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Introduction
Introduction
This week we will set up an accurate Construction Turnaround, customized to suit your chosen character design, and do exercises for drawing objects, for Still Lifes and Props.
Before Class
Before Class
Still Life in 5 Steps, 8 min video, charcoal pencil
Still Life, Measurement Construction 9 min video
Measuring from life or reference
-Deliberate Practise
PRE-CLASS:
PRE-CLASS:
Check out the Pre-Class videos on this page, for some workflow tips on drawing still life.
Use measurement techniques, to work on Project 2.
Work on Project 2 Milestone 1
Due this week, in class.
Still Lifes x 2
Character Props / Costume / Accessories
Before working on Project 2 Turnarounds, please revise and resolve any feedback (or tests) on your chosen Project 1 roughs.
Important: ensure your chosen Project 1 rough design is
available in your GDrive, to import into Photoshop, in class.
Work on Project 2 Milestone 2 Construction Turnaround
For Project 2 Construction Turnaround, digital is required.
- If you have a very strong reason to work traditionally, please bring math drawing tools, curve stencil tools, and your W.I.P. Construction Turnaround, to prove you can work with 1mm precision traditionally. Otherwise, you must use your digitized design, imported into a Photoshop Turnaround template, and Photoshop's geometric shape tools.
Start the Construction Turnaround, at least with roughs. This is a demanding technical project, which often requires many feedback revisions. Week 6 is the only opportunity for supervision before Project Week 7, when the Construction Turnaround (the most difficult turnaround) is DUE, then ALL Project 2 Turnarounds are due in Week 8. Please give yourself a head start, and be prepared with Construction Turnaround work, for feedback, this week!
Bring objects to class that would be interesting to draw. For example: personal items, mementos, accessories, etc.
Bring a ruler (transparent plastic is best) as well as all required drawing equipment/materials.
Bring a digital tablet to class if you have one.
As usual:
- Practise Digital Drawing and/or Traditional warmups
- Borrow/bring:
- A drawing tablet and/or drawing equipment, as per Week 1.
- Headphones/earphones for viewing videos at your workstation.
- Use your own credentials for borrowing, thank you.
- Complete last week's Post-Class activities.
- Prepare updated GDrive files and links
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During Class
Project 2
Props, Still Lifes - WIPs, feedback
Turnarounds - Photoshop templates, demos, WIPs, setups, in-class development
Introduction to Photoshop Layer Comps (for process versions/drafts/stages)
Digital imaging: Photoshop cleanup, alignment, tone correction, Type tool.
Observation
Exercises - Ruler method, Grid method
Deliberate practise - Measurement and Formulas
Textures
IN-CLASS: LECTURE VIEWING
IN-CLASS: LECTURE VIEWING
IN-CLASS: TUTORIAL ACTIVITY
IN-CLASS: TUTORIAL ACTIVITY
Milestone 1: Due this week
Props, Costume/Accessories, Still Lifes x 2
Show W.I.P. in-class for feedback.
Submit your Project page link, by the end of this week.
Milestone 2: Due Week 7 next week (Project Week, no class)
Construction Turnaround
Show W.I.P. in-class for feedback.
Work on resolving any outstanding feedback on your chosen Project 1 design.
Download the Turnaround Error Checking files below, and play Spot The Errors. You must learn to do this with your own work.
Learn Photoshop Layer Comps
Work your chosen design into a Turnarounds template, customizing the template to suit your design.
Use Photoshop's vector Shape Tools to make a simplified skeleton and basic shapes. Replicate and modify for all 4 views.
Submit your Project page link, by the end of Week 7.
Milestone 3: Due Week 8 (next class, after Project Week)
Ink Turnaround and Color Turnaround
You have Project Week (Week 7) to work on it. Please use this time effectively.
Turnaround Templates and Examples
- Use the examples to study professional and student work in these folders. Open the Photoshop TIF master files to investigate layers and vector shapes, browse the JPG exports for quick web previews.
- Choose a Photoshop template, import (drag and drop) a neutral, front-facing character design into the template as a layer, customize the template and the design to fit each other, and develop your simplified skeleton and basic shapes.
More Observation Activities
More Observation Activities
- There are many methods of drawing in proportion, whether it be constructed from shape measurement formulas, or observational from measurements of what we see.
- We can also learn to combine these methods in the same drawings. In this activity, we will arrange, measure and draw compositions using real life objects and reference images.
ANI170_Tutorial_05.pdfResources: Observation and Measurement
Resources: Observation and Measurement
Whether following a reference construction formula, basic shapes, or observing life, we must practise accurate measurement.
Traditional or Digital
- Use your thumb and pencil, held at a constant distance from your eye, to take a measurement, then mark it lightly on your drawing.
- Revision also improves accuracy: Continually re-measure and revise, to improve the drawing. Don't stop until everything measures correctly.
- Struggling with very fine measurements using thumb and pencil? Use a ruler with millimeters.
- Angles can be measured with a pencil (or two pencils, or a protractor).
- Flip a taped reference artwork sheet over your drawing, about 1 second each time.
Digital
- When drawing from reference, you can use the flip/on/off measurement technique, to briefly display your drawing vs the reference.
- In Windows running Photoshop, you can do this by clicking the running Photoshop icon in the Windows Taskbar, to show the reference underneath, for about 1 second each time.
- Alternatively, place the reference on another layer in the same Photoshop file, and click the Layer display on/off.
Deliberate Practise
Deliberate Practise
- To learn measurement, we must be persistent and repetitive.
- Deliberate practice is a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic, and it's part of the SAE Transferable Skills philosophy.
- While ordinary practice might include mindless repetition of inferior habits, deliberate practice requires focused, methodical attention, with tolerance of discomfort, and is conducted with the specific goal of building superior habits, and improving performance.
Resources: Tracing
Click the down arrow to the right, for details Resources: Tracing
If you're struggling with some aspects of basic drawing, check with your lecturer if it's okay for you to use (gasp!) tracing.
First, choose good quality reference. Use line art with construction guidelines. Do not use full color artwork. See recommended reference images.
Tracing only the basics is better:
Cranium ellipse (upper skull, smoothed)
Simplified skeleton guidelines.
Primitive construction shapes, underlying the complex forms.
Eyeline, Jawline.
Smooth all lines with multiple strokes, please.
No details.
This way, you can more easily make the drawing your own.
Traditional
Paper should be thin; printer paper is often okay.
Lightly tape the reference to a lightbox or a window. Lightly tape a new paper sheet over it, but only tape the top side. Don't use packaging tape (it is hard to remove). Use Scotch Magic Tape or Masking Tape.
Trace over the reference layer, with a sharp construction light blue pencil.
Lift/flip the drawing, away from the reference, over and over, (about 1 second each time) to check it.
Once you have a construction layer drawn, stop tracing.
Digital
Place the reference layer in Photoshop (drag and drop usually works).
In the layers panel, drop the layer opacity to 30% or so.
Create a new layer.
In the new layer, trace over the reference layer, with a 30% opacity brush, in construction blue.
You can start with thicker strokes, but you must gradually reduce to thin, sharp strokes for lines. Tap the [ ] keys for brush size up/down.
Turn the reference layer on and off, on and off, on and off, (about 1 second each time) to check it.
Once you have a construction layer drawn, you can turn the reference layer off.
Continue roughing details, combining observation and measurement with freehand imagination.
Use parts of multiple references, and combine them in various ways.
Please keep your low-opacity construction guide-lines and shapes; these should please be captured and/or displayed as part of your process.
Practise Hand-eye coordination drills from Digital Drawing, 10 mins
After Class
After Class
Weekly outside-class-time is 6 hours per week.
Use a calendar and schedule your recurring time, with access to tools, software and equipment.Please do any in-class exercises and Project work due, whether you attended or not.
- Digitize any traditional work.
Save all files/images to
GDrive > My SAE Studies > Trimesters > [Tri] > [Unit]
- Students are responsible for keeping their data safe and accessible in an agreed, shared location.
Insert/embed images for web display
- Ensure your GDrive link is well-displayed in your unit home page.
Publish your web pages
- Whenever work-in-progress changes, finished or not.
Work on Project 2
Milestone 1: Due this week
Props, Costume/Accessories, Still Lifes x 2
Submit your Project page link, by the end of this week.
Milestone 2: Due Week 7 next week (Project Week, no class)
Construction Turnaround
Submit your Project page link, by the end of Week 7.
Milestone 3: Due Week 8 (next class, after Project Week)
Ink Turnaround and Color Turnaround
You have Project Week (Week 7) to work on it. Please use this time effectively.
Please use Project Week, Week 7 for Project work
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