DOODLEdump

I made a proper set up for putting the sketches. 

Blog Plan

I am wanting to get back into posting on here, but I also don't like forcing myself to do art when I don't feel like it, so this plan isn't exact... you'll see what I mean.

I have a few different series I do, the main one is a reference sketchdump where I do portraits quickly. I post it on Fridays.
My portrait a day stuff (which even if I'm not doing a Portrait a day I sometimes post on Fridays there too for Moleskin pages.) will remain on that blog.

One I have recently decided to start is to do another sketchdump where I randomly doodle instead of using references. So I want to make that a series as well.
I have also started to referenced drawings but cartoon style (my other ones are still trying to be slightly realistic) which I may make into a series, because I have been doing a lot of them lately.

Even though I don't do many finished paiting/ drawings/ whatever I will start posting the ones I do, do here as well.
I am also writing again, and even though I also don't write a lot, I will start posting that too.

SO!
I have made a rough time plan


Monday- News/ Updates: as usual I will post any updates I think belongs on here (so I wont be telling you about my week or anything like that, more as if I have a big painting I'm working on or what ever).

Tuesday- DOODLEdump: I gave it a name! This will include a selection of random doodles I have done.

Wednesday- Character Work: Any of my original character related drawings I do will be posted today, finished or sketchy.

Thursday- Writing: Any writing I do for either of my stories (I have 2 going at the moment). I'm not sure how exactly I will go about doing this, Whether I post by chapter/ scene, or maybe even less than that because I don't have many of either at the moment. Also, if I do any random pieces of writing which may not be part of a proper story I'll also post.

Friday- REFdump: This is why I named the 2 different sketchdumps, so you know which is which.  So this will be any sketches I do using references of actual people.

Saturday- Fanart Cartoons: So this is where I will post referenced drawings which are done in my cartoon style. This may not seem like a big difference to REFdump, but you will see what I mean when I've posted the two.

Sunday- Finished: Any fully done, finished pieces of work. This includes Digital and traditional paintings or drawings. And even the rare ocassion where I may even do animations.... Which reminds me My blog title will change to 'Illustration Blog' now that my Animation course has finished.
Also I jsut though, if I ever get any commissions, I will also post them here on this day.


Now this is when I will be posting each type of art I do, but it doesn't mean I will be posting all of this every week. There may still be weeks I post nothing at all, and some weeks I may post on each day.
This is just to help me organise my blog, and maybe if I do keep up with a few of these you all will have something to look forward to (because my art is just that much fun to follow).
This is also so I don't flood my deviantART page with loads of sketches, which I have did over the weekend.

I will start with what I have recently put on deviantART and each sketchdump will only include 5 of the drawings I do, so I can space them out a bit more. So for the first few weeks I will be active but don't expect it to be at that level for too long, unless I am still this motivated.

Final Show

I kept forgetting to come back here, but this'll do.

I had my Final show last month and I think it went quite well, had fun. Only thing was that my animation for the showreel on the big screen didn't show up because my line work was way too light, but that's all.

Here are my walls for the Final Show.

In other news I plan to start posting here more often again.

I am setting up a time plan/ schedule for posting on here. Which I will probably keep for like 2 weeks before I start either forgetting or stop doing much art.

End of The Course

This is my final day, other than the final show, and I have everything done and dusted.

I've definitely enjoyed the course and had the opportunity to try out new things and my own styles of animation, not just being told what to do and blindly following.
I'm not sure my own animation skills are really up to par with others, and am more likely to pursue a career in illustration. However I have learnt a lot more on character design and story boarding which is something else I would be interesting trying to make something out of. I'm just wanting to make sure to keep improving as I still feel I have a long way to go.
I opted for not going on for a 3rd year, mainly because there is a lot less help from tutors and you write/ animate your own thing. Although I can see how that could be helpful to get more experience, I feel as though I have gotten as much out of this course as I can, without just feeling as though it's becoming tiresome and a chore to do, I still want to enjoy it and  want to try and do that by going out and producing my own things my way. That's the only thing I worry about, I'm not sure working for clients is for me and don't know how to make it with just my own work. But I plan to practice more and more with creating stories and maybe start working towards making a comic/ motion comic. It's the only thing, other than doing portraiture, that I think I can really get a career out of.
I hope to show my illustrator side more at the end, and through final show I hope my traditional methods of creating my work will stand out from the rest.
My business cards just have illustrator on them, as animation is not for me, I just haven't got my skill level at the right level to advertise myself as one, but I will continue to try and work on animations, even just small, I'd still like to work with programs like After Effects and see what things I can create.

I have a lot planned, I just hope that can actually lead me to where I want to be.

Monday Update

It's the final week!
And I am pretty confident in the fact I seem to have completed all my practical work.

This morning I have planned out my Portfolio ready to print.
Also planned my Show Reel ready to edit all together.

I have also started writing up all my live briefs, done all the evaluations for them, I just need to find the briefs for 2 of them to either copy and paste, or just rewrite, but either way I need to make sure they are right.

I need to also re find where I saved my Proposal and Treatment for my main animation and print them out, or I may need to rewrite it as I may have just made them in presentation form.
My script also needs to be finished, I still only have my first scene written out.
Im going to take photos of my story boards, because they are A3 and I don't want to hand in the originals. So I will print them out in A4 so everything can go into 1 File.

Last of all is the PPD writing and research which I will try and get most of done this afternoon.

Then that's it!

CV needs to be printed out
and Business cards should, at the latest, come on Wednesday, if not today.

Friday Roundup

Well I have finished my CV and have ordered my Business Cards, which will hopefully get here next week.
I also been digitally drawing, hoping I can have more for my portfolio.
But after 4 hours I really hate it.
1 hour spent on the left eye

This failing has put me in a bad mood, and the colleges internet isn't helping...

Gonna start drawing something else now.

Next week is all about the writing side of my projects.

Business Cards 2

I've stuck with the Loki one, but I've been trying to think of another few designs I could do.
My tutor wanted me to try and tie it in with my CV, which is a comic book, but nothing I tried seemed to work. I will however be trying to do some via actually using comic pages I have made using random scenes of stories I have created while at college.

But for now, here are the 2 designs I did today.

 This one I have redesigned a bit, (added more people)
 but as my tutor pointed out with how small the BC is going to be the faces are going to be really small
So I may try doing it again but with only about 6-7 people.

This one I will definitely be using.

So this with be my main one and will get 250 of these.














Should have blurred out my number... (will do that later)
But I will hopefully not be using this on anyway.
I want to see if we have any sim cards lying round the house (because we have so many mobiles) and use another phone for like commissions.
Just because I never hardly ever answer my phone when I don't know the number.