Jon

Feedback: I'm happy with the scene choice but I think it's still lacking a bit in detail. I also think I could have done a better job with perspective, particularly with the background receding lower in y-distance to simulate depth. I think the colors could have been chosen better as well, with it being pretty high saturation, especially given that this scene is supposed to be taking place at night. That said, I'm glad to finally have caught up on assignments!

On the right, the character is gliding through the air using his puffer jacket to breach into a high security area. Alarms are going off so he didn't go about this in the best way, but he will use his agility and excellent night vision to escape and try again another day.

Four profile views of character.

Feedback: I wanted the puffer jacket to represent the new world and the trapper hat to represent the old world. I definitely could add more detail not only to make the character more unique, but also to sell the idea of the apocalyptic setting. In order to help catch up on assignments, I used a mouse and just adjusted the digital pen's width for different parts of the render. This does have the effect of making it look more cartoony, which is a tradeoff I'm okay with making at this point.

3 character design sketch idea silhouettes with theme of mixing old world + new world.

Feedback: It would have been nice to flesh out this world a bit more before diving in and adding in objects. Right now it feels a bit cobbled together, but I think there is a way in which the "old world" "new world" ideas mix together more cohesively. I took inspiration from old Russian bars as well as more modern "gaming" type cafes.

Rechargeable standing battery (two angles). Used by robots to recharge themselves. Uses lithium-ion, which is a very valuable and expensive resource.

Feedback: It was interesting to redraw a render from a floor plan I created online. It definitely made the perspective work much easier. Out of the two perspectives, I'm more drawn to the one on the left because it feels like what an actual person might see if they walk into a bar whereas the other view looks more like a security camera angle. I was a little light on world details so I'd like to add them in more thoroughly in the following assignment.

Desc: AI Robots surviving in a post-apocalyptic ice age have created a flag based on training data (which come from a US-based database) to represent their colony. They found that the number '7' is cited as particularly lucky, which they lean on heavily in their (generated) design.

Feedback: I realize upon looking at the assignment description that the goal was to make variations that look natural. From that perspective, I don't think I necessarily succeeded as the variations clash by virtue of having different palettes and aesthetics. That said, I do feel like the results look somewhat playful and interesting because of this clash. If I were to do it again, I'd probably have the mockups be a bit more similar so the results converge to a more consistent look and feel.

Also, yay for being back in good health. Looking forward to working on some more 2D art assignments over break.

Fictional world where you gachapon random plants stored inside of skulls

Feedback: I'm definitely more comfortable with pixel art so this assignment was more in my wheelhouse. That said, when the colors were unlimited, I found I was a bit unsure how to go about shading. It would have been nice to really go all out with the last design's colors. I'm happy more or less with how I went about choosing colors and using value, though I think I could have pushed the silhouettes a bit more (all the characters are more or less squarely centered).