WITH A LITTLE 'FLASH'

FINALLY GETTING SOME ANIMATION ON THIS PAGE. JUST A QUICK FIRST ATTEMPT AT ANIMATING IN FLASH USING SYMBOLS

HAPPY WITH IT? YES. WAS IT A PAIN . . . . . . NO?

IN ALL HONESTY IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE ENJOYABLE, HOPE YOU LIKE IT GUYS (AND GIRLS, KEEPING IT PC) 

MORE UP SOON.

  BACK WITH A BEARD

SO THEN MY CHUMS, AFTER AN UNJUSTIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM POSTING ANYTHING AT ALL ON THIS PAGE, I AM INDEED, BACK WITH A BEARD

I'VE WANTED TO GET THIS PIECE DONE FOR A WHILE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A NEAT AND TIDY WAY OF BREATHING SOME VITALITY BACK INTO THIS DEAD MULE OF A BLOG

FIRST OF MANY (POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND WHAT NOT)

DINO-THING

SO JUST A QUICK UPLOAD GUYS. TESTING OUT SOME THINGS ON TVPAINT, (LOVE THIS SOFTWARE) AND CAME OUT WITH THIS CREATURE . . . DINO . . . BIRD . . .

'KEEPER' 

SO GUYS, FOR THE FINAL YEAR PIECE ME AND MY COURSE MATE, JULIA YOUNG, ARE WORKING ON A FILM BASED AROUND THE LIFE OF A LONELY LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER. THIS IS OUR MAIN CHARACTER, KEEPER.

THERE WILL BE MORE POSTS UP OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT INTO MORE OF THE CHARACTERS AND ENVIRONMENTS.

ALL THE BITS AND PIECES POSTED HERE WILL BE MY ORIGINAL WORK, AND ALL OF JULIA'S WILL BE POSTED ON HER BLOG, SO KEEP A FREQUENT AND KEEN EYE OPEN ON OUR PROGRESS MY FRIENDS.

SO, ENJOY!

Weekly Warriors

  Roman Gladiator 

One Step at a Time

For the second year final project I decided to create a showreel, the criteria included three basic motion character movements.

So with a rather hindered pace I have decided to show all you wonderful people the post and pre production of the basic movement animations in the next few posts

So I'll start with the strongest, this is the Angry Character Walk. I think with some time I'd like to go back and add the character details onto him, hat, giant eyebrows etc, but overall I'm pretty happy with the motion in it

Here's the test :

Weekly Warriors

The Weekly Warriors was an idea that came up a little while ago while I was sketching away in my notepad. The concept is that every week, on this blog, I will be posting up a drawing of an iconic kind  warrior or fighter from any spectrum in time. These designs will hopefully be in multiple kinds of media, but personal preferences will probably sway my hand and pencil will be around 80% of these

Original Rough

So, for the first Weekly Warrior post I wanted to post the design that sparked the idea in the vast and empty space that exists betwixt my ears.

On the right is the original pencil work drawing, traditional is my love,  and below is the digital line work in progress. 

I just wanted to add these so all of you wonderful people who spare a fraction of your time to give this little space a passing glance can get the gist of what is to come. The lifework below will be a complete and fully coloured piece, at least thats the plan for now . . . . 

So, enjoy my friends, more soon 

Incomplete Line Work (but nearly there)