SB lite. a more managable chunk of artfulness

Here is this weeks finished sb lite. i'm please with the greyscale work. joker had 'i'm bad ass and moody' lighting. Il est difficile!








Listening: Imogen Heap, Goodnight and Go
Reading: Northern Lights
Playing: PES 09

Hello Study Buddy

These are the first two study buddy sheets i have completed in cooperation with Calum (neon goat), his entry on this subject is far wittier than mine. so go see his site. The original study sheets are made by the brilliant Paul Richards at autodestruct, and are a tool to help improve 2d digital skills.

SB cont....

deadlines, life drawing and pro evo

Here is yesterdays life drawing. Trying to catch walk cycles and quirky things people do. I've started to draw in backgrounds, it gives the figures postures relevance. Improvement over thursday's work i think.

Today, I made my course calender in excel. It is a very boring program, but it's easily editable. Which is convenient considering how often lecture and tutorial dates have changed recently :p

The Hobbit

Today i spent an hour life drawing on gentlemans walk (norwich) with the 103 crew. It was a perilous adventure, we climbed past mountain ranges. Through the cold dusty streets of norwich, and past Tesco Metro. Then we sat and stared and learned.......
That people walk too fast.

Oh, i also used tea staining to define shape in the sketches. Some of the sillouettes came out nicely, particularly the lady middle bottom ( a happy accident) others not (an unhappy accident)

Lain!

Today i spent time studying yoshitoshi ABe's, 'rebuild an omnipresence in wired' artbook. This was really just an excuse to look at manga anatomy deformation and to try out my new greyscale faber castell pens =). I will continue to look at ABe's art for inspiration and influence, woop

self portrait....my eyes are actually not quite this big

I always neglect Photoshop in favour of 3d or traditional 2D. So today i decided to go through the basic 2D work flow.
The image started as a quick doodle in my sketchbook. At the time i was thinking about how to put a twist on art noveau hair and mix it with a cartoon style.

I will create a progress sheet for this piece today or tomorrow.

The image is also being used as part of my banner. Which may well change at a later date.

<------ click on the image to see full size ^-^

Dissertation and Crs

In summary of the first critical studies. I hope to look into:

The social environment of gaming
Gender in gaming (consumers)
Gender in gaming (avatars, NPC's etc)

Because this year's dissertation has a small word count i may have to refine my topic down further depending on what my research yields.

Chris Lowthorpe has suggested this book and its successor as a good starting point.

Here is a link which seems to summarise 'From Barbie To Mortal Kombat'.

The 3D community

I have registered under the name of yourlocalhero at the following sites:









Having been a long time watcher at these sites i now want to become an active participant in the game community, offering my work up for critical analysis.

The Online Presence

After viewing a fellow student's blog page, i have decided to switch to this site for all my blogging needs. I had previously set up a wiki-site but this seems so much more colourful!

I intend to use this blogger as a diary for progress and development of a game concept, containing mechanics, 3D art development, 2D art development and progressive thought Hopefully this will be more organised than the scrap paper and post-it notes that generally litter my room.

I will back date several posts for continuity's sake and then summarise my current progress as i have set this up 7 days into the project.