Studio15

New Challenge for the year.

2010-04-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

Design a space ship using insects as refrence!

You have 2 weeks!

DUE DATE MAY 6

remember it dose not have to be fancy just get a good design and if you have time make a final render.

Old man challenge

2009-09-14T12:00:00.001-07:00

2009 Challenge 1: Land Shark!!

2009-01-28T09:47:00.000-08:00

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 1: Design a possible Landshark. In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 1 there are these guidelines:

1. Create a Landshark - that would work, could be mechanic, organic, or whatever you think of
2. Be as Creative as you can, think outside of the box.
3. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
4. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Friday February 6th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate

Sketch Crawl:1

2008-11-10T14:00:00.000-08:00

Sketch Crawl:1
Will be located at Cogswell. We will start at school and branch out from there, drawing or painting the surrounding area.

It will be on Saturday November 15th from 12:00pm-4:00pm.

Be sure to attend and bring your drawing buddies.

Challenge 6: Art from text

2008-10-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

ART FROM TEXT.

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 6: Art from text (take a text from an excerpt and illustrate it). In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 6 there are these guidelines:

1. Pick a Phrase, or Word, or Paragraph, or Character Description and Create from that.
2. Be as Creative as you can, think outside of the box.
3. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
4. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 5th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate

by Dick Duerrstein

Challenge 5

2008-10-14T00:09:00.000-07:00

Controlling Proportion.

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 5: Controlling Proportion (4heads,6heads,8heads). In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 5 there are these guidelines:

1. Show your control of Proportion, make 3 characters (1: 4heads high, 1: 6heads high, 1:8heads high)
2. Use the heads high comparison, and construction to hold the proportion.
3. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
4. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 29th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate

by http://danidraws.com/

Challenge 4

2008-10-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

Design a Hero Due or Villain Trio.

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 4: Hero Duo or Villain Trio. In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 3 there are these guidelines:

1. Design a Hero Duo or Villain Trio.
2. Get Reference, Batman, Superman, Darth Vader, Lex Luther, Captain Underpants.
3. Draw an Original, DO NOT COPY YOUR FAVORITE. Instead use your favorite as inspiration to create something new.
4. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
5. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 22th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate

By Irem Games, Jaleco , Konami , Sega Games , SNK Games , Taito

Challenge 2

2008-10-02T12:17:00.001-07:00

by Jonathan Hoekstra

by sam sandoval

by sam sandoval

Challenge 3

2008-10-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

Design a Whimsical environment, or character, or both.

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 3: Whimsical. In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 3 there are these guidelines:

1. Design a Whimsical Character, or environment, or both.
2. Get Reference, look at Doctor Seuss.
3. There is no limit on how crazy it can be.
4. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
5. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 8th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate

by Xiangyuan Jie

Self portraits challenge 1

2008-09-24T23:03:00.000-07:00

By Andrew Jennings

By Austin Brown

By Jonathan Hoekstra

By James O'shea

Challenge 2: Heavyset

2008-09-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

Make a heavy set person, studying gravity.
Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 2: Heavyset. In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 1 there are these guidelines:

1. Create a Heavyset person: studying weight and gravity.
2. Get Reference, it will help.
3. Try to stress the gesture in your pose.
4. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
5. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 2nd! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate
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Meeting notes

2008-09-12T15:31:00.000-07:00

Wednesday
sketch crawls:
Sketch crawl1: Here at Cogswell out doors and around the Area
Sketch crawl2: At a Zoo (preferably San Fransisco, but maybe San Jose)
Sketch crawl3: Hill top in San Jose.
Teacher Demos:
Dave perspective,
Jeff Demo portfolio.
Projects:
Tale of survival a mouse Story(African Safari style)
The Tale of Loki

Friday
Add suggestions for Challenges on Blogspot.
Change the Meeting times so people can attend.

Challenge 1: Self Portrait

2008-09-10T19:20:00.000-07:00

Greetings Challengers,

Thank you for participating in Studio 15's Challenge Arena. This week is Challenge 1: Self Portrait. In Studio 15 Challenge Arena there are only two rules:

1. Don't let this interfere with your schoolwork.
2. Have fun.

For Challenge 1 there are these guidelines:

1. Create a Self Portrait, from a live study.
2. Avoid Photo Reference.
3. Try to make it as realistic as possible, if you can.
4. There are no restrictions as to what medium you may use, (3D Modeling, pen and paper, house paint, macaroni and glue, etc.) it is up to you.
5. Don't make anything offensive or "possibly offensive."

DUE DATE is Wednesday the 24th! (You can turn them in before that if you would like.)

If by Email you must send them in a DAY BEFORE its due.
My email is Cogswellstudio15@gmail.com

If you have any questions please contact me via this email address or via my cellular telephone 408-712-6112. Invite your friends to participate.

We will all meet next Friday, September 12th around 2:30PM after Figure2. To talk about up and coming events, dates and so on.

This is an Example from last term, thanks to James O'Shea.

Up and coming events

2008-09-08T14:14:00.000-07:00

Up and coming events:
Challenge 1 of this year
Gnomon DVD workshop
Sketch Crawl 1
Demos by Instructors

Meetings

2008-09-08T13:28:00.000-07:00

Our meetings will be on Wednesdays from 9pm-10pm we will be leaving salon to start it, then another meeting on Friday from 2:30 till we decide to end.

Welcome to Studio 15

2008-09-04T10:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Studio15 this club is designed to help students progress in there art by peer review.
Practice makes perfect as they say and we will be issuing challenges to help you advance in your art. We will also be having a Gnomon Dvd workshop day, and we will hold a Few sketch Crawl events, along with Demos from some of the instructors here at Cogswell. Feel free to bring in any books/ materials/ or anything that peeks your interest that you think the club would like to see, for Example links to some of your favorite artist, or the Concept art book of a movie or video game.