18 ROUGHS MEGA CRIT

MEGA CRIT

Going in: feeling positive! I've finished the 18 roughs for the critique and I feel happy with them. They have the tone that I wanted to emulate: a spooky vibe and a mysterious setting. More refined than the initial 60 thumbnails because I have had time to develop both the selected concepts and to figure out the compositions. Started to consider colour and media.

A BIG THANKS TO CHRIS SICKELS for proving that ROUGHING 3D illustration is POSSIBLE and USEFUL. Seeing his roughs next to his finished 'makes' has shown me that HE USES ROUGHS TO PLAN, COMPOSE AND DIRECT the scene.

Feedback:

Concept:

Spooky, dreamy, charming, peaceful, have lots of emotion.

tentacles tell a story - trapping

Visual:

TENTACLES!

Like the blue - blue is dreamy and yellow reflects nighttime

Big spooky eyes

Composition - draws you in, almost golden ratio, dreamy, good use of space

range of angles and viewpoints - line of sight

simplicity and characterisation

They really liked my drawings! I'm a little surprised. I think they're okay, I enjoyed drawing the tentacles but I didn't think people would really admire them like this. They're just my roughs! They're a blueprint of what is to come...

My Question:

I want to make them as sets/models - am I wasting time?

Short brief, save it for a longer one

prefer the illustrations

something nice about the 2D drawings

develop drawings instead

compromise - layering flat illustrations in sections? Relief?

GOING FORWARDS:

Tallied up the most popular (highly voted in the feedback) roughs.

I'M IGNORING THE SUGGESTION TO STAY WITH DRAWING. I know I won't be able to go 3D for the next Studio Brief and I don't want to miss this chance. I am willing to compromise slightly, using cardboard or some flat illustration and relief, but I am always wary that a drawing is always a drawing. I don't think drawing is my strongest power.

Though I am a bit torn since my peers seemed to like my drawings! WHY? WHAT? I just don't see any magic in them. They're lines on paper. I drew them as a plan. They're not the REAL THING.

PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE DAY:

GRAB CARDBOARD

AND MAKE, MAKE, MAKE!