Having made a list of things that Amuse, Frustrate & Interest me i set about making a whole bunch of quick sketches of those items, but somehow involving a character. I kept to the list initially, but found that they looked a bit regimented and weren't really generating many 'characters' as such, so i went on to make random shapes and create characters and little people out of the accidental shapes and brush strokes that i'd slapped down.
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| Stoopid Haircuts |
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| Lists of subject matters |
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| Pizza |
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| Farts |
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| Dead Wrestlers |
The 'Burgerman Approach'
I tried out the paint blob techniques above after watching some Jon Burgerman interviews in which he suggested that rather than taking ages thinking up lots of characters - paint/pen random shapes and make characters out of what you've got. I found it encouraged me to be a bit more spontaneous and fearless when making weird, child-like little people and creatures. weather i'll take any of them through to further develop them for my gif remains to be seen?
After a class crit, involving illustrator Jon Boame (who'd been with us all day sharing career experiences and examples of his work) i'd had some positive feedback regarding the paint blob experiments,when i wasn't feeling particularly upbeat about my current ideas in general.
I'll pick 4 or 5 concepts from the initial sketches to develop further and get some storyboards and possible movements mapped out and also do some animation tests.
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