Pre-Quarter Assignment

Posted on by Thang Tsz Ching, Janelle

I used to play around in DeviantArt. There, I found one of my favourite illustration artist, NukeRooster. He is an artist who focused on painting creatures digitally. I am also a creature artist so I am fascinated on how he paints, the gestures and the textures on his creatures. He successfully caught every details that a creature should have, granting it a realistic kind of feeling. I am often inspired by his style of art and how he drew his creatures, not only the painting style but also helps me to learn on shapes of creatures. His creativity blew my mind when I saw his commission works at first sight. He would take commissions on designing creatures for the clients, at the end the creatures designed by him will be owned by the client. This commissions work like a pet shop. His creations are mind-blowing. He encouraged me to push even further to improve myself and someday, I hope to become someone as great as he is.
(He is inactive in dA now, I found that he is more active in Tumblr.)

https://www.deviantart.com/nukerooster/

https://nukerooster.tumblr.com/

These are my favourite drawings from him. 

^ My all-time favourite one ^


Pre-Quarter Assignment

Posted on by victoriacourchesne

Goro Fujita

For this Pre-Quarter I am going against the grain by selecting one of my favorite artists currently instead of “all-time”. Goro Fujita has recently in the past year become someone who inspires me every day to create art. His art in the creative VR platform Quill manages to escape the limitations of the screen and impact viewers on a global scale. His scenes usually have a since of wonder and beauty crafted into them with each brushstroke. He is a self-claimed illustrator and art director, but he is most known for his revolutionary work in Quill and being one of the program’s first pioneer artist’s.  Since the creative platform is in it’s infancy, Goro has acted as a mentor for all who are trying to learn the program as he gives many free tutorials online along with livestreaming his work in process videos. He is one of my favorite artists because through determination and will, by practicing every day, he has become a great artist and chose to share what he learned with others.

-Victoria Courchesne

Check out his work here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/virtual.animation/

https://twitter.com/gorosart/status/1157040847050936320

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbTQ4StJhp1RDisqUTuJSZg

Pre-quarter Assignment

Posted on by Eunhae Mary Park

My favorite animator who is Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki is a Japanese animation film director best known for his works at Studio Ghibli, which he co-founded in 1985 with Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. His large body of works each contain several, but different messages that concern the world. These themes include nuclear power, the environment, war, morality, friendship, family, and self-identity. Miyazaki’s films are consistently made for children and a large body of those films portray young girl as the main character and hero. Among those works is Miyazaki’s representative film, Spirited Away, 2001. Spirited Away shows the journey of a young girl who feels like she has lost everything to find herself and protect the people important to her. Spirited Away is seen to be one of the greatest movies of the 21st century.

Eunhae Mary Park

Pre-Quarter Assignment

Posted on by Julia Reymundo

My favorite animator is Hayao Miyazaki, who is well-known for his works as the animation director in Studio Ghibli. His works have inspired me to pursue 2D animation. When he started out as an animator, it was from the 1960s till the 80s and the animations he produced were amazing for the time. After observing his works, his animations had character within the movement of each frame. It was simple yet very complex. To show these movements during this time was really phenomenal. The most notable movies he animated on were Lupin the Third (1972), Doubutsu Takarajima (1971), Soratobu Yuureisen (1969), Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko (1966) and many more. Here is a video featuring his animated works.

Regarding his illustrations, there is something whimsical about it. There are so many intricate details when looking at the world building concept illustrations. One notable thing about his art is his use of ink and watercolor.  Through the medium of ink he is able to use hatching to show dimension clearly. In addition, he is very skilled with watercolor which he uses to not only color but show even more demension. Each illustration tells a story, with how the way the setting feels and its composition. There are illustrations that feel melancholic, exhibit curiosity, or even nostalgic. The worlds he creates are full of life. These are seen frequently in his concept art for his Studio Ghibli films such as, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Spirited Away (2001), and The Wind Rises (2013). These are the films that were directed by Hayao Miyazaki. His films are very well known among different generations of people and have left an impact on them.

Julia Reymundo