Friday, April 4, 2025

Roadtrip : Chapter 1 - pt 1

 We're on the road again! It's going to take a bit to get used to drawing the characters, bit no better way to learn then in the middle of mayhem.





Drawing cars : Plymouth Fury

I ...don't know how to draw cars! Who does right? :D See like a sucker I used to work from 1 or 2 images and try to work out what the car looks like from different angles....but now...we have SketchFab! I've mentioned it before, and I really love this easy access resource, I am sharing it again:

Since I have to draw a car in my stiory project, it comes in super handy to have a reference handy !

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/plymouth-fury-1958-christine-draft-941b53251e0143eb811ce82ac6dfe581 

You can turn the model in the browser, so no need to download anything! How great is that! I would still always say to be careful when using reference, because you can easily get too realistic and use the gestural energy that should be in a board. Usually I draw a few angles "to study" the shape (like above). And then I'll draw it from memory.

ONE PIECE: SCENE STUDY

 To be honest, I didn't plan on dong a study, but I was watching one piece and I just love the character designs. But it also made me realise, what I love about Japanese animation is that they use camera to make their stories interesting, instead of acting/motion. It's quite limited, so they are usually more creative as a result.


I also wanted to just draw in line art, no shading! In storyboarding our time is precious, so I want to learn to draw with as little effort as possible :P I also didn't draw any roughs, what you see is what you get.










So when you look at the sequence above, it looks really interesting, even without any movement. 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

CHARACTER : "BIX"

 Doing a shorthand of BIXIE for the next part of the storyboard.


And a fake company branding for DEADBEAT productions!

And a random gif:

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

ROADTRIP: Teaser

These are all the shots and I even added some sound effects for fun. Now on the the actual story :P




ROADTRIP TEASER : Pt 2

  I finished up the remaining shots of this little sequence










Tuesday, April 1, 2025

ROADTRIP TEASER : Pt 1

 So I decided to do the comic I wrote as a storyboard instead (I always feel I need to work on my portfolio), even though this was a 1 page intro, I've been adding stuff to it, just as inspiration hits, so undoubtfully it won't make a lick of sense :D

The main reason for an intro sequence is to get warmed up before drawing the actual board.









CHARACTER: Granny MOSH

 Needed an incidental character for a sequence, so here's a reworking of this older design: