Cartoon Portrait Indicating Mood (4 hours; material: soft pencil or ink, drawing paper)

Hi Class,

Here is your first make up class. Remember, there still one additional class remaining so keep checking in. 

 Working from magazine or newspaper photographs, study expressions, and do a series of 5 cartoon drawings to show people who are happy, sad, grief, stricken, bored, angry and so on. Then do 5 studies of people that you know when they are in different moods. Work spontaneously, seeking out distinguishing characteristics and subtle mood indications. Please make sure to post reference and artwork together. 

Homework Deadline: Monday 21, 2011 at Midnight

Feedback Deadline: Tuesday 22, 2011 at Noon

Keep in mind that a minimum of 5 critiques per artwork per student is required for participation. For more information follow the critique guidelines. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Cheers!

Prof. Ruiz

Here are some Examples:

Critique Guide Lines

 Scan or take a picture of your storyboards for online critique. Make sure your work is clean and easy to read. Please make sure to critique your classmate's work. Remember a minimum of 5 critiques per student work is required. You may also critique your classmate's comments and feedback. Here is a guide that might be useful.

Critique Guide Lines:

1. What I like most/least about it?
2. Is the idea clear and easy to understand?
3. Do camera angles helped enhance story telling? Why?
4. What forms and shapes can we see? Are they helping tell the story?
5. Is the illustration following the rule of thirds? How so?
6. What types of composition do you see? 
7. How would you describe them? Do they enhance storytelling ?
8. What time of day/night is it? How can we tell?
9. What is the overall visual effect or mood? Is it helping telling the story?
10. Is there a focal point?
11. How has the artist used light to enhance focal point?
12. How can it be better? Why?
13. Does the illustration have some sort of consistency? 
14. Are the characters fleshed-out, convincing, three-dimensional? 
15. Does the illustration immediately engage the viewer interest? Why?
16. Are perspectives and character's size relationship correct?
17. Were the characters sufficiently contrasted?
18. Were you able to determine the time and place quickly enough? Explain. 

Remember YOU HAVE A DEADLINE to meet. Any late submitions or late feedback will count against your participation grade. The sooner you post your artwork the better.  If you have any questions make sure to email me. Keep in mind I will repond in 24 HOURS (don't wait until the last day)

Welcome Letter

Welcome to the Advance Drawing For Animation Blog. 

Here we'll be able to make class discussions and critiques. Keep in mind that is your responsibility to upload and comment on your classmate's artwork. Each homework will have a timed deadline. A minimum of five feedback comments are required for each student per artwork. Not participating or leaving comments on time will count against attendance and participation grade.

Please comment if you read and understood class rules. Thank you! 

Cheers! 
Prof. Ruiz
caruiz@aii.edu