Zoo sketching

Coypus (ger: Biberratte) at the Berlin Zoo

Caricatures

With digital drawing in Photoshop I always use a range of colors that I want to draw with. In this case black, white and different kinds of grey tones.

A first I capture the silhouettes to get the right proportions.

Roughly I draw the dark parts oft the photo, shadows and later on the light ones.

After that I start sketching the details. The eyes and glasses...the hair...the wrinkles...adding more shadows and more lights...that way I go on until the sketch is done.

It is indispensable to use various brush sizes: thick ones for the rude sketching and thin ones for the details. It is also wise to zoom in when you are going for the details. 

Try and enjoy it!

 

The Revenge

In this project I combined clay animation with 2D animation to tell a short story. There is also some live action happening… well check it out:
The Revenge from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

traumFIGUR

These are some excerpts from my first animated short film "traumFIGUR" (literally translated "dream figure"= perfect body) from 2012. 

It's about a model dreaming about cupcakes while getting prepared for a fashion show.

The film is a mix of an animatic and short animated sequences. It was a great opportunity to try out After Effects.

With the music selected at the beginning, the images followed all by themselves.

You can watch the video on VIMEO:


traumFIGUR from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

This story came up during my previous studies in fashion design. I saw many women and girls who had to constantly pay attention to their weight. Just no sugar and definitely no carbs! 

I noticed that even more on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, behind the scenes, where almost every model just looked whacked and starving.
It always has been hard for me to accept the fact that so many women restrict their lives to such an extent only to land on the runway or in fashion magazines.