Discovery Project 2.0

Yesterday I pitched my Discovery project to the class and a group of teachers. It seemed to go over well. I began the basic sketches on my versions of Little Red Ridinghood today in between many cups of coffee. This was the easiest part because I had images stuck in my head for a few days now and all I had to do was put them down on paper. Once I start designing the landscapes I expect I will be having a bit more difficulty, but also a lot more fun.

So I downloaded a bunch of new brushes on Photoshop and now I am wasting too much time playing around with them. I am making some neat effects but it really is not helping with my project. I also started fooling around with Maya again. Again, as far as time management goes, it's just not helping.

Limiting myself to two characters and one landscape is annoying me more and more as I come up with random ideas I want to work on, but if i don't stick with this i know I'm going to run out of time. Maybe once I finish with this project I might continue with it just for fun.

I think I'm going to finish the rest of my basic sketches on Photoshop to help me get used to it when I work on the finals. I took the time to learn blending and editing photos but until now I haven't learned basic painting skills in this program. Hopefully once this term is done I'll be as competent in drawing in Photoshop as I am with paper and pencil.


Tomorrow I'm going to work on images of the Wolf. I have a couple ideas on how to design him. Some are more cartoonish, while others hyper-realistic and anthropomorphic. Most are wild looking but I have one idea for a more sophisticated look that will be fun to design.


Anyways that is as far as I have gotten today. Slow to start but I'll speed up as I go along. Hopefully I'll have something to show here soon.