Year 2 week 8

Year 2 week  8

Beep Boop

Time to get cracking with this character project! So; the brief says to do completely opposite characters. To do this, I’m going to start with the shape of them. Our lesson on Tuesday showed us how to use simple shapes as a type of language to express what kind of character he or she may be. By starting with sketches in my book with simple shapes I saw what my lecturer meant by this and I was actually surprised by the way people's opinions are shaped and how basic shapes has a lot to do with this. Once I had finished playing around with these shapes I wanted to start on a background story in order to have a strong character for this project. 

By the end of this week, right before my presentation, I had such a strong story behind my two characters the they didn’t actually think it was necessary for it all and that I was drifting too far from the original brief. So taking their criticism on board, I changed my ideas completely from two brothers looking out for each other to an inventor and its invention. I'm feeling very confident that next week I’ll get great feedback on this idea and that it was more than suitable with the brief. I’m glad we had that presentation because now I’m actually really excited by my project and motivated.

My life drawing is actually going pretty well I’m keeping up to date with my lessons; it’s a lot more enjoyable than last years as heather is keeping it more laid back. But there is always room for improvement, as my proportions are starting to slack behind. I think I’ll need to give the pub a visit and draw some of the locals!

My sketches