Drawlloween Update

Drawlloween Update

Day 10

Day 9

Day 8

Day 7

Day 6

Day 4, Drawlloween

Day 4, Drawlloween
Pumpkin Wicked this way comes

Day 3, Drawlloween

Day 3, Drawlloween, Tombsday

Day 1 Drawlloween

Return From The Dead

Summer Animation

2017 James O'Keefe Comic contest winners

Presenting the 2017 James O'Keefe Comic contest winners

Thanks to Nick Sousanis for coming out and talking about his new book, Unflattening and Joe Field from Flying Color Comics for talking to our DVC students and encouraging them to keep being creative no matter what.

Select the link to see all the entries

http://jamesokeefeprize.blogspot.com/

3/14 Homework

Hi everyone, 
Divide the page into four quarters and draw yourself four times on the same sheet of paper. Experiment with caricature based on the the example provided in the handout. Use your blue or red pencil. No Graphite! Below is an example of a faces drawn as a caricatures. 
*Play with moving the eye line up and down
*(Note that the setup lines can still be seen).

*Note: The black and white drawing shows shading, you do not need to shade. *You will add your source photo before turning it in, I will talk about how to do it in class.

2/23 Homework

165 Students:
1. Watch all the cartoons shown below, look at how the body's are built. In your sketchbook, try to copy some of the characters in the cartoons before you try drawing your caricature. For many of you this will be the first time trying this style.
2. In your sketchbook, using red/blue pencil, draw yourself full body as a UPA Style character. Add ink using two different pens, have fun, we will look at them in class on Tuesday. Below are many samples of the UPA Style.
3. On Tuesday we will continue working on the Leaf Drop animations.

Yep, its me UPA style, with a cone hat and a UPA style bird inside.

Here is the UPA concept art page that was considered in the 50's

166 Students:

On Tuesday we will look at your first concept sketches. Do not ink them, keep them rough so that they can be adjusted.

2/9 Homework

Homework
165 students:
1.  In your sketchbook, full page, using your red or blue pencil, draw yourself as a 40's era expressive Tex Avery/Basil Wolverton character, full body. Have fun, we will look at them in class on Thursday. 

(Inking your drawing is optional).

2. If you have not read the homework reading from the last class please do so before the next one.

3. On Thursday you will have time to finish the ball bounce project.

166 Students:

1. We will look at the second draft of your walk, fly, swim cycles.

2. Next week we will talk about the big project.

Basil Wolverton

Tex Avery

Mask

 Roger Rabbit

Ren and Stimpy

Misc.

2/7 Homework

Homework
165 Students:
1.  In your sketchbook, full page, using your red or blue pencil, draw yourself as a 20's-30's era rubber hose style character, full body. Remember, they have 4 finger hands and no elbows or knee joints. Have fun, we will look at them in class on Thursday. 

(Inking your drawing is optional).

2. In the class textbook read the following pages about the ball bounce. pg. 84-95 in the textbook. 
3. Go to the tab labeled Ball Bounce at the top of the screen, please review.
4. On Thursday we will begin the ball bounce.

Yep... the ones below are me.

166 Students:

1. Start thinking about the big project, we will talk more about it on Thursday.

2. Next Tuesday we will review your walk, fly, swim animations again.