Value Study

Practicing values.  Sketch 2 hrs

MECH: WEEK 4 (FINAL)

Mech Design Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

WEEK 4

(FINAL)

Assignment:

Add final decals, paint jobs, effects, and lights.

Name the designs.

MECH: WEEK 3

Mech Design Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

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WEEK 3

Assignment:

1. Gather color reference.

2. Introduce color.

3. Introduce lighting.  Refine and polish.

MECH: WEEK 2

Mech Design Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

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WEEK 2

Assignment:

1.  Continue refining roughs.  Choose 2 to take to finish.

2.  Take 2 mech designs and complete 3 design iterations.

3.  Mash-up combinations of the three to find the best design and refine.

Gathered reference for scale.

MECH: WEEK 1

Mech Design Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

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WEEK 1

Assignment:

1. Gather 5 images for functional reference of 3 types of mechanical joints/ pivots.
    Complete 10 studies.

- hinge joint

- rotation joint

- ball joint

2. Gather 10 images for aesthetic reference.  Complete 10 studies.

3. Complete 20 silhouette thumbnails.

4. Choose 10 silhouettes and render out the graphic breaks. (ran out of time during this portion of the assignment)

SC: WEEK 4 (FINAL)

Silver Class Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

WEEK 4

Assignment:

FINAL.  Add lighting and detail rendering.

SC: WEEK 3

Silver Class Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

WEEK 3

Assignment:

Lighten the skin tone and increase contrast between value groups.  Continue to render the forms.

SC: WEEK 2

Silver Class Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

WEEK 2

Assignment:

Choose one of the 5 roughs and render the forms using ambient light.  Then add trims to the costume.

SC: WEEK 1

Silver Class Mentorship: with Anthony Jones (www.robotpencil.net)

WEEK 1

Assignment: 

5 silhouette roughs

The figure with blk&wht graphic breaks.