Gold! Gold!! GOLD!!!! Oh how beautiful :)

What's up everybody. Continuing on in the realm of color manipulation and understanding I decided to bring a bit of "bling" to this blog. This is a shot that I took at making metal/things with metallic properties. I chose a color on my color wheel and it came out gold/yellow due to a reference image I was studying to get an idea of how metal responds/reacts to light. I've been really learning a lot in the past 2 weeks and I plan on bringing everything I learn to you all. Demonstrating to the best of my ability. Hope you enjoy this latest addition to the Gallery! Stay Roge /;)

Another Colorful Adventure

Hey Gang. So first post of the week. I thought I would delve further into the mysterious realm of color again. This image however is done with the CMYK color wheel unlike the last post which was an RGB color wheel jump off point. For those of you who don't quite get what I'm talking about an RGB color wheel is the basic color wheel that you learn from Kinder Garden and on; and the CMYK color wheel is the color wheel that, I believe, most printers work with to give you more of a variety of colors. Anyway that's a conversation for another time :). This week's first image was inspired by a friend of mine who said "There's no worse moment than when you finally have something you desire only to have it be taken away from you." I felt that everyone could relate a moment in their life to this saying, so I decide to use a somewhat classic image of  misfortune to portray it. Hope yah'll like it! Stay Roge /;)

If I could direct your attention to the Header Bar Please :)

    Hey Gang. So, so far this is the vision I have right now for a Header bar visual. This is also my first, in a long time, color scheme based images. Usually I just run with it but this time I thought I would concentrate on trying to make a kind of color harmony between the compliments of Yellow and Violet(Purple). Let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Hope yah'll enjoy the latest renovation. Stay Roge /;)      

Baby Steps

Well this seems to be a good jump off point. I'm attempting to make my little space of cyber land here a welcoming and relaxing place to view my work rather than a grim dark void. Therefore with this change of color I feel I'm on the right path. I had a dream last night that gave me an idea for something to put on here but i have yet to figure out weather it will go with my theme of relaxation or not. Have you every had one of those dreams where you can manipulate an element? Well last night I dreamed that I could manipulate water at will! It was a really cool experience. Hydrokinesis I believe it's called. Imagine raising your hand and just doing that causes water to rise up in the shape of either a pillar or a wave just by you thinking it and directing it with just your hand. That's pretty much what it was like. Anyways sorry guys about not having a picture this week. I know how much you all like reading with pictures. I promise to have one next post. If not a part of the post, then a part of the blog maybe. Stay Roge /;) 

Due for Renovation

I decided, after contemplating some advice that I got from a viewer of my blog, to add some color and elements to brighten the place up a bit. You know make it more welcoming rather than a walk into a dark room which, to me, gives the wrong impression. Therefor for the next few days or so I will be working on things to liven up this little realm of space. keep on the look out for those changes I hope you guys like them. Stay Roge /;)

Quick Silhouette Test

This week I decided to end with a Silhouette test. I made ICONIC versions of my co-workers. 5 people this post and 5 more in a few days. I will reveal their forms in the coming weeks. The reason for this is because I have a couple of things to take care of this week so if the lake(blog) seems a bit ripple free in the coming days it's because the creative otter(me) is busy. Anyway I hope you like the shadow shot hehe. Stay Roge /;)

What is an Iconic Level Character?

As those of you who were here the other day, you know that I will be exploring the "Character Hierarchy of Detail"  and to kick things off nicely into a slow but fulfilling trip to the top of this lofty tower I thought we'd start at the 1st floor "ICONIC." An ICONIC character is one that is boarder line graphic in it's design. This means that it is made up of almost all basic shapes or variations of them. With this in mind this level of character, like in any character design level, needs to be recognizable/identifiable at a glance to know who they are (even as a silhouette which is basically a shadow). Some examples of this level of character design would be the Earily Micky Mouse from "Steamboat Willie"; Hello Kitty; or Kirby. Most of the time these characters have black orbs  for eyes and very little expressiveness capability. Since I know most of you like pictures when you read I've taken the time to make you a little animation of a character I made up just for this post. This is Suckle, he's a vampire bat, and he's happy to meet you. Hope you guys like him. Stay Roge /;)

Studying the Hierarchy of Character Detail

What up everybody! It's been a while. How are you guys? Sorry to have been away for so long but things have been really chaotic within, but now I'm letting my way be directed by the right source, the everlasting source, and now it's time to hit the ground running. I've been delving into my reference materials a lot lately and I've decided to take up a mission of sorts. I will be for the next couple of months exploring the Character Hierarchy of Detail as shown in Tom Bancrofts' book "Creating Characters with Personality." I have decided that each month I will exploring a level of the Character Hierarchy. This would consist of, going in order from simple to complex, ICONIC; SIMPLE; BROAD; COMEDY RELIEF; LEAD CHARACTER; AND REALISTIC. I will ascend to another level each month. My plan is to do at least 3 posts each week, so this, being the first, the next should be on Wednsday, and so on. These are two rough character turnarounds that I drew up last night of my spokes Character Roga and I. First Floor "ICONIC" Hope yah'll likes. Stay Roge /;)