I like this image because it's small and doesn't have any details on it. -So you can easily see how all the parts fit together into a:1) Clear and easy to read composition (functional)
2) Each part - each positive part (trees, foliage, hills) and each negative part balance artistically against each other
in a pleasant design (artistic)
balancing art and function is the goal
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/06/howie-post-tree-king.html
Don't forget to give me a clickable link in the comments if you want to show me your studies. If it's not clickable it's less likely to be seen.
Here are some helpful Posts:
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/08/kurtzman-and-composition.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-bg-layout-note-hierarchy-of-form.html
44 comments:
Hey John
Just one question how do I make my links clickable?
Here's my first try.
I've been doing a lot of these exercises, and I feel silly for not posting any of them before now.
Hey John, great post.. I think it's a little out of my league at the moment.. still trying to get construction down...
Here's a link to my studies:
my stuff
Also... do you have suggestions for controlling the shapes of your lines when working on a Wacom tablet? On paper I don't draw quite as sketchy and it's pretty upsetting..
Well, here goes-
Click!
hello,
Just cheking if I learned how to make the clickable link.
see here
I worked in some constructions exercises... I will do the one of hierachy and composition right now.
Here's a link to my study:
link
Looks stiff, I'll try again later.
This reminded me of an old movie I've seen, and I remembered that the trees looked like they stopped on the second level of hierarchy.
Preston Blair Practice
Here are some of the Preston Blair lessons I did, I will put up more soon.
Okay... It's copyin' time!!
my study of hierarchy and composition
link here
thank you for the lesson.
Here's my try
I studied that Pigtales composition and applied it to one of my drawings
Composition study
Hi, here's mine
hierarchy practice
thanks
Good evening John, did my try at composition, you can check out my study here.
Took me a while to understand it, and did a couple of practices until i got the hang of it. What do you think?
Hi John,
Here's my attempt.
My second try:
link
Not as stiff, but less accurate.
I hope its not too out of line to offer up an opinion, being that I'm not in the class, and therefore don't have a drawing up, BUT....
looking at some of the posted drawings, the compositions look somewhat out of balance. Some of the compositions are leaning too much in the direction of the line of action.
Hope my comment is helpful, and that nobody minds my "out of school" comment, including our highly esteemed blogmeister.
Here's my Howie Post composition!:
HOWIE POST: NIGHTMARE
First time trying one of these practices, and boy does it show:
My First Try
Would all this rushed cartoon college have anything to do with a recent pitch?
Either way, it's a very generous and
novel thing to do.
Here's my crack at the Howie Post composition.
Click Here
John K. here is my version. Thanks for your comments.
cartoonclass101.blogspot.com/2009/08/hierarchy-and-composition-lesson.html
Here's my head construction study. If you could drop me a quick line, that'd be awesome.
Here's my attempt. Tougher than what I thought.
Iron Maiden:
WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOW UP AS TEXT
John:
OT but I saw High Tech Wreck today, first time in YEARS. Enjoyed it much.
my first attempt at the scene
link
Im having trouble with the horse
Here is my try,
Click Me
I just found your site yesterday. It's great went to school for animation and I have learned twice as much on your blog than in class.
Ahhhh my link didn't work. How does one do that?
Here's mine.
Hey, John! Here's my try at this!
study!
Hey John,
I've tried my hand at your suggestion. Here's the url, if you'd like to take a gander.
Hierarchy Exercise
Also, I did your suggested Preston Blair exercises about 2 years ago, but here they are in case you haven't seen them:
Preston Blair
cheers,
Rodrigo
mrpaal
And here is my try...
Thanks.
I hope you like it more than I do, I wasn't to confident in doing it, but there's something else there I want you to examine too.Link
Here is my Version. It’s done completly in Photoshop, but the Proportions are a bit of and I think it got a little stiff.
I really enjoy these challenges you set. I've given it a go and will be giving it a second go now I've learnt where I went wrong.
Thank you for the motivation.
link
Thought I'd have a go to see how I'm applying what I've learned so far:
http://www.whippey.org.uk/?p=80
Thanks!
Paul.
Hi John,
Great motivation. That Howie Post is a tough act to follow.
My Attempt
The cartoon college is a novel idea... may your endeavors bear much fruit!
I tried to take what I gleaned from this exercise and do my own composition, using the same characters.
Original Composition
Please ignore the crappy Horse. I just like to pretend that it has an unfortunate spinal condition.
That humbled me. A lot harder than it looks. Thanks for the challenge. For your review.
What the? How did that happen?
Anyway, here's my real link.
Hi John, here's mine
If anyone is wondering how to put links in comments, here's how.
Thanks for the info, Celeb.
Here's my sample.
click here
Hi John, here's my study
I know I came in late, but I'm still gonna keep doing your assigments
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