A new portfolio piece. Trying to work on my weaknesses- color and light.

A new portfolio piece.  Trying to work on my weaknesses- color and light.

I recently had a friend that works in the animation industry give me critiques on my portfolio. Strengths I have many, but my weakness is my dependency in line. I guess having always wanted to be a comic book artist as a kid has set me in some habits I wasn’t quite aware of. To make it in the animation (specifically 3D) a development artist needs to be able to render things with the use of color and light. Both of which I struggle with. So going through my portfolio, I’ve decided to revamp it by adding more current work. I’ve been so busy working, teaching, and animating that I’ve started letting my artist side sit on the side lines. So this holiday break, along with Christmas break, I’m hoping to get some work done.

Here is a sample of a piece I’m working on at the moment. I call it Little Darkness Hunter.

Little Red Sketch

Taking a break from grading so I did a quick sketch.  I was told by an artist friend that I need to work more on colors with higher saturation and less relying on my line work.  Although my work tends to lean toward the darker tones and seems more comicbook-ey, I’m finding that I enjoy colors.  Still I need more work for practice.  Hope you enjoy

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Donatello Quick Sketch

Growing up in the 90s, I collected everything Ninja Turtles. Today I still have all my action figures stored away in a trunk in my attic. Yesterday, a quick thumbnail sketch of my version of Donatello while sitting at my desk at work. Sitting at my computer at home, I scanned it in and before I knew it I had detailed out the sketch and I had colored him in. Its been some time since I’ve done any quick sketches, so here he is all fleshed out. I hope you enjoy 😉

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