When I first started falling in love with drawing, I was 12. But for the first couple of years I had absolutely no interest in drawing from reference or understanding technical things like perspective, lighting, tonal variation or anything about anatomy, shape or form. A few years later, during IGCSE Art classes, I went the […]
First attempt at completely original boards, and it’s been one of the most frustrating experiences I’ve ever had with a pencil in my hand. I think next time I’ll go for something simpler, something with an established visual language because this was completely from my head and the lack of inspiration and character, landscape and […]
I’m secretly really enjoying the training period of my new job, because it means I get to make study sketches of really, really great quality art. I’ve been looking at a lot of Disney stuff, so legendary artists like Glen Keane, and making study copies. But this time, I’m actually learning construction in drawing and […]
I’ve recently started a new job (my first proper job) at Maya Digital Studios in Bombay as a storyboard artist (well, technically a trainee for the first couple of months shhhh). It’s hard work. The hours are long, we don’t get Saturdays off, and sometimes have to work on Sundays and on public holidays too. […]
It’s one thing to do storyboard sketches and studies after watching films or TV episodes. That’s working in reverse; working backward from the finished product to the concept sketches in order to better understand the process. It’s an invaluable learning tool for sure, but this time I decided to try doing sketch studies of the […]
I’ve been off drawing for a while thanks to my old friend insomnia. I now tend to bite my tongue and keep it to myself should anybody ask, because the one thing I’ve learnt is that people who’ve never struggled through real insomnia and anxiety never quite get it. Funnily enough it’s the oddest things […]
Aside from battle scenes, some of the most challenging (and also most common) scenes to visualize have to be chase scenes. The scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in which Arwen takes the wounded Frodo onto her horse and races to Rivendell is particularly thrilling. In hindsight, the chase […]
