Presentation: Mae Besom





Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

Project 4: Children's Book




Creative Brief

This was an illustration I had done a couple years back that inspired the idea of "Commander Kitty."  This illustration was made for a friend a few years back, but it still something I would like to emulate in "Commander Kitty."
The Story

Today, Commander Kitty is setting out in her ship to space.

But she is feeling a bit nervous. 

While Kitty sits on her bed, her parents come in to see what is wrong.  They ask, "Are you ok?"
Kitty replies, "I'm scared. What if something goes wrong?"

Commander Kitty's mother and father hug her tightly. 
"You can do this," they tell her.  "If anything happens, you just have to stop.  Take a breath.  And think.  If you get stuck, there's another way to get through your problem."
Kitty giggles and nods.  "You're right."
"Now," her parents say, "Let's get you to your ship, Kitty!"

Commander Kitty waves goodbye to her friends and family as she gets on her ship.

"I can do this!" she says as she blasts off to explore all of space with a big smile on her face.




Research

Thumbnails
Rough:  Back and Front Cover
Back and Front Sketch

Back and Front Cover: WIP
Back and Front Cover: WIP (edits)

Rough: 1 and 2
1 and 2 Sketch
1 and 2 WIP
Rough: 3 and 4
3 and 4 Sketch
3 and 4 WIP
3 and 4 WIP (edits)



Rough: 5 and 6
5 and 6 Sketch
5 and 6 WIP



Rough: 7 and 8
7 and 8 Sketch
7 and 8 WIP

Finished (And if the image doesn't get big enough:  Please open this link)



Project 3: Portrait





Time Log  
10/26-10/27: 1.5 hours Research + Creative Brief + Thumbnails + Roughs
10/31: 8 hours Sketching 
11/1:  1.5 hours Fixing Sketch/Working at the Composition
11/2: 6 hours Fixing Sketch + Coloring Rough 
11/3: .5 hours Starting to fix up David Bowie to look like himself
11/5:  1 hours continuing to work on David Bowie + Now working heavily off picture reference
11/7: 4 hours working on just trying to get David Bowie to look like David Bowie... 
11/9:  4 hours Finished Rendering David Bowie
11/ 10: 2 hours Worked on finalizing layout
11/12:  5 hours Worked on making final preps for rendering, started rendering last part
11/13:  10 hours Worked on background and rendering last part
11/14: 9.5 hours Finished Rendering, reworked final edits to help with Hierarchy


My creative brief
my word list
moodboard
thumbnails
three roughs
sketch

Rough

Reference
David Bowie Rendering WIP 1
David Bowie completely rendered for the most part
relaying the background in class

placing in old sketches and providing myself an idea of what I need edited in class
fixed David Bowie's eyes to look in the right direction, made a tighter sketch of the other figures to render easier
background in place for most part
WIP of rendering

finished piece

actual final, did final edits