Monday, January 31, 2011

Reflect time!

After reading the article I think I would actually enjoy being a concept artist. I usually work by doing a lot of research, both for visual inspiration and accuracy (oh hey, top hats hadn't been invented yet and Big Ben wasn't around until 1859, good to know for that project set in 1763 London). The variety and sheer amount of work that concept artists do seems like a pretty fun way to bring home the bacon.
I found that once I got the main idea of how I wanted a character, things didn't change too much from drawing to drawing.
A few times I got completely locked in to drawing certain characters from only one side. For whatever reason I always drew Pinfeather from the left. I had to flip a couple of the drawings to get myself to snap out of it.
I had to do a lot of research for Red Lion's clothing, especially to find appropriate color schemes for his costume. With both of the characters I focused on getting things really clear. I wanted the actions and movement to have intensity, and just plain make sense (is he going to throw a punch, or is he putting his wallet away?)

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