Category Archives: Zoo Brief

Character designer Byran Tillman dives into the 6 different aspects of character design in great detail. Archetypes Tillman states that archetypes are needed to ‘propel a story forward’ (p.4); he also asserts that characters exist as a result of the story and that the personal story of each character encourages good character development (p.12). TillmanContinue reading “Creative character design (2011)”

I found it quite difficult to come up with a composition that I liked however, I’m pretty happy with this outcome. I do feel like separately the different aspects look good but joined together they dont seem to flow cohesively. If I had to do this all over again, I would make sure to spend moreContinue reading “Zoo_Outcome”

The next thing I did was come up with 4 separate drawing plans; I needed to decide what my final piece was going to look like. I really liked the upper left one so decided to use this as my final outcome. Before I started the piece, I wanted to test out the mountains in the backgroundContinue reading “Zoo_6”

After getting feedback from tutor , I decided to draw the Storks I came across at the zoo in different ways. I noticed that the birds had a purplish tinge on them and decided to exagerrate this in my drawings.  I first drew the storks as popular cartoon birds I then drew the bird inContinue reading “Zoo_5”

After playing with the background, I decided to play with the foreground and see what medium I should use for the animal. I also decided that I would focus my attention on birds. I used colouring pencils with a touch of white markers during this drawing. I liked how it came out but decided toContinue reading “Zoo_4”

Going to the zoo really piqued my interest in wildlife. I ended up going home and watching documentaries on the animal kingdom; the main one that caught my attention was ‘Our Planet’. The way the animals were filmed in their natural habitat made them look like super heroes. They looked otherworldly and mystical. This conceptContinue reading “Zoo_3”

After looking over my pictures, I decided to do a few drawings using pen, colouring pencils and watercolour I hadn’t drawn in a really long time, so it was fun to get back into it.

Photography is a skill I have been neglecting for a while; because of this, I decided to focus on it while visiting the zoo.