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Animating!

I'm animating a short scene. The character is the Easter Bunny, that's all I'll say. It's for my own pure enjoyment, and cause I've missed animating so much. I've been getting in design more, but I feel that I can't stop there, I have to see the character come to life!

The first design: he's just a grumpy, wine-drinking Easter Bunny who just wants to chill and keep to himself. The line is: "Where are my eggs!?"  Voiced by my friend Jared Morr(thanks Jared!) thanks also to his brother James for recording.

I attached the x-sheet...exploring possible mouth shapes.

The thumbnails are the basic scene structure and acting. He does a little business before leading up to the dialogue.

I also started playing around with his facial design more, trying to figure out his mouth shapes, and how his whole face works in general. I made a quick animated gif to test it out.

More to come!

Wandering.

Duckpressions.

Wild Thing.

Remembering Chuck Jones!

Remembering Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) Aside from Walt Disney, Chuck Jones had a huge influence on my artistic life, and just life in general. I still find myself quoting his cartoons. I loved his wit, humor, and amazing poses for his characters. He made it look so easy!



Enjoy one of my favorite Chuck Jones cartoons entitled,"Drip Along Daffy."

Coffee Freak

Thumbnails

Some thumbnails for an animation I'm working on. It's a rooster...so I needed to figure out how his beak would mouth the dialogue. And the other is a study of how one of his arms would move during his performance.

Ghost 1st Pass

A Desk To Call Home.

   My Dad and I spend Sunday afternoon(and evening), building my custom made Animation Desk! It's like a boyhood dream come true. I got used to drawing on big animation tables for 4 years at CALARTS, so resorting to drawing on a small lightbox propped on top of a dictionary at home was kind of limiting. In space and comfort. So I talked to my dad, and he said, "Give me the plans and we'll build it. Easy." It turned out not to be easy. But it was fun. It so much more relaxing to draw and beats being hunched over while I inbetweening. And it's just plain magical. Hope to sand it and stain it soon. Though I am thinking of painting some crazy mural on it. We'll see.

We based the desk design and structure from a model at the Hand Drawn Animation Supplies blog, where they list dozens of ways you can build your own animation desk along with other tips like camera stands and stuff. Check it out!

More pictures and hopefully a video to follow!

Thanks again Pops! And my brother Ivan for taking the pics!