James Annandale MSc Animation

  Above is an updated version of the Briar turnaround, after getting more good feedback from Kieran about the state of my portfolio he suggested I turn my attention to the face work in the turnaround - which was quite loose and suggestive at that point. It now looks a lot better and I'm happier with the result,  I'm now going to see if I can improve the illustration I did of Briar by looking at the lighting and possibly add some directional light, incorporating some of what I learned from my life studies earlier this semester. 

  Above is the finished illustration of Maddox in her battle outfit, it was a challenge and I still have a lot to learn about anatomy and rendering flesh and skin tones (and hair) but I feel this has come together nicely and is one of the final pieces to include in my portfolio. The sketch I started with can be viewed below...

 I then went back to the Briar turnaround and added colour. As stated in a previous post I'll be improving the faces of the front and three-quarter pose. I'm very happy with this otherwise.

 Here, it was time to explore what colour palette I should use to finish Maddox's design. Eve had told me she wanted her to have blonde hair and a dark top and bottoms underneath the dress. The refence she gave me showed a dark, velvety, blue/purple material so I stuck to these as well as trying green. In the end I went with the purple.

 This was a very enjoyable day, I worked on turnaround sheets for characters Briar, Katherine and Maddox (again at this point I hadn't decided Katherine was going to be removed). These were all quite challenging and I'll be returning to Briar's to work on her face, but very rewarding and I feel a success.

 Below is a sheet exploring outfit changes for Katherine, just like in the last post about the exclusion of the Mafioso muffin man I also decided to remove Katherine from the portfolio as the design was quite as dynamic as the rest.   I did however decide to keep Maddox in, below are costume changes for her character based on reference material Eve provided me with.

 I didn't end up including this character in my portfolio after advice from Kieran, however I had already played around with adding colour before this decision was made. Out of the two sheets, my preference would have been for either the bottom left or the bottom right colour palette on the sheet below.