Experimenting with a graphic tablet.

Recently I have started to use a graphic tablet. I am very used to traditional mediums so thought I could do with some experiments to see how I can exploit its use. So far I've used it for simple quick drawing so I thought I should try out more artistic uses.

My all time favorite artist is Francis Bacon. He has a very fluid style that I thought could only really be used in paint.

So...I've already tried his style out in acrylic paint using layer upon layers upon layers and it came out pretty cool.

Now I tried a quick 30min portrait in the same style a colour palett on a graphics tablet.

At the moment I don't think using a graphics tablet has as many range of techniques and freedom as paint but I probably just need a hell of a lot more practise. So from now on I will be using the tablet more and more.

Storyboarding practise

So I hired a wacom tablet out today and went to town on it. It was harder then I thought it would be to draw with but fun! I did I quick storyboard for Derek's script not spending to much time on detailed drawing. He had also given us a map of the room/set that we had to keep to within our storyboard. Here are the first 7 shots.

Morpheous Rig

Here are a few poses I created with the Morpheous rig. I have never done this before so it took time to understand all the fidelly bits and bobs. I need to spend more time doing some more... anytime spent on maya is good progress time.

Motivation

Recently I have been really thinking about aesthetics in animated film. Design in animation  at this point in time, is something I really am more inclined towards. After re-watching Sylvian Chomet's film Les Triplettes Of Belleville last night I have become even more motivated to draw every day, look into colour and people watch more. The way that characters in this film have such strong personalities but with hardly any dialogue just proves how important character design and people watching is.

After my drawing tutorial I was told that my drawing was good but I needed more, I needed to fill my sketchbook and fill another one. And of course people watch. 

Quick anatomy studies

mainly based on Da Vinci's anatomy sketches.