Aamina Khan MA Games Design

Since my last post I have been quite busy (especially during reflection week) where I had work and family commitments which prevented me getting as much work I'd like done. Instead, I chose to focus on the Design Research assignment as I wasn't able to put much time into my practical work. I had to email people working in my chosen field (concept artist). So far I have gotten 2 responses who are willing to answer my questions and look over my work. I have also started writing up 2 of the 4 class lectures to use as a starting point for my essay. I think doing the essay in small parts would be a better use of my time as I can also focus on my practice work at the same time. Last semester I ended up using 2 weeks of my time dedicated to the essay which I feel hindered my practice progress and I was overly invested in the essay writing to the point where it was the source of my stress.  I have been focusing more this past week on trying to concept a new character from scratch as ...

Finishing the last nine images of Mehr took longer than expected, but rather than spending more time on each image (in fact I spent less time on each one in comparison to the first nine), other plans simply got in the way of time I spent drawing. Anyway, I was able to finish them to make a total of 18 images. (I'm sure Jim would be happy that I managed to finish one of his tasks.) I tried a different approach to the first 9 as there wasn't really a clear structure to getting them done in a quick, effective way.  The poses I used this time are all from posemaniacs.com. This time round I chose to sketch all 9 poses first before doing any line art/colouring. I thought this would help as I could focus on one stage at a time and do them quickly. I wanted to see if this was more effective than my previous pattern of sketching, line art, colour, sketching, line art, colour etc. (i.e. not focusing on one pose until completion before trying to sketch out the next pose). The followin...

As mentioned in my previous post, I went ahead with picking a book character to concept from the description provided in the book. I went with Mehr from Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri. I thought this would be a good start as the book is set in a fantasy South Asian inspired environment and Mehr herself is South Asian, therefore it fits nicely into the type of characters I want to depict. I started by re-reading key parts of the book which described Mehr's appearance and making notes to help me visualise her. One of her key appearance's is her ritual clothing which she uses to dance Amrithi rites as part of her belief as a person of Amrithi heritage (a fictional race). Below is my first attempt at concepting this character. I tried to not focus on detail too much and also was mindful of how quickly I drew. I wouldn't say I am that happy with how it turned out as her pose looks awkward and I admit I was focusing a lot more on the colours than anything else: Afte...