Last month I had the pleasure of working with Tom Paxton yet again, this time for a short animated segment for the intro to "Bruni & Vergier Against the World", featuring Team Lapierre and directed by Aaron Bartlett.
I did the character design, clean-up and backgrounds, Tom handled storyboard/layout, rough animation and compositing (colouring was a joint effort). The animation process was perhaps a little unusual, but suited us - Tom quickly worked out the timing and rough poses while I could concentrate on getting the characters on-model. This gave Tom more time to work on compositing. We worked around 14 days on it. Tom Paxton - www.facebook.com/tompaxtonanimation Aaron Bartlett - www.creativeconcept.tv/ Team Lapierre - www.facebook.com/teamlapierre?fref=nf Bruni & Vergier - www.facebook.com/bruniandvergier/info?tab=page_info Time for new business cards, and went for a shiba inu theme - look at him go! And here's the rough, before I was given the idea to have the shiba running. For more of my art (and even non-art *gasp*), head on over to my Instagram. You can even follow me if you so wish!
Trying something a bit different while playing about with Toon Boom. Just a work in progress, so will be tweaking and adding to it... but I actually sort of like him without arms!
Harpy Gee is a gorgeous comic by Brianne Drouhard (www.harpygee.com).
I think fanart is a great way to stretch artistic muscles and see where I need to improve, but without feeling too much pressure. Very relaxing way to spend a cold, rainy evening ^_^ A few snaps of where I work from home, complete with stunning view. For anyone interested! The desktop background is taken from Steven Universe (gorgeous show). Also, my desk is set at an angle, which I like for drawing (as I personally dislike drawing on a flat surface), but means I have had to tape my 2nd monitor to the desk (with a small block underneath to level it). It works surprisingly well! Though I do have to check it every so often to make sure it remains sturdy. What you can't see is the old bedsheet acting as a curtain - it gets put into action only when the light is too bright for me to comfortably work at my desk. The window, and room itself, is arched, which we really need to get a proper curtain rail for... So my last day at Ko Lik was just over a week ago (23/01 to be precise). The current production was wrapping up, but hopefully this won't be the last chance to work with them! It was such a great experience to be working there with a bunch of great people. I learned a lot about working on a real animated production, improved my storyboarding (draw faster! Draw clearer!) and even learned a totally new skill in compositing. Going to have to wait a bit before I can show off any of my work at Ko Lik though.
Last week I used as a wind-down - tidying up the flat, getting some things in order that I've felt I haven't had the chance to while I was working (looking back at my previous post, I sure did whine a bit about lack of time!). Now is the time to update and polish the CV, look around for some new opportunities and work on some personal art. I'm excited to get to work on something I've neglected - digital painting! Cracking out the old issues of ImagineFX and going to just go for it. Also finding that listening to art and animation related podcasts and videos is really motivating and inspiring right now - right this moment I'm going through Stephen Silver's Youtube videos. Cheers for now ^_^ Been having a great time working in Edinburgh at the studio Ko Lik since mid-August. Started in the storyboarding department, and have since moved on to compositing, with a few storyboard revisions here and there as required.
Learning to composite for stop motion animation has been an interesting experience (especially for a complete novice!). I think I'm getting the hang of it, mostly with the help of the patience of my co-workers and a wee bit of Googling. Now that I think I can safely say I've settled in, I'm more aware of my lack of personal drawing time. Or to be more specific, I haven't been factoring that into my time management thus far. It's a bit of a bummer, so I'm going to make an effort to draw on the train, during lunch and give myself doodle breaks. The commute unfortunately takes up a lot of my time. I get home just before 7:30pm, and eating dinner (Tom's been in charge of making dinner, which is a massive relief), showering and drying hair takes me up to my 10pm bedtime. 10pm! That hasn't been my regular bedtime since primary school. But if I don't, getting up at 6:30pm is torture. With dark eye-circles. Time aside, I just straight up don't have the energy to do much other than doze on the couch watching TV (Mythbusters is the current favourite). Animation-wise, been enjoying watching Steven Universe, Teen Titans Go!, Wander Over Yonder, Gravity Falls, Haikyuu!! (surprisingly compelling volleyball anime) and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. Looking forward to the new and final season of The Legend of Korra. Anyway, that's all for now. Hopefully will be updating with some personal drawings soon! |
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