Action Illustration

After completing the rotation animation, I am now heading back to the original task I set myself of doing a series of action shots of Nick Carle. The figure I depict is to be based on the character style guide I created for myself. This is my first attempt at such an illustration. While I like the dynamic movement suggested in it. I am not sure I have got the likeness of Nick completely correct yet. So I better keep on drawing then! Cheers everyone.

Animation test

Well to say it has been a while since my last post would be an understatement. But there has been a reason for my long absences from the realm of blog land. I have been working on a basic animation exercise. A few weeks ago I started doing some character studies based on the Australia football player named Nick Carle. After completing these drawings I realised I had the key frames to a basic 360-rotation animation. Over the following weeks I drew the remaining frames needed to complete the animation. I then coloured and assembled the frames. The final result is this cheeky little GIF.
To see my basic animation in action just click on the image above and watch it rotate hypnotically.
I have never done an animation like this before, so if anyone has any comments or suggestions please do not hesitate to drop me a line.