Famous Frames

Ernesto Melo:

http://www.famousframes.com/artists/showArtist/221

I enjoyed looking at Ernesto Melo’s work. What got my attention the most was the simple designs and the confident line work in his boards; which reminded me of the animations I grew up with, like The Iron Giant (1999). He uses a variety of interesting camera angels and compliments it with explicit rendering. There are quality examples in the Animal folder; page number 2 is my favorite. Drawings on this page are very simple, but the characters are very believable. The expressions on the sheep’s faces, or the way that the dog is looking in the camera are the details that make Ernesto Melo’s work very strong. His choice of color palette is also brilliant. His environment folder has some nice coloring. 
I wanted to see more of his artworks so I found his blog. There are more examples of his artwork on that:
http://ernestomelo.blogspot.com/

Here are my Blue Bird Thumbnails and the 3 rendered frames...

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The artist I chose from Famous Frames is Philippe Collot, who worked the storyboards on the Chevrolet and Blue Moon Beer commercials.  I chose him because his work, though it did not stand out as much...there was still something about his dynamic angles used in the car one and sketchiness that really made me feel like it was a rough but great storyboard.  They are a bit sketchy but still clear to read for the car one, and the beer one is colored and done with excellent beat boards that shows he can both draw and color if needed.  I know my coloring skills are very weak, so I admire that he can not only color his work, but can also do the traditional type style and still show how powerful it is whether it is toned or not.

Though I can’t say his work is distinctive, his line quality is very nice and can be both fine and scratchy. But when he colors it shows his he can make it clean and use the colors to really pop out the boards. That is another thing I have to work on, refining my lines and making sure they are not always sketchy looking.

BlueBird 3 Rendered Boards

Hello Everyone! It took a while but I am on the blog! :D Here are the re-done rendered boards I had to do for he Bluebird project

It takes a lot to do realistic or more toned stuff, so please anyone advice or help is always welcomed to make these better! Thank

where he sees the bird

Notices a bunch of birds above him

running from birds

FamousFrames – Mark Millicent

Famous Frames – Artist: Mark Millicent

http://www.famousframes.com/artists/showArtist/93

At first glance, what I like most about Mike Millicent’s style is the strong emphases on his line work, which is really the foundation of all his drawings. Then with color, he comes with loose strokes similar to using markers, but you can tell most of his work is digitally colored. I really like the vivid colors and simplified rendering he’s chosen to stick with in which creates his distinct style. Not too overly rendered that is quick to produce. What I also like about his style is in his overall composition choices, he keeps a consist balance of space in every one of his drawings that is very pleasant to the eye. Lastly, I really enjoy seeing all the projects he’s done using animals.

Blue Bird StoryBoards

Latest Blue Bird

Please enjoy the latest version. Thank you everyone for the great critiques today!