First off - Happy New Years Everyone!
Secondly, I thought I'd share some insights and opinions on my new toy from Christmas (Thanksgiving break really) - Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
One of the first tablets truly made for artists (if you say Apple, I swear to god I will murder you). It has built in wacom technology for touch sensitive drawing with a stylus. Galaxy has a phone version I believe and two tablet versions. One is the 8 (8-inch screen) and the 10 (10 inch screen). I have actually owned both.
I temporarily bought the Note 10 during CTN to demo my art work and then returned the pricey pricey toy. While I quickly fell in LOVE with the tablet, I could not justify spending ALMOST 600 bucks for the thing. Sorry it does not do THAT many things. It's the price of a laptop which is much more useful. But I still wanted something on the fly, thats small, compact, can making digital art fun without all the baggage- and by that I mean laptop, bamboo tablet, power cords and a backpack to carry it all in.
Well come Thanksgiving my grandmother bought me a tablet but not knowing the difference in all of them she just picked one and bought it, but gave me the receipt in case it wasn't the right one. So I went back to the store and swapped it out and paid the difference for the Note 8. So it is still technically a gift from her to me, I don't care what you say. : D
The Galaxy Note 8 is an excellent gift for any artist. Like the 10, I fell in love quickly. It is almost half the price of the 10, still just as useful and compact. It is a good size because I can hold it with one hand if I ever needed to while using it, or when I want to - I can turn it sideways and hold with both hands. This you definitely cannot do with the Galaxy 10, which is why I highly recommend if your caught between choosing just pick the 8. Along with the tablet I had bought Autodesk Sketchbook Pro from the Play Store which was only $5 bucks. FIVE BUCKS - you cannot go wrong with that!!
Well you can see below some quick sketches I did with the tablet. The software is really useful and I'm still finding new tools to use in it, but in essence it provides what every artist needs - a (digital) paper and pencil. You can draw int he dark, on a train, on a plane, in a box, with a fox. Do whatever you want because this is one piece of your arsenal you can adapt and customize to YOUR liking.
Anywho... I will leave you with this Andy Warhol quote and my sketches.
Remember Just Keep Going Forward!
“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” - Andy W.
So as most of you guys know that when animating there are a many MANY MANY drawings that never get used.
If you are not an artist, just know how agonizing it is to make a beautiful drawing (or entire sequences) that don't get used! Imagine pouring anywhere from 4-40 hours (no exaggeration) on drawings/shots only to throw it all away.
With my final effects animation video (seen in the post below), I wound up redrawing it almost 4 entire times over again. I was just NOT happy with the resulting motion. While the renderings were great and I was happy with it, animation is all about the motion.
If thats not right, it will always feel off.
Heres some that got thrown away over the semester:
And once more the video:
HI EVERYONE.
First off, so sorry I disappeared for so long, but between Thanksgiving, Finals, and now Christmas Break I have had little sleep and a lot of time away from the normal things. So get ready.. I am back.
As I fall back into life of sketching, painting, video games, work and tv shows I need to catch up on I will be showing you guys my upcoming animation and art I'm working on.
Here is the final of the effects animation I was working on the last couple weeks. Sadly with the little time I had to dedicate to it, I'm happy with how far I got it. Regardless that school is over for now, I plan to keep adding to this piece (not too much as I should move on to bigger and better animations from here), I want to be fully satisfied with it when I stop updating it.
Hope you all like!
Remember what I said about just sitting down and talking to any stranger...
Everyone's got a story?...
Here's a great example:
So busy with school, but trying to continue doing other things.
Still Life painting has dragged on too long, so heres where we'll end it.
Definitely going to start speeding up my work rate.
As I mentioned before, I'm getting my feet wet (pun intended) in effects animation - its definitely been one of the harder things I've done since I've started animation but on the flip side really rewarding when you put the pencil down, scan in your drawings and it actually comes out decent.
Again these aren't any particularly spectacular animations but I plan on revisiting and documenting the growth of the artist :]
And a little something extra - Lightning I had animated, inverted color and added a glow.
This semester I'm taking Intro to Effects Animation and its been a fun ride so far. A little more than half way through.
I realized the growth that's come along and I'm stoked to show you what's been going on over here. I'm wrapping up my splash animation but here are some sketches over the past two months we've studied.
Yeah some of these are NOT spectacular. But this blog is about growth and I want everyone to see it, crappy drawings or not (but trust me the really horrid ones will never be shown). I intend on revisiting these animations and studies so I want to show the 'then' and in a few months time I'll show the 'now'.
I'd like to say I've been busy making more artwork but I've been struggling getting my creative juices going. Work and school lectures have been more stress than I had anticipated and can't help but want to sleep when I get home.
I'm not as energetic as I used to be...
But worry not, I feel that drag slipping off and I am ready to go again. CTN is around the corner and I'm excited to begin mixing in with artists again; I'm positive that like last year it'll feed my inspiration for the next 12 months.
