In this lesson we started to learn about colouring and touched briefly on shading and colours that work well together. We were given one of marks drawings to colour in to get used to digitally painting in Photoshop.
Once i had got used to using a tablet and was comfortable using one we were then given the task to design a completely different character which this time needed to be coloured and needed to have a background. We were given two weeks to complete this assignment as it was a bigger task that the a fore mentioned assignments.
I was very happy with the way my finished character turned out considering i had only been using a tablet for a few weeks. Below is the final piece i created;
For the following two weeks we continued to focus on the proportions and features of a human body and looked more into details of the face and where each part should be in relation to the rest. We also began to learn about how to use Adobe Photoshop and all the features that were available within the program.
In order to do the next task we needed to purchase a graphics tablet which allows the user to create drawings/paintings on the tablet which will appear on the computer screen. The one we were advised to purchase as starting artists was the Wacom bamboo which is a cheap graphics tablet but very good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wacom-Bamboo-Pen-Graphics-Tablet/dp/B005TYVS4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354759427&sr=8-1
For our next task we needed to create a non- colour, black and white character which this time needed to be done on Photoshop with a graphics tablet. I enjoyed this assignment as it was a chance to try out a completely different style of sketching and although it was frustrating at first, it was very effective once the basics had been learnt. Below is my final black and white tablet drawing;
