FREAKY OUTY!

Just wanted to do something scary for Halloween. Enjoy!

Work, Work, Work!

So I've been pretty busy lately. With work, school, and homework it has been quite difficult to have social life time, but somehow I've been managing to squeeze it in. I really need to cut out socializing altogether; it is making me exhausted. The other day I fell asleep at work for an hour and a half. I probably should not have admitted that. But it was a Saturday and hardly any of my students come in on Saturdays.

Anyways, lately Animation Production Studio has been monopolizing my sketchbook. It seems like everything coming from my pencil has been concept art, character designs, or storyboards. So that is part of the reason I haven’t been updating my blog. I’m not sure I have the okay to post my concept art yet. Today I just have a little doodle I did like two weeks ago. It is a rejected character. Really she was rejected because she is a girl, so I never really got to present her to the class. The drawing has nothing to do with the story or the characters, but she is pretty freakin’ cute.

Animation Reel

So, here it is.



More animation soon.

Cartooning

So, I suppose I should explain. I have this awesome cartooning class this semester. I am learning so much. I have never really gotten into drawing comics, even though it is very similar to doing storyboards. I signed up for this class thinking it was going to focus on drawing style, but it is really about sequential art and framing and posing and all of that good stuff that makes animation so great! So, I am actually quite glad that it was not what I expected. Anyway, this week’s assignment has to do with journal comics, but the focus is on the place instead of on a specific character’s life.

Here is one I did about the apartment in which I am living. I hope my roommates are not offended by it.
More comics soon. So, stay tuned...

Another Cartoon

Suggestive

Back To School

This past week was my first week as a senior as well as my first week back working at the Columbia College Writing Center. It is going to be a busy semester. I'm taking Animation Production Studio I, the first half of a long class where the entire class works on producing an animated short. I'm also taking Intro to Computer Animation, Cartooning, and Early Asian History. Lots of work, but I'm up for it. I'll try to keep my blog updated, but I'm sure you can forgive me if I skip a week or two. To hold you over here are a couple of good ol' polar bears.

Stay tuned...

My Obsession With Pandas Has Finally Come Out

I started a new sketchbook yesterday. It is big and intimidating, but I'm sure I'll tackle the beast before the semester is out. Oh yeah, school starts on Tuesday. I still don't have a solid pitch for APS, but I have been working on it (more on that later). So while you wait, here are some of the pandas I have been sketching and a random ladybug.
I'm sure there will be more pandas soon. So, stay tuned...

Developing...(5% complete)

Story development is definitely one of my weaker attributes when it comes to animation. I start my animation production studio class in about a week and a half and I feel like my story idea is still too weak to pitch in class. When coming up with ideas for stories I have no clue where to start. I often come up with vague ideas and have a hard time polishing them into a decent story.

What I have so far…

The main character is a young boy who can travel between the three-dimensional real world and the two-dimensional world of graffiti art.

So really, it is a rough concept with no real story. I did a few sketches after doing research on different kinds of street art. Here they are.


Critique is encouraged!!!!

More pretty soon. So, stay tuned...

Some of the Sketchyness I've Been Up To

Being the procrastinator I am, I haven't really been doing any of the stuff that I said I would be doing. So here is a bit of the sketchyness I have been up to instead.



More to come. So, stay tuned...