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ScottFlanders — 'Adversaries' Thumbnail Sketches
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Published: 2015-06-15 22:30:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 3820; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 0
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These thumbnail sketches correspond to the following set of images. 2K's marketing team asked for variations on Goliath's pose, so you see those in the upper right. I like doing this kind of preliminary work on 'crappy paper' because it helps me to relax and enjoy myself. Yellow paper with lines all over it is inherently incapable of becoming 'special' and as a result frees me up to iterate, make mistakes and dispose of irrelevant ideas and attempts.Related content
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I don't mean to sound argumentative, but I don't think you're appreciating this set of images enough (and, by inference, all the 'crappy paper' work). It has action and vitality in spades. Thing is, I've seen finished pieces here on dA by people who believe themselves masters that don't have half the life and spontaneity you display here. I've got two suggestions; one, start using the same quality paper without the lines, maybe a tad larger; and two, have small carrion eater pterodactyls hovering around your menace, like some sharks have pilot fish.
Thanks for sharing.
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Don't worry, you don't sound argumentative. Thanks for the encouraging words, Jeff. I'll try some other paper soon. I did just pick up an interesting new sketchbook and I've been getting excited to start working in it. The birds are a good idea as well.
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Back in the early '90s, I was lucky enough to see one of the first releases of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. What was so cool about it to my mind was that it wasn't in its finished form. That is, that in a number of the film sequences you could see the underdrawing in black and white line with some washes - the battle between the beast and the wolves was particularly memorable. The impression I got was that the studio roughed the sequences first for flow and impact, and then added layers to finish. At the time, I doubted that most of the audience appreciated, or even noticed, the underdrawings, so smoothly were the transitions made. My point is, is that your throwaway visualizations, as good as they are, could be utilized in your final productions as subtle, half glimpsed underlays to add the spice of spontaneity.
If you haven't tried the Moleskine sketchbooks yet, you're in for a treat.
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That sequence from beauty and the beast is one of my favorites. I would love to see those under drawings. I'll definitely try your suggestion. In the past I've been pretty seriously criticized for the roughness of my pencils so I've shyed away from showing them in 'work' work. But I have a feeling you're probably right, there is most likely a way to make use of them that could add character to my stuff. Thanks again for looking and for the feedback.
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Thank you, Friday
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You´re welcomed, friend!
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oookey this is something the raw material insight!
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It's 5x7 yellow note paper
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