Interior Influence Map for the city Sophronia

Making this map was very difficult, as I'm still learning the wonderful ways of Photoshop!     Eventually I understood exactly how to place and crop the images the way I wanted to on the template. This map only portrays images from an interior perspective, which will help me gain some inspiration for my key thumbnails.

Exterior Influence Map for the city Sophronia

This map is slightly different to the other influence map as it only gives you an exterior perspective. This will help me gain some ideas for my key thumbnails for the city Sophronia. 

Beatnik Monster, for Monsters University - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

My task was to create a Beatnik monster with six eyes, two arms and no legs. For the much loved Pixar film, Monsters University. Not knowing what a "beatnik" was and how my character would move was beyond me! But after some research, I managed to develop what I hope to be a believable character, which could be seen on the set of Monsters University.  Once I had finished my character design on paper, the image was scanned and uploaded onto the software Adobe Illustrator. I traced over the image using the pen tool, this gave my character a more refined and tidy look. I look forward to our next Tutorial when we start to add colour!

More quick thumbnails for the cities Despina, Phyllis, Ersilla, Isaura and Thekla

Life Drawing Exercises Image 3

Here is a 20 minute drawing using only pencil. Next time I aim to use charcoal so I can add some tone and depth to my drawing. Giving it that three dimensional look.

Life Drawing Exercises Image 2

I really struggled with my proportions and found it difficult to draw each pose with a short time amount of time for each pose. However, I felt I was able to capture each gesture with character!

Life Drawing Exercises Image 1

Here is my first life drawing. I managed to observe the lines very accurately but you could argue that his arm looks a bit out of proportion. Drawing the body from this angle was difficult as I often only draw a person "face on." However, as an inexperienced animator I need to learn how to focus on the body as a whole!