Final Animation Pencil Tests for Fall!

Whew!



Weight Pencil Test on Vimeo



Dialogue Pencil Test on Vimeo

Glengarry Glenn Ross

If you haven't seen this movie yet, rent it, buy it, steal it...do whatever you have to do to see it. Everything in this movie was great.

Acting Lessons from Michael Caine

Part 1:


The rest of the series can be found here:
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

Animating with Dialogue

It still needs some work, but it's getting there.



Dialogue Pencil Test on Vimeo

I love Inbetweening!

This is yet another exercise from the Richard Williams book.



Weight Pencil Test on Vimeo

Pencil Test!

Here are some animations from Traditional Animation 2. The first and the last one are straight from Richard William's book and the second one is a personal exercise.



Sneak Pencil Test on Vimeo



Zip Out Pencil Test on Vimeo

Some Workshop Work Uploaded!

Male Character Study
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

I finally had some free time from school to upload some of the work that I've been doing in the drawing workshops at the academy. I hope to post some more later. I also found out that the San Francisco Zoo waives the admission price on every first Wednesday of the month...so look out for some animal drawings later on.

Summer is Done!

Sorry for the 3 month absense. I moved to San Francisco after the spring semester so that I could take coursework on campus at the Academy. The weather is so much nicer here, but damn -- what the freak is up with all the hills?? Anyway, I took storyboarding with Dalton Grant over the summer and I will post some of the storyboards I worked as soon as I can. I also plan on posting most of the sketchwork I complete in the figure drawing workshops this semester. I have some from the summer workshops so I will try to get them online first.

Well, fall semester is just around the corner! My course workload consist of Preproduction, Acting For Animators, and Traditional Animation 2. I'm definitely looking forward to it, although I know in some way or another its going to kick my ass.

In the meantime, I will enjoy the Florida Gators kicking some ass this year in the SEC...Go Gators!

Character Design - Final Project

Ragnarok
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Another semester done. Whew! I didn't think it would fly by this quickly. Well, that's it for online courses. I begin my studies in San Francisco this summer beginning with Pre-Production. I'm looking forward to moving to the city and experiencing whatever is out there.

Finished Colored Character Design

Finished Colored Character Design
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Traditional Animation - Cleaned up and Colored!

Dead Cat Walking

Traditional Animation - Animatic For Final Project

Animatic.

Character Design - Impersonating A Comic Book Artist Week

Dorofei Koslov - Jim Lee
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Here is an impersonation of Jim Lee's style. The other comic artists I imitated were Mike Mignola and Alex Ross. Check them out on on my Flickr album.

Character Design - Impersonating A Character Designer Week

Strong-style Goofy Jogger
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

This week we were assigned to mimic the style of three different artists. I chose Feng Zhu, Shane Glines, and Jansen Strong.

Traditional Animation - 4-legged walkcycle

Dead Cat Walking

Traditional Animation - walkcycles

Sorry, here are some more stuff, I forgot to post:
A 3/4 View
A Side View

More Animal Character Designs

9_1_Lac_3
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

In honor of my Gators for winning the National Championship. Go Gators!

Animal Character Designs

8_2_Lac_11
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Whoa! I haven't posted in a while. Sorry.

More Caricatures and Exaggerated Illustrations

7_2_Lac_6
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

The Take

The Pug-like creature thing

Caricatures

7_2_Lac_4
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Back off Buddy!!

Head Drawings

6_3_Lac_d3
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Studying the proportions of the Human Head.

3 Key Poses

Okay, so here is another animation from the factory.

3 Key Poses

More Animations

Here are some more that I forgot to post.
Staggering

Character Design for Animation

5_2_Lac_d2
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Studying the Clothing on the Character

Creating Characters Out Of Basic Shapes

The Dragon Slayer
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

So here are my week's drawings. The purpose of this exercise is to recognize good design with basic shapes while utilizing three simple principles: Big Medium Small, Straights Against Curves, and Intuitive Strokes. I began with just the shape and then gradually built a character within them.

Doh!

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Pimping Out My Flash Animation

I finally found a place that will host my animation for FREE -- "Free is better." Thanks Animation Corner! Unfortunately, I can only link to them so you will have to leave my blog for a few seconds. Anyway check them out when you get uno momento and leave cruel comments for me to read.

When Pigs Fly - Rough
Don't F*** with Mr. Zero - Rough

Character Design for Animation

3_1_Lac_72ppi_b
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

Here is my favorite design from this week. You can check out the rest in my flickr album.

My Trip to NYC

My Trip to New York
Originally uploaded by gnurt79.

This was an old drawing I did using SketchBook Pro and Sony Interactive Display. One of my favorites. I'm hoping to color it one day.

I will be adding some animations soon, but I'm still looking for someone to host them for FREE. Free is always better.

Nailing Down the Look

Okay, I did some tinkering to the look and feel of the blog. But don't get too attached though, I might start hating it in two weeks or so. I also added some more links to the side there. They include artists whose work I really enjoy. I''l be adding a lot more as I find them. I think I may add a section of artists that have influenced me as well.

The picture below was a sketch I did for Samanella:

Character Design For Animation

Module 1 exercises. Not too exciting, but got to start to somewhere right?

Clothed Figure Drawings

Here are some figure drawings. My instructor was David Mar, a former Disney artist and great teacher.

Figure Head Drawings

I took this course my first semester (Fall 05) with Warren Chang. He is another amazing artist and instructor at AAU.

How This Is Going To Go Down

This blog was created so that I could post my work as I progress through my master's curriculum for traditional animation. I won't be commenting much on my life outside of animation, but its not like I have that much of a life outside of it to begin with :-)

Just FYI, I am studying at the Academy of Art, which is located in San Francisco, but I'm currently just doing some online courses while I'm still in Florida. I'm working as a Graphic Artist for eLearning company to pay the bills and the tuition, but hopefuly I will have enough balls to quit this job later this month and move out to Cali to finish my degree.

Well, I hope whoever reads this blog enjoys seeing my progression to a profession animator. It should be interesting. Please feel free to comment on any my work or just make suggestions. I should be updating this site regularly with work from the courses I'm taking, drawings from my sketchbook, and any freelance opportunities I may get. Take care.