(74) A couple sketches from the zoo

Finally got around to putting up some drawings from the zoo trip. I chose those I thought to be good, and that weren't ruined by the rain we had that day.
What you see is primarily gesture drawings.

An otter

 A bear, an Emu, and a Duck.
(No, They weren't all in the same enclosure, you silly person)

That is all!

(73) Doorway Layout

In staging class we had to do a location design for a room, wherein there's an Idol, a door, and a window, set in old timey Japan.
The two characters who would be involved in the animation for this are a Ninja and a Samurai.
Here's an early view of the door.

Once I get revisions and such, I'll probably upload another version.
I just did a quick colour-up in Photoshop.

That's all for now, folks.

(72) Sculpture

For a Friday afternoon workshop, our teacher Tara offered a sculpture class.
I jumped on the oppurtunity and made a little sculpture based off of this sketch I did up before.

This sculpture I wanted to do right, so I screwed down wire to a wooden base, used twine to bulk it up a bit, then I covered the twine in masking tape (to A- help the fibres from the twine to be easily controlled, and B- to hold its shape easier) This also made the clay easier to work with once it was applied to the armature.

I baked it for three 5 minute intervals (the clay isn't on very thick), and then I primed it with a couple coats of white, and applied some acrylic to it.

I used a black pen to put on the eyes. And I'm probably going to do another coat on the wonky looking hands.


Also, I'm starting a little (18" by 12") painting of The Goon, using oils (for the first time) and acrylics.
This is a very very rough, early state.

I still have quite a ways to go.
That's all.