Hey guys, sorry to have been away for so long, been up to a bunch of art assignments, suffering being very ill and going here there and everywhere with doctors and hospitals and had some work stuff ive had to deal with
Anyway, what have i been to artwise?
Ive partaken in the Inktober challenge, where i had to draw everyday throughout the month of october in Ink. Ive done up to day 19 and im still finishing off the rest. Ive done basic outlines in pencil but need to shade it in ink
you can see my progress with that here:
http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/inktober-challenge.html
part 2 with days 20-31 will be posted soon
In Addition i made a pumpkin avatar as a halloween challenge. not much to explain but you can see it here:
http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/halloween-pumpkin-challenge.html
As general practice, i have been sketching at he museum, and making master studies at the art gallery. Some of these are included in my inktober post so please check that out. Some of them are so loose and sketchy they prob just look a bit mental for outside eyes o im keeping them as personnel references
Ive been watching some of Aiden Chopras google sketch up videos to learn how to use googlesketchup. this will start as a first steps into incororating 3d models into my digital painting to help my get perspective right and overall just make my artwork better. If you are interested in learning too here is the link
http://www.aidanchopra.com/web-content
will be moving onto zbrush. I dabble with it occasionally and have been self learning using scott spencers awesome books which are avalable on amazon
On top of this ive been trying to get to grips on learning how to make auotiles for an indie dev. im not going to talk too much about this as i dont want to spill any beans on a project that isnt mine.
its interesting but it fries my brain!!! haha give me assets and sprites anyday
So as you can see, ive piled on my workload ALOT!!
So im trying to slow it down and concentrate on a couple of course im enrolled upon.
The first being Chris Oatleys Magic box. Which i cannot recommend enough!! Love it so much!
This is what my aye aye and gorilla project is part of. check out my progress here
http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/goya-gorilla-crossover-scrapped-aye-aye.html
And Chris Oatleys magic bx can be viewed here
http://chrisoatley.com/
The second being Noah Bradleys Art Camp. I'm only part way through the first lesson so far but i am enjoying it. I will be keeping updates here in a separate blog
http://menjaatartcamp.blogspot.co.uk/
check out the art camp here
http://artcamp.com
Third and foremost i have somehow managed to get a spot on Daarkens course which doesnt start til december
Ive not decided whether to do a seperate blog for this as i know Daarken has requested students to not make too much content public. which i intend to respect so you may just got the odd sketch without much description if i blog on it at all
Check out Daarkens courses at www.enliighten.com
So i will be working endlessly on the Chris oatley stuff and Noahs Art Camp until Daarkens course starts, then when im not working on Daarkens course i will continuing on magic box and art camp
Chris' and Noahs stuff i have access to at all times whereas Daarkens course will be live with deadlines to meet thats why ill be working on them in this way.
Hopefully ill get through most of the course by february except for Chris as new content unlocks each month. Oh and i have some character ideas but need to iron out the creases and gather some reference material
so yep busy busy busy
As a last note, i have absolutly fallen in love with Mark Molnars work!! You have to see it!!
GO NOW!! LOOK AT IT!!
http://markmolnar.com/
How freakin awesome is that!?
Ive supported his book campaign Behind the Pixels which got funded!!Woop! So will be getting that end of January! Cant wait!
So he has truly given me standard to reach for *crosses fingers* :D
He is also working with the Ninja Theory team on their new game Hellblade which i cannot wait for, so hyped atm for so much stuff. And they are blogging their process cause they are awesome like that :D
http://www.hellblade.com/
So thats where im at! im so sorry i vanished for millenia, ill do my best to keep you guys posted more regularly!
Love ya lots!
Peace
Menja X
***This sources i have either found genuinally helpful through personnel experience of them or are links i just have an interest in in the case of links to artists and games stuff etc
I have not been paid any promotional or sponsored funding to mention them ****
Resources
My inktober progress blog (part 1) http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/inktober-challenge.html
My Halloween challenge blog http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/halloween-pumpkin-challenge.html
Aiden Chopras google sketchup videos http://www.aidanchopra.com/web-content
Amazon link to Scott Spencers zbrush books http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=scott+spencer+zbrush
My progress blog on CHris Oatleys Magic Box assignments http://jhmenjaart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/goya-gorilla-crossover-scrapped-aye-aye.html
Chris Oatley www.chrisoatley.com
My new blog that will document my progress through Noah Bradleys Art Camp
http://menjaatartcamp.blogspot.co.uk/
Noah Bradleys Art Camp http://artcamp.com
Daarken www.enliighten.com
Mark Molnar http://markmolnar.com/
Behind the Pixels http://www.itsartmag.com/features/projects/behind-the-pixels/
Hellblade http://www.hellblade.com/
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