Summer Project Life-Form Turnarounds

I really favoured 'Billy the Dinosaur' probably due to the fact he represents a childhood interest of mine, I wanted to develop him further. I found that doing the front turnaround was alright but perhaps the placement of the feet could have been better, and also I recognised that the underbelly and the tail could produce a challenge once I was on the side on and back views. I completely forgot the use of proportion lines when completing these turnarounds, once I revisit character design I will be sure to highlight this to show my development from my mistake.

Summer Project Machine Turnarounds

You may recognise this particular character from earlier on in my thumbnails, I gave the 'Iron Giant' a side story similar to 'Bob's' saying he was his cousin. Well the Iron Giant would work on site at a construction yard assisting in the hard labour of his human counterparts, originally made by a russian scientist in the 80's he has now been decommissioned from service and placed in compulsory employment. The motherland has no use for robotics when they have Vodka. I should have added the proportion lines in so next time I will because for now I guess it looks okay but in high production I need to be more careful, even though it is a final I think it could have been presented better maybe on a different surface or change of scale.

Summer Project Drawings #2

A continuation of the thumbnails I have produced for the Summer Project, all completed in the same style as the others. By this stage I felt more fluid with my drawings, experimenting away from the object list and more on random shapes and composing naturally. I actually found it easier to produce the more I worked up in the numbers, some designs were revisited but altered in some way to bring new energy to the design and try something new. I know that on the brief it stated we should work loosely and not rub anything out, but I took my time and thought about each illustration carefully before putting pen to paper to speak. After these drawings its time to present my final turnarounds I have completed.

Summer Project Drawings #1

I began to play around with ideas that were forming from the list of objects we were presented, I found that creating Life-forms was possibly the easiest to do out of the three, with Structures proving the most tedious. I say this in remorse because every time I tried to use a shape or form that is obvious from one of the items the Structure would seem plain and not as interesting as it could be. For example I would use the 'Lighter' as a template and then create a structure, but when it came to realisation I found it was easier to convert the design into a Machine, these were more engaging I feel and I began to struggle with Stuctures on the project. All illustrations were complete using pens, biro, pencils and markers. I would have explored digital means but I didn't have the resources at home to produce such artwork, perhaps in my next thumbnails I can explore different methods.

Summer Project Introduction and Quick Analysation

Before I begun my drawings for the Summer Project I decided to first state why I was completing the task, for which purposes and what I expected in my end result. I also had a look at some of the inspirational quotes we were given as well as some that I found beneficial to my development. I think words really do influence my style and with these in mind I began to wonder into my ideas. Before rushing into the project I observed what previous students had accomplished and added some minute annotations here and there, dissecting accordingly. With a brief understanding of what I could do for my own project I began my drawings.