since i had these saved, thought you guys might like to see a step by step for this cover.
i was actually super proud with the rendering on the back, a little bummed it doesnt really show through with the tattoo on it haha. but hey, its all about the final product.
The Last of Us: new screenshots and concept art
Naughty Dog has released new screens are artworks from their upcoming survival-horror title ‘The Last of Us’.
Hello fans of Anime Backgrounds. My name is Christopher Middleton, and I’m the creator of this blog. I’m really happy so many people are enjoying it! I’ve temporarily broken the constant stream of backgrounds to ask for you guys help with a project of mine. A few weeks ago I launched this Kickstarter
It’s a choose your own adventure motion comic that I’ve been working on in some form or another for about a year now. I’ve finally got enough to try to seek further funding, but I still need a lot of help. Here’s some of the work from the project.
That’s basically what it’s going to look like. The video above can give you a better idea how the end result will look. The hardest thing on a project like this is just getting the word out. I hope you guys can help out by checking out the project and backing it if you like it, as well as sharing this post. I’ll be deleting this post once the kickstarter is over to preserve the uniformity of the blog. I’ll also continue to update Anime Backgrounds probably at least once a day, but until then I really need you guys’ help! Thanks!
Please help support this project! :)
For project updates check out my company fan page here.
*Update Thanks everyone for all your help spreading the word about this project, you guys are AWESOME! Also there is a cool new tier! :)
Check out more of Helen’s work on her tumblr here.
What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?
I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!
I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!
If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!
Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.
I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.
Be good, and see you soon!
PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.
ルパン三世へのファンとしての愛情をどういう風に表せばいいかを迷っていたら、やっと考えついた。銭形警部も入れてメインキャラがちょうど五人いるんだから短歌にしてみました。コイツとコイツに脅かされてマーべルコミックスのキャラも入れたり。
字余ってないのに、流れ等が短歌らしくないのを悔しく思うが、外人なりにこれ程のものしか作れないと言っとこうかな。
気に入ったのなら是非フェースブックのページをフォローしてください。宜しくお願いします！
Dudes, I love Lupin The Third so much that I took a shot at writing a tanka poem. And I got so inspired by my buddies Jake and Jake that I added Marvel characters into the mix.
And in case you were wondering, here is a rough translation:
O, thou noble thief
Picking a fight with justice
Ever in Training
Require but a single shot
To steal whatever you like
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