Self Evaluation.

Self Evaluation.

This project has developed my research skills by far, I dont tend to go so much into detail when it comes to researching. I researched the art of vikings, the living, everything I could to get a grasp of how the vikings was so my comic was strong, was as accurate as it can be to vikings. I researched concept artists and how they worked and how the concept artists was expected to work in the industry. I researched the comic book industry so I had a better knowledge of how to apply that to this project. My photoshop skills was developed in this project also. I didn’t know how to use graphic burger or anything like that so I was left with my low level of photoshop skills to upload images and distort them and paint edit them to look like they belong on the applied object. This was very testing but the results are strong and I feel that bit more confident with applying things into objects using photoshop and in doing so my skill level has grown. This was also the first time I created a successful digital colouring so super happy about that.

My method of image making was pushed further in this project. When I was creating my concepts for the characters I was using different tools for different things such as a Japanese ink brush for the out line (tiny) and I used tooth brush to create the flicks for texture and I used the side of a blade to create that scrapping look that I use toe create shadow. I always use this tools in my practice but this time I had taken more time and was more careful when it came to applying these methods. I used cut outs from pieces of paper to control the tooth brush flicks and I used the top range ink for the Japanese ink pen. I could have developed the images in digital, and got the same affect and in half the time but with in my research I fell in love with the artists that created there pages analog. I did realise that I have to practice like hell on drawing sequential

My strengths have been the same through out the year, my ability to work fast and at a good quality. This has come in handy due to the fact that when I was drawing the finals images for the characters I was getting the perporstion wrong and the drawings of the creatures was coming out all wrong and been able to work fast aloud me to be able to make 10s of mistakes and then been bale still create the final image in the same time that I planned to have the concept finished. I planned to spend 3 hours on each concept and sometimes I redrew the characters over 15 times and still end with a happy, strong result with in that 3 hours. Id like to say that the way I use my sketch book is a stregnth. In this project I pushed the ideas far and drew and drew and drew until I ended up with the actuil thing that I had in my head. And as a inspired concept artist I think thats a good skill to have. But my drawing skills have been the key strength in this project. Expression, depth, perspective and proportion. Creating the mood all these have been applied in the images and thats what has made these illustrations work best. Thats not me blowing my own trumpet but thats the based on the feed back from peers. Even though Iv just boasted how good my drawing ability have been in this project its also been my weakness. In 503 my work was land scape themed and in 504 there wasnt any anatomy drawings needed. None serious anyway. So when it came to drawing the characters in this project I was out of practise. The drawings was out of scale and each time I drew a character it took me multiple times to nail the proportion of the body. Even now the project is over im still out of practice my summer goal is to get to the level that I was before about an author project.

 This project has left me with a better knowledge of the industry that I want my work to exist in. its left me with more questions of my own practice, such as style and how should I apply my concept work. How does my work exist with in the industry. Is my work strong enough to be the in the comic industry. Iv also been left with the feeling a more clear vision to what I need to do to get into this industry.