Fraser Maclean

14th Feb 2017 Fraser Maclean came into our university and spoke about concept designs and how to make a good concept art and what he did/ does for a living.
It was an absolute pleasure to meet and to speak to Fraser, where his joy for life, makes you smile. He inspired us all in different ways, as well as informed us about making good concept arts. Things I have not considered before, but I believe it will be with me for a long time.

He started talking about his time working in Disney and what involvement he took part in the process of making, who framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Space Jam (1996) and Disney Trazan (1999) Icon films that defiantly was involved in my childhood. He mentions the fact we are animators, but we shouldn't forget to draw, draw, draw, because drawing teaches you many things - such as reflections, shapes, size, things that we need to bring into the virtual world. Now I am going to draw things, particularly looking at reflections, shapes, positions, training my eyes to understand these things and have a better understanding.
He spoke about character -concept arts and the common mistakes. He sees all the time when people design for characters, especially in DeviantArt. He suggested we need to think of the backstory of our concept art, making it visually appealing shouldn't matter. What matters is... does it communicate the theme?, does it have a personality from just looking at it? Things that made me question my concept art and got me re-thinking on it. He also mentions can the character actually function with these material things on their bodies- such as the props does it look off balance, How does your character interact with other characters? - Things I have I am training myself to look at for.

 He told us to look at different places, we are in London, take advantage of the things we have around. Go to Galleries, theaters, ballet, libraries. Things that will open our minds to new creative things. Don't just look at artist's work but also from the real world, where we live in.

LET'S GET CREATIVE!

Once again. it was a pleaser to spend time with, teaching  us the treats of the trade.


Reference; (image)
http://www.richardkeithwolff.co.uk/_photo_14454978.html