Well it’s early into a new year. The dreaded 2012 *dun-dun-duuun* Well anyway, I might as well post about my plans for 2012. Lots to do and probably won’t get to do much of what I’d like to.
My main goal is to get a job in either doing Character Design or something related (which is probably unlikely) or Web Design (which is more of a secondary focus). Another goal is to go around the web and update/enhance my online presence. This will probably take a few months (off and on) since I’ll probably be spending a huge amount of time looking for work. My third goal is to create some Character Designs and post them on a variety of websites. Some will be on Furry art sites. In addition, I may also be posting fanart on some of them.
Despite these goals, if I find myself working in a Web Design position and have time for myself, I can most definitely work on the third goal in my spare time. The second goal I mentioned will most likely be done in conjunction with my first goal.
December 11th, 2011
Lance
Retro Angry Bird
Well I’ve taken one of my Bird Doodles and created a full color version. Everything was done in Illustrator. Even tried to give it shading and a simple background.
I’m not really focused on backgrounds or layouts, so this background is simply textures in perspective. Shading is another area I probably need some practice in, since I don’t do much shading on characters. This one called for it because it really looked flat without it. There are a few highlights added but they’re tiny.
November 28th, 2011
Lance
Doodles of Birds
While reviewing the homework in class today, I was kind of bored because I had all the answers right. So I decided to doodle in my notebook a few quick bird characters. These designs are based from a book I’m reading: Cartoon Cute Animals by Chris Hart.
Maybe I’ll take one of these designs, blow it up and make a full color design in Illustrator.
November 21st, 2011
Lance
Last Friday I completed my Scriptwriting class where the final project was to write a screen play. What I wrote about was the aftermath of a debate in which one party creates drawings that may be controversial but stands by his rights provided by the Constitution. The ultimate message is, “as long as no entity has been harmed or humiliated, it’s protected speech.”
As a playful type I put in some humorous elements: suggestions about products that would just be ridiculous if they got into the main stream.
Due to the controversial subject matter I will not publicly display this work online.
Here’s an animated logo for which I used my Funky Aliens cartoon show title. I used Illustrator to separate the blob and letters on separate layers and After Effects to animate the whole thing.
