John Tucker the Gangster

Today ended up being VERY productive. Did all the laundry, all the dishes and cleaned the kitchen, took out the trash, checked the mail before going anywhere, and cleaned up the mess that had been gathering from all my classes both in the living room and bedroom (lots of books, homework, and Drawing Club sketches). And on top of all the domestics I got a mark for Sketch Club done and photographed these figure drawings from the first day of Intro to Character Design with David Colman. Whew. And it's ONLY 8!

Fabric Studies

Last night in David's class we were blessed with the lovely presence of Sara Streeter dressed in a beautiful flamenco (?) dress with a shawl. She is probably one of the most inspiring models I've ever had the privilege to draw. That one sketch in the bottom left was sooo gorgeous with so much movement, and all she was doing was sitting. Point being if you ever get a chance to draw her, take it, shes fantastic!

So the purpose of this pose was to learn how to handle fabric, both simplifying it and how to elaborate on the underlying forms.
(sorry for the horrible quality, these were on 18x24 and I had to take photos then try and fix the contrast in Photoshop)

Graphic Iconic Animal Designs

Graphic Iconic Animals for Intro to Character Design w/ David Colman




Goose is a femme fatale, Ferret is a Napoleonic complex suffering manic detective who is constantly at odds with himself both wanting to eat Goose but needing the reward for her case, and Elephant is a spiky quick witted British sounding Indian Elephant sidekick, the Watson to Ferrets Holmes.

Here are some of the process sketches that led up to the final designs.