Speed drawing-Figure gestures

I always wanted to capture the movement of the human body, always trying to make illustrations based on real gestures but I was a bit naive thinking I could do it without practising first. So after lots of frustration I figured to try making some quick sketches with the help from images for reference. At this point I have to thank my dear friend Georgia for introducing me to these amazing figure drawing videos in youtube that have a timer for every pose. So some of the above sketches have been made in 1 minute and some of them have been made in 10. I used my graphic tablet to make them (wacom intuos), because I find it easier to work this way. So these are the results of my work unter the presure of time :p

Lizard-man

This was inspired by a tv show that I'm watching, called "Face off". The designs of the contestants are simply amazing so I thought "why don't I create my own monster"? And so I did. I had a huge difficulty drawing the hand. At this point I have to thank my awesome boyfriend for doing the hand-model for me :p (I really need to take some live drawing lessons again). The tail was difficult for me to draw too, I didn't have a model for that though because my boyfriend doesn't have a tail (shocking)! All in all I don't know if I like it yet because I got frustrated while doing it. Maybe you like it though :p 

Demon

Hello there! I finally finished this concept art that I came up with a week ago. I wanted to do something different from the other illustrations that I usually do just to test my skills, so I figured a demon is definitely going to be different! But I'm pleased with it. It has been actually really fun making this because I just got my first graphic tablet (wacom intuos) and I am sooo happy! There hasn't been a day that I didn't use it :p So no more drawing with a trackpad! I can make digital drawings properly now! I really hope you like it. It would be great if you followed my blog, leave a comment or share this post on Facebook, twitter etc. See ya :)

"This is my design"

Well if you're watching Hannibal (the series) you should know what this illustration is all about (I hope so :p). And if you are not watching it, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I am obsessed with Hannibal and the actor Mads Mikkelsen because he is AMAZING! Hannibal is actually my favourite villain, I can't wait until the next season's premiere! For the ones that have no idea of what I'm talking about Hannibal is a serial killer (and I think a psychopath) who tends to kill and then eat his victims for dinner. He also feeds his guests with them. Sometimes the way he does it seems so perfect and delicious that I'm getting a little bit of worried because I want to be there and eat with him :p The actor's face was so influential that I just couldn't resist! I used the above picture of the actor for reference while doing this illustration in Photoshop cs6. More specifically I started by sketching a bunch of Mads Mikkelsens in my sketchbook in order to make the illustration exactly as I imagined it! It might not be perfect but I feel so proud of myself for making it. I hope you like it :)

Filming Day

What a day! Last weekend me and my friends had to film a short film for the purposes of the course “Film Production”. At first me and my friend, Mike had to go and prepare the scenes where our film was going to take place. So we driven all the way from Limassol to Nicosia (Cyprus), at his grandmother house to clean and to see what would work and what wouldn’t in our movie, the angles, the lights that we were going to use etc.

On the second day the rest of the team came to meet us at the filming location, where we all shot the scenes  of our film just to make sure exactly what we were going to shoot. We knew that we didn’t have enough time to make everything perfect because our actors told us that they were going to be available for only 4 hours so we had to do everything that we could in order to make the best of it.  

We had the chance to work with two of the best actresses of Cyprus (some people might say). They were professionals, they acted so well and we all had a blast!

It was definitely an amazing experience and I would love to do it again! 

Another project

                     

The purpose of this project was to create an imaginary commercial for a festival using Autodesk Maya. So I decided to create a commercial for a music festival that would contain music from all the decades and would take place at Limassol marina  (Cyprus). I had so much fun making it, the hours that it took me to render the whole thing though was torture, especially when I knew that the deadline of this project was getting closer and closer. Fortunately I managed to finish it in time and this is the result! I hope you like it! 

Το γάλα

                     

This is a short film that I made for the "Film Production" course. Unfortunately you won't understand the point of the film unless you understand Greek so here is a small narration of my short film.

A guy wakes up a morning to realise that he's out of milk, thus he must drive to the supermarket to buy some. At his way to the supermarket though, he runs over another guy who already bought milk and kills him. I had so much fun filming this short film and I hope this shows in the video.