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If you want to know the #1 thing you could do to get the most out of your time at art school, here’s my advice:
Observe your classmates, and make friends with the artists who are going places. Here’s how to identify them: they submit more homework than the teacher requires. They draw in their free time. They talk about studios, publishers, working artists, awards, industry publications. They spend their money on conventions, ateliers and workshops. They get excited about printing processes, business cards and paper types.
Those students are going to land studio jobs, book deals, agents and gallery shows. Make friends with them, and as much as possible, stay in touch after you graduate. Not only are they going to be valuable professional contacts, but they will also lend you the emotional and creative energy to get through the post-graduation slump. They’ll invite you to join projects, meet up with you at events, introduce you to opportunities, cheer you on social media, give you advice on your portfolio and critiques on your newest pieces. They will encourage you to keep going.
These friendships are one of the most valuable benefits art school has to offer. Don’t squander this opportunity.
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Tuesday Tips — Long Lines : one way to bring a pose “together” and simplify it in many ways, is to forgo the small choppy lines and go for long uninterrupted lines that move through the figure and connect its parts more seamlessly. Push strokes to their absolute limit instead of breaking it down too soon. You can always go back and make it more complicated if you like. Overall, long lines bring a kind of unity to most poses. -Norm @grizandnorm #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytips #longlines #arttutorial #arttips
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Tuesday Tips — Dynamic VS Flat staging
A huge component of storyboarding is to use the camera position and angle to tell the story you want to tell (or that you’re paid to tell…). No angle or position is bad by itself. But every camera choice you make influences how the story unfolds. There’s a time and a place for dynamic camera angles. Maybe right in the middle of an action sequence. But there’s also a place for what some may refer to as flat staging. Flat doesn’t mean boring. It often brings clarity and a sense of calm to a scene, a moment for the audience to understand where things are, often used in establishing shots. A mistake junior story artists often make is to overdo the dynamic shots. They can be very powerful, but use them wisely. As always, there’s exceptions to every rules. Sometimes, subverting the expectations of an audience by using an unusual camera angle can bring a sequence to life. Try and experiment! -Norm @grizandnorm #100tuesdaytipsbook #100tuesdaytips #tuesdaytips #arttips #arttutorials #DynamicVSflat
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Tuesday Tips — “It’s An Eyebrow Thing” — A recurring note a story artist may get in the production of an animated feature is to tone down the angry eyes. We all try to draw fast and loose but, in the middle of it all, nuance may escape us for a brief moment. Arched eyebrows and a furrowed brow usually tend to read “angry”, even if we’re trying to express focus or determination. I would even say that, overall, it’s easy to overdo an expression. I’m not saying a pushed expression isn’t exactly what’s needed at the right moment. I’m just saying that the audience literally looks for the character’s expression first when looking at a sketch or panel. Keep that in mind and lure you audience in with slightly more nuanced expressions, until the right extreme expression calls for it. -Norm @grizandnorm #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytipsbook #arttutorial #arttips #itsaneyebrowthing
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Tuesday Tips — Head Space — As an audience, our eyes are mostly tracking the head (and eyes) of the main characters on screen. As filmmakers, it would be a great disservice to not take that info into consideration. For clarity, try to make space around the head of characters on-screens. Too much visual noise around the face interferes with the message, unless that’s the point you’re trying to make make. Also, try your best to maintain the same head screen position when cutting to a new shot with the same characters, whatever type of shot it is. I know how simple this sounds but it’s very easy to forget if you’re not paying attention. -Norm @grizandnorm.com #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytipsbook #arttips #arttutorial #storyboard #grizandnorm
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Tuesday Tips — Grow A Spine
As simple as it sounds, a character “standing up straight” or “slouching down” reveals so much about them. It would be unwise to not think about the role of the spine when posing out your character. Even the slightest extension, contraction or twist will bring nuance to a pose. You can also think of another character “mirrroring” the posture to empathize with the other or fit in a group he/she is new in. Overall, it’s the foundation of most poses. Emphasize or minimize to create the effect you want in your story! -Norm @grizandnorm #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytipsbook #arttutorial #arttips #growaspine
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Tuesday Tips - Embrace The Nose / It’s very easy to take shortcuts when drawing the nose, and honestly, it’s fine most of the time. The nose is right in the center of the face and can unintentionally draw a lot of attention if constructed poorly. But when it’s embraced, it can do wonders. It’s key to track the facial features at odd angles and can bring a ton a personality to a character design. Use it or lose it! -Norm @grizandnorm #100tuesdaytipsbook #100tuesdaytips #tuesdaytips #arttips #arttutorial #embracethenose
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Here’s another page on the arm. This time, a few examples on how the volumes move in space. In order to create a believable foreshortening, first think of simple overlapping volumes. The more you grow as an artist, the more you’ll add in subtleties, but always remember to keep the overall shape of the arm, especially in foreshortening, simple and in direct relation to the story you’re telling. Is your character healthy, direct, commanding, or is he/she shy, hurt, lazy, etc. The feeling you convey will always trump the exactitude of your character’s anatomy. -Norm @grizandnorm #100tuesdaytipsbook #arttutorial #arttips #grizandnorm #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytips #armforeshortening
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First of two overall reference page for arms. There’s no need to actually draw muscles on every character, but it truly helps to understand the underlying structure, especially when pushing the pose a bit more. One thing that’s often overlooked is the connection between the arm and forearm, as well as how the deltoid muscles (shoulder) interacts with the pectoral muscles (chest) when lifting the arms up (front view). Anyway, use this page as you please. -Norm @grizandnorm #100tuesdaytipsbook #arttutorial #arttips #tuesdaytips #100tuesdaytips
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Tuesday Tips - Cape It Simple!
I don’t need to add too much explanation today. A cape, cloak or long coat simplifies the silhouette of most character, gives them a unique look or presence and conceals a lot of the overall anatomy. Keep track of the character underneath to know where to fold, drop or stretch the fabric. The fabric itself should play a role too. Different behave differently. Movement and gravity are key to “ground” your character in the environment and make it look believable.
-Norm @grizandnorm #capeitsimple #100tuesdaytipsbook #100tuesdaytips #arttutorial #arttips
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New inking tutorial I just put up on @clipstudioofficial ’s Tips page.
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My first tutorial! if you like your tutorials clunky and with a thick accent you’re welcome!
Happy 2020, friends! Sharing this piece from last year to show that you don’t need to have a beautiful reference image to create a solid illustration. The most important things to have in your reference are clarity (i.e. it’s not grainy and you can see the details), perspective (the angle and viewpoint you want) and proportions. Of course, gorgeous lighting and color are wonderful too, but you can usually get plenty of color information even from a crumby photo if you’re willing to use your imagination and over emphasize what you see in the reference. Also, some of the lighting that works well and looks great in a photo isn’t necessarily all that great for an illustration (that light and bright look is gorgeous, but you need some shadows in your drawings if you want them to look realistic!). Secod image is the photo I used for this piece, complete with dim lighting, too-gray white balance, and baby’s high chair tray in the background.
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