Adobe Illustrator - Character Design for Monsters University

Cheerleader, no legs, four eyes and four arms.

Pendulum Animation lesson - what to and not to do!

The Pendulum should have a lapse in speed when it reaches the peak of each swing.

The Pendulum should not be travelling at the same speed continuously or it has no sense of gravity. 

and it should certainly not move side to side as the string would not change length throughout each swing.

Timing and Space Animation

Influence Map - Leonia 2

Influence Map - Leonia 1

Maya Multiple Eggcups Tutorial

Life Drawing Week 2

20 min Charcoal Sketch.

5 min sketches in pencil & charcoal, pencil, charcoal and continuous line in pen.

2 min sketches in charcoal

2 min sketches in charcoal

10 min hand and face studies.

1,2 & 3 Point Perspective Drawings

1,2 & 3 point Perspective Drawings.

Zenobia

Zenobia

Leonia

Leonia

Tamara

Tamara

Octavia

Octavia

Fedora

Fedora

First Adobe Animate Tutorial - Morphing

Self portrait morphing into favourite food and then favourite animal.

This was a morphing task where I was required to draw a self portrait, my favourite food and my favourite animal. I then morphed one to the other. Each morph took 25 frames ad the whole animation was 75 frames long.

Anastasia

Anastasia

Baucis

Baucis

Argia

Argia

Diomira

Diomira

Ersilia

Ersilia

Invisible Cities

This project is based on author Italo Calvino, he has created a series of cities based entirely around Venice. Women's names have been chosen to name each city. Ill be looking specifically at 19 places and drawing my own vision from the descriptions Calvino has given me.

After creating 100 thumbnails of these cities I'll select 3 for further development and finalize them into three Photoshop illustrations.

Walking City from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

O (Omicron) from Romain Tardy on Vimeo.

NIGHTVISION from Luke Shepard on Vimeo.

Week 1 Life Drawing

Above is the first warm-up drawing, I was allocated 15 minutes and used charcoal.

Here is five 15 minute sketches using continuous line in pen.

The final sketch took 15 minutes and the model had a pirate hat & sword.

Overall I was thrilled with my final outcomes with all of my drawings, especially the pirate themed sketch. I find drawing on A2 very challenging as I find proportions can go off very easily. I was able to use charcoal and pen but I would like to explore more techniques such as graphite pencils and watercolour next week.

Still Life Photoshop 02

This is the 2nd out of the two still life speed sketches I have drawn using my Wacom graphics tablet. I found recreating the coloured photograph harder than the grey-scale apples in the previous drawing as creating the shadows was personally harder for me; that said I'm still very pleased with the finished outcome.

Still Life Photoshop 01

Above is my first quick sketch in photoshop using brushes I've never used before. I was trying to draw loosely and focus on mark making and shadows. I find still-life difficult but I am really pleased with this first attempt, I will be doing another fast sketch in Photoshop this week.

Coloured Machine Design

The Present from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.

Coloured Structure Design

Coloured Animal Design

Favorite Machine Design Completed Line-art

Favorite Structure Completed Line-art

Favorite Animal Design Completed Line-art

And finally, the last 11 sketches.

I found creating the 101 sketches much more challenging than first expected, simply due to trying to think up new and exciting designs without them being too similar.

I previously had never done a task like this before so this was a first for me, although a long and slightly tedious process I did enjoy doing the 101 drawings and had a real sense of achievement after completing them. 

And finally, the last 11 sketches.

I found creating the 101 sketches much more challenging than first expected, simply due to trying to think up new and exciting designs without them being too similar.

I previously had never done a task like this before so this was a first for me, although a long and slightly tedious process I did enjoy doing the 101 drawings and had a real sense of achievement after completing them. 

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61-70

51-60

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31-40

21-30

11-20

First set of 10 drawings out of the 101.

Summer Project 2016

For the beginning of this course I have been assigned to create a total of 101 different designs in 3 different categories; Animals, Machines and Structures. I have also been given a large selection of random shapes and items that I must incorporate into each design. Each idea is not a final idea, but just a thumbnail sketch/design for improving and development later if chosen as one of my three favorites at the end.

The Beginning of Something New

Well, here we go...

I am Ruth, an aspiring animator who has always had a passion for Art and Design. Creating a blog is a first for me, so I apologize for its beginning to be a bit rough around the edges!

I am going into the first year of my Animation Course at UCA Rochester where I will hopefully be creating and designing new and exciting ideas all to be posted onto this blog. My course is ongoing for 3 years where I and hopefully anyone looking at my work will see my challenges, explorations and my development over the course of the three years!

I hope everyone looking will enjoy my blog and be inspired by my work :)

Thank you, and enjoy!