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selection of your art, captions for each piece and a photo and bio of yourself to [email protected]I find that doing
a traditional piece
helps commit a
scene to memory
Sketchbook Finnian MacManus
CHURCH
IN PORTOFINO, ITALY
“A longer gouache study that took around
an hour. I find that doing a traditional painting
helps commit a scene completely to
memory, which then can go on to
inform aspects of digital and
commercial pieces.”CLASS DEMO
“I took the form language and
colours of an earlier marketplace
sketch and showed students how to
do a call-out design, which is
important in a video
game portfolio.”
SSE SPICER
“For the Spicer project I wanted
to show the ship flying through alien
worlds. These sketches symbolise
different palettes, and helped me
determine the most successful
‘world’ to explore.”