#uni classwork

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Flour Sack ;

This final flour sack walk-cycle animation proved to be challenging. 

Unlike the human walk-cycle, which I have previously done, a flour sack has no limbs, and therefore makes it much harder to animate as if it were walking.

Using my previous walk-cycle test {below}, I used it as a base to pose out the key frames of the flour sacks ‘legs’/’feet’. As it has no proper arms, legs, or a head, I chose to animate the top of its body to be swaying, to add extra visual appeal to the animation, as well as a slight secondary animation with the little nubs on the top of the flour sack.

As well as the lack of limbs proving a challenge, I also found it difficult to find a way to animate the flour sack as if it were moving forward from it’s side, like in my human walk-cycle test. A side-view flour sack just looked awkward, and animating walk-cycle from front view would not look as effective. 

I ended up using my circle guides as if they were 3D spheres instead of 2D objects, and shading the sack as it walked to appear like it was turning as it walked. Because of this technique, as well as the way I had shaded the rough sketched of the key frames, I decided that I liked the ‘cartoony’ and minimal shadowing/colour aesthetic with this animation, as it is something I have seen some artists use many times in their artwork, and I personally find the aesthetic very visually appealing.

Some stills from this animation can be found under the cut.

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Flour Sack ;

My original flour sack animation concept was to have the flour sack perform some sort of ‘wiggle’ or ‘tip-toe’ before jumping in order to move forward.

I thought of this idea, as I felt it was more realistic of a sentient sack to do in order to move around, as they have no limbs. I also intended on emphasizing the anticipation and squash and stretch for this animation.

However, after drafting out the key frames, I realised that it didn’t quite fit the brief properly, as it was not a walk cycle but more of a hop, so I instead kept this animation as it’s key frames, as an animation test, and worked on a proper walk cycle animation.

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Flour Sack ;

With my flour sack sketches for my animation, I used techniques from the life drawing lessons to help show the joints and movement.

One of Patrick’s main techniques with his in-class demonstrations was to start out with the ‘big shapes’, or rather, two rounded rectangles or ovals to show the different sections of the body. 

I used this technique to lay out the foundations of my flour sack drawings, in order to more easily draw the sacks in different poses.

However, these drawings seem to look more like pillows than flour sacks.

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Life Drawing ; In our final life drawing class we worked with Alana as our model, focusing primarily on foreshortening and perspective. 

This lesson went differently than the others, as we were originally supposed to be in another room. As a result, the first hour or the class went like normal, with the 30 and 60 second warmups followed by Patrick’s demonstration and a longer drawing session.

After this first hour, we then ventured outside and drew outside for the remainder of the lesson, which proved more challenging with the type of dress Alana was wearing, which had many folds and draping.

As we were told this lesson was to be in a different room, I had assumed that we were no longer going to be life drawing and did not bring my supplies. Because of this, I worked only with a pencil in my A5 sketchbook. However, I believe these to be my best drawings out of all the classes I attended, as I am more familiar and comfortable with a pencil, and am more practiced at drawing the human figure using a pencil rather than charcoals.

Above are my best drawings from this lesson, and the rest can be found under the cut.

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Life Drawing ; In our second class we worked with Ben as our model, focusing primarily on the legs for this lesson. This lesson progressed the same as the first, with 30 and 60 second gestural warmups followed by a demonstration by Patrick where he showed us how to draw, and discussed the muscles of the legs.

After the demonstration, we were given 15 minutes to work on a longer piece, where I chose to focus on the legs rather than the body as a whole.

Above is the 15 minute drawing from this class, and the gestural drawings can be found under the cut.

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Life Drawing ; In our fourth life drawing class we worked with Marcus as our model, focusing primarily on the chest and abdominal muscles. Like the last lessons, we started off with our 30 and 60 second gestural warmups, followed by a demonstration by Patrick. We then started a few 5 minute drawings.

Above is my best work from this lesson, the gestural drawings can be found under the cut.

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Life Drawing ; In our third life drawing class, we focused more on the rib cage and shoulder muscles. Like the last classes, we started off with 300 and 60 second gestural warm ups, then watched a demonstration by Patrick before completing longer artworks.

By this point in our life drawing classes, I had gotten nicer tools and charcoals to use, and as a result my drawings increased in quality.

Above are my best drawings from this lesson. The gestural drawings can be found under the cut.

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Life Drawing ; In our first life drawing class we practiced gestural drawing and learnt the basics of drawing from life. Pictured above are Patrick’s demonstrations in class. We started off with 60-second drawings with the model in various poses to get used to the different techniques of drawing, then created 2 15-minute drawings using techniques from Patrick’s examples. 

We worked with Lorena as our model, and focused primarily on the hips for this lesson.

The pictures below are my best works from this lesson, and the rest of my drawings can be found under the cut.