Hyperdimensional Boosters Ready!

Henry HQ Render Character Poses

Henry Swim Cycles

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Layout Reel: A Pail of Possibilities

i think i've had just about enough of tweaking and playing around with the composition, layout and cameras of the film, so here is the final product. some changes might still occur but that will be for a later date. time to take the next big step and animate!

as always comments and constructive criticisms are greatly appreciated
if you think that the above video does injustice to the work, or you cannot tell what is going on in between all those gray objects, you can download a higher quality .mov file here

enjoy

.wip.: Update

click on the picture to see more updates.

let the Animation begin!

here is a little flight cycle of a little firefly



currently I'm working on finalizing all the layout shots, so a layout reel is soon to appear.

Leica Reel: A Pail Of Possibilities

Well after the end of the first term of 4th, and final, year at Sheridan, the following is my take on an old tale which i am trying to retell.
Enjoy.


A few things to note;

1. the Music is a temporary scratch track and the clips from Beethoven, Stravinsky, Smetana and Tchaikovsky are meant to emphasize the mood of the story. (although the clips make the story a little more epic then i intend it to be)
2. due to the lack of colour in the storyboards, and for those who still did not figure it out, the main character, Henry, falls into a pail of milk.

Comments and feedback are greatly appreciated, so do not hesitate to write something!

Update! (finally...)

.Goodbye Chris. ... The story calls for it.
You can check out the main Character's Rigs by clicking on the picture below.

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POLY Models

Henry and Christopher will be getting bones soon! and on to rigging i go!

4 months and into 4th Year

the summer is over and with it so is my internship at guru studio.
it was an amazing experience and i thank everyone at the studio for accepting me with open arms and allowing me to learn and better myself in in such a short period of time. i will always have a little piece of the guru studio with me, plushy Uniqua is a constant reminder of the work i did and of which team i was a part of.
once again, Thank You.

now i'm back at sheridan college, which means i'm working on my 4th year independent animation project! which means i can post up images of the work that i will be doing (without any fear of legal prosecution) jks!!!!

i have dedicated my iperception sketches blog as my production, work in progress, film material hub. so if you want to see sketches and roughs go there. on this blog i will only post relatively finished works.

without further ado . . .
there are sketches of frogs available,

as well as a rough frog NURBS models.

... two months later

wow, it has been 2 Months since my last post. thus i have been working at guru for the last 2 months as well, hahah, its awesome what can i say.

and no i am not tiered of the Backyardigans, though i do sometimes wish to shoot the person that rigged the characters and omitted the joint orientation in the arms of the characters, but enough of that.

i guess it will be back to school in about 2 months as well, so you will finally see some work appear as my 4th year film will be underway, for the few that are actually visiting my blog. most of my concept work and all the rough process will be in the ipSketches Blog, therefore more or less only final and clean work will be posted here.

i guess this is the half point.

Internship at Guru Studio

No new posts from me in a while, and i dont really expect to post anything new for sometime yet. and the reason? last monday i began my internship at guru animation studio and its absolutely awesome!

what am i working on then?
Backyardigans!!

so cool!

Either way, i love these characters and can't wait to do more animation. needless to say i believe i am learning alot at guru. if by the end of the summer i can, and will, be doing 30 seconds of animation then the 4th year 3d film i am planning will definately go much faster and smoother. two characters and one minute of film? (maybe i can stretch that time and make it slightly longer).

2nd Year Animations

updated post, enjoy.

Faldred [Beak Lip Sync]


Ecgfrith [Muzzle Lip Sync]


Mouth Lip Sync


Weight Lift and Toss


Wave, Boat, Sack Assignment w/ Sound

Baron vs. Srg. Byron

Baron Walk Cycle Animation



Srg. Byron Lip Sync Animation



these were done during the first term of 3rd year, there were other assignments as well, maybe i'll get those posted some time in the future. since only in our 2nd term of 3rd year was to be dedicated to creating our own characters, these two characters belong, and were Modelled, Rigged, Skinned, etc. by our teacher Doug Smith. But the animation and lighting was done by yours truly.

DemonBlade Animation

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Life

Some more attempts at portraits, and when you can't draw the face, there are always back poses.

DemonBlade Colour

And here are the painted backgrounds of the Sanctuary scequence.

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Birth of an Idea

This post is dedicated for all those who are in third year animation at Sheridan.
This has been a rough year for all. As many of you know a new word has entered the jargon of our year. In order to celebrate the upcoming incompletion of our wonderful film, I wish to share with you, dear readers and bloggers, this wonderful word.

Demonbladed
de·mon·blad·ed, [dee-muhn-d/ Pronunciation bley-did].
-verb
1. an unforeseen situation where a person or a group of people are in a situation so far beyond repair that it's unsalvageable in any way, shape or form.

[Origin: 2007, Sheridan College. As first defined by Aaron Lee, on March 7^th 2007, at a production meeting with Tony Tarantini]

[last revised .2007.04.07.]

If you, fellow classmates, would like to add a definition to further explore and elaborate on the definition of this new word, by all means do so by submitting one in the comments section. Together, with a collaborative effort we can reach out into the outside world and spread the joys of using this significant word and achieve its mainstream use.

DemonBlade

wow, it has been over a month since i have posted any work.
well here are some layouts from the Sanctuary scene of the group film, DemonBladed, which i am part of.

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Life

Here's something new since I have not been able to post for a while, preparing a portfolio so as to get an internship for the summer. So here are some 5 minute drawings from life.

Inside the Tribal Tower

finally a new layout, which might be used to determine the overall look of the group film, while playing with compositional elements, hope you like it. Feedback is greatly appreciated so that i can improve in the near future, perhaps.

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Action Analysis Background

Painted Background & Cell Set-Up

The Initial Layout

Life Drawing

Here is my newest life drawing, thanks Bobby Chiu for showing me how to use conte.

Rhythmic Beats

I think this last digital work concludes the series of animations that were done in first year at sheridan. Now all I've got to do is fix up my second year works, upload them to google video and eventually post them on the blog.

Any comments and suggestions regarding my work is greatly appreciated.

Sack Rotations

Nurbs Sack 360

Polygonal Sack 360

First Year Animations

Here We Go! My works of Classical Animation done in the First Year at Sheridan College.

1. Bowling Ball, Bouncing Ball and a Balloon


2. Pendulum Swing


3. Seaweed Wave


4. Page Wave


5. Bouncing Ball and Tail


6. Box Fold


7. Pink Panther Walk Cycle


8. Animal Walk, the Bear


9. Head Rotation and Lip Sync, Karlson


10. Flour Sack with a Prop, Character Animation

Zurg Phone

Prop Design Assignment

(Zurg design used from Toy Story)

Action Analysis Character & Prop

Faldred Returns!
Now in an all new animation, Side Step Analysis (Assignment), stay tuned for more exciting new stuff.

(i think the bow stretched might be a little too exaggerated)

Life Drawing

Charicature Sketches V.1

Finally started sketching on the Train and the Subway.

Point of View Excercise

Here is a storyboard illustrating the point of view of a character taken from the first line of the Beatles' song, When I'm Sixty Four.

"When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now,"

2nd Year Character Design

Cleo and Pandoras Box
(Exercise in Storytelling)

Professor in Action
(Exercise in Storytelling)

Truckstop Waitress & Ballerina
(Exercise in Stereotypes)

Hockey Player & Professor
(Exercise in Stereotypes)

Faldred
(Beak Character for Path of Heart Story Development)

Ecgfrith
(Muzzle Character for Path of Heart Story Development)

Exploring Mood & Expression Change
(original character design by Pete Emslie)

Sumo Wrestler & Geisha
(Characters for the Walk Run Animation)

Cleo
(Character for the Weight Lift and Toss Animation)