This week was very productive!! I finally finished my story!!!!! Anyone who would like to read it just shoot me an e-mail and I will send it to you. I'm vert excited about the finished story, I hope everyone thinks its good, im open and very eager for criticism!! After finishing my story I went back to drawing, this time I'm working on the character sketch for the main character Allen. So far the drawing is coming out pretty well, im just worried about his clothes, whether they are to high fashion. Maybe not, i mean its just a shirt and some jeans, but im worries about whether or not it fits his character. I guess in the end it doesn't really matter much tho, since what hes wearing in the sketch is not necessarily what he's gonna wear in the illustrations, Pikarra for example deff will not be wearing that striped shirt lol, to much of a pain in the ass to draw :P
What I plan to do from here on out is keep drawing and making visual stuff. Im gonna try to finish all of my character sketches so that I know what all the characters look like, then begin the actual illustration process.
I spent all of my studio time proof reading my writing and drawing.
send me the story pls! - ashlau@umich.edu
ReplyDeleteTyrone,
ReplyDeleteStill reading your story. I would suggest that you take different chapters and actively hand copies out to friends/faculty/family/classmates whose opinions you respect to get a wide range of feedback. See what people respond to. Maybe just one chapter per person unless they request more, so it doesn't feel like you are asking a huge favor.
Now that you have a bulk of the writing out of the way and are able to start drawing, start working on your figure drawing skills. You are having some technical issues when it comes to drawing clothing which can make the characters look physically unbelievable. Part of the character sketches is figuring out what those characters as "real" individuals would wear, say, do, what they think would be cool or not. Their outfit creates the visual persona and can be used to challenge or reinforce someone's idea of whatever personality you are presenting. Take care in creating this.
Erica