DD1101 - Assignment 5 Clay Model

Assignment 5 - Clay Model

For this assignment I made a clay model of anything I wanted to make, I chose to create the anthropomorphic lizard/dragon "Guilmon" from the animated series "Digimon". This assignment allowed some practice drawing characters as I had to draw the shapes of the body parts that I would need to make.
      As this was the first time that I had properly used modelling clay before, I was slightly tentative as I wasn't sure how the final product would turn out.

This is my clay model:







The overall final product was very pleasing, even though the clay model on its own didn't look that good, after the paint was applied it has turned out much better than I originally thought it would.

DD1101 - Assignment 6 Protagonists and Antagonists

Assignment 6 - Protagonists and Antagonists

For this assignment I was asked to create either a protagonist/hero or antagonist/villain character with an accompanying story to go with them. This assignment encompassed everything I had learnt so far from each of the other assignments which would allow me to practice and improve on what I already know. The character would be completely self-made so it also tested my creativity towards character design.
      This assignment was a real test of my own creativity and although I enjoy drawing characters, etc. I was still quite unsure and tentative about how well I would be able to portray my idea.

The final outcome of this assignment wasn't as pleasing as I had hoped, although the overall character or the design isn't particularly bad I am still not satisfied with how long it took me to concieve the idea, as well as the actual characters overall design.

DD1101 - Assignment 4 Silhouettes

Assignment 4 - Silhouettes

This assignemnt introduced me to the idea of using silhouettes to create character ideas before continuing with a single idea, this creative process shows promise as it allows the creator to go through multiple ideas with ease and quickly so that they dont spend too long trying to develop a character just to change it later on. This assignment asked that I create two finished drawings that are coloured that started from a silhouette, this gave me practice at using this process whilst also utilising everything I have already learnt from the previous assignments.

     The silhouettes I designed went through a few changes as I went through the design process, the details were more difficult than usual to draw onto the line art as I am not used to using silhouettes to set out a characters shape.

This assignment was more difficult than previous assignments as it took me out my usual working process, although I understand and see how useful the silhouette process can be, it will take a lot of work before I am completely ready to use it on a regular basis. The designs themselves are average at best because I didn't fully know what I was going to create, the second character is far better than the first in my opinion as it seems more well put together.

DD1101 - Assignment 3 Colour and Light

Assignment 3 - Colour and Light

For this thrid assignment I was tasked with drawing a character then colouring it, finally shade and highlight it. This assignment introduced colouring, shading and highlighting drawings which I will need to practice on top of the other areas that have been covered so far by the other assignments.
     For this assignment I have drawn an anime character from the anime/manga "Gintama", she is called "Tsukuyo" and she is a female ninja; for this assignment I tried to improvise the pose as I haven't had much experience with different poses with any drawings I have done previously.


This assignment has gone well in my opinion, although I am not completely happy with the overall results as I think I need to improve at drawing faces and hair, the highlighting is simple but does not stand out enough and there is little to no shading due to how long I took to finish the actual drawing as well as the colouring.

DD1101 - Assignment 2 Introduction to Photoshop

Assignment 2 - Introduction to Photoshop

For assignment 2 I was tasked with producing a black and white image in the design program Photoshop. This assignment was again another practice on drawing proportions of a human character but on top of that it was practice with the basic tools of Photoshop. The hand in will include a single character in black and white.

     We were given the choice of hand drawing the image, then scanning it in; or just working straight into Photoshop, I decided to work straight into Photoshop as I am already familiar with its layout and tools.

 

     I enjoyed this assignment as it was focusing on what I enjoyed doing. As it was just to create a single image in Photoshop in black and white, I was confident that I would be able to excell at it.

I am very happy with the outcome of this assignment as I was more relaxed as I was drawing this character, which I think led to its better quality. There are still areas that need improvement; I still need to work on proportions more, although it is not as much of a problem in this drawing as it was in the previous assignment, but something else I realised was the amount of time I was taking to finish the drawing, I think it took me far too long to complete this image, this is a problem I will be trying to address in later assignments.

 



DD1101 - Assignment 1 Yourself as a Character

Assignment 1: Yourself as a Character

For assignment 1 I was asked to draw myself as a character from my favourite game, these would only be basic hand drawn pencil sketches. The sketches would include front and side views of the head to show detail, and also a full body view of the character.
     This assignment is mainly practice on getting used to drawing proportions of the human body as well as at different angles.

This assignment wasn't too difficult for me as I am confident with my drawing skills; the main challenge i faced personally, was which game to base this assignment on. In the end due to the upcoming release of "Dishonoured" on Xbox360 I decided I would base myself on one of the politicians/lords that are conspiring agaisnt the protagonist.

Here is my rendition of myself as a "Dishonoured" lord:




I am happy with the outcome of the sketches, there are areas that I clearly need improvement for example the proportions are incorrect and need significant work.