As I mentioned yesterday, I'm taking a character design class from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Our assignment for Lesson 3 had two parts. Yesterday I described part 1. Today is part 2. Last week we were told to choose one of two stories (Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, or Oliver Twist), and start thinking about designs for the main characters....
As I've written before, I'm taking a character design class from Stephen Silver on Schoolism.com. I just finished my assignment for Lesson 3, which was actually two parts. Here's what I did for part 1 (part 2 will be posted tomorrow): For part 1, we were given photos of four different men. First, we had to do a straight-forward sketch of...
For a freelancer, a website is an essential marketing tool. It proudly displays your work to potential clients 24/7. It trumpets your accomplishments to art directors all over the world. Most will not even consider hiring you if you don't have a website. But not all websites are created equal. There are some little extra touches that can go a long way...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av6fWfmugds] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGhHh9mV_Q] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRh9MFW9FU] I was playing around on my iPhone the other night and came across these YouTube videos. They gave me a good chuckle. The first one is a spoof of the "I'm a Mac", "I'm a PC" commercials. From there they evolve into a series called "After Hours" where various heroes and villains hang out and talk about whatever. To view...
One of my first clients as a freelancer was a company that specializes in clip art for Churches (i.e. bulletins, newsletters, etc.) I worked for them for a couple of years. It was reassuring to have a client who gave me steady work every month. Then I started reading about how clip art is bad for freelancers. Because clip art...
Today's word over at IllustrationFriday.com is "Captain". It's been a long time since I was able to take part, so I'm going to throw this against the wall and see if it sticks. Here's some early concept sketches I did for a publisher a while back. The project eventually evolved into something else and the character changed, so these sketches...
