Year 3 BA3a - Character Iterations

Here are some iterations of each class I've decided to create - gender, clothing and hairstyles.
I have also created some colour swatches for these in preparation for my painting it.

I have left a week to do the weapons in between 2 sets of 2 weeks to paint and polish each class as I believe the weapons are pretty standard and it wouldn't take long as those are already relatively sorted out. Many of the weapons - in a realistic style - look very similar and it's good to have a consistency with the weapons so people can easily identify and know what they do.

I've been slacking since the beginning of this project really and I hate it, but as stupid as it sounds - life is hard. I mean I want to work and I'm looking forward to it - I just need to find the motivation and energy to do it but I think things seem to be okay.

Concept Art Task 2: Character - Brief B

After a difficult few weeks, I notice today that I have weekly tasks!
Now I remember it being said that we were to have these weekly tasks, and I should have known that they would start straight away, but honestly, I have barely any recollection of the past weeks. That would be worrying had/have I any time to worry about that, but I'm just going to keep soldiering on. This is the second task, meaning I've missed week one but I just need to keep going.

When I read both the briefs - a picture of this one came instantly to me:
I imagined a field as in a farmer's field, where my dwarf friend tends to the land - and he's not a stereotypical angry, dirty farmer with missing teeth you see in movies and they're pretty creepy and you're almost certain they're up to something, especially in horror movies or anything alike- the camera angles and lingering shots of them smirking certainly don't help. He's a more relaxed farmer who takes time out and shows the land and animals to kids on school trips and has a lovely sheepdog helping him. He tells all the children how to care for the cute animals and stays far away from how meat is made, and definitely doesn't show them, because that's just a bit too gory when you're a 10 year old. The key feature may be large teeth, but I just imagine that he's got a big smile, and it may seem as though I was describing a friendly old farmer, but perhaps this is a young adult and he just likes helping out his old dad with running the place. Now to put pen to paper - so to speak - more like tablet pen to... well tablet..

It is late but I just wanted to do something for 2nd week task.
I need to have more confidence in painting, using more contrasting and different colours, but that comes with practice and practice, which I'm lacking at the moment.
I also need to practice faces as I just didn't do this one.
Also, the teeth are atrocious and I need to fix that... Colouring is a big thing to work on for me. A lot of things are big things to work on for me...

Although I am not happy enough with this piece to submit it, I've come to understand that something is better than nothing. So I need to try, otherwise I would never start or do anything.
I'm pleased that I've started and done something as it has gotten me slightly more confident to start the pieces in my current big project, therefore things should run more smoothly.
I can see the things I need to improve on whilst doing this and also already looking back at it, and I actually think I can do and work on the things needed to improve. I think a lot of this realisation and being ok with some pieces has a lot to do with my mood, so I'm fine with that really. Again, something is better than nothing, right?

Wow, I definitely have a lot of work to do. Better keep at it and keep on going.

Year 3 BA3a - 3 Month Project

I had completely forgotten about blog posts..
The first 2 weeks of this course have been non-stop work for me, and several things have just slipped my mind. I know I've been doing things but I can't really remember anything that has happened over the last 2 weeks.
The last week (3rd week of the course) I've been doing less work than I would have preferred to do so as some personal issues have resurfaced. I always think it'll last a day or two, then time goes by and it's been a week and it's been the same thing and then I get sad and behind and disappointed.
Anyway, I'm hoping to get back into the work. I'm doing things bit by bit, on a list and just taking it one step at a time - Power through let's go!

It's a shame that this has happened as I was/am looking forward to this project and enjoying it as it's things I want to do and think I have the ability to do so.


My idea for this first 3 month project is to create a battle royale style game, but with classes. I had thought this idea would have been brought out with the release of Fortnite: Battle Royale, but I was sadly mistaken, so I decided to have a go at it myself.
Within this project I'd like to create 3 classes I'd like to implement into this type of game, and at the end of the project, I'd like to have 3 industry standard model sheets. I am hoping that this project will help me refine an art style, and my ability and confidence in drawing and creating characters. Especially with drawing body shapes and practicing proportions - This is something I definitely need to work on.

I spent a lot of time researching the body shapes and types of clothes and weapons I'd like to apply to both female and male versions of the classes before picking which ones to work on.