Progress

Here is what my character looks like so far. I still have a ways to go and I'm finding that using Illustrator can get frustrating so its taking me longer to finish than I had planned. A least I'm getting lots of practice.

Research for Character's Background

For the background of my character I wanted to have a wooded scene or a forest scene; someplace that looked secluded enough to portray that my character was secretive and up to no good. I did a quick sketch for it but I wasn't quite feeling that it was what I wanted, so I looked online to help broaden my idea. Here are some of the pictures that I found.

This photo is absolutely beautiful to me. I would be great if I could use it as it is seeing that it would be perfect for what I am trying to accomplish. Maybe add a couple of trees. My initial idea was to place my character in the woods surrounded by lots of trees.

Within the background I wanted to place a couple of items like a cauldron and a cabin like the ones I used for my silly bands.

Here is my initial sketch below.

I'm not sure why blogger is rotating my image but here is a second idea after some research.

I intend to add an item or two in the scene as well but for now I just want to get an idea of what I want my background to look like.

Silly Bands!!

Here are the silly bands that I created. Just for pen tool practice in Illustrator. They are supposed to go with the theme of my character. I'm sure that it is very obvious as to what images they are.

 I did not intend for this to go in a Halloween direction of any sort, but with the approaching season I thought why not. So here we have a pumpkin, a cabin, a bat, owl and a cauldron.

Also if you don't know what silly bands are...

Character Design

Okay, so here are some sketches I did of my idea. I never posted my work on the internet before so I'm  little nervous. 

My first design (far left) I felt was good but looked too much like a cat than an owl or bird even and I wanted her to be a lot more graceful and less like a superhero.

My second design I started to loosen up a little and tried to add more feminine qualities while still keeping the owl theme. However I wanted the character to have a purpose and a story...

which is why I'm choosing this one as my final concept. This character seems to have more of a story behind it. I'm excited to take it into Photoshop and play with it some more. Until nextime, bye.

Character Design References

Well, this feels kinda awkward. Feels like I'm talking to myself. Anywho, as an assignment for my digital class, I am supposed to do sort of a character design. So being the owl lover that I am I decided to create a character based on one. I settled on an half owl half human hybrid...thing. Maybe a witch. I don't know. I'm still working on it. But as some inspiration I found some references online to get me started.

The picture below is the most like my original thought only I want it to have more human like features and clothed.

I very much like this whole concept. And the detail is more of what I had in mind.

So yeah, this weekend I have been working on my idea and it's coming along. I have three sketches and they should be finished by tomorrow. As soon as they are I will post.

Nicolas Uribe

As soon as I saw Uribes artwork I knew that I had too choose him for my assignment. There is something about Uribe's work that I have never seen before in a painting. There is an obvious sense of time lapse that I absolutely love! I have seen this in films but like I said before never in a still painting. Even though there is no actual sense of time an movement and motion, Uribe makes it easy with his techniques. He also does an excellent job of capturing emotion along with the monotony of everyday tasks.
Here's another..