MEATSPACE MAGAZINE
illustrator
[ Mar to May 2021: My art in a magazine! ]
Meatspace Magazine was a college magazine club created by Ryan Johnson, another senior in the SJSU Animation program. Every week for a semester, we would meet up and share progress on our magazine contributions.
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Here's some of the ideations I presented to the team.
I picked the seemingly immortal but invisible tardigrade as my subject matter for "The Unseen World" edition of Meatspace Magazine.
Using 3D to get a sense of scale
Now that I had a decent grasp of Maya, I began using the software to create mock compositions and lighting reference for my illustrations.
Looking back, I probably should've matched the scale and camera angle of the final illustration more to this previs. All's well that ends well, right?
Expectation...
...reality.
Don't forget about the gutter in a full-spread illustration Bradley, you stupid %$#!@*#