illustration + design
I spent a few nights on a digital painting of Jay-Z after a performance based on a reference photo. Besides that a couple of late-night drawings based on some of the outfits from the Met gala. Lastly I discovered the work of an illustrator named @Rubberninja and had to an illustration of one of his characters “slime-girl”.
I have been doing fan art drawings lately. I follow a number of really inspiring artists online and wanted to create some illustrations that reference their characters. Also I did a couple of versions for this months character design challenge and ended up fully rendering a design that came to me very last minute.
Last couple of weeks experimenting with some Clip Studio camera guides. RIP Lupin III creator Monkey Punch, Lupin Castle of Cagliostro was so very inspiring when I was younger. I had to draw something the night I found out he passed away. I also did a quick fan art for 4-26-19 Aliens Day in honor of one of my favorite movies Alien.
The last couple of weeks it’s been mostly lunchtime sketches at work and a couple Clip Studio drawings. I still try every month to finish a design for the monthly character design challenge topic. It’s always a great thinking/design exercise.
I picked up a couple of design books and have been trying to figure out a process for portrait styles with a couple FRENDEN brushes.
After seeing Shazam I was inspired to do an animation of his transformation. I still need to get better at frame management and timeline controls in Clip Studio.
Recently a couple of Clip Studio guides popped up and helped clarify the 2d camera controls. I used this as a final test to make sure I understood the process. It took a couple of attempts but was very pleased with the final export.
After doing the original animation in Clip Studio I used a photo of an empty office hallway as a background. I really wanted a glitch vibe so I ran it through a harsh video filter way off balance and added some synth from Garageband to complete the audio experience.
The last couple of weeks I have cut back on my daily sketches. Trying to figure out some animation workflows in Clip Studio. I have been doing weekend studies mostly trying to put in practice what I have been picking up recently.
I haven’t been doing many sketches lately mostly focused on learning 2D camera controls. I need to update this site for a sub-section that will feature my animation clips.
Really inspired by Marco Nelcor’s recent post of his Sentai warrior “Mango”. I did the camera movement without 2d camera software controls. It was very informative for some future work.
Not really doing much sketching mostly going through some Clip Studio guides for animation and storyboard notes.
I did get a couple copies of my physical sketchbook collection dated 2018-2019. It’s still a strange feeling to have a year’s worth of drawings in a glossy hardbound book.
