Character Expressions

Here is some more stuff related to my short.

Thesis Preview

shot01_v3
Originally uploaded by gnurt79

Enjoy.

Thesis Update

walkcycle
Originally uploaded by gnurt79

Well, it's been another long time since I've posted... anything. At least I'm consistent with that. I've spent most of the semester working with Sherrie Sinclair, Director of Traditional Animator at AAU, fine tuning my story, nailing down character designs, and drawing layouts. I'm finally at point now where I can start animating my short. Below is a test animation of one of the characters in my story. A basic walkcyle with a little bit of personality. I used a new animation program called TV Paint. Thanks to David Nethery for introducing me to the program and to Powermates. So far, I've really like using it. The line quality is great and its exactly what I've been lookng for in an animation program. I'm looking forward to posting more animation as soon I can.

Getting back to sketching

It's been three weeks since I've gone out sketching. I know! Here are some drawings that I did before I left for Florida. I'm looking forward to starting my thesis project and posting as much as possible about the progress.

Flash 2-D Animation Test

2D Dialogue Test on Vimeo

More Computer Animation

Flour Sack 2nd Pass on Vimeo






Getting up from a small chair on Vimeo

Flour Sack Animation

Blocking in the poses.






Flour Sack on Vimeo

2nd pass on bouncing ball with a tail

Still needs "tweaking"...



Bouncing ball with tail 2nd pass on Vimeo

First pass on 2nd exercise in Maya character animation 1

3-D is cool too.



Bouncing ball with tail on Vimeo

1st and 2nd exercises in traditional animation 3

I love 2-D.



Jumping with a cape on Vimeo


Walking a Dog on Vimeo

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!