Okay - as blogged previously, what follows is a ‘Reader’s Digest’, highlighting 'best practice' (in all its guises) from the CG Arts bloggosphere this week…
Year One
Some great in-depth reviews posted for The Fly and its remake; Molly, Jono, Dan, Paul-Arthur and Dayle have all really invested in this aspect of the unit. Many of these reviews could easily be unfolded further to form the basis for the 1,500 word assignment. Some students have posted reviews that, while undeniably interesting and valid in terms of their insight, do not subscribe to the method set out in the brief. Golden rule 1: do as the brief tells you and present your work as requested!
Check out Nat’s sequential drawings of the musculature of her face; not only does she ‘unpack’ its development into a series of incremental stages – which is how I and Phill Hosking want everyone to approach their digital painting tasks - she’s also approaching the anatomy brief from the ‘inside out’, using the unit to refine her understanding of the human body and how to depict it accurately. Max’s sequential drawings from his first digital painting workshop are similarly communicative. ALL students need to get into the ‘save as’ habit when working digitally; not only is it good practice in terms of housekeeping, guarding against crashes and taking a painting ‘too far’, it also offers a fascinating insight into the creative process. For another good example, visit Nat’s sequence here.
Check out Dan’s peacock hybrid sketches; compare them to his very first idea and see how much more interesting things become when you work from the skeletal structure out (as opposed to ‘dressing up’ in the characteristics of your animal). Jono's approach is similarly based around first understanding the innerworkings of the human body - in this instance, his hand.
Take a look at Dayle’s self-portraits – he’s not so sure about them, but I think they’re very expressive, with bags of character.
I was very happy to read about Domantas’s self-directed film odyssey. It is another truism of degree study that students who ‘read around the subject’ tend to develop more quickly in terms of visual literacy. He’s obviously making full use of the library’s DVD collection. Any student who isn’t is missing a trick. You’ve got 3 years to soak your brain in a lake of new stuff...
Meanwhile, the second years have commenced their Studio projects and are busily formulating their studio identities and exploring their group dynamics. I loved these images posted on Ethan's blog - very businesslike and very encouraging. Indeed, I could have showcased any of the newly launched studio blogs - it's all looking very positive and very productive; methinks Retrofest 2010 is going to kick some serious arse...
Congratulations to Final year student, Raj, who has bagged the services of a professional voice-over artist for the first of his final year projects. Students don’t exploit their ‘in education’ status enough. Remember the adage – if you don’t ask, you don’t get. You can listen to the voice-over here.
Visit the blog of final year student, Zack – notice his attention to detail and the branding of his blog – he’s always very professional and creates an inter-connectedness between his work and the way he presents it.
And finally for this week's 'PWTM', visit final year student, Tom: it’s the end of week one and he’s already posting his pre-vis. This can only be a good thing.
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