Character Design

I've created a new category for my posts called "Character Design". It's more specific and than just "Artwork" or "Illustration". This category is for resources, articles, and artwork that was created specifically in the process of designing a character, either for myself or for a client. Hopefully this will make navigating my blog a little easier. I never used the categories...

As I mentioned yesterday, I've been taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Part 2 of this week's assignment was to continue exploring possible designs for the story of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. This was a crazy busy week for me deadline-wise. I burned a lot of midnight oil, and having a storm knock out...

As I've mentioned before, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. This week's assignment was another two-parter. Part 1 was to sketch a page of hands. Next to the face, the hands are the most expressive part of the body, and therefore one of the most important features in any drawing. Its easy to get lazy...

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...

Recently a client approached me about doing a Flash-animated game with a football theme. Here's an early sketch of the team line-up. Unfortunately, the plug was pulled on the project before we could get beyond the concept stage. I'll be out of town until Thursday of next week, but I'll try to continue posting each weekday if I can....