Who's, Who? My Chosen Concept Artist

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Soft Ball using Squash and Stretch Technique

Ping Pong Ball using Squash and Stretch Technique

Cartoon Ball using Squash and Stretch Technique

Life Drawing - Lesson 4

As usual, we had 20 minuets to draw the first pose. Rather than just focusing on the lines, I really tried hard to incorporate shadow into my drawing. This helped me create more of a 3D image.

Moving onto the second drawing, we had around 20-30 minutes to complete this one. I always prefer the longer time periods, as I feel it gives me more of a chance to fully observe the life model. Using the same method as before, we were asked to add in the scenery as well. Such as the fabric draping over the objects underneath. This is when my drawings really began to become three dimensional. Simply by adding in the foreground, mid-ground and background gave my drawing a whole new look.










The next set of drawings left me feeling uncomfortable,due to the small amount of time we had. However looking back at my old drawings I can see a massive improvement in terms of tone, perspective and proportion. I even stepped away from from 3B pencil and used a pro-marker this time!

Here I wanted to have a go at drawing just the hands and feet of the life model. Something I have little experience with! Although not quite the way I wanted it to look, I feel I have the right shapes but the detail is something I need to work on.

Lotte Reigniger

Lotte Reigniger was a film director and silhouette animator who was born on the 2nd June in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany. Growing up she became interested in Chinese shadow puppetry and the films created by Georges Melies, known for his special effects in theatrical film making. This sparked an interest for Lotte as a child. She often made small, shadow puppet shows for her close family and friends.

She later became interested Paul Wegener a German actor, writer and Director. As a young women, Reigniger managed to find a job in designing inter-titles for his films. When working on the film The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918), Paul Wegener had a problem when it came to animating live rats! They even tried guinea-pigs. So he asked for Lotte's assistance!

Here she speaks of her first encounter with Animation: 

"So it had to be wooden rats and stop-motion. We were again hidden in our cellars, loaded with wooden rats this time. The Piper piped, the shot was fired and we put our rats out of the window and withdrew hastily. We came out again, moved our rats a fraction, withdrew again, and doing this from five o’clock in the morning until the sun was setting we really had moved our rats all along the street."

Lotte then discovered the experimental animation studio, called the Berliner Institut für Kulturforschung, where she worked along side  Bertolt Brecht and her future husband Carl Koch. This is where she practiced and refined aher artistic approach to film making! 

Here is one of her animations for you to enjoy! 

First Animated GIF