Character Final; PI Kricket

So this is the final for P.I. Kricket. As I have been told it could use more detail in the buildings and also the shadows are a little off. Other than that I think it turned out pretty well.

Prelim Vector and Finished Vector PI Kricket

A preliminary image of the PI Kricket character. The first is only a profile, and the second was my first attempt at a different angle for a final version.


This is my final for the cahracter. I htink its great, it worked out a lot better than I thought it would. :D

Prelim PI Kricket

So here are some drawings of PI Kricket. It went through a little metamorphosis in design, but I am overall happy with it.

Character Ideas

When I was first told that we would be creating our own character I was a little overwhelmed. I had never designed my own character I was really sure I would be able to do it. My first ideas were of doing an stick insect. But I wasn't very confident about this idea and it didn't stick for me. (link goes to image of a stick bug)


http://funkman.org/animal/insect/stickinsect.html

My second idea was doing a bipedal sort of cricket. However this was preceded with the name of my character. A friend had recently introduced me to the BBC show Sherlock. I honestly loved the show and so when I was thinking of creating a character I had also been thinking about making it a detective of sorts. The first thing that popped in my head was Detective Cricket, but I thought that was too forward or obvious. The the second thing that popped in my head after that was P.I. Crik. It's meant to be a shortened moniker for Private investigator Criket, however I quickly decided I was not liking the "Crik"... So my last and final idea was just to change it to P.I. Kricket. After this I had to come up with a character design. So I looked up photos of crickets and photos of the original Sherlock Holmes character.


http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1890


http://wedangjahe.info/cricket-insect-drawing/


http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/field-cricket.html

About Me

Hello everyone! My name is Taylor Hartwig and this is my blog for Art141abcd at El Camino College. First a little background information; I'm 20 years old, I live with family in Manhattan Beach, and I like long walks on the beach, lol. Some goals for the class would mostly be to gain some understanding of the Photoshop program. I'm currently a Photography major at Elco and this, I feel, is a necessary part of what photography is today. However as of right now I have very little knowledge of the program. After I'm finished with school at Elco I plan on transferring up north to either San Fran State or San Jose State. After school I'm not quite sure where I'll go with my photography, but where ever I decide I'm sure I will be content with it as long as their is a camera in hand. Thanks for Reading, expect more soon.

Artist A Day

So for class we are to choose an artist, that we liked, from the Artistaday.com website. So I browsed for a bit and found sculptor Edouard Martinet. Searching the Artistaday.com website I wasn't sure what I would find, but when I saw the thumbnail of his mechanical looking fish I was instantly hooked. There's just an amazing amounft of detail put into his work that I wouldn't expect becuase of the materials that he uses which consists mostly of scrap metal. Looking at his sculptures I can only wonder where the parts came from. Enjoy the photo below, and a link to his Artistaday.com page.





http://artistaday.com/?p=11193