Post-Finals... post

Greetings again one and all! I come to you today from the SCAD Atlanta campus at the DMC (Digital Media Center) building. I am busy working on a final project for a class. I said in the title that this is a post-finals post, and it is. This final suffered from an unfortunate event 2 days ago while I was rendering it.  A teacher decided it was a good idea to log off a computer in the computer homework lab while it was rendering, without realizing that when you do that you end up deleting all the content that the previous owner added.   So... All my 300+ files and hours of work was gone! I had to start from scratch and unfortunately I was unable to finish my project in time.   Luckily, my professor (who is an awesome guy) got word of this, and allowed me an extension, which is a God-send. So I am here having just finished rendering it again, and will present it to him in person Friday.   I hope he likes it cause I put many hours into this one (although I know there are people who put far more time into theirs, but I was busy working on another project for another class, which did get an A!).  So that's where things stand at the moment at SCAD.
Unfortunately, life at home has gotten a little crazy too.  Apparently today while I was out rendering, our building backed-up and flooded my apartment.   SO I have the joy of going home to a wet mess and people fixing and drying things.  This will probably take all weekend, and I still need to clean things up, so it might as well happen today cause everything needed to be washed anyways.

Long post short... let me present to you the project that I DID (just barely) finish on time. This animation got me an A for my Principles of 2D animation class... which brings my grade for the class up to an A! He even liked my sketchbook. So without further ado, Adam and the Flower:




 
I also have a sample page from my sketchbook. These are designed specifically to capture motion, and use quick gestural lines. I drew from pictures, master drawings, and real life. I visited Zoo Atlanta and took more than 400 pictures as well.  This is a sample of my best drawings.  Enjoy.

Here is the final animation for my Principles of Screen Design class.  The focus on this is motion, camera principles, and so on.  Still awaiting a grade (since I literally just finished it):

And finally, in the world of professional animations.... Pixar has out a new trailer for the film "BRAVE". Check it out!:

And Studio Ghibli has released a new trailer for their film, "The Secret World of Arrietty" (based on "The Borrowers"). Check it out too!:

Also, be sure to check out the latest episodes of 7th Row center!!  This week and next week's are all about (da da da daaaa) The Muppets!  So don't miss it!

So that's all for now!  In the words of Porky Pig...  Tha tha tha... Oh forget it.

Watch your head!

Well it's that time... crunch time!  2 weeks left of classes, that's only 4 classes left till this quarter is finished!  No time left to think, just time to enough to work.  I've been up late all weekend working on a term paper and now I'm down to the final tests and projects!  So before I vanish into the world of even more sleepless nights, cramped hands, and bloodshot eyes, I wanted to share my latest animation from last week.  This one is of Adam reacting to a pie being thrown at his head.  Enjoy!

Be sure to check out the latest episode of 7th Row Center.  I was too busy to attend this show, but I will be back for the next one (of course that means I'll be doing it in the middle of finals... lucky me!)

Ta Ta!

Walk Cycle

Well it is getting down to the end of the quarter, and the final projects are starting to get assigned and worked on.  Currently, I have finished a new walk cycle of my character (as in, the character which is a caricature of me), Adam, from TangentArtists.com's comic Donuts for Looking.  This character is actually going to appear in other places as well if I ever get the time to finish the other various projects, since my brother's character, Evel, is his evil twin, and we are planning on working on several projects together.  Get it?  Adam and Evel.  It's a joke.
Seriously though, here is Adam in his overly-optimistic walk.  Once again, this was intended to be a loop, but I haven't yet figured out how to do that in youtube.

Not perfect, and not my first walk cycle, but by far my best!  I know now that I can do better, and with finals coming up, I will have that chance.
I also have a slightly updated version of the flour sack animation, with slightly better timing.  Check it out here:

The fact that you can see the lines through the sack is merely an artifact/limitation of the software being used, Flipbook.  It doesn't do complex things like masking, it is only designed to do simple flip book style animations and pencil tests.
I also just finished a new podcast recording with Alex over at 7thRowCenter.  It should be up this weekend, so be sure to check it out!!  Subscribe on iTunes or check it out on his website, 7throwcenter.com.
Other than that, I am thinking about adding a video blog to my website at some point, if I have the time.  We'll just have to see how things turn out.  It will mostly focus on campus life at SCAD, and might have a few interviews if I can manage it.

So thanks for checking me out.  With finals coming up, look out for a lot of new content soon!

ZÀI JIÀN!

Halloween on 7th Row Center and more

I will keep this post short. Seventh row center has a new episode up all about Holloween movies, the scary and the not so scary. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast wherever podcast are sold. :P

I am also trying to work on something new for the blog, a video blog entry every now and then. I should have more posted soon about that later as well as about my latest animation projects.

Well that's all for now.

ALOHA!

New animation!

Well for all those interested, I have yet another new animation for you.  This one is coming to you a bit late because our teacher was out sick on Monday.  Actually, that's not why it is late.  It's late cause I procrastinated and then tried to make up for lost time but ended up only finishing one project, and not the other... Moral of the story... don't put off today what you can fail tomorrow.
LUCKILY for me, my teacher was sick.  Not that I think it is a good thing to be sick.  I hope he feels better in time for the next class, and wish him the best, he really is the coolest guy.  But God put his hand in when he saw I was working so hard to catch up for bad judgments, and I was able to finish the animation for the next class.  So here it is!  I call it... The Great Sack Escape!... not really...  It is about a sack of flour trying to escape the bakery, only to get... well...  watch and enjoy.

So there it is!  Hope you enjoyed it.  Short yes...  I am not satisfied with the truck... didn't plan out the movement well enough.  But the sack turned out great!

So what was the other project I finished?  A storyboard... which I may or may not be able to show you.  it is big and glued together...  We'll see what happens.

Other than that, I have a new toy, but I'll go into that one later.  I will be doing a new episode of 7th Row center with Alex "da movie guy".  Should be up this weekend.  Also, if you have any suggestions of movies or genres or anything else you want to talk about, let me know, and I'll gladly bring it up with Alex!

Till next time

CHEERIO!

Behold the animator's pencil!