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
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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