CAS PROJECT

I would scout for ideas during the day and start drawing in the evening. In these 30 days, this challenge has become a period for me to experiment. I used this time to try out how to draw in an efficient way to shorten the time it takes to draw. At the same time, I tried out different styles and digital paint brushes, and explored different ways to approach visuals. 

For instance, for some artwork, I’ve decided to paint without any sketch. For the past time I’ve struggled with good sketches and bad linearts (When I draw lineart it usually loses the dynamic and makes the overall artwork look stiff, especially on characters). I was experimenting whether without the phase of drawing sketch and lineart it can save more time and fix the issues of lost in dynamics in my painting. 

Surprisingly, this way of drawing did manage to shorten the time I spent drawing to some degree. I am not sure if this solves the problem of the dynamics, but without putting time on the sketch and the painstaking process of lineart, the drawing process became much more straightforward and I got to spend a lot more of my time on the rendering and the polishing phase. 

During these 30 days, some problems I faced including: 

• Unable to find inspiration or come up with ideas to draw. Which leads to:

  1. Time strain

  2. Pressure

To deal with these problems, I will search up references or inspiration on Pinterest, an online image gallery which personalizes what sort of content the user is interested in. In addition, I started drawing no later than 8pm, that way it guaranteed me having at most 4 hours to work on it. 

There are roughly 2~3 days when I am late to the deadline (12am), but I was self-aware on that occasion, so I will spend my time finishing the late work and upload them within 1~2 hours after the deadline. That is pretty much the way I make up for the delayed illustration.