Specialism Blog

 Having finished two projects that were due the 28th and 29th of March 2024, I continued work on my Specialism. I began by sketching a female human body, learning from this tutorial video by Draw Like a Sir. How to draw female Bodies | Woman Tutorial | DrawlikeaSir (youtube.com) His video taught me how to use dynamic lines as guides for the body, which can help with defining the curves of a female character. This video also taught me how to use shapes to lay out the pose of a character. Prior to this, I used to draw the pose with lines and circular shapes before I drew the full body. Then I added details to the sketch like the video said. I drew circles for the breasts and blended them into the body and I defined the shoulders and collarbones. I was pleased with how this sketch turned out. The tutorial helped me branch out my drawing skills, especially when it comes to character design.  The following week, I was able to produce more character sketches following a similar tech...

This week, I decided to knuckle down on my character sketching and make an effort to follow tutorials properly. The previous tutorial I followed, linked down below, had a big section of the drawing process cut.  Design Cinema – EP 18 - Character Sketching Part 01 (youtube.com) To remedy this, I will look at more character sketching tutorials and follow them as I draw.  The first result I saw when I looked up Character Sketching Tutorial was this video from Draw Like a Sir. CHARACTER DESIGN - Step by Step Tutorial | Drawinglikeasir (youtube.com) I thought it was a good tutorial video to follow, with tips on conveying a character's personality by their poses and some good humour to boot. However, I knew I needed to understand the basics of drawing human anatomy. So I found another drawing tutorial by Draw Like a Sir and found this. How to draw Bodies (Tutorial) | Drawlikeasir - YouTube Next week, I will get around to drawing more character concepts once I am done with two ongoin...

 This week,  I took a look at the feedback Steven left me in my previous post. I have been thinking about what to do for my next concept.  Figure 1: Steven's feedback from my previous post I will admit I haven't focused on my Specialism much over the term because I have shifted focus on projects that were due late March. This is also why it took me two weeks to complete my most recent concepts, mostly on Thursdays during lesson no less. However, I have become more open to doing my specialism, now that I have gained confidence and pride from the rest of my projects. I informed Steven that I will be making more of an effort to do my Specialism at home. 

 This week, I continued production of my digital sketching. I made a few tweaks to my character outline before I began to add detail, particularly the positioning of the arms. Afterwards, I began to add colour to the rough sketch and added further details. I will admit that this drawing was not my best. It looked rather simplistic and disproportionate. It didn't help that I was using the Pen tool to draw Axel rather than a drawing tablet. If I were to do some digital drawing again in the future. I would use a drawing tab.