In trying to improve and get better at all aspects of drawing I’ve been looking at creating whole story like images that push perspective.
The first was Rocket Kid. This was fun and came together relatively quickly and wouldn’t have been was it is without the help of my studio buddy, Rebecca Stewart - check out her amazing portfolio. Her experience in animation and life drawing really pushed me to put together a great dynamic composition.
The second was under the sea. This started out as fun colour but it was confused and lacked clarity so paring it back, pushing the perspective and using light to it’s fullest extent made it work. The text is there for balance as it was envisaged as part of a middle grade fiction book.
The third was a garden scene, and this was so very difficult. From doing this one, there are no shortcuts, if it’s not right, it’s not right so make it right, trying to find work arounds will take longer than doing it correctly in the first place.
There will be more to come, I have a lot to learn about colour, perspective, bodies and how they move and above all else telling stories with pictures.
Cheers!
