SamSzymSketch

[Samszym]

Heyo Daggers! Thanks for checking out my sketchbook!

Here's a little background: I was somewhat active in this group under the name vertical until roughly a year ago when I started being a student in TAD. I've learned a lot from the program, but thanks to my good pal Forrest Imel I've recently realized that without doing personal work to apply what I'm learning I won't be able to improve very much. So here I am, ready to start participating in the group challenges, making some friends, pushing my limits, and working my ass off!

I want to work in the animation industry. My end goal is to work as a storyboard artist for an animation studio, ideally on an awesome TV show like Adventure Time or Gravity Falls (though working on features would rock as well) and maybe make my own T.V. show, but that's far and away. Here and now, my main focus is on improving my skills. I need to get better at everything, but right now the subjects I care about improving most are my shape design, composition, perspective/construction, storytelling, and my work ethic.

My secondary goal is starting to earn some money, so I'll start building a portfolio for freelance illustration, and possibly one for storyboarding and a demo reel for animation.


And I might as well say, my tertiary goal is to lose some weight! I was sort of fit in high school, but I've always been overweight and now's as good a time as any to change that, starting with improving my diet and running more. So I guess I'll be posting that progress here too! (at the time of writing I'm 6'1" and about 250 pounds)


Okay, thanks for your interest to anyone who actually read all that. on to the pictures! Mostly homework, with some sketches and doodles. Next update I'll have a WIP of a personal piece I'm working on.


and here's a link to a little jump animation I've done: http://youtu.be/8gBFTbT5dnU

I really appreciate any comments you got, be they greetings or a crits or advice or a challenge to a children's card game. Thanks again for taking a look at my work, Seeya 'round daggers!