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Sunday Sketch

January 5, 2015 By Kevin Thorn 2 Comments

Every Sunday around here is that kick back and relax kind of days. It’s a time to reflect on the previous week, and think and plan about the coming week. It’s also the day I sketch the most.

Meet Gorlon.

#1 - Gorlon

I draw or sketch daily as it is, but Sundays tend to get more time devoted to it. Some of my best work has come from lazy afternoon Sunday sketches.

While this is not an official resolution, I thought I’d share my Sunday sketches this year.

My sketches usually start with just moving my pencil across the page to see what starts to happen. In this case, I started with a circle (head). From there I drew the curved line down right arm down to his hand. I really don’t know how a sketch will form but I knew this was going to be a random character with that second line after drawing the circle.

A few more lines and several adjustments, the character’s personality begins to form. This is the exciting part of the sketch as now I start to think about who the character is, where they’re from, and their back story.

A recent academy graduate of the Island Sentinels with the rank of two, Gorlon is faced with a tremendous obstacle!

That’s as far as this story goes for now. The fun part of these little character sketches is to continue building a story behind them. What’s he looking at? As a recent graduate of the academy, how did her earn the rank of two? What’s that tank for on his back? What’s the tremendous obstacle?

I encourage to find a few minutes once a week to just free sketch. You’ll never know what stories you’ll find at the end of your pencil.

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About Kevin Thorn

Chief NuggetHead, Kevin Thorn is an award-winning eLearning designer with over 30 years’ experience in the training industry. Kevin earned a Technology Management degree in pursuit of an IT career. With a pencil in his pocket, his interest in technology mashed with his passion for visual design, he founded NuggetHead Studioz, LLC. The Studioz is a custom design & development company providing services in instructional design, storyboarding, eLearning development, Articulate Storyline training, illustration, graphic design, storytelling, cartooning and comics.

Comments

  1. Paul Baldwin says

    January 7, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    Hello Kevin.

    Your ATD program attracted my attention since I’ve been using storyboarding for years as an instructional design tool in a workshop I teach. Now I’m torn between attending your session or another workshop for which I’m already registered. Hmmm.

    I’ve enjoyed viewing your website and hope to see you soon.

    Best regards,
    Paul S. Baldwin, PhD

    Reply
    • Kevin Thorn says

      January 7, 2015 at 3:59 pm

      Hey Paul,

      Storyboarding is more of an art than a science and I’m always interested in hearing how others approach the process in their workflows. Along the way I share all the tips and techniques I’ve learned.

      The good news is you’re registered for at least one workshop. I’m sure the program staff will let you switch so it’s just a matter of choice on which is the most relevant to your current needs. Good luck and hope to connect soon!

      Reply

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