Project Description:
Explore
Gather a mood board of images of flying beings: Any type, from pigeon to Pterodactyl. These can be your own photos (at the museum or your backyard) or examples from online. Gather reference and benchmarks, pay particular attention to beaks, webbed feet, wings, nostrils, eyes on the sides of head etc.
Hand in a mood board image to the drive - this can be a jpg or png of your Pinterest board
Define
Draw 3 "cute" birds or creatures with wings for a children's audience
Draw 3 "Scary" birds or Creature with wings birds for a Teen to Adult audience
Hand in as many files as you need in the Google Drive
Accomplish
Design 2 Characters in your style and take it to the point that you are able to before the final review.
The project is open: Full Color, GreyScale, Digital 3D, 2D, Plushy, Physical 3D, etc
Hand in as many files as you need in the Google Drive
Sarah Puett - Birds combined onto one page. You can either put your birds all on one page or separate by type.
Optional Exercise: Flour Weight Distribution
Think about the flour sack when you draw bird. Allow the weight to push the body and cause visual flow. bodies.
Susan Bonner - Flour Sack Exercises
CHALLENGE:
Draw a sack of flour using these words for inspiration
Write the word under each flour sack
Squashed
Stretched
Twisted
Dejected
Joy
Tantrum
Curious
Cocky
Laughter
Belligerent
Crying
Happy
stuck
carry
run away
tumble
sneak
jump
falling
walk
CUTE AND FUNNY BIRDS: STUDENT EXAMPLES
Bird Drawings by Alyssa Ferris
Bird Drawings by Alyssa Ferris - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Birds by Alex Sophabmisay
Birds by Joseph Mead
Birds by Piper Fields - color not required.
Bird Drawings by Chloe Stewart - color not required.
Bird Drawings by Chloe Stewart - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Drawing by Caleb Sumney
Drawing by Caleb Sumney - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Bird Professor Character Turn Around with props by Lauren Boley
Bird Professor Character Turn Around with props by Lauren Boley - Draw Overs by James Suhr
SCARY BIRDS:
For this part of the project use more points and texture.
Here is the pinterest collection of scary birds by Susan Bonner - You must have a pinterest log on to see the image set.
Bird Inspired Creatures by Adam Finney
Bird Inspired Creatures by Adam Finney
Fisher Mancilla: Inspired by the Pteresour exhibition at the Grand Rapids Public Museum
Bird Inspired Creatures by Corbyn Swets
Bird Inspired Creatures by Alex Sophabmisay
Bird Inspired Creatures by Joseph Mead
PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES:
Claudia Pimentel - Sketch from a photo reference to simplify and find shapes.
Rio Character Sheet - Blue Sky Studios
Take a look at the model sheets for birds here:
http://livlily.blogspot.com/2011/11/balto-1995-characters-model-sheets.html
Rory Conway - Pigeon
Accomplish:
Student choice for finished works:
Miki Davis
Keegan Moore
Keegan Moore