Mark Cullen

Creative Technologies

Digital Content Creation – Still Image

ME ME ME

• Graphic and Product Design - College• Advertising – College and work• Classic and Computer Animation – College• Set up Torc Interactive• MSc Computing and Design• Multimedia Professional. VAC, GFR, O’SR• Torc Went Professional• Nov. 06 University of Ulster• Academic Fellow and Freelance Everything

You You You

• Sign in Sheets and blah….• Course Overview

– 100% Practice Based – 3 Projects 15%, 40%, and 30%– 15% portfolio Based (weekly tasks)– 100 Hour Scheme (Around 8 hours a week)– End of Module Exhibition

• Quick Discussion

Today

• Equipment requirements • Get Familiar with my website and sign up• Take a look at some PDF Books (Loomis)• Quick look at Character Design• Set task for next week

Equipment

• Sketchpad. A4 for use with scanner. A3 for rough work.• Pencils. 2H, HB and 2B.• Rubber• Black Pens 1.0 and 0.5/0.3• Digital Camera• Scanner• Graphics Tablet• Removable Storage• Blank CDs or DVDs• Laptop/Desktop Computer

My Website and Resources

• http://www.manifestcg.com/2010• email: mark@manifestcg.com• General News and stuff• Tutorials and Session Files• http://www.designatmagee.com

The LOOMIS Books

• Free to download• Invaluable resource• Reference them Regularly• Practice the technoques• Anyone can draw!

Exercise for next week

• Take Loomis’s books and go over some of the exercises. “Figure Drawing for all it’s Worth” and “Drawing the Head and Hands” in particular.• Have at least 8 pages of sketches done!• Keep the lines loose• Do not do 1 sketch per page!• Make sure construction lines are showing• Draw some objects from reality and some from your head.