Another Fantastic French Animation Short

A quoi ça sert l'amour?
Uploaded by tamalougbobola

Maya Character Animation 1

Here's the first assignment. Three bouncing balls of different weights and sizes.


Bouncing Balls on Vimeo

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.