Walter Chipwitther

A day late, here's my interpretation of Mr. Chipwitther. Constructive critical comments are welcome!

HUGE thanks to Brian Miller and Jim Stigall for helping me with photoshop and drawing stuffs.

Homework Week #2

Your assignment throughout this course is design a new concept based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They can be from any time period, past, present or future. Create a new take, a new style on the characters.

Are they spacemen, pirates, cowboys? You get the idea.

Keep these initial drawings loose and simple, we'll be adding more detail as the class progresses. Start by creating strong silhouettes that communicate your character's attitude and form.

Creative Drawing Exercise

Draw a caricature of yourself

Recall actions, emotions you had this last week

Draw them

It is okay to be sloppy and quick

Just try to capture a feeling

Don't think too hard

Every morning fill up 3 pages

This will help loosen you up and free up artistic blocks

Whatever it is you feel you struggle with, draw it!

Walter Chipwitther

I imagine Walter is as chipper as he is because he's really a super villain out of a Gigantor cartoon.

MTSAssignment1

I made this drawing with pen on paper and colored pencils.

CharactersMTS1

Here is an early attempt for Assignment #1. It is based on a picture of Winston Churchill.

This is the first time I've tried to draw any characters since I was in high school. My daughter, Mikayla, is who I looked at for the upper-right image. In the middle is where I started with Assignment #1. On the bottom, I saw a couple of people on a carousel while Mikayla and I were at the zoo.

Walter Chipwitther

As will likely be they case with most assignments, I did not feel I had enough time to fully explore Walter's visual characteristics through drawings. This is merely because, like everyone else, these very fun class projects are being done in what little free time we all have. I spent a couple of hours (two semi-long work lunches) doing exploration sketches. I settled on a set of sketches that I felt were getting close, and in the interest of time took them in to Photoshop to complete a color image for the assignment.

The final color drawing was done completely digital with and Intuos3 tablet - I feel that he lost a bit of his whimsey in the digital translation, though he unintentionally reminds me of Robin Leach - so I'm cool with that. :)

Below I have included the few exploration sketches I did for Walter. I understand that the assignment called for one finished color image - however, reiterating what was discussed in the first video, I feel the most important step in character design are these initial exploration sketches. I, for one, would love to see everyone's exploration drawings (and in-turn, their thought process) as a part of the assignment. 

Dr. Chipwitther

Now With Even More BowTie!

Dr. Chipwitther enjoys walks in the park by le old time clock.

Walter Chipwitther

Walter Chipwitther, wealthy entrepreneur. He's gesturing to Big Ben, but it's obscured by the London fog.

Walter Chipwitther

Day 1 Doodles

Doodles from class 1 while watching the introduction video. This is going to be fun!

Homework Week #1

Week #1 Homework

You are to design the character Walter Chipwitther based on the description below.

NAME: Walter Chipwitther

WHO: Wealthy entrepreneur

AGE: In his 60's 

WHERE: London, 2011

PERSONALITY: Jolly, full of laughter, enthusiastic man happy to be alive and well.

CLOTHING: Wears a bow tie, smoking jacket and monocle

LOOK: Heavy set, around 5'6", receding hairline


Details

1) Submit one finished colored piece.

2) Upload the finished piece to playwellartists.blogspot.com

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