitled-01, (attach the photo to your submission next to your portrait) as realistically as possible, taking in all the info you can. Then put that away and create 3 new caricatured variations side by side on the same page.

Me: It was really interesting to see how Silver does Caricature. The way he analyses the picture and mannerisms of a person and then breaks it all down and distorts it is amazing. This exercise was great for me as I haven't done much caricature (not properly), yet it's the essence of character design! On the first realistic drawing, I really tried to focus on the features of the gentleman and understand the overall construction of his face. The I had loads of fun by exaggerating features and shapes of his face. This can always be pushed further, but so far I think I have had a good bash at it. Definitely will be doing similar exercises in the future.




Silver: This is looking really great, but be aware of the shape of the skull, especially how the bowler hat fits on to the man's head. This is the main issue in all the caricatures too, as the hat determines the shape of the skull and adds a lot more to the drawings. Good shape variations, the only thing I focus on is make sense of the bowler hat: how does it wrap around the head?