Personal Project START

 So we're endeavoring to do a personal side project alongside the 6986658 other projects we're doing here at FIEA! I wanna be a character artist so I looked around for some neat character designs for me to build off of. Thus far I haven't had the opportunity to sculpt a traditional character head with a mouth sack and eyeballs and all that good stuff so this is something I'd really like to do. 

by @dune5and on twitter.

Official Darkstalkers art.

I was between the design on the top pic left and Lilith from Darkstalkers. At first I decided on the cool hat dude because getting fabrics experience is essential (and also the challenge of improvising the rest of the outfit) but I'm afraid it might me too much for me to juggle at the moment without getting burned out. I'll save him for a summer project and move forward with Lilith for now due to her more simplistic design and focus on musculature.

I want to do a really appealing model in the soft Overwatchy PBR style and give her a basic rig to put her in cute poses. I've loved this character design since infancy so I'm excited to get cracking on it!

Checking in

Goals:

!!!! GET A JOB !!!!

Small part of me wouldn't mind working in film but goal is games.

Want to pursue character art. It's tough so get into doing props to get foot into door. Put strong emphasis on props that are character related since as a character artist I'll be expected to model those anyway. 

Extra Studies:

• Go on ArtStation, make a specific top ten artists collection that identifies the best of what I want to do.
• Reach out to these artists to start a network and get advice. 
• Anatomy studies in 2D/3D. DL PureRef anatomy board. 
• Look into Scott Eaton workshops. 
• Do sculptural cast studies. Eye, nose, mouth, ear. Work your way up to arm, leg, torso. Then the Full Thing. 
• Check out David Finch anatomical studies on Youtube. Hair, clothes, anatomy. 
• Sculpt on a daily basis, even if it's just 30 min. 

Top Ten Artstation Artists Collection:

• https://www.artstation.com/luoqisheng
• https://www.artstation.com/remenance
• https://www.artstation.com/fredericarsenault
• https://www.artstation.com/toenee
• https://www.artstation.com/mccabe86
• https://www.artstation.com/leahaugustine
• https://www.artstation.com/kycampbell
• https://www.artstation.com/daneder
• https://aroyall.artstation.com/albums/1456944
• https://www.artstation.com/zaphk
  
  *Create PureRef of different aspects of these artists' work that you enjoy.
  
  *Personal project to work on for 2nd and 3rd semester. Find piece of concept art to build character that represents good anatomy and interesting hair and clothing challenges.