Character Design: Props and Sidekicks

Toothless with prop (Goggles and Large Barrel)

Inca Sidekicks

Inca Llama Sidekick

Character Design: Ninja Character Development and Design

Photoshop Concept Art

Portraits

Character Design - Character Expressions

Using ourselves for reference 

Using a pre-existing character (Hulk)

Character Design - Arcs in Motion

Today's lesson was looking at curves in motion. I was put into a group of 4 where we had a selection of different situations and whilst one pair reenacted the scene the other pair would draw the scene in stickman form for the first set of poses, then add some flesh to the character for the rest.

The policeman and the Drunk.

The Bully and the Nerd.

The Mad Scientist.                                                                     Captain Awesome.            

For the rest of the lesson, I started to look into how I wanted my Spirit World to look like and the inhabitants within it. I will be drawing more environment thumbnails soon. I also discussed with Justin more details about the storyline and what I want my character to me like, from this, I wrote out a list of characteristics I would like my Ninja to be.

• Gender: Female
• Age: 17
• Location: Been sent to the Spirit World (part of a ceremony?)
• Characteristics: Bright, but shy. (big shoes to fill?)
• Quirks: Slightly clumsy and jumpy as she's still learning.
• Build: Slight and elegant.
• Why in the Spirit World: Seek a God/Higher spirit. (Fox?)
• What's being offered: Her services/soul. (in the form of her weapon, a samurai sword?)

Looking at environments for the Spirit World.

Character Design - Shapes and Styles

The first task I looked into was exploring the fluid strokes of Japanese Calligraphy and finding parts of the symbols that I could recreate through-out my own images and use similar strokes and the same fluidity in my own world.

Above I have looked into incorporating the lines I have practised with the calligraphy. I explored the simplest strokes (giraffe on the left) and more detailed work, pushing how many lines I can add to an image before it over complicates the piece (fish at the bottom)

Here I was doing some quick line-art using the techniques I had learnt in the lesson to create a very stylised ninja, using brush and ink. 

Character Design - 10 Life Drawing Styled Ninja Poses

For my character design lesson, I was required to do 10 drawn images drawn in a realistic style, as my character is a Ninja I looked into various poses and outfits.

Character Design - Jackie Chan Mood Board

Character Design - Spirit World Mood Board

Character Design - Japanese Calligraphy Mood Board

Character Design - Ninja Mood Board

CG Artists Toolkit: Animation and Character - Final Submission 2017

Animation Showreel from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

Morph 

Morph Animation 
2 Coins - Ease in & Ease out
Pendulum Animation
12 Principals of Animation 
4 Ball Bounces - Bouncy, Bowling, Tennis, Marble
Lotte Reiniger - Review
Character 1,2 & 3 - Bouncing Ball - Fox Ball, Ball with Feet, Ball with Tail

Anatomy of a Walk Cycle

Walk Cycle
Walk Cycle Finished
Run Cycle
Funny Walk Cycle (Skip)
Jump
Throwing a ball/object
Halloween Animation
Christmas themed Animation

Weight

Box Lift - Heavy
Box Lift - Medium
Box Lift - Light
Flour Sack Animation
Pulling Object - Chair
Animating Life Drawings 1
Animating Life Drawings 2
X-Sheet
Lip Sync
Lip Sync with Animation
Abstract Shapes Animation
Maya Lip Sync - Jaw Bounce
Maya Lip Sync - Tongue & Eyes
Maya Lip Sync - Final Lip Sync

Photoshop - Tutorial - Blend Modes

I seemed to have forgotten to upload this group of thumbnails onto my blog, I was experimenting with different blend modes and overlapping different brushes to see what different results I could achieve.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Interior Shot.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Interior Shot.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Low Angle Shot.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Low Angle Shot.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Shot.

Different Colour Variants for Ersilia Establishing Shot.

Final three shots as GIF's - Space and Environment - Ersilia

Establishing Shot Gif

Interior Establishing Shot Gif

Low Angle Establishing Shot Gif

Maya - Llama Cube Light Experimentation

Single Solid Spotlight (no feathering)

No Spotlight

White Feathered Light (cold)

White Light Feathered Orange (Warm)

Double Spotlights (pointing at different directions)

Floor reflection with double spotlight and edited shadow

Adobe Animate - Bouncing Ball Character Animations

Foxy Ball

Ball with Feet

Using Motion Paths - Maya

Flying Retro Rocket from Ruth Cann on Vimeo.

First Coloured Thumbnails Ersilia