Articles about understanding introverts. Long lunch break. More sketches. CTN Videos
July 1, 2010 in ART, THE SIMPSONS NEWS, VIDEOS
THE SIMPSON NEWS
I managed to finish my ACT 2 assignment on Monday. I would have finished it last week, only I took a longer lunch break than usual last Friday. I went to a local sports bar, with co-workers, to watch the Spain vs. Chile game. It was a lot of fun, but it meant I had to make up the hours this week.
I’m now working on ACT 4, which has less to do than ACT 2. I’m hoping to be done sometime today.
ART
Okay, so this page of drawings was just drawn to have something to post up. I did some adjusting on the Sorceress’ face so that it was a bit more stylized. I also drew out her face so I could, at least, see what she looked like. I straighten out her skirt so it wasn’t so girly, and I worked out a bit of the arm detail of the long haired Sorcerer’s arm:
On Monday, my wife got invited to a get together with some friends from her work and the whole family went. At one point during the evening I did my typical anti-social thing and began drawing in a corner. I decided that I was going to try to draw Steve Buscemi from a photo. I pulled a picture up on my phone and began to draw it. The reason I did this was, since I was using him as inspiration, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to just try to capture his likeness “for real” in case I could apply what I learned from doing so to my design. So this is what I drew:
Red color pencil under drawing, inked with a Pentel brush pen. I used 2 Copic neutral grey markers and a black one for tone with a Whiteout pen for highlights. It came out okay but I think if I drew a few more I would eventually “be right on”. I think, had you not known it was him, you would find that it looks familiar but you couldn’t put you’re finger on who he was suppose to be. At least it was fun to do and it’s WAY better than my other attempts.
So did I learn anything for having drawn the above drawing? I have no idea.
I definitely want to start on the backgrounds now. I’m going to see if I can find some time this weekend to go out and “location scout”. It’s possible I won’t be able to though, since I have a wedding to go to this Saturday two hours away.
I’m still not sure where exactly my story should take place. At first I thought it should take place outside a Wienerschnitzel type place. Then I was thinking that it might be better if it’s takes place in front of a portable hot dog stand. If that’s the case, the story can take place, just about anywhere. Thing is, I want Rob (the protagonist) to sit down on a bench to eat. Then again, he could sit on a wall or…well just about anywhere. So where should this take place? A park? A street corner? I want obstacles and things to destroy so that at the end we just see the smoldering ruin of the area they just fought in. Also, it would be nice to have some “natural” obstacles so that it’s more difficult for Rob to get away. Any ideas?
If I don’t manage to get any photo reference, I’ll try doing a “style test” with all the characters. Basically I’ll just do a finished drawing with all of them in a picture, possibly in color.
VIDEOS/ART
I’ve known about this for a while but I kept forgetting to post about it.
It’s a video of Pixar storyboard artists at a panel from the CTN Animation Expo last year. They talk about their job, their influences and their approaches. One of the speakers, Ted Mathot, is a ex-Simpsons layout artist. It’s a must watch if you want good tips on Storyboarding and visual storytelling. Click the link below to watch:
PIXAR IN THE HOUSE: STORY STORY STORY
This next video, is a talk on how to get into the animation industry by Dreamworks director Steve Hickner. I really enjoyed this one as well:
BLOG
It’s tough being an introvert in a world of extroverts. There’s a lot of misunderstanding that comes along with being one. I know, since I AM one.
Two years ago, at the end of a post on this blog, I linked to an article called:
I’m not sure how many people caught that link since it came at the end of a long random bit of writing. I found the article refreshing and enlightening. I thought it was important enough to call attention to it since it helps people understand introverts a lot more.
Recently I’ve become aware of yet another article on introverts. It’s a good compliment to the article above so I thought I’d post a link to it too. Read both these article if you want to learn more about the introvert in your life:
Field guide to the loner: The real insiders
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Hey, when you suggested wienerschnitzel I thought of something. when I lived in Germany (in the south, Bavaria, in a pretty historic town called Bamberg).
We used to eat at Scnitzel stands all the time…they were often located along the side of the road or in parking lots in busy areas. the further away ou get from the center of town, the sketchier the localses of course, and if you’re going to destroy things, there’s usually barns and other stuff like that real close to the roads–those villages kind of sprang up along the agricultural areas, so it’s actually both rural, but busy at the same time.
Wow, thank you Maria! I’ll see if I can’t find pictures of that on the net. It sounds like a great jumping off point.
Lemme tell ya, the second I saw the caricature I said “Buscemi!”. I’m a fan of his work, and in fact was re-watching GHOST WORLD the other day, but your likeness definitely captures his likeness.
As for the Introverts piece…Well, I would not have thought to call myself one, but based on what was written there, I am one! I have, as you’ve seen, no problem talking with people, performing for an audience, engaging a group of listeners. I don’t mind mingling, signing autographs and posing for pictures.
But at the same time, I easily look forward to disappearing off the map for awhile. Sure, I like staying hooked up via Twitter and blogs, but I have no problem spending time with myself. Doing what I wanna do, losing myself by wandering Little Tokyo or some comic shops or in an art store for hours at a time…Just spending quality time with myself and my interests. As was mentioned in the article, I can freely give time to socialize, but ya better believe I’m gonna take more time off for myself! 🙂
So yeah, I’m a total Introvert!
Thanks for the compliment on my drawing Jav.
Wow, I wouldn’t have figured you for an introvert since you do so well being social. I’m a total introvert. Being around people drains all my energy. My wife’s best friend is a total extrovert. She gets drained NOT being around people. She gets energized by them.