Suave

Dumb doodle for the day.  Plus I felt like I needed something new for my profile photo... I drew the old one over two years ago.

ACCEPTED INTO CALARTS.

My CalArts application account updated and I'm accepted.  Mother of God.

WIP - Sully Paint: Second Pass

I'm starting to run into the same problems I had with Drake, where I'm noodling because I don't know how to take the hair and textures to the next step.  Gonna have to put this one on a halt too until I do so.

But I'm at least happy that some harmony with colors has been achieved, especially since I haven't studied that as much.

WIP: Sully Paint in Color

Got a little adventurous today and started doing some Photoshop paint in color - this time it's Victor Goddamn Sullivan.  I'll finish Drake later on, but just compare this first-and-a-half-ish pass of Victor with my first pass of Drake back in January.  Things are coming with a lot more ease after going back to fundamentals, so drawing's been a whole lot more fun.  I'll definitely go back to them again.  I've also learned that it's ok to take breaks from pieces.  I usually try and do everything in one sitting, but it's been pretty beneficial to take a step back whenever I feel like I'm getting to the point of noodling, then returning to draw with a fresh mind.

And after finally getting accepted into Ringling's CA program, my overall goal throughout the next few months is to just improve myself... draw better and faster.  It's a pretty broad goal, but I hear they work you harder there than you get worked in the industry, so I need all the practice I can get before heading into the fray.

Self-critique in Composition

Did another still life to further synthesize my studies in shapes, values, media, and composition.  Shapes came with a lot more ease but I mainly struggled with composition.  I found this really helpful site with notes on tangents and was able to pick out a lot of my problem areas.  Overall, the area surrounding the wine glass is way too busy and I wish I lit the scene with more values in the top left corner because it's pretty flat.

Fail early, fail often.

Notes I took that identify my errors with compositional tangents

ACCEPTED

On March 1st, I received a small package from Ringling College of Art & Design.  Inside was a letter, announcing that I have officially been accepted as a student for the Computer Animation program.

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Resting for the evening, then on to create new dreams.

Nathan Drake Render: Third Pass

Blended the values and got a bit further with the hair, but it's still not quite there yet.  Stepping away from it again for now but I should also look up some texture brushes for skin and possibly fabric in the meantime.