Professional Practise 2: Commission

Professional Practise 2

Character Commission

• These past two weeks I had been working on a commission for Rachel, as she wanted her character drawing in a relaxed pose, with a simple solid colour background. She wanted a detailed illustration of her, so this commission was priced higher to accommodate for that.
• Here is a screenshot of the conversation, the invoice and the final drawing:

Invoice:

Final Illustration:

Professional Practise 2: Final Animation for LoopdeLoop

Professional Practise 2

Competitions - LoopdeLoop

• In the group with Emily, Harry and Kathryn, we finished the animation for the LoopdeLoop competition. With the theme, Mushy, I think we did a great job illustrating the idea and putting our own creative twist into the theme. We followed a full workflow for a studio and successfully produced an animation to be entered into the competition!
• Next time, consistency could be improved and focused on, however it was a bit of a struggle being apart and only able to communicate online. We listened to each others' feedback effectively and produced a small animation to show for that.

Here is evidence of the entry:

Here is the final loop:

Professional Practise 2: Competitions

Professional Practise 2

Competitions - DevinElleKurtz Draw this in your Style Competition

• Devin Elle Kurtz is a background artist working on Disenchantment and she decided to host a competition for the Draw this in Your Style challenge, where you redraw the piece of art they have chosen. The prizes for this are being featured on her page and a first place prize of receiving an Ink-based drawing of a pet or original character we choose.
• I decided to take a different approach to this, by drawing the character in a different style. I saw a lot of the entries were trying to follow the realistic style and I wanted to explore a more stylised approach and work on posing for characters. Here is the competition post on Instagram and my response:

Devin Elle Kurtz' Instagram Post

 https://www.instagram.com/p/B97hkSuJxuk/

My Entry Post

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DCzSCpJyP/

Professional Practise 2: LoopdeLoop Colouring

Professional Practise 2

Competitions: LoopdeLoop Colouring

• This week I worked on the colour for one of the shots from the LoopdeLoop group animation and we needed to add the basket to one the already coloured frames. In order to keep the the same style, I created a very simple basket, with some strawberries already sitting in the basket. For the sake of ease, I made the basket rounded, so that it would be the same from any angle, without needing to redraw the basket.
• For the colouring of the shot where the character looks disgusted, I added a red background and a slow gradient appearing, as the realisation of touching a mushy strawberry settles in her.
• Here are the two animations I finished today for the LoopdeLoop.

Professional Practise 2: LoopdeLoop Betweens

Professional Practise 2

LoopdeLoop Betweens

• For Studio Brief 2, using the same group as Studio Brief 3, we are producing an animation for the LoopdeLoop competition. I have already drawn up all of the backgrounds for this, therefore I will be mainly working on inbetweens and colouring when it's needed.
• I inbetweened both Scenes 1 and 7 and kept very close to the model sheet, to keep the character consistent. I found inbetweening quite challenging to get the position of the character right to demonstrate the impact of the throw and the simple walk cycle, however with feedback, I was able to between both the scenes I was tasked to complete. Here are both scenes with my betweens:

Scene 1 with Inbetweens:

Scene 7 with Inbetweens:

Professional Practise 2: Competitions - 11 Second Club

Professional Practise 2

11 Second Club Competition

• This month, along with the Character Design Challenge, I wanted to try doing the 11 Second Club Competition, as I had a little bit of time to animate something. I decided to give myself a limit of three days to work on this, as I have a tendency to become too much of a perfectionist and want to keep working on something. This forced me to explore timing and focus more on the animation than the look of the character. Overall, despite being a competition, it was fun practise!
• This months' audio clip was a section of a song from the movie and musical, Mamma Mia, so I was to animate a lip-sync. I wanted to explore subtle emotions and hand movements in this, rather than a lot of movement. I found it more difficult keeping the linework consistent with such small movements, but it was good practise and something I can focus on next time.
• Here is the rough animation I did and the evidence:

Professional Practise 2: Pet Portrait Commissions

Professional Practise 2

Studio Brief 2 - Pet Portrait Commissions

• I was recently approached by two clients to create a digital painting of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a Ragdoll Brown-Point Cat, both being gifts for friends and family members. I have been doing pet commissions on and off for quite a while, as they provide practise in painting and drawing animals and also help me to develop my concept work, in terms of drawing from photographs and references.
• The first client wanted a full-body rough painting of a family members' dog. They sent me references and a broad idea of what they wanted and from there, I was able to decide a rate. Usually I charge £25 for head portraits and £45 for full body portraits, as they are usually quite rough, not fully rendered and it only takes me around two-three hours depending on the complexity. I do raise the prices, if the fur pattern is more complex. As the Staffies' fur was just plain with a small white spot on the neck, it was simpler and the client wanted a full body portrait.
• I have provided screenshots of some of the process and conversation, with the invoice (Addresses have been removed for privacy reasons) and the final portrait:

Invoice:

Final Portrait:

• The second client wanted a head portrait of their friends Ragdoll cat, with added "majestic details." Unfortunately, I don't have screenshot evidence of their asked for commission, as this was done through call, however, I do have reference photos and an invoice (Addresses have been removed for privacy reasons) with payment details.

Some provided Reference Photos:

Invoice:

Final Portrait: