Getting All Handsy!

So this was the lesson I wasn't really looking forward to, but one I really needed to go to. I'd never bothered to draw hands properly before, it always used to be quick squiggles, especially on my own characters. Most of these sketches look horribly inaccurate, but since then I have been drawing hands more and I think I'm slowly getting better.

Also I don't know whats going on with on with the hand in this one (its just weird), but the elbow isn't too bad!

Brace Yourselves!

Hey everyone, sorry but I'm going to be bombarding you with posts about my work until Monday. The reason for this is that I need to hand in my sketchbook work through blogger. Sorry I didn't post all of this before, I got distracted by news of Doctor Who, Marvel, Once Upon a Time etc…

Exaggerating and Creating Characters

I really enjoyed this lesson. We didn't have a model so we had to pose for each other, I think this was great because we got to know each other more. I think the best bit was that we could create any character we wanted.

It was during this lesson that Franki suggested that I start using a different colour (blue) to draw with. By doing this I could, at a later date, work over my original sketch in a darker colour (purple).

Once we had our model back, we continued to create characters. We decided she was a doctor with some sort of secret…

Up to this point I had quite literally used random shapes to exaggerate our model's body. Thankfully my lecturer told me to notice the position she was in, take my time and not be too extreme in my exaggeration. I'm glad to say I got the hang of it.

For homework we had to choose our favourite sketch and colour it in using Photoshop. I chose the last sketch I had done in the lesson because it was Tim Burton inspired.

Once I had coloured it in Photoshop, I then stuck it on a suitable background.

Doctor Who: Hide

Clara and the Doctor arrive at Cailburn House, a haunted mansion sat alone on a desolate moor. Within its walls, a ghost-hunting professor and a gifted psychic are searching for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears throughout the history of the building, but is she really a ghost? And what is chasing her?


Doctor Who, tonight at 6:45pm on BBC1

Nightmare in Silver: New Cybermen Details

Nicholas Briggs has revealed some details on what we can expect from the redesigned Cybermen in series 7.

Briggs, who is voicing the Cybermen in upcoming episode Nightmare in Silver, gave away some titbits at the recent Lords of Time Convention:

• Briggs said the new Cybermen are not from an alternative universe
• These Cybermen are a departure from the Cybermen from the previous episodes
• The new Cybermen don't speak as much. The brief was the "new voices must be scary"
• Briggs recorded voices in the style of the original Tenth Planet Cybermen through a vocoder - and also in the style of Tomb of the Cybermen. He doesn't know what will end up being used

See the full panel in the video below. At the start Briggs also talks about the reason behind changing the voice of the Ice Warriors.

Taken from: Doctor Who TV

Intriguing Hints on Clara Mystery

Jenna-Louise Coleman has dropped some intriguing hints on the ongoing Clara mystery.

First she revealed that it is more than just a coincidence that Victorian Clara's birthday is the same date in November that Doctor Who first aired (as shown on her gravestone in The Snowmen).

Coleman told TV Guide: "In the christmas episode, I didn't know why that was the case. But again, we will find out by the end of this series. But it's really exciting - [the series finale] is phenomenal. My spine was tingling when I read it. Again, I'm teasing you so badly here, but there's the beginning opening sequence, which [is] kind of building up into the 50th. It's just huge."

Jenna also revealed that the TARDIS not allowing Clara entry in The Rings of Akhaten will be addressed: "The TARDIS and Clara have a relationship. Actually I don't think we've talked about this in interviews before. It's something that's running through the series.

"Instead of it being like, 'Does so-and-so like Clara?' The TARDIS and Clara have a bit of a face-off. So, the Doctor is obviously bringing back somebody new. I think we've done a whole additional content scene of me talking to the TARDIS, and the TARDIS is making fun of Clara. They kind of have an argument. They've got a relationship individual to the Doctor where they have a dialogue."


Taken from: Doctor Who TV

Reunited: Jemma Redgrave Returns for the Anniversary Special

We're delighted to reveal that Jemma Redgrave will be returning to Doctor Who for the show's fiftieth anniversary special. She previously apeared in 2012's The Power of Three playing Kate Stewart, the daughter of the legendary Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

Jemma is part of a brilliant cast that is already known to include Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman who are joined by the returning David Tennant and Billie Piper plus screen legend John Hurt and Joanna Page. Filming is underway on the special which will be a 3D spectacular shown later this year.

More news about the adventure very soon!


Taken from the official website.

Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten

Clara wants to see something awesome, so the Doctor whisks her off to the inhabited rings of the planet Akhaten, where the Festival of Offerings is in full swing. Clara meets the young Queen of Years as the pilgrims and natives ready for the ceremony. But something is stirring in the pyramid and a sacrifice will be demanded.

Doctor Who, tonight at 6:15pm on BBC1