Animal/Monster Portraits: take two

After having so much fun with your photoshopped animal/human portraits, I've decided to let you do another animal project. This time, using Adobe Illustrator.

I want you to create either ONE highly detailed animal portrait -OR- a series of THREE lightly illustrated cartoon-ish animals. You may use ONLY Illustrator and these may be as realistic or as cartoonish as you like. Feel free to have fun with this project! Perhaps you'd like to create some characters in your favorite style of Japanese animation? Maybe you have a favorite cartoon from your childhood who's world could use a few more creatures? Or you could possibly want to create a nicer, more realistic portrait of an animal. Any of these work for this project!

I am going to also give you the option to create MONSTERS instead of animals, if you so choose. If going this route, I expect them to be VERY creative!!!

You may NOT copy existing characters. These must be from your own imagination! They may use the same style as existing characters, but must be new characters to that "world." I am giving you some creative freedom here, so don't make me regret it. :)

Feel free to research the style you'd like to use during class today and get started. We will work on these both today and Wednesday in class. They will perhaps be due on Monday of next week with Wednesday being the absolute latest. I will decide that based on how hard you work during class today and Wednesday.

If you would like to sketch your characters/animals on paper first, that is highly encouraged!

HOMEWORK:

• Work on your character design!