Character Design

We also had to design an original character in my Figure class! Remember Bandit the Military Macaw from one of my previous posts? We we now had to design our animal's owner! This is Molly. She is a 5 year old blue eyed blonde girl, whose parents adopted a macaw from an animal shelter for her to play with. She renamed Bandit 'Mr.Feathers' and dresses him up in doll clothes. She forces him to play tea party and do other girly things with her. He doesn't like it, but he's blind so he just sort of deals with it.

We also had to write a 'Hook statement' to begin the story of our illustration, and here is mine:

Bandit had woken up that morning knowing he had an unhappy day ahead of him, he just had no idea it would be this excruciatingly awful. His new master, Molly, had taken to calling him ‘Mr. Feathers’ which was just the icing on top of the cake after she had forced him into a horrid pink dress, and made him partake in the strange ritual she called a ‘tea party’. He had tried to escape from this prison before, and due to his being blind, had not prevailed. But, he finally found a way around that minor inconvenience, and tonight was the night he would break free.

Character Development

This is my character for my 3d class. We have been working on these projects for about two months now, and it has been such a fun experience. We had to completely invent our own character and make an environment for them too!! This is Pingo. He is a giant scorpion. He was born in New York and grew up in a time when tattooing was not only unacceptable, but it was illegal! Pingo, however, had a gift and the drive to pursue tattooing. After all, he does have a built in tattoo machine in his stinger at the end of his tail! Its like he was born for this. He was kicked out of his home and shunned by his family and friends, so he went off to find a place where he'd be accepted. He ended up making a deal with the people of Coney Island. He would tattoo them in exchange for free room and board.  So now, he lives at Coney Island in one of the circus tents. He tattoos, and has picked up sword swallowing while there.

Here is Pingo's environment!

Pingo's environment is made of fabric, acylic paint, wire, foam core, sculpey, and hot glue. Everything is handmade. (2013_

Character Development

This is my character for my 3d class. We have been working on these projects for about two months now, and it has been such a fun experience. We had to completely invent our own character and make an environment for them too!! This is Pingo. He is a giant scorpion. He was born in New York and grew up in a time when tattooing was not only unacceptable, but it was illegal! Pingo, however, had a gift and the drive to pursue tattooing. After all, he does have a built in tattoo machine in his stinger at the end of his tail! Its like he was born for this. He was kicked out of his home and shunned by his family and friends, so he went off to find a place where he'd be accepted. He ended up making a deal with the people of Coney Island. He would tattoo them in exchange for free room and board.  So now, he lives at Coney Island in one of the circus tents. He tattoos, and has picked up sword swallowing while there.

Pingo is made out of wire, tin foil, sculpey, and acrylic paint. (2013)

Drawing

These are all the studies i did of Bandit ( in my previous post) before doing the final caricature! I started out with gestures, moving on to stuctural studies, and finally studying the skeletal structure. (2013)

Caricature

This is Bandit. He is a military macaw. I went to a zoo with my figure drawing class, and we had to caricature an animal. I chose Bandit because he was so interesting. He is blind, so he moves around differently than the other macaws. In my caricature of him,he is feeling around in front of him to make sure he doesnt run into anything. (2013)

Drawing

Drawing assignment to illustrate a childhood phobia of monsters!!!! Two point perspective, graphite on bristol. We only had three days to complete this project. (2013)

Traditional Animation

mwarren Roger take 2 from Michale Warren on Vimeo.

This was our first assignment involving acting! Our originally designed characters had to do a weight shift, a take, and a jim, in an environment. (2013)