by Henrike Dijkstra | Feb 2 2015 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics
What’s typical for comics (and some other narrative art forms) is that you’ll be drawing the same characters, props and locations over and over again. For a lengthy scene in the same place it can be tricky to come up with nice, new compositions for each...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Dec 10 2014 | Blog, Overcoming obstacles
Hello all! I’m back from my trip to the US. I went to the CTNx animation expo in Los Angeles. It was quite the adventure. I’m so happy I have met a lot of my fellow Oatley Academy students and some of the teachers in person. We had a great time hanging out...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Sep 29 2014 | Artwork, Overcoming obstacles
Hello all! A short blogpost for you today. In the next month I`ll be hard at work finishing my portfolio before CTNx and want to really dedicate the time to that. In between I might participate in this project: More on that later. I`ll be making the first few pages...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Sep 8 2014 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics
When making a comic, a lot of decisions have to be made. One of the most important ones is deciding on the way you`re going to present your comic visually. This is often called the art direction. It`s a term you hear a lot in, for example, animation. This is where...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Jul 28 2014 | Blog, Overcoming obstacles
I`m back! With another subject for you to chew on. First, look at these two pictures: The left one was drawn a year ago, the other is from a few weeks ago. What is different about these two sketches? To me, the one on the right has much more energy in the lines, and...
