Week Thirteen: Animated Cartoon Character Concept

I know everyone was very busy with testing for many days. But you still managed to get some really cool drawings completed. For our drawing challenge last week, everyone became concept artists. Your assignment was to take an everyday object and bring it to life as a character for an animated movie.



First, you did study sketches of real-life objects. Shown above are drawings by Shaylah (left) and Keeley. Then you designed a character from an object, giving it facial features and the ability to express emotions. The wonderfully whimsical results are shown below.

There won't be a challenge this week, so you'll be able to spend time finishing your Obama portrait. REMEMBER: Keep sketching lightly and comparing your drawing to the reference picture. Try to use your shading skills more than dark contour lines. All of you got off to an excellent start last week drawing the proportions of President Obama's face. Can't wait to see the finished portraits! --Rob