This is it. I've finished my nine-week character design course with Stephen Silver over at Schoolism.com. It's been an amazing experience. Stephen is not only a brilliant character designer but also an inspiring teacher.
Our very first assignment was to design a character based on Fat Joe from the play The Long Voyage Home. We were given this description:
Yesterday I covered part 1 of my latest schoolism.com assignment (my instructor is Stephen Silver). Part 2 was to do a memory sketch. "Memory sketching" is an exercise designed to strengthen your observation muscles. It works like this: Go to a place where there are a lot of people (i.e. a mall, airport, coffee shop, etc.). Choose someone in the...
For eight weeks now I've been posting my assignments from a character design class I'm taking at schoolism.com (taught by Stephen Silver). Only one more week to go! This week's assignement was another two-parter. For Part 1 we had to go to a busy public place and fill a page with observational sketches. The Mall of America is near my house,...
For the last few months I've been working as a freelance character designer on 3-2-1 Penguins!, a new animated series on NBC. The premiere episode airs this Saturday (10:30am Central, check your local listings). 3-2-1 Penguins! is about four wacky penguins (Zidgel, Fidgel, Midgel, and Kevin) who travel the universe along with two kids, Jason and Michelle. Imagine Star Trek...
As my regular blog readers know, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver over at schoolism.com. I've been posting my work from each week's lesson here on the ol' blog-o-rama. So far I've designed a character (Dr. Jeckyll) for a pretend "Jeckyll and Hyde" movie, starting with thumbnail silhouettes, then concept sketches, final clean-up, and then turnarounds. This...
Saw this on the Drawn! blog. I don't know if they even make Sugar Crisp cereal anymore, but for a character designer like me its fascinating to see how the cereal's mascot has changed over the years. (The link takes you to a blog by Dan Goodsell.)...
