Day 4, Drawlloween

Day 4, Drawlloween
Pumpkin Wicked this way comes

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/

165 Final Project

An Awesome Opportunity

Hi everyone, just a quick note from my cave...

I just wanted to let you know that the DVC school paper "The Inquirer" is looking for cartoonists and illustrators. You can earn units, put staff artist on your resume, plus... your work will be published. Interested? ask me about in in class on Tuesday.

Cave Drawing - Inking Spot light - Stephen Silver

Hi everyone, 
sitting in my cave doodling away and I thought I would post a couple of short videos on inking and sketching. Today they will all feature Stephen Silver an illustrator, cartoonist and character designer. 
Enjoy!

Here are some samples of his work.

March 3, Homework

165 Students:
Draw yourself as a 1950's UPA style character. Use your blue pencil to design the basic shape, add the red pencil for detail. No Graphite! and add black ink. No need to color your drawings, show the entire body, full page. We will check them out in class. Have fun!

This animation has a fun jazzy score and a great story.

166 Students:
Thank you for turning in your first character page. Please plan on turning in one, each class day until you have covered all of your main characters. Please place the character page and its spin animatic into the "166 Character Page" folder in scratch.

Jan. 28 Homework

165 Students:
You have two parts to homework.
First, Draw yourself as if you are in a episode of the Simpson's Use your blue pencil to design the basic shape, add the red pencil for detail. No Graphite! and add black ink. No need to color your drawings.

We will check them out in class. Have fun! 

 Yep... the one below is me!

Second, in your sketchbook, use the two remaining photos that we took in class and draw yourself in any style, in the 3/4 pose and the profile. You can draw them side by side on the same page, keep the drawings simple. Begin with a Red or Blue pencil for the setup lines and finish with ink.

166 Students:

Over the next three weeks you will create one animation a week, using 3 different characters, each

displaying different characteristics, something that: 

Walks (on four legs), 

Flies (No Humming bird, you need to show the wings flapping) 

Swims (must display the classic "s" curve). 

Over the weekend, in your regular sketchbook, draw 3-4 versions of each type of character.

Pick one of each kind that you like the most, and begin drawing that same character lined up on one sheet of paper from the angles shown below. This is a character page. (Note: the same pose is used for each drawing)

front, 3/4 front, profile, 3/4 back, back.

Please keep them in pencil only, no ink just in case 

adjustments to the drawings need to be made. We will work 

on them in class on Tuesday. You will work on the second of 

the 3 next weekend and the final one the weekend after that.

Have a fun time drawing! see you Tuesday!

This is it!

This is it everyone... thanks for a great semester, you can now relax on the couch and let the holiday break begin.

The Jump

165 Students:
Great Job Tonight! As I mentioned in class, here is the jump cycle. The upper one is in the Disney style and the lower one is in the Warner Brothers Style. The poses shown are "Key Poses, so you will need to add a couple of tween drawings. We will work on adding these on Thursday. Below are some sample jump animations

166 Students:
On Thursday be ready to turn in scanned copies of the following:
1. Character pages of your main characters.
2. Character page showing a line up of supporting characters.
3. Background drawings for each scene.
4. Thumbnail Storyboard. 

Field Trip Sunday April 26

Homework Notes

165 Students:
For Thursday, be ready to turn in a sketch of the background your character will be walking through. Here are a couple of things to consider as you create it.

1. With your paper turned horizontally, divide the space into thirds. The middle third is the space on the paper were you will draw out the background. This is done so that when you import your background it will be wider than the stage. This will allow you to create a motion tween and have the background move. (See example below)

2. When drawing your background consider the probability that you may need to loop your background. This means you will need to make sure that the height, thickness of line and any object that you place on the left or right of the paper match up. (See example below)

3. Please turn in your sketch only, not the finished artwork. Once I have reviewed it with you, the inking (pen or digital) can be done.

*Below are 3 simple backgrounds, forest, tree line, city skyline.
*Remember do not draw anything in the foreground because your character will occupy that space. 

*

 *Reminder: On Thursday we will begin working on the walk cycle. 
(See previous post for reading) 

166 Students: 
After show the walk cycle information to the 165 students I will come to you and review your progress.

October 31, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 26, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

The Simpsons Are Coming!

Hi Everyone, just a quick note from the  cave, This Sunday on the FXX channel, they will be running every episode of the "Treehouse of horror" episodes in a row, its going to run close to 5 hours!!! This will be some awesome, spooky, animated fun. So set your DVR's, order pizza, make some popcorn and put the cat out the door. Have Fun! 

October 23, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 21, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 19, Drawing Challege

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 14, drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 13, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 12, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/