Narrow Vs Wide

Narrow Vs Wide is the first film project I have been involved in to be released this year. And with two other films in the pipeline for release this year, it has been rather busy for me regarding screen acting. 

This one marked the return of a good filmmaking friend back in the director’s chair, and they were excellent. They were very knowledgeable about the subject of darts, as I only really knew as much as an episode of the game show Bullseye, which came in handy for handling all those props. 

I hope to work with this director again in the future like I have with other friends from that circle of friends around Oxfordshire. 

Script Out Loud Session- Squawk Walk and The King and The Monkey

 Well, that was fun! Doing drawings whilst actors read out these scripts reminded me of when I used to draw whilst watching telly. I'm quite pleased with the results in developing these characters. The first batch was for Laura Dodd's Squawk Walk.

The next batch was for Ioan Morris' The King and The Monkey. I showed off the bottom picture during their live stream, and they liked it- shame I was a bit shy to have my mike on for them. 

90 Minute Art Challenge- Umbrella Academy (via LightBox Discord)

 

I wanted to try something different whilst showing off this week's 90 Minute Art Challenge, which is already different enough because I had to use Discord rather than YouTube to get my fix via the Light Box Discord server. I would've prefer not hearing the pings I get from all the other servers, but at least it was another painting done via Magma. 
I thought I share how I got to here, but showing this painting through its many stages as I have to download it each time I made progress (just in case!) So here you go... 

 

Well, I found it interesting. Until next time. 

90 Minute Art Challenge- Number 52 (Our Planet Study)

 I'll be honest, I wanted to try out Magma Studio again to make sure my tablet was working. Turns out a lot has changed since I last used it, and now goes by the name of just Magma, and stills remember my log-in credentials alongside past works, which is interesting (but I won't go Pro to look at those, just yet.) 
So this one aired back in 2021, and it's quite a poignant video to watch now as it was back then (minus the lockdown references. As for focusing my energy on painting a study from the Netflix show, Our Planet, it was a pleasant challenge. It took me a while to work out how I was going to tackle this complex scene, but once I got the basics down, I just went with the flow... and this is what happened. 

Danny Phantom Style Faces Attempt

 Well, this is something different. Just received an email from Stephen Silver's Drawing Academy, and they plugged in a recent video about Silver's approach to designing characters from the TV show, Danny Phantom. I watched it and decided to give this approach to faces a go. As I'm not really part of the 'phandom', I can see more 'Ed, Edd, and Eddy' than that show in my attempt. I was also trying some new art pens. The colours aren't that varied for skin tones, but I can see myself toying with them on and off, rather than for 'professional use'. That and the bleed with my black Copic markers isn't too good, but at least it doesn't bleed to other pages in this 160 gsm pad.   

I also quite like the colours when they bled on the other side of the pages. I might ink these just to see if they make better faces that way around. 

90 Minute Art Challenge- Fashion Life Drawing Session

 

Yeah, this week's session was interesting. I think I focused on drawing the figures than the actual clothing, but they did say that clothing was just "another layer of skin" or words to that effect. 

I finished an A3 sketchbook a few months back, so I might get another one to keep me going. This one was alright, but I kept tearing the paper with sharp force with my sharp pencil in a few spaces. So maybe going for a better one might do the trick for now, as my others are now in storage until I move out. 

Anyway, it was a thorough and intense experience for me doing this; but that might be because of the warm weather this afternoon.