Illustration Friday : Entanglement

I've known about Illustration Friday for years, but I wait until finals to get my druthers to produce something. Go figure.

(and I get the word wrong: It's ENTANGLED)

Because of the timing though I kept it simple: no inks, and only a few minutes in the sketchbook beforehand. It's basically a finished sketchbook page the internet told me to draw.

Just like the ones I do during lectures or the bar.

Tonight it was a good excuse to listen to Patton Oswalt on NPR, draw Crumb shaped girls, and hopefully jog my brain into thinking more about scenes without a script in front of me.

Hope I find the time to do it again, hopefully with ink and color.

Maybe even an actual sense of perspective!

None Of Them Knew They Were Robots

My experimental animation final has me teaming up with Mark Crnolatas, my old running buddy from comic book days. It's about an old folks home, and if you've ever found our stuff funny I think you'll be happy with it.

It's coming along nicely, even If I would prefer to do it in After Effects (I hate any art form without an apple z option nowadays)

Here's a walk test:



Notice how 2 steps in: I remember that he's supposed to be old. The fingers need to be toned down, and i could use some recoil on those steps.

(all things I could fix with apple z)

Here's his costar:



I'm really trying to push the contrast between the two, which is difficult given the limitations in my puppet building skills.

I've got two weeks to build a set and get this thing filmed for the final, but it feels really great to be working with friends again.

Even if it is across the country.

Lord Send Me A Mechanic, If I'm Not Beyond Repair

My very first (un-tutored) After Effects animation.

I only had one week to pull together 3 seconds of animation, and my Jack Kirby collection was in Cleveland, leaving the Captain America cartoon for another day.

(providing I can ever afford a computer that's not broken)

(which is why the number of posts have dwindled, don't worry so has my music downloading.)

Since I have no new ideas (scotch took care of that), I went with a reworking of the banner at the top of the page.

(Which for some reason: every time I drew it the guy looked overly Asian. Fearing coming off the wrong way (I'm not sure if enlightenment is a negative stereotype) I went with the most "American" guy I could think of.)

Anyways, hope you like it.

I'll take my comments of the air.

The Evolution Of Macho Man

Photoshop Composite for Animation 101

Daedalus Your Child Is Falling

Experimental Animation project three: Paper Cut-Out

Lust

Experimental Animation project four: Pixelation

Level Up

Experimental Animation assignment number two.

I can't sculpt, my hands are too clumsy. I usually can't reach the last few Pringles either.

But I think I'm beginning to understand timing.

Which is one of the 12 principles of animation, which is how I like to refer to it.

I'm studying the twelve principles of animation. Like I had to traverse a gauntlet, and defeat a minotaur to capture yellow scrolls where it was all written down.

Makes me sound important, like I've discovered the Wu-Tangs secret.

Maybe one day I'll be like Doctor Strange. Meditating in an incense filled room on the twelve principles of animation.

Wearing a Bugs Bunny shirt.