Zoo Sketches

It is so outrageously sunny in Scotland just now.  I had the computer running at half ten this morning and I was preparing for a day of animation but then I decided that I needed to get out, so I drove up to the zoo and had a fun drawing day.  Spent most of my time in the outdoor enclosures, of course.  It was so nice to be drawing out in the sun! :)

Class 1 & 2 Progress Reel at Animation Mentor

Here is my Class 1 & 2 Progress Reel finally up on youtube!  I'm already on week 2 of Class 3 and the intense syllabus means it won't be long before I get to add my Class 3 stuff to my progress reel! :)

Oh and Happy New Year everyone, here's to a new term!

Last Life Drawing of the term!

Finally found some time to record the last couple weeks of life drawing, so prepare for a big sketch dump! :)

A2, Charcoal, 40 mins

A2, Sharpie, Quick drawing - 2 minutes

A2, Charcoal, Quick Drawing - 1 minute

A2, Sharpie, Quick drawing - 2 minutes

A2, Charcoal, 10 minutes

A2, Charcoal, 10 minutes

A2, Charcoal, 40 minutes

A2, Charcoal, Warm-up sketch - 3 minutes

A2, Charcoal, Warm-up sketch - 3 minutes

Life Drawing

A few pieces from last nights life drawing.

A2 Charcoal Warm-up Sketch

A2 Charcoal, 20 minutes

A2 Charcoal, 30 minutes

Life Drawing and another Christmas Card

Here's last weeks life drawing, the focus was on tone.  I still feel very out-of-focus with my life drawing drawing skills, I was kind of hoping I would get back into the swing of things by now but maybe I need to switch things up a bit and look at some new techniques that I've never tried before.  I'm finding life drawing really frustrating >.<

Charcoal, A2, 10 mins-ish

Charcoal, A2, 30 mins-ish

Also here is another Doctor Hoo Christmas Card. Available on my Etsy!

Zoo Sketches and a Pumpkin!

So I may have skived life drawing this week but it's the first one I've missed this term in order to get some more animation done, I did however manage to squeeze a wee drawing day at the zoo.  It was the only day I could go and is probably the last chance I'll get to go until next year.  I also carved a pumpkin for Halloween this year :)

Doctor Hoo.2

I completely re-drew my Doctor Hoo Christmas cards, it's really really quite embarrassing how rubbish my previous drawing was!

Available on my Etsy