Kung Fu Panda studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltbzLZHIK4I

The plan was to watch the whole scene and study stills throughout it, but every couple of seconds there was a good scene to study, So I think I only got 50 seconds into it.

Soon, I will be doing studies in gouache and this process was a way to get me more comfortable with it. They were done on one layer with very basic proportions first, wash layer primarily focusing on colours and light values. I should have worked on a white layer so I could preserve the light areas, but I suppose with gouache you can just paint over the top with white paint.

Not so sketchy morning sketch

What was supposed to take me one hour extended to three hours - whoops!

For the past year I've been looking at Mr Jack's work, an Australian living in the US working for Blizzard. His attention to forms is astounding, but now I'm understanding more and more what he's thinking about when he 'sculpts' his artworks.

I planned out the sketch a lot first, but slipped up a bit when it came to defining the shapes in 3D, but at least now I've narrowed down what I need to practise and HOW I think I need to practise it (an important part that I often neglect).

Anatomy studies

Anatomy study from references i purchased from- PoseSpace.com

Playing with colour

Came up with a quick idea and played around with a colour scheme from the water scene from Ghost in the Shell.

Closer

Been staring at this mug for the last couple hours. Sculpting is truly an intimate form of art.

Old piece

Old Gouache piece for a Graphics Design course completed in 2012.

So close!!

Note to self-
Never ever use soft sculpy again! Even with the wire armature up inside his palm, his fingers were still sagging. So many times I had to rework squished areas. The little flaky bits were driving me insane as well. Though I don't know if that is just a sculpy thing in general. *sigh* I think I need another medium for this type of work.

Nearly there.