November "holiday"

Hey everybody! I'm still here! I'm unemployed for the moment (new contract starting in December) so I decided to take November as something of a vacation. And three days into that I got bored and started a bunch of new projects. So here's some drawings from the costume lifedrawing, some library people drawings and other assorted doodles. The kid walking through the snow was a quickie that kind of expanded into sort of a new big-ish project. More on that in future posts. But for the record that's where it started at 5:00 in the morning a couple weeks ago.
The coloured thing is my rendition of Ulmo from The Silmarillion. I meant it to be a companion piece to the Morgoth illustration I did... heck I guess a year and a half ago now. Not sure if I like it as much as Morgoth but oh well. It's better than my first attempt. I'm having a real problem making ulmo look.... watery... like there's a sense of depth to the body of water. That's a hard thing to abstract as it turns out. I guess I should have tried some little colour studies before I launched into the full thing. Live and learn I suppose.

Happy Hallowe'en everybody!

And now Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado I take great pleasure in introducing you to Dr. Aleister Grisbane and The Creature! For the record all of The Creature's gears actually work and his heart DOES pump blood. Good times were had by all! Also note how Cookie Monster is projecting a beam of desctructive energy from his mouth behind The Doctor. We all barely escaped alive!










Part 2. Now the exciting and hopefully not overly vague conclusion to Skin and Bones! Kind of rushed the end here but... It's Hallowe'en! I'm tired! I'm curious to know if the premise reads at all.

Here are some pictures from the breakfast television set that my buddy Ben and I build for City TV. Good times. I am too tall to be shot properly on this thing though =P That mirror is a 2 way mirror so if the people there so desire they can make spectral images form in it. Not sure if they're gonna use that bit though. But I like to know it's there.



I will update this post with pictures of my costume as they become available since I've only done crappy cell phone pics of the makeup test up until this point.

Ooo, ooo, ooooooo......

Part 1. I've always wanted to do a comic. The reason I don't is overthinking. So my "strategy" here is to run blindly at a short, non committal subject based on Raffi's children's song "Skin and Bones." Turning out OK. But whatever. It's a learning thing.

Also this pen doodle is the final design of my Hallowe'en costume. it's looking actually pretty faithful to the design if quite a bit more elabourate (The helmet is epic)

Pics with Part 2. Hope you're all having a great Hallowe'en week! Go out and support your local Haunted Houses!

Something in the meantime.

Bloggy's looking a little bare this October right? Well in my defense I had a big portfolio deadline to meet and visitors over Thanksgiving. Talk talk talk. Well don't worry kiddies. I have a special Hallowe'en surprise for you in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for Part One. Part one of what?

New animation

Not sure how Edgarry this model is but it took me way too long to not post it. I cast thee off my table, animation.

Slapdash update

Well I tried to learn Open Canvas because I was told it was good. It is not. I say this because in the 20 minutes I spent with it I wasn't able to completely master it. I have no patience for learning you, program! So I finished it quickly in photoshop just to get something colourful on bloggy along with the usual assortment of doodles.

Doing the Negligence Raaaaaaaaag!

OK so here's a bunch of stuff. Lite on the drawings since drawing time has been reserved for animation. (Damn you Edgar!) However! I've got some other goodies.

*Pucca reel removed until I figure out whether I'll get myself in trouble for posting it

Here is a quick one-hour animation of a raven. Just for giggles I wanted to see how flash did at shape-tweening my keys. It was... not nearly as loopy as it could have been. Though it needed some help once or twice. Now flash if only you could shape tween a triangle properly I'd be very happy with you.
Also I'm going to throw this up there. This is the missing page from my online portfolio with some stuff from Class of the Titans. I reboarded a large chunk of this episode and I was gratified to see that some of the sequences turned out pretty well. I especially like Atlanta's line when she's talking to Archie. Here's the episode as well.
Wow! Did you read through this long somewhat uninteresting post? You deserve a cookie! Here! Have my first year live action film from college. Making this movie was all sorts of fun. The sound was added by a very tired me all in one live take at 5:30 in the morning the day the assignment was due. Which explains why it's so awesome. Special thanks go to Jesse Walker for letting me drag him across the cold cold ground. Oh also for ramming his face into the turf for the sake of comedy.