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Giant Sketchdump.

I’ve experimented with ways to post my sketchbook on these blogs before and most of them haven’t really be successful. So the easiest way i found was just to upload each page separately. 

Some notes. 

Well for a long time now i’ve been wanting to ditch that damn micron and switch to croquil and now i have! Sure the micron comes out clean and controllable but it just isn’t as fun, plus you have to do way too many restrokes. 

The first set of images are from my mini book, a sketchbook i can keep in my pocket and pull out whenever. Most of these are from life. they feature personalities like Sebastian Agudelo and a lot of drawings from Jeans Cafe. 

The next set, on spiral bound brown paper, is my Mainbook. Which isn’t a full sized 8x11 but 5x7 or something like that. Take a lot of notes, work out a lot of thumbs. This sketchbook i wanted to make it a goal to try to have presentable drawings (Drawings that would actually be interesting to look at) because a common criticism of my work is that it doesnt get ‘finished’. So i’m tackling that problem head on and learning how to finish my drawings. I would like to keep to my other goal and make each page cohesive to a purpose rather than just doodle a dude in 3 quarters. Less than half of these are from life, which i wish i was doing more in my main book. 

Last 3 are forays into digital painting/drawing. Just Quick doodles except for the one with the girls. really want to get better digitally, maybe i need a new tablet. The last one with the girls is one i’m pretty proud of though. I plan on taking it to a finish.

Alrighty that is it. Animatic update coming shortly.  

Small Animations

Good Days everyone. Over this week i’ve done some small animations, one that is just a test and another will be a more finished loop when the time comes. 

Some little notes on both of these little pieces. 

The Character design credit for Crabby there goes to my good friend Josh CianCiulli. you can find his stuff here https://vimeo.com/user7035079. I animated the frames on paper and then inked it with a micron on said frames. I was debating to myself whether I should ink with illustrator (a program i do not know how to use) or photoshop or sketchbook. In the end I went with the traditional route because I didn’t want to compromise my accuracy. Sure the scanning process is a pain, but bigger headaches are avoided. 

Second little thing is sackboy doing a little back dash (hop). This model i made from the ground up in maya, textured and rigged him myself. This latest class in intro to 3D  talked about keyframe animation. was relatively easy to get him to do what i wanted him to do, but it still takes time.  I wish i had the capabilities to make 3D animations independently, but I lack the knowledge and the pure computer power to make that viable. 

Next post: Animatic update( and maybe more sketches)  

The Return of Sketches!

I’ve started these blogs mainly to post my sketchbook stuff and other drawings over time. So here they are!

Junior Thesis Progress I

So we are well off into the new year and unlike 2011 I’m going to make 2012 really count. So I’ve been wanting to blog consistently for a while and i made some sketchbook dumps long ago and i want to continue that along with a couple other features that document my growth as an artist. 

This is the first in my long term project progress documentation for my junior animation film final. 

So the gist of this piece is about a man dealing with super crazy phenomena. My goal is to try to tell a very simple story with decent visuals.

I see a lot of great work out there with deep stories. Telling stories is hard, really hard. You don’t get an understanding on how hard it is until you try it yourself. So I’m just concerning myself with the basics with this piece and i’ll try to develop something deeper next year.

As for progress on this piece I have all my layouts done and a handful of key frames. There will be an update around tuesday time.  

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