Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Park Ave. Woman Walking

I just finished teaching a course at The Concept Design Academy in Pasadena called Figure Invention for Animation. It was my first time teaching in a formal setting. The students were very gracious, as I fumbled around, trying to figure out how to reduce the whole process into bite-size parts. So much of what I do is the product of a long, quiet, internal journey of self-discovery, and as such, it's hard to formalize into a hard-boiled curriculum. However, I appreciated the chance to try, and perhaps will take it up again in the future. But for now, I have to put away my professor's hat, as I just don't have adequate time to devote to teaching right now. Thank you, Kevin Chen at CDA for the opportunity.

This is a sample sketch from a class assignment on the figure in motion. We were to study and draw different types of characters walking, running and skipping with appropriate attitude and personality.

 

9 comments:

  1. sir, this sketch is really really awesome i can feel the energy of each and every stroke here.I wish i could draw like this one day..Really this is perfection..that's all i can say.And we wld like to see more of it...your fans are waiting..

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  2. Knew you'd post a wrap-up! It's so nice to see some of the class work/assignment drawings. You know what I think of this stuff and if I praise it I'll just bore you silly, so I'll only say-
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  3. Hi,
    You probably have a lot of those messages already, but I am trying my way out. Anyway, I just wanted to know if you could check my boards and let me know what you think about it. I've been applying to many openings for storyboard artist and I can't have a answer from studios so far (and I know they are looking for motivated people to work on projects). Here is my website http://www.kriyani.com/,

    Best

    Fabrice.

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  4. I have to join the Concept Design Academy! Toby's line work leaves me in a KER-FLUFFLED state of mind!

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