tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265655437608537952011-11-30T14:10:55.748-08:00Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207508449643534872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826565543760853795.post-57322365043734659922011-10-10T14:16:00.000-07:002011-10-10T15:06:59.699-07:002011-10-10T15:06:59.699-07:00<div align="center"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IbfjW-_O0A4/TpNUSgkh9EI/AAAAAAAAAa8/n_Bmd9kWQaM/s1600/dragon%2Bdesign%2Bevolution.jpg" alt="some text" width="170" height="1600" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">don't usually like sharing my development sketches with others. I just keep them in a pile on the side of my desk to use as reference.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At the same time one of my favorite things to look at is the development sketches from my favorite artists. Sometimes I'm more interested in the creative process than the actual comic, movie, TV show or whatever else the final product turns out to be.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One of the main characters in my current project is a young dragon who's been captured by the corrupt mayor of a port town. For the dragon's role he has to be more approachable and relatable than the standard fantasy dragons we all know.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Aside from his personality the only guideline the writer gave me was that he has to be a strong young male. The story also calls for the the main protagonist to be able to comfortably ride on him.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My first idea was to make him some sort of a mix between a generic dragon and a dog. Fisrt I looked at reference photos of other dragon designs and then went for a walk to check out some dogs in action. After that I sat down and started sketching.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Above is my thought process of how I actualized that Idea into a design I could use. Aside from putting it all together digitally I didn't edit any of this and I put up some sketches that I'm less than happy with. I'm not sure that this will be the final design for the comic yet but it's interesting (for me atleast) to see the development process.</span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">--Also, Google wont let me make this image bigger, sorry. </span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/826565543760853795-5732236504373465992?l=michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zdYj9nFo6oLLQlVTt2QTGvnckbw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zdYj9nFo6oLLQlVTt2QTGvnckbw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zdYj9nFo6oLLQlVTt2QTGvnckbw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zdYj9nFo6oLLQlVTt2QTGvnckbw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MichaelsEverdayBlog/~4/jgjWJr6Efj4" height="1" width="1"/>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207508449643534872noreply@blogger.com0http://michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-design-process.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826565543760853795.post-8792901136787571332011-09-21T14:30:00.000-07:002011-09-21T14:37:14.430-07:002011-09-21T14:37:14.430-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hQyrtmhj0H0/TnpYU59W-9I/AAAAAAAAAaI/9jMJe8_AzMU/s1600/09162011212.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hQyrtmhj0H0/TnpYU59W-9I/AAAAAAAAAaI/9jMJe8_AzMU/s400/09162011212.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654929398295886802" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm coming to an end on my current comic. For me, it's always really rewarding to spread out all the pages and take a look. A couple weeks worth of hard labor and it's all laid out in front of me.</p><p>On a side note, my camera phone sucks doesn't it?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/826565543760853795-879290113678757133?l=michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9l5QneI4Y1vtWHeV01V5QskVr4s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9l5QneI4Y1vtWHeV01V5QskVr4s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9l5QneI4Y1vtWHeV01V5QskVr4s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9l5QneI4Y1vtWHeV01V5QskVr4s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MichaelsEverdayBlog/~4/qHVYw1dsK6I" height="1" width="1"/>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207508449643534872noreply@blogger.com0http://michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/pages.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826565543760853795.post-24287675797574757652011-08-22T09:59:00.000-07:002011-08-22T10:29:08.159-07:002011-08-22T10:29:08.159-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J5ipiOlJIWw/TlKQytjhu0I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/nuW8-49yf9I/s1600/catondesk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J5ipiOlJIWw/TlKQytjhu0I/AAAAAAAAAZ4/nuW8-49yf9I/s400/catondesk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643732483945118530" /></a> <br /><p>This is Hallie, a stray cat we adopted a few years ago. One of her favorite places to sleep is on desks, preferably on important papers. Sometimes she like to cuddle with my pens, brushes , pencils, etc.</p><p>it's really cute--</p><p>if you don't have work to do. <br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/826565543760853795-2428767579757475765?l=michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sR6GstKHkBuHBwNn1lTOHfeNLp4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sR6GstKHkBuHBwNn1lTOHfeNLp4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sR6GstKHkBuHBwNn1lTOHfeNLp4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sR6GstKHkBuHBwNn1lTOHfeNLp4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MichaelsEverdayBlog/~4/aLY4sYF9Jzw" height="1" width="1"/>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10207508449643534872noreply@blogger.com0http://michaelseverydayblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-is-hallie-stray-cat-we-adopted-few.html