hi again

stuff that's happening: I'm getting on with my Design for Animation project reasonably well, I think. The first character took me foreverish to paint, but I'm happy with him, then when making my first steps on the second (but original) character, I got really stuck and didn't like how he looked. So I sketched up a third character, a girl this time, and somehow i was pretty happy with it straight from the off, and i did it sooo fast compared to usual. I can't remember where but I think I did some of it on the bus? I dunno, terrible memory. Anyway, I scanned her in and surprisingly it carried on in exactly the same fashion. I flew through it and finished her in just two days I believe. Shockingly quick. I think i may be loosening up just a little. I still won't leave something that i'm unhappy with or looks messy, but I'm learning to paint in less detail, because when you're zoomed in to 700% the detail is not only lost when you zoom out, but most of the time doesn't even look very good. Anywho. I've restarted the original guy today and am finally making some headway. I've managed to get a face from scratch that I'm pretty happy with, and the body's all drawn out ready for me. Just have to whip that up, but after a few hours painting today i'm kind of burnt out cause i'm REALLY FUCKING ILL. Christ it's annoying. hopefully it'll leave me alone sooner rather than later, and I can continue working in peace. Oh, also I'm scared my characters are looking too anime-y. That's not cool, I want this to be fresh...

Maya's going alright, I feel comfortable with the interface but I need to get my head around the theory (or whatever you call it) eg, correct edge loops, topology, workflow, etc. When I get that all that'll be left to do is modelmodelmodel until I'm speedier and able to make tasty characters. I'm kind of anxious to get more into the 3D stuff, but as the design for animation project deadline is looming, all of my efforts are going towards that at the minute.

Something i've noticed is that I always do things by the book... and I don't mean being honest but rather I never try to invent something new. Of course I try my best to make exciting characters with interesting clothes and stuff, but I get the feeling that it's all been done before. Most of the time I like my work, but I want to be original. I find my stuff almost derivitive sometimes. And that doesn't please me. I think next time I get the chance i'm going to go completely crazy and make the most abstract and original thing that I can think of... Maybe. It'll be a difficult hurdle to jump.

I like blogging. My head hurts. Beardman is cool. Out. No wait, here are my pix:






(WIP)

Later.