Black Spot's Sketches

[tobbA]

Really liking these backgrounds.

That teapot looks good to. However the perspective/shape looks a bit distorted.

[LAL]

thank you for visiting my SB,I think your scenery works are very! I like that feeling!

[Black Spot]

What I have been doing this morning. Needs a bit of tidying up in places and I will be animating the bottom half of them as well.

[Black Spot]

Did a bit more.

[Raffix]

yeah no updates yet, ive got maybe 3-4 days of solid work to do on other (far less interesting) school subjects to do before i get stuck into some serious sketchbook updating

animations are looking really good. maybe to make them look a bit more dynamic you could add some opposite reaction, i.e. make their hips move in the opposite direction from the clap a bit more.

hmm that sounds completely unreadable. brain is foggy

have a good easter!

[Black Spot]

No it isn't unreadable. They'll be clapping the other side as well. They're the backing singers and as such will be sort of behind the main characters, but I have considered moving their hips more and probably will, as their movement is pretty boring at the moment.

Their faces will be added later. Here's the first idea of them - they are based on real people.

[Black Spot]

Quick drunken SP tonight.

[mundanity]

Did you rotoscope the animation? I like the background a lot.

[carlosranna]

Those backgrounds are really wicked! So cool!

The contrast of the characters and the background is really strong imo. Maybe even too strong. But maybe it´s just me... I´m not sure...

[AlexTooth]

Drunken self portrait is excellent! Cool animation, yeah I think some hip action will help a lot

[krel]

Diggin the wonky looking architecture drawings. By far the most intresting stuff in your SB.
Adding the people kinda ruins it thou.

Keep on truckin dood.

[Black Spot]

mundanity, I don't rotoscope but I do use a poseable manikin from Antics (sadly no more) to work it out.

carlosranna & krel, you're right, I might have to make the backgrounds brighter to match the people. I am drawing them for my animation.

Alex Thanks.

Did some more to the SP. The hand is not good as I'm leaning on my elbow and can't keep it in the same position for too long.

[seagulls]

I really like the new self portrait. Especially the choice of colors.

[George Abraham]

Groovy.

[NicG]

Hi! Looking forward to seeing where the animation leads! Love the new avatar!

[tobbA]

Cool animation. Though I agree with moving the hips more. In order to stay balanced they'd pretty much need to move their hips as much to the left as they move their hands to the right. Otherwise it looks like they might fall over.

[Black Spot]

Brightened the background - might work on it a bit more. Bit of hip movement, not sure that's right either.

And a quick Master Study - Titian this time - not going to do any more on it as it was just a quick time filler.

[alesoun]

Pity you won't finish the master study; it's looking good. I'd love to try animation one day, just for fun. Maybe one day...

[Emil_J.]

nice master study - and yes you should finish it
The animation thingy is looking very interesting.

[Black Spot]

My mother is here for a week and as she sleeps a fair bit, I thought she was fair game, except even in sleep she moved - at least she had her teeth in.

[Black Spot]

Additional bit of info on the animation. This is a pic of an earlier band the 2 guys on the right were in - husband is far right and lead singer next to him. They didn't get a record deal even with rave reviews from the NME. Trevor on the left is still in the business and played with Wham, George Michael and the Nolan Sisters, I like nattering to him.

[TASmith]

the work in 737 rocks! Love the texture of the fur, and the animated figures are finally working sylistically with the background. I can't wait to see your animation finished!

[SMILEFACE]

iiiii LUUUUVVV YER NEW AVATAR AN ALL THE ANIMATIONS AN COLORS RRRRROOOOCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!

[Rotor]

Nice to see you never stop studying. Your animation project seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and I'm starting to see the picture. Really looking forward to it. Maybe check out some coreographies from youtube or somesuch to get a more natural flow to the dancing girls? Referencing in animation is important.

[ajtabril]

woow!!!! very good SB, and really funny animations, keep doing!!!!!
see u in the way of CA!!!!

[B-Man]

your self portrait is looking great. Nice colors and a lovely and playful smile.

[Black Spot]

No drawing today. Been at the National Gallery with Freddy Scribbles. We mainly viewed Italian 16th Century paintings and had fun critiquing them. Even Titian got one for a bad anatomical leg. Shame you can't red line the errors, but with the artists dead, I don't suppose it would help much.

[~KJK~]

Hey there, thanks for the comment again! sorry ive been away a lot lately, slacking really... got my new tablet just a while ago, ill be updating as soon as i get something more finished... Great work as always, the self portrait looks great! very lively and has some special feel to it... keep up!

[Black Spot]

Actually did some drawing this evening. Going to post it n the DWDELL thread in a sec. It's about time I did some more traditional stuff.

[alesoun]

Nice one! That's Elwell, isn't it? (I'm KIDDING)!

I really like the way you've handled that drawing. No fussiness, and no extra lines.