I'm Beginning to See a Car Trend Going On...

...And by trend, I mean another animation shot involving a car as some sort of MacGuffin / prop. Well actually, I think it was either my girlfriend or one of my roommates that pointed it out (whichever one of you did, sorry for forgetting!).

This shot is an initial rough pass of my newest assignment for Animation Mentor: a two-character dialogue, roughly 288 - 360 frames in length. Mine features a young teen on his first driving test...oh the memories. Anyway, before I start reminiscing, press play and enjoy!

(P.S. - This is just a rough blocking pass. On shot #4, I think I'll have the Old Guy holding his fist up from the start).

Bad Drivers Have Arrived!!!

Here it is: the final shot for my AM monologue assignment! At last I polished up several areas -- popping in the left arm, jitters on the head, uneven arcs in the baton, etc.

There are still some areas that could use work. The left arm does a quick bob at one point (around "wrong side"). I should probably step through the animation and watch the cigarette's arc, as well as clean up some areas on the face. Also, I'm not too wild about the background, but it's waaaaay better than what I was using from before (a so-so modified version of a cool photo taken by my sister; it looked OK, yet readability = KEY and unfortunately the animation clashed with the image).

Enjoy!

Bad Drivers...Are We There Yet?

Here's the latest update of my shot! Needs some more finessing, and the left hand does some funny movements around when the characters says, "country...wrong side...", etc. Enjoy!

Bad Drivers...Won't Stop!

Hiya everyone! Here's the most recent pass of my monologue assignment for Animation Mentor. The final -- which is just the body motion -- is due this weekend. Next term, I'll be continuing on this shot by adding facial expressions, mouth movement, etc. Enjoy!

Sister's Wedding Caricatures

My sister will be getting married this coming summer (congrats, sis!), and she commissioned me to make caricatures of the wedding party for she and her fiance's website. Hope you all enjoy!

Bad Drivers...Again?!?

Yep yep, here's the reblocking of my latest monologue shot. Background is turned off; it was kinda distracted, and so I'm working on something different. For the time being I'm just using the car and the general. Enjoy!

Bad Drivers

This is my blocking pass for a new monologue shot I'm working on, for Animation Mentor class #4. Hope you enjoy! (In case you're wondering, the audio is of Michael Caine from the original The Italian Job).


NOTES:
- Car rig courtesy of sudhi3d and creativecrash.com
- Background image courtesy of my sister, Cate Ryan, from one of her photo albums
- Props and character rig courtesy of AnimationMentor.com

The Holy Trinity Drawing - Revisited

A while back I had painted an abstract piece based on the Mercy Me song "I Can Only Imagine". Also, I had drawn a cross based on the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity. Then God granted me an epiphany -- why not combine them together? The results are above. Enjoy!

P.S. - Special thanks to my girlfriend Nina who gave me advice on finishing the halo! : )

Writer's Block Final

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen of the jury...my final version (at least for now) of the pantomime shot for AM class 4. Still needs work here & there...but then again, when does animation ever get done? Anyways, enjoy!

P.S. - Happy All Saints' Day!

The People of Burbank

As the title suggests, I was out sketching people in Burbank. Lots of interesting folks! Enjoy.