Weekly drawing projects

Week 1

Toy Story

"Find, borrow or buy a toy. Draw the toy all week in different locations. Give your toy a week of adventures."

For this first weekly project I took a slightly different approach than what the brief suggested. I bought a teddy and created a character using it's appearance as a basis to work from. I then created a short story based on what I sensed from the bear.

Week 2

Tangerine Dream

"Find a piece of fruit. Draw it, taking care to look at the form. Not make or draw an animation character based on the form of that piece of fruit. (S/he doesn't have to be a fruity character, just use the shape as a starting point)."

I worked with a few different pieces of fruit for this to find the best one to work with. I enjoyed this week as I find it helpful to draw realistically and transform my drawings into a more stylistic drawing or character.

Week 3

From the real to the surreal

"Take an everyday object, a chair, a bus or a living thing such as a plant. Give it a twist of the surreal, make it look very odd indeed. (Discover the warped side of yourself). Do this at least one a day. "

I was disappointed at the end of this week as I didn't feel my drawings were "warped" enough. I thought I could improve on this so I have attempted this brief again in later weeks.

Week 4

Object of the day

"Choose an object from the list: tree or bush, car, electrical fittings, fabric, hands or feet, food, vessel or container, then add your own object. Each day you must choose a different object. Whenever you go to a new location, you must do a quick sketch of 'object of the day'."

Week 5

From the real to the surreal 2.0

"Take an everyday object, a chair, a bus or a living thing such as a plant. Give it a twist of the surreal, make it look very odd indeed. (Discover the warped side of yourself). Do this at least one a day."

This was my second attempt at this brief. I was happier with this attempt but I still wasn't satisfied and felt I needed to start thinking more laterally and have tried this brief once again later on.

Week 6

Strangers in the day

"Find a stranger. Ask him or her to tell you what to draw that day. Repeat as necessary."

Most of these drawings were drawn in pencil, however I began to draw in biro to increase my confidence and make the drawings bolder.

Week 7

Tangerine Dream

"Find a piece of fruit. Draw it, taking care to look at the form. Not make or draw an animation character based on the form of that piece of fruit. (S/he doesn't have to be a fruity character, just use the shape as a starting point)."

I attempted this brief for a second time to focus on one piece of fruit and create many different characters from that one type of fruit rather than drawing different fruit and creating different characters. I also chose to work in biro for this project as I found it helped me to work quicker and gain confidence.

Week 8

Off the scale

"Using as your inspiration the work of Heinrich Kley (see powerpoint on the Learning Space in DGA160 Storytelling for Animation) and any other relevant artist/illustrators to create concept drawings in which your character(s) are out of scale with their environment.

Reference Gulliver’s Travels in which a giant character towers over a tiny land or A Bug’s Life, where enormous leaves shelter tiny characters."

I really enjoyed this brief as it helped me to explore more with characters in environments.

Week 9

From the real to the surreal

"Take an everyday object, a chair, a bus or a living thing such as a plant. Give it a twist of the surreal, make it look very odd indeed. (Discover the warped side of yourself). Do this at least one a day."

This was my final attempt at this brief and I liked it the most because I used everyday objects and combined them with another object/animal/character depending on how that object looked. I think this worked really well! Practice makes perfect!

Wine glass plants 

Hairdryer fish

Fairy, ballerina scissors

Crocodile stapler

Tissue box hair styles

Pencil people

Curtain characters

Smoking plugs

Week 10

Acting the goat

"Draw animals from life all week. Have a go at stylising them afterwards. Think of them as though they were actors that you were casting for your latest film. At the end of the week do a character line-up drawing of them all together on the film set."