Week of Dog Progression!

For as much as I absolutely love dogs I sure don’t draw them enough. So I’ve been going to the dog park with a sketchbook each day for a week to try and improve and I think I’m definitely getting there!

Last Minute Warm-ups!

Getting into the really gritty bits of animating my final so I decided to take a break and do something fun and quick in photoshop.  Just a basic walk-cycle for practice since Pollo’s anatomy is so wacky!

Also a little sketch practice with Prof. Alexander.

Anansi

Just some character designs I did based on the West African God, Anansi (the spider). I really wanted to design one of the tricksters, but pop culture has already kind of ran with Loki and Hermes, and Anansi is probably my favorite of them anyway!

And here I’ve done a few more sketches based on some stories we read, along with a couple extra characters and Anansi’s spider form. Lots of fun!

D-9 Doodles

For one of my classes (on my other blog) we had to use our favorite live-action movie for some composition/gesture studies, which is District 9 for me!  Well, I got a little carried away and decided afterwards to take a small break from mountains of school work to doodle a couple silly things.

 

Everything is Still Awesome

Because I would like to think spring break still owes me (being sick the entire time), I’m still having fun applying new techniques to The Lego Movie fanart, rather than focus on school work. Or work work.

Oh My G-O-S-H

In case you’re unaware, The Lego Movie is completely awesome!  With such a great cast of characters, I took this opportunity to test out a few styles and techniques while getting all the Legos out of my system.

 Spoiler alert: it’s been a week and I’m still drawing them.

It’s Always Sunny on Spring Break

Spring break is here finally! Meaning I have more time to draw whatever I want while getting a little character design practice in.

This time I used the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and really wanted to keep it simple while emphasizing shapes and body types. I like the result but critiques are more than welcome!

Here’s a little look-see into the process!

Another Bear

For the collab animation we’re working on I also took it upon myself to design a bear character based on a friend’s concept sketches. At first he was cute enough.

But after looking at the concept sketch again I decided derpy-er is definitely the way to go.

He was pretty well received and I’m working on final model sheets for him, sloth, and Mr. Barkley now!

Business Pug

I was assigned a couple characters for a collab animation we’re doing as a side project in one of my classes.  Here’s some concept art for this overly-caffeinated business pug… I can relate.

Gestures and Ladies

I’m really enjoying my sketch class this semester, so I decided to clean up a couple of the gestures I like most.  If anyone’s interested in the sketchy, sketchy poses, I have a blog for the class over here.

And now just a couple of ladies since I don’t think I draw ladies enough, with a special appearance by yours, truly.  Some of these are observational, most are fresh outta my mind tank.