Behance

I've put a few process things up on Behance. I really like the format of the site. The more views I get there, the more likely someone who wants to give me a job will see it. So help a guy out!

https://www.behance.net/brightbillcc

Improvement through Hardwork

We had to make a postcard to send out to potential employers as a requirement for our marketing class. I really wanted to redo this piece that I did for a "figure in motion" project almost exactly a year ago. And the results are pretty nice.

This was the original piece. It's not awful, but it's definitely student level work. The motion is there, the composition could be worse, and I really did like the teeth and tongue on the bottom (as a sketch).

 But there are some obvious issues here. Her anatomy really wasn't figured out, the drawing is sloppy, and that yellow spaghetti mess was supposed to be a lightning bolt. But I really did like the drawing, and I knew I could do it better now.

I changed some obvious things like the outfit and the sword, and the colors are WAY more saturated, but that's mostly how I work now. This is a huge improvement from the original, and it took me probably half the the time. 

This is really attributed to the fact that from the time I did the original to now, I really haven't stopped working on my stuff. Over the summer, after junior year, I really didn't think my work was going to be at a senior level. I felt like I was going to fall behind the rest of my class, so I spent a lot of time watching tutorials and drawing all the time.

For the last 3 months I've been working on my thesis. Basically drawing, inking, and coloring every single day. I've learned a lot in a short time, and I attribute that to the fact that I've been working hard and always pushing myself to make things better and better. There's no easy way around getting better, besides just working at it everyday.

Instagram

SO I've started an Instagram, it's easier to continuously post on multiple sites with it. I'm posting a lot of stuff that has to do with my senior thesis so check it out!

Milestones

Sometimes the end result of a piece isn't based on what skill you had going in,

but what you learned while doing it.

Nightmare

SOI Submission Progress

  For Senior Studio we are actually making a project out of our SOI submissions. I'm working on the colors right now, so the final will be posted next week.

Figured I'd post my process so far.

Original Sketch

Here is my original sketch that came from my thumbnail, which had the basic principle. The hand giant robot hand in the foreground was too small in regards to the ones in the background, So I used tracing paper to make some adjustments.

Tracing Paper Adjustments

 I made the hand larger and also foreshortened it a bit. After I made some other adjustments I pieced together all the separate elements in photoshop and then sketched what would be my final piece.

Digital Sketch

 I ended up looking at it for a while and decided I hated all the black space in the foreground.The robot eye was off center and honestly I thought it just looked kind of lazy with all the black space in the crevices of the robot.

Final Adjustments

The changes definitely pushed the piece farther, I also cropped it to get rid of that gross white space on the right.

Final Inks

These are my final inks which I did with microns and some pens I got off of JetPen.

Broadway Theater Children's Series Posters

For our Senior Illustration Class we were designing posters for the Broadway Theater Children's Series. Unfortunately, none of mine got picked. Though the director said that this was the best batch of art they had received from our School, and it was really hard to narrow down. Congrats to my other Classmates who got picked.

Goldilocks

The Littlest Witch

School House Rock

Project Binge

So here's all the stuff I've done in the last few weeks. Now that the semester is coming to an end, I'll be able to work on all the side projects I want to do, which I have a whole list.

For a Calendar Project. I got January. The theme was "Oddities", which I wasn't crazy about, but this came out pretty nice.

This is the "car" that my previous space pizza man would have driven/flown. A definite upgrade style-wise in just a short time.

For Anatomy we had to have a Figure-in-Motion. I think this came out great, the colors are nice thanks to James Gurney's Color wheel.

My Illustration Studio class has been really Graphic Design based, which is whatever. Right now I'm working on an animation based on this Ad, which I'll probably post when I'm finished with it.

Finally, here are the finished pencils for a project I'm working on with a comic book artist for my mentorship.

Once I'm finished with it I'll probably post the whole process.