Tristran color studies

Here is the first color study I showed you in class:

Here is one I did yesterday:

Final painting at some point. Thumbnails going up Sunday night for environments.

Dunstan Roughs and Value

Ditchwater Sal- thumbs Color Big Dave

Witch Queen Color

Which screams Witch Queen to you?

Edit: She's holding a star's heart :)

Norman Yvaine sketches

Here's more sketches. There were the ones leading up to the design I started painting.

Ditchwater Sal- thumbs final Big Dave

Environment descriptions

So I gathered some important environment excerpts. These are just what I could find, there are obviously many more in the full book.

Exterior Lillim house:

"In the middle of a wood, so thick and so deep it was very nearly a forest, was a small house, built of thatch and wood and daubed grey clay, which had a most forebodingaspect. A smal, yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, but sat mournfully silent, its feathers ruffled and wan. There was a door to the cottage, from which the once- white paint was peeling away. "

Serewood (a part of the forest that traps anything that wanders into it):

"Tristran stared about him. In the gloom it seemed that the trees were crowding about more thickly, although he had seen nothing actually move. He wondered if the little man were being foolish, or imagining things.

Something stung his left hand. He slapped at it, expecting to see an insect. He looked down to see a pale yellow leaf. It fell to the ground with a rustle. On the back of his hand, a veining of red, wet blood welled up. The wood whispered about them."

Wall:

"The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland. The houses of Wall are square and old, built of grey stone, with dark slate roofs and high chimneys; taking advantage of every inch of space on the rock, the houses lean into each other, are built one upon the next, with here and there a bush or tree growing out of the side of a building."

Stormhold:

"The Stormhold had been carved out of the peak of Mount Huon by the first lord of Stormhold, who reigned at the end of the First Age and into the Second. It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great grey granite beast. The Stormhold itself was perched high in the sky, where the thunder clouds gathered before they went down to the lower air, spilling rain and lightening and devastation upon the place beneath."

A bit of the market scene:

"He heard a gentle chiming in the air, above the hubbub of the market; and this he walked toward.

He passed a stall in which five huge men were dancing to the music of a lugubrious hurdy-gurdy being played by a mournful looking black bear; he passed a stall where a balding man in a brightly colored kimono was smashing china plates and tossing them into a burning bowl from which colored smoke was pouring, all the while calling out to passerby.

The chinkling chiming grew louder.

Reaching the stall from which the sound was emanating, he saw that it was deserted. It was festooned with flowers: bluebells an foxgloves and harebells and daffodils, but also with violets and lilies, with tiny crimson dog-roses, pale snowdrops, blue forget-me-nots and a profusion of flowers Dunstan could not name. Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly. And they chimed and jingled like distant glass bells."

Norman Yvaine painting update

So here is another update of the painting. still working hard on it. Is anything sticking out that I should address? Also, I changed the bg color, I think it works better now.


Here is another update to the update. Cassandra helped me out with her pose. It was a simple fix, but I think its working a lot better.

More Tristran

Worked on these for a bit, messing with his costume:

Then I got some solid advice and revisited him focusing on posture, volume and anatomy.

I feel like he's finally coming together. Any last-minute advice? I'm going to paint him tomorrow, at leat do some decent color studies and exploration.

Norman Yvaine painting

So here's a work in progress of the painting. Mostly focusing on the head. Do you guys think this is starting to work? Granted its not 100% done.

Norman Yvaine sketches again

Here's some tie downs of the character after playing around with head highs and hair (i'll post those too).

I'm afaid she looks a little anime ish. Not a lot. But something about it says theres an anime like influence. Maybe the hair? But i think the hair fits her. Any-who. I don't think its a huge deal. Unless you guys think so or you have a simple fix for it.

As for now I'll do some ruff paintings of her to lock down a color palette.



Revised:
I moved her hands in order to shorten her arms, moved her mouth up and chopped some fingers off.

Anna's Witch Queen Sketches

Hey gang! Sorry for the late night post, I'm on a weird schedule. So here's where I'm at for now. I tried to fix the problems, but let me know if I missed something or a new problem popped up!
I'm still not totally solid on a hairstyle. Any that you love? I know I could push the facial expressions further, I was just getting used to the features.
Also not head over heels for the pose. And what do you guys think about the slit in the dress? The bottom of the dress was rushed, I'll make it more smokey and wispy.
Any input would help, of course. Thanks guys!

Norman Yvaine sketches

Tristran Variations

Tried some variations in face and costume. Any favorites? I'm going to do some with a bowler hat. I'm personally digging #3 with the coat from #2. I'll make a set with that base of possible Fairie costumes, too!

Laura- More Tristran

Hey guys, I spent a little more time on Tristran. Do you think I should try some totally different shapes, aside from this long and lanky one? I'm feeling the #11 body with slightly longer legs and the #16 head with some more development in structure. Thoughts?

 

I also found this blog you might find interesting: http://characterdesignnotes.blogspot.com/ 

And this website with model sheets http://animationarchive.net/Model%20Sheets/

Costume Ideas

Hey guys. I found this in my search to figure out the clothing. Tons of usable stuff here for costumes. http://www.clockworkcouture.com/

Tristran Final Thumbnails by Laura

I finally settled on design # 5 from this batch and have started in on color studies. Any feedback will be awesome, whether here or in class so  can have an outstanding revised/finished design page next week!!

Madame Semele/Ditchwater Sal- thumbs

FOR TONIGHT!

Don't forget, Lee wants us each to print off and bring in hard copies of what we've got so far! I can't wait to see what we all come up with- it's going to be awesome!

Dunstan

Character design for Dunstan. The bowling alley version may be pushing the envelope a bit much, but that is the design I like. Of course, the costume can change to fit our theme. I just thought it worked for his character.

Norman Yvaine sketches

thumbs by Big Dave

More Character Design- Laura

Here are some Septimus thumbnails.

And here I am trying to lock down Tristran. I think I've finally decided on a shape (kind of hunchy a-symetrical triangle) and I like the alfalfa sprout curly in his hair. Tonight or tomorrow night I'll post a line-up of variations in the same pose, and hopefully some color studies!

Revised Style Guide

Ok, here's the revised and consolidated style guide according to what we went over in class!

CHARACTER ASSIGNMENTS:

Norman: Yvaine and Primus
Ryan: Lady Una and Dunstan
Laura: Tristran and Septimus
Anna: Witch Queen and The Three Witches
Big Dave: Lady Semile/Ditchwater Sal and Captain Alberic

Character desriptive words:

Yvaine:
hot-tempered
arrogant
naive
caring/tender

Tristran:
naive
awkward
brave
grounded/sturdy
reliable
a bit of a dreamer

Witch Queen:
greedy
narcissistic
cunning/conniving
powerful

Lady Semile/Ditchwater Sal:
cunning/scheming
impulsive
greedy
unfastidious
crusty

Lady Una:
strong-willed
itelligent
sly/clever
practical
strong

3 Witches:
greedy
conniving
co-dependant
haggard
jaded
crusty

Dunstan:
stolid
simple
naive
dreamer
practical

Septimus:
driven
ambitious
sneaky
calculating

Primus:
reserved
self-disciplined
kind
rational
patient

Capt. Alberic:
flighty
jolly
generous
fatherly



Looking forward to seeing everyone's work this week!!

Schedule

Here's what we need to be doing to stay on track!

Week 2: Character thumbnails, work out schedule and lock down style guide

Week 3: Character variations, poses, roughs, color studies

Week4:  Refined/presentation character drawings, environment thumbnails

Week 5: Environment variations, color studies

Week 6: Refining environments

Wekk 7: Presentation drawings of environments

Week 8: Props/vehicles thumbnails

Week 9: tonal and color studies of props/vehicles

Week 10: finished props/vehicles

Week 11: Anything else/catch-up

Witches withes everywhere...

Witches witches everywhere but not a drop to drink. ...Whatever. Re-working the witch to fit the style better. My favorite of these is number 1 but it's too Chinesey for me. That in mind, I like a combination of numbers 2 and 7 the most. Body and creepy claw like fingers of number 7 with more a number 2 face.

I though about making her younger and less "witchy" but then figure she is at the end of her current youth trip and is trying to get the Star before old age gets the better of her. So I made her old and frumpy.

Tristan v2

Here is another go at Tristan. I like the idea of having him be a weak looking character. Clothes for him should match the time period as he is the most "normal" of the characters. As such, I hint at a blouse looking shirt and knickers but I could be way off on that. Whatever direction we go with him, I would like to see some gangly/awkward look to him.