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Assignment 4 in mentorship class:

I was instructed to choose 2 characters from my previous "gesture" homework, then: - give them some basic form (but no *lighting* per se) - do 3 design iterations of each Iterations are completely new territory for me, and my painting is still slow and nooby, but I enjoyed having license to push funky shapes and proportions.

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Assignment 3 in mentorship class: Mentor wanted me to specifically push my gestures. After analysing references, I decided to generate poses by starting with “flow” lines, then designing forms around them. Still finding it awkward, but I think I did learn a thing or two.

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Assignment 2 in mentorship class: Mentor's feedback on Assignment 1 was that my designs are awkwardly stuck in uncanny valley (the no-mans-land between realistic and stylistic); so my next assignment was to "pick a lane" and push in that direction. Now here's a bunch of designs attempting to look more obviously stylized.

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I'm a student in a 1-month, intensive character design mentorship. 1st assignment is to create 20 thumbnail designs. Trying a new method of starting with silhouettes instead of line sketches, then blocking in tones and trying to achieve good graphic read. I chose a theme of "shapeshifting tribes".

5 groups: 1) birds 2) ungulates 3) dragons 4) felines 5) aquatic

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"You are travelling through the woods, when you come across a-"

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“Annual Visitation” I'm trying to learn how to do environments, with focus on mood and storytelling rather than design or rendering.

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Just having fun with some creature designs ^^

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--- Tenuous Escape --- Inspired somewhat by a D&D game in which we fought harpies :D Also inspired by my need to work on scenes, storytelling, and lighting... gotta break my tendency to turn everything into a portrait or character design sheet. xP

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(VERY SKETCHY, I’M SORRY. Playing with new software.)

Oanna in her younger days, when she loved practicing the waterspout technique at twilight, in her favoriate lagoon. A nostalgic memory held dear during the later years of constant warfare.

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Not yet a character; was just doodling and this chica started to form. We’ll see if she develops!

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-Hidden Wings- Exploring the evolution of Oanna, a fiesty child who fled to the ocean during war, and then grew to become an undersea leader of the Rebellion.

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Someone posted a cutesie unicorn pic and said that's what I look like (cuz of my rainbow hair). This was my response.

Me? A pretty pony?

Neigh.

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Trying hairstyles on one of my most beloved characters ^^ ...Altho actually his hair mostly defaults to boring / slighty-dweebish because he just can't be bothered doing anything with it.

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Haven't touched coloured pencils in years, so came back and just wanted to have fun with blends and vibrant colour combos. No idea what I drew, but now it’s spawned a whole new tribe of characters in Hidden Wings 8)

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