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Tommy's · Apr 20, 2011, 08:41 AM // 08:41

That looks amazing (and yes I will not restrain from giving compliments after all). Fun to see some returning characters you are working with. Really like the motion in that picture, I really need to learn to put characters in odd perspectives, because it makes things come to life so much more!

Smilin' Assassin · Apr 20, 2011, 07:57 PM // 19:57

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Originally Posted by Charlie Dayman

Guh, sorry guys. Been in the ceramics studio for about 14 hours straight for the past three days. No time to talk, but here's some cool progress pics of work from that class. High fire clay - currently drying and still needs proper carving.

Passing out for the next few hours, and back to work on illustration homework.

holycrap Charlie, now THAT is awesomeness~!!

and sketchy is fun, that mace resembles a goblet

Death By An Arrow · Apr 20, 2011, 11:54 PM // 23:54

Charlie, that sculpture is so unbelieveable. Reminiscent of Grenth meets Balthazar, the hands and the helmet that is.

But honestly though, this is too good for words. -slow claps-

Just out of curiosity, is everyone else in your classes as talented as you? Im just trying to imagine how ridiculous that class would be with such talented people.

Perynne · Apr 24, 2011, 06:07 AM // 06:07

Awesome sculpture and sketch, Charlie! All the hours you've spent on that sculpture of yours are really going to pay off, I can see that already. It looks very professional.

And hehe, yeah, art schools tend to be really hectic with the deadlines... I guess it's that if artistic people were given enough time to do everything, they'd either procrastinate and do it in a hurry anyway, or then take so many extra projects along with school work that it'd end up being the same thing. :P
At least, that's how it worked in my graphic design school... if the teachers weren't awake enough to swamp us with deadlines, then we were be plenty capable of doing it ourselves.

Charlie Dayman · Apr 28, 2011, 06:09 AM // 06:09

Stopping by here really quick again. A WIP slide from the Oz project. In the Kansas District with Dorothy and the Scarecrow with Emerald City in the bg.

Gotta go again!

Del · Apr 28, 2011, 06:16 AM // 06:16

Amazing work as always Mr. Dayman.

Tommy's · Apr 28, 2011, 07:09 AM // 07:09

I really love this, see how you adjust the colors step by step. Plus I'm in love with this style, the way you draw those characters, simply amazing!

Morag D · Apr 28, 2011, 07:20 AM // 07:20

I simply love her expression! There's haughtiness, disdain, unhappiness... all in one face. Just fab

Charlie Dayman · May 01, 2011, 05:17 AM // 05:17

Sorry I haven't been able to respond to everyone's post lately - winding down to the final 2.5 weeks of the semester. Getting swamped with work before final critiques. Though the good news is that some fun new stuff will be coming in here soon.

For our illustration class, we need to create four greeting guards for a mock avant-garde paper company. Sounded kind of "meh" at first, but I got the go ahead to create some fun little joke-fantasy cards. They'll be a mix between the style I've been developing in Char Design and my usual fantasy stuffs. Kind of playfully vulgar jokes - good stuff.

Char Design is still under development as I'm re-visiting the sketches I made at the start of semester, along with some new stuff. Currently making some fun little expressions sheets for Dorothy.

As for the Executioner sculpture, he needs to be done by Tuesday at noon. All the iron oxide I had applied for details actually turned the clay and glaze into a solid deep brown color, rather than a greenish discolored copper. Though that's also due to the clay I was using being rich in iron. Anyways, that's always the risk you sort of take with glazing things *shrug*

Either way, I've already started applying watercolor and acrylics to bring in that copper effect - and it's working quite well. I'll post some pictures on Tuesday night from the critique that includes the finished color, LED lights, and the dry ice effect. Looks significantly different than the last WIP shot. And on top of that, I'll also be making a sea creature installation for that class' final critique.

In the meantime, here's some preliminary sketches of the Oz piece I just posted. Just to give you an idea of the different views and poses I had to go through in order to reach the final version. Also a reminder showing you the importance of preliminary sketches before you jump straight into final layout:

Tommy's · May 01, 2011, 09:27 AM // 09:27

I love you...

InfestedHydralisk · May 01, 2011, 01:02 PM // 13:02

I think that guy is a stalker.
Also, lol @ that derp face.

Duranin · May 01, 2011, 03:27 PM // 15:27

You're an insanely versatile artist Charlie, both in art style and media. Love the detail on your clay school project.

Charlie Dayman · May 01, 2011, 05:50 PM // 17:50

@Toms: Oh you

@IH: Just goes to show how many poses I had to go through before I got it right. But more importantly how different the character's personality changes because of slight changes to posture. Pretty much the entire upper row in the Scarecrow page doesn't fit his character at all - comes off way too serious in comparison to how quirky he's meant to be.

@Duranin: Thanks, it's refreshing working on something different for a change.

Thistle Xandra · May 02, 2011, 11:15 PM // 23:15

That's pretty cool, Charlie, and somewhat reassuring that works of art don't happen on the first try, even with really great artists

Charlie Dayman · May 12, 2011, 12:58 AM // 00:58

Dropping in again and disappearing once more. Photos from my buddy in ceramics class.

10" H x 14.5" W

Verene · May 12, 2011, 01:07 AM // 01:07

Whoa.

That is pretty epic.

Charlie Dayman · May 12, 2011, 02:03 AM // 02:03

V: Thanks V, glad you like it

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Originally Posted by Death By An Arrow

Charlie, that sculpture is so unbelieveable. Reminiscent of Grenth meets Balthazar, the hands and the helmet that is.

But honestly though, this is too good for words. -slow claps-

Just out of curiosity, is everyone else in your classes as talented as you? Im just trying to imagine how ridiculous that class would be with such talented people.

Ah, sorry Death, I didn't see your question until now.

I dunno, that's kind of a hard question to answer because everyone is so stylistically different. That and the opinion is coming from me, rather than another person. I see a lot of cool and interesting things being made, but it's not often that I'm completely "wowed" by something.

As far as other opinions go, both my current and previous ceramics and illustration teachers just gave me feedback recently. Current ceramics said she rarely ever sees someone spend so much time and detail on their work, and that I come off as a more classically trained artist rather than the new breed of conceptual ones. The previous teacher commented along the same lines in terms of work ethic and how far down the line that goes.

Illustration said, reading from the note: "I've never met anyone with such a sophisticated and directed body of work in 371B. With the rest of your time at Long Beach, just try to get out of your artistic comfort zone (maybe you are already and you're just handling it really well?) and make something that has nothing to do with your portfolio as it exists now... Beautiful work this semester. Let me know if you need a letter of recommendation"

That's good news to hear, considering 90% of everything in that class and this semester has been something outside my comfort zone and new subject matter. So I must doing something right.

EDIT: I'm hoping to get around to commenting on everyone's threads sometime later next week. Next week is final critiques, so I'm hustling to get everything done in time. Haven't had time to sneak a peak at everyone has been working on around here

Invertation · May 12, 2011, 03:22 AM // 03:22

Is that a fogmaker I see there? Brilliance.

Del · May 12, 2011, 03:52 AM // 03:52

That sculpture is pretty gosh darn swell.

Charlie Dayman · May 12, 2011, 06:49 AM // 06:49

@Del: Thanks buddy, glad you like it.

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Originally Posted by Invertation

Is that a fogmaker I see there? Brilliance.

I was going to upload a progress shot showing how I did that, but the server is being stupid. What's not shown is that the helmet actually comes off, and that the body is entirely hollow on the inside. Inside the neck is a styro-foam(sp?) cup strip that's been cut and taped to a ziploc bag. The bag was filled with very hot water, followed by small chips of dry ice. Can't count how many times I burned myself and got blisters from the stuff.

Also forgot I had this sitting on my camera. Ceramic final for tomorrow that I had to speed through in two days. Needs to be installed in the classroom sink which is clogged with clay and other disgusting things for the final critique.