Reflection of game art, Week Twenty one

This week we continued with the character project and working on the character model, the character needed to be finished modelling so that we could move onto rigging the model. I spent time working on creating the folds and creases in the fabrics of the dress and top, I also added extra topology to the joints and face, to add more detail and so it is able to move when the joints bend. I am quite happy with how my character model is progressing so far, it resembles my concepts well and fits the style guide.

In life drawing this week we continued with foreshortening, which I was happy about as I feel this is an area which benefits my drawing skills and style. The task of drawing a figure with a lot of foreshortening requires accuracy and measuring, which I am quite confident at. I also enjoy the challenges that foreshortening brings, which I find more interesting and enjoyable to draw than a regular standing pose, it adds more difficulty with measuring and obtaining accuracy of the figure. First we produced some warm up sketches, which included a two minute continuous line drawing, an opposite hand two minute drawing and a two minute straight line drawing.

In the first foreshortening drawing I had twenty minutes, first I measured the figure with the head size, I then lightly marked in the angle of the middle of the figure. Once I had done this I started lightly marking in more measurements, such as the hips and shoulders to get the gesture and weight distribution. After this I cold start drawing the figure, I did this by measuring each angle and marking them on the page. Once the figure was finished, I shaded in a negative space background at the top.

In the second foreshortening drawing I also had twenty minutes, I continued with my method of measuring and drawing with this drawing, however the second drawing had a slightly more difficult angle, making the foreshortening stronger. This proved more of a challenge, although I feel I captured the overall accuracy of the figure.