Glen keane

Glen Keane is an artist, author, animator and illustrator, who was born on april the 13th 1954, in the city of Philadelphia, United states. He developed a keen interest in art from a very young age, and received a lot of influence from his father, due to his occupation at the time as a cartoonist. At a young age, he applied for a course at the California Institute of Arts - School of Life Drawing, and through a mix up, applied for the wrong course (Film Graphics). However, after being accepted, Glen decided to remain on the course, he was mentored under the teaching of the animator, Jules Engel. After leaving CalArts in 1974, he joined the Walt Disney Corporation, and retired in 2013.

He is widely renown as a Disney legend, and was given this honour title by the Disney corporation itself. He has produced a large amount of work in such movies as beauty and the Beast, Tangled and the Little Mermaid.

http://jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/Glenn-Keane-portrait-web.jpg < image reference at this link.

Although his occupation as an animator tends to shadow his other work, he has, (and does) create reportage style pieces, that include human form, very similar to how myself, and other students have drawn humans from observation.

Below I will show a few examples of his reportage work, which includes human form.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/fantastic-gallery-of-glen-keanes-personal-drawings-59697.html < image reference at this link.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/fantastic-gallery-of-glen-keanes-personal-drawings-59697.html

The image above, is a reportage watercolour painting, that I created in the style of Glen Keane's own personal reportage style. I used the example image that I included with his research as a reference point.



Thomas.

Conclusion of Unit

Over the course of the reportage unit, I have felt my skills grow very quickly. By experiencing sessions such as life drawing, group outings, and experimenting with different techniques and materials, I have widened my comfort zone as an artist substantially. Before joining the course, I would never have even attempted to draw a human figure, but now I believe I am a lot more confident when it comes to human form and anatomy. I have pushed myself to complete many sketchbooks and objectives, and because of this my ability has improved dramatically. I believe this course is beginning to unlock the potential within me.

I also believe my general basic drawing skills have improved, I now spend more time on a drawing, whereas before university, I would have tried to complete a drawing in a set time limit, usually rushing sketches, which I never found worked.

I have really enjoyed this unit. I hope to expand on my studies,  I think I will continue creating reportage artwork in my own personal time. I really enjoyed creating pieces with charcoal as well as graphite pencil, however I wish that I used paint more in my studies.

Thomas.

Trip to Bradford

This blog is a post about the first trip that myself, and the illustration group went on. This was a city visual culture trip to the city of Bradford.

http://www.railwaysleepers.com/files/images/product/Bradford.jpg < image reference at this link.

Bradford is a city south of the university, close to the city of Leeds. And we went as part of an introduction/educational trip. We visited several areas in Bradford, most notably the Bradford industrial museum and the national media museum.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/f5/41/4d/bradford-industrial-museum.jpg < image reference at this link.

My own image of a train, from Bradford industrial museum.

My own image of a camera, from the national media museum.

It was a very educational day, and I enjoyed it very much. there was loads of things to see and do, within both museums, as well as the actual city, and it was a perfect opportunity to add to my reportage sketchbooks.

Reportage sketch of the exterior of the Bradford industrial museum.

Thomas.

All sketchbooks done.

I am very happy to note on my blog, that all 10 reportage sketchbooks have been fully completed. I even did an extra one, so thats my reportage done.

Thomas.