Final Santa claus

This is final piece for the christmas card design. I didn't know what to put in the background so i left it blank.

I combined the bike with the skull. 

With santa i thought it would look good if he was riding the bike but wasn't sure it would catch the viewers attention. So i made him stand with his arm crossed instead

Sketches

replacing the bike with a deer skeleton

quick sketch of a chopper and a deer skull

Learning about the curve of santa claus

Quick sketches of santa claus and a reindeer

Also had some ideas for final piece

- SteamPunk style

- The Grinch putting on santa costume

- Santa riding a bike/chopper rather than a sledge 

Santa claus MoodBoard

This week’s brief is to produce an image featuring Santa Claus that will be used as the CGA Christmas card

Final plane crash

Day time

Night Time

Composition

My Brief:

Your scenario is: an aircraft (Boeing 747, American Airlines) has crash landed in New York, (Lower East Side area). The plane has come to rest smashed into a building. The fuselage is broken but largely intact. Parts of the aircraft have broken off and rubble and wreckage is strewn around with some smoke and fire. Our hero character (white male, 30, dark hair, T shirt, jeans) was onboard but has miraculously survived the crash and is standing stunned before the wreckage (to give the scene scale, drama and a focal point for the viewer). The director isn’t sure which time of day will work best for this scene and wants you to produce alternatives for him to consider.

perspective drawing

3 characters sample

To get better at perspective, I had to draw a line that connects the ankles, knees, shoulders etc

Drawing a box dude is a basic learning of perspective, where the line is coming from

Started off with a small thumbnail drawing of the box dude then after, cropped it for the final

 

This time the horizontal line is at the box dude's knee

 

Research for plane crash concept

looking at different fire and trying different technique/brushes

 

 

Analysing the image and see where would the plane coming from and where its crash

Quick sketch of broken airplanes

A sketch for a white guy with dark hair wearing a t-shirt and jeans

Not sure if i should go for injured or shocked

Found this 3D model online

Google map

This is the composition that I wanted for my final piece

Lower East Side New York

Searching/looking for the suitable angle for the plane crash site and how it would catch the view attention

American Airline

Boeing 747

Looking at car crashes for the scenery

Fire and smoke

extra bits to make the scene looks more interesting

Aftermath of plane crashes - to see the direction where its coming from and perspective