I was just watching the 'Dragon age Origins' Bonus Disc thats in the collecters edition and one quote made me think:
'The concept art for Origins is the make the team pumped to make it and work on it'
So theres the key:
I need to make people excited and to want it.
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- Invasion of the BodySnatchers
- Finished street scene
- The Museum Final 3
- The Libary Final 2
- The Submarine Forest Final 1
- Some quick thumbnails:
- House continued
- The Submarine Forest
- The submarine forest creation
- House of tommorow!!! today, with UV
- The concept guide for tommorow
- Quick post quote
- How to be Awesome
- Essay pondering:
- Concept artists to look at:
- A look at concept art... Part 'the second'
- A look at concept art...
- 'The Forest' Concept progression
- Sketchs for Concept Art
- Life Drawings
- House with/out UV texturing
- The Night of the Hunter
- 20,000 legues under the sea review 2
- 20,000 leagues under the sea reviews
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Course Info
Ba (Hons) CG Arts & Animation
UCA Rochester
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=20435
UCA Rochester
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=20435
2 comments:
Hi Earl,
I think Simon's comments re. the underwater forest constitute a pretty water-tight (haha!) summary of some of the compositional and technical challenges you are yet to meet; more generally, I detect a visual inhibition on your part; there is a conspicuous absence of exploratory drawings/thumbnails here - in comparison with other blogs, yours seems underdeveloped and not proactive enough; how hard are you working to push past your own limitations in terms of your drawing skill? Are you, for instance, investigating perspective and the various rules of creating the illusion of depth? There are a raft of books in the UCA library that deal with the mechanics of drawing, and no doubt a number of websites etc. You need to 'self-medicate' - go get some help and enrich your understanding and skills.
The three drawings you've uploaded from your sketchbook are 'a waste of space' - not because of their usefulness to you and your development of your spaces - but rather because they're blurry and impossible to view; while your blog is an informal space, it is also a publishing platform (and an outward facing one too) so can I strongly suggest that you up the professionalism and ensure that all images uploaded are 'fit for purpose'. Take a look at Ruben's blog, for instance - there is a lot of care and attention in evidence - and I want you to be as fastidious with your own work and its presentation.
Clearly you need to draw more - you need to revisit your scenes and keep investigating their potential through alternate compositions and different approaches to framing their content; also, remember the 16:9 proportions and use that filmic ratio to add dynamism and drama to your compositions. Put very simply, you need to think more by doing, as opposed to writing or procrastinating; okay, so you may not be the world's most confident draughtsman, but you won't improve unless you keep at it - and often.
Your creative development needs to demonstrate a much greater commitment to developing creatively! I look forward to some 'leaps and bounds' and 'eureka moments'... don't disappoint! :-)
Please see 2nd comment for assignment advice.
I knpw one of your problems is how to open up a Kelp forest, try looking at the spacing of trees in a forest and use clumps of kelp to create a similiar effect, with the fronds opening up high in the water creating dappled patches of light on the sea bed.
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