Fred Palacio - env WIP

Work in progress environment Design class.

C.D.A. week 05 - Environment Sketching

Some homework in progress in environment sketching classes...

C.D.A. Animal Anatomy - Page Museum

Anatomia de animais:
Mais um report sobre as aulas na C.D.A. para esses tres meses de crash courses !
A aula de hoje era no Page Museu de Los Angeles. Jonathan Kuo's objetivo era de comencar a desenhar com referenca real. A primeira coisa: simplificar todas formas que vc ve com as formas mais básicas (cylindro, box, sphere etc...). O exercício e simple, assimilar a estrutura dos animais a partir da observação. Se uma duvida existe sobre o funcionamento o a forma do skeletto e so se aproximar para enxergar o sujeito real, duvidas que artiste que trabalha a partir de foto nao consegue tirar. Em seguinte e desenvolver um pensamento simple com as formas mais complexe, e como um Shortcut visual para assimilar uma coisa.
E finalmente e um processo repetitivo de acquisicao de conhecimento o que facilita na criacao de personagem o criatura em pre-producao na hora do desenho.
Bom e isso para hoje, desculpa se o portugues nao esta perfeito ! Happy Halloween !
Abs a vcs !

CDA w03 - Vasquez Rocks

Some Pics from Vasquez Rocks Landscape Painting (1 hour drive from Pasadena)
Mike Hernandez was doing a gouache workshop, I wish I could take it but I couldn t miss 3 classes...so next time maybie. Mike Hernandez is art director and production designer. Look at his homepage !!!

C.D.A. week 02

Week 02 at C.D.A. and LAAFA . Homework done for all classes. Here is a view of Pasadena ( you can see far far away Los Angeles Downtown.). I ll try to post more classes specific topics soon. Abracos a vcs !
The midle foto was done at Eaton Canyon, 30 min bycicle from Pasadena Center, as I arrived there I was sweeting so much it seems I just jumped into a swimmingpool. But well, Leighton Hickman s lecture are as they should be, precise and relax. It s all about doing the task and make mistakes, than be aware of them, learn and correct. First exercice on location is study with a limited palete (5 values scale, monocromatic). This helps you decide for a good composition, focal point, helps you improve making choice about witch value you will group together in the painting as is it imposible to paint the reel value scale. So again think simple and have a plan !

Check the article he wrote here: http://theartcenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/leighton-hickman-introduction-to-plein.html

C.D.A. first week... A new start

Bye bye 3d on Maya, bye bye AfterFx, bye bye render bugs.... here is my new configuration: sketchbook and tablet.
After 2 years of metallurgic industry, moving to graphic design, switching to 3D, motion capture and advertising, now time as come to be a painter/designer and before all a traveler.
First week at C.D.A. was an refreshing, instructive and heavy in homework and let me aware of one thing: I dont know anything at all :-p
David Colman said something that can be the conclusion of the first week lessons,
"Drawing is more thinking than actual drawing", its not about drawing skills but more about observation...
So think simple (simple shapes simple volumes, simple means to push design) and...do your homework !!!