Cheshie

Pay no attention to the drawings behind the curtain!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:08:00 +0000

Please ignore this blog while I reinvent myself at www.animate4food.com/blog

Let's just pretend this all never happened, shall we?

Character Design

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:23:00 +0000

I've been perusing artists for inspiration for character design for my website. For some stupid reason I couldn't save the color as a JPEG. I don't know what happened, so a faded PNG is the best you'll get. You get the point.

I wasn't done.

An Angel!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:50:00 +0000

So forget that last post. I'm sick of it, it was no good to start, and like my good old 3D design professor Robert Reedy used to say, once you start with crap, no matter how long you work on it, you're still gonna have crap. It's a rough paraphrase but you get the point. Speaking of getting points, hopefully this NEW video has it's points more readily accessible to the viewer. Still working on it!

VL Gallery (eventual) entry

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:38:00 +0000

These are the rough steps of my latest walk animation for the VLGallery. No timing or overlap yet, just getting a feel for it.

Here's an updated steps. Still no facial and the eyes are just floating. Have to tinker with overlap once I see it with inbetweens.

Last update before it's tweened. I wish I didn't take so long but I think I just don't like it and don't want to work on it anymore. I've got some good voice acting that I want to start!

Demo Reel

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:58:00 +0000

So this is the demo reel that I've put together for the year. I wish I had better stuff but that's it for now.

Love Letter

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:03:00 +0000

Here are the new inbetweens.

Here is the new animation I've been working on. I hope that it doesn't require explaining. It's all stepped keys so far, but I'm about done with timing and it'll soon be time to get into the details.

Monkeys! Or just one...

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:01:00 +0000

I've been doing stuff for my demo reel now that our class project is done.

Working on Walk Cycles

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000

So I've been trying to get this walk cycle to work. I just can't get it to perfectly smooth out the little pops in the end. If you don't notice them I'm not going to point them out but I can see it and it's frustrating. Anyway, on to the next project I guess.

Hungry Gut Rough Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:32:00 +0000

This is some rough animation that I've been working on for a few days after class. Keep in mind there is going to be a pile of eyeballs or something gross on the plate eventually, otherwise it won't make any sense. I'll post the cleaned up/finished one when it's done.

So this is an update. It's better, but I still don't feel like it's really very good.

January's 11 Second Club Competition

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:09:00 +0000

Yeah, so, it's just not very good. But doesn't the fact that I can tell it's not good mean that I can do better? ... Anyone? Note to self, try different approach to animation than stepped tangencies. I spent more time trying to decipher all the keys and awkward inbetweens than I did animating...

Tailey! By Danny

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:34:00 +0000

This is an animation I did for my class blog to exhibit overlapping animation. Hurray for posting!

Cheshie!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:21:00 +0000

It's been a long time since I posted anything, but I have assuredly been busy. This is the Cheshire Cat model that I have been working on lately. It's smoothed, obviously, and I feel like it's pretty faithful to the original design, which I'll post if I can find the drawings.

Touch ups

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:26:00 +0000

Does this look better? I made the track darker, even though it's supposed to be HIDDEN! and I added some darker color behind the leaves to try and bring out the front a little more. Either way I'm done with it.

Beatboard for Lady Bug Action Hero

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:13:00 +0000

I don't really consider it good. I never said I was a painter. But I did enjoy the process. I think I could get the hang of this if I kept practicing. If only life lasted forever... I'll look into that.

Hare.

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:24:00 +0000

Man, for all that I thought I'd get accomplished this summer it's been pretty rough and rather unproductive. I guess money and a degree comes first? Sure. In any case. This was a hare that I sketched and I'm thinking about modeling it but... we'll see how that goes.

When drawing is fun...

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:01:00 +0000

This isn't my original piece. I drew it, but I was basically just copying Micheal Turner's Supergirl. But it made me know how it feels to draw something really cool. My objective is to continue to draw until I can create things such as this out of my imagination. I'm not sure what I'm not getting that doesn't allow me to make this quality of work on my own, but I intend to find out.

Wasted Effort

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:51:00 +0000

These were some LBAH drawings I did, that I don't think ever even got looked at. We were told to keep drawing, but then they picked final designs anyway. I didn't care. I like them.

Donated Portraits

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:47:00 +0000

I was doing Ladybug doodles while I was waiting for an apartment full of girls to get a move on. They noticed and decided to do portraits of me, which I thought were fantastic!

The Face

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:45:00 +0000

I drew this guy yesterday. No reason.

Pine Tree?

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:21:00 +0000

So I don't really know what kind of tree it is, but I drew this over Spring Break while we were out primitive camping, with feral dogs and brown recluse spiders. It was amazing!

Outtakes!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:51:00 +0000

Outtakes are hilaaarious!

New Video!

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:49:00 +0000

So over Spring Break, when I should have been drawing and doing stuff on MAYA, I made a short movie with my friends. World Class Acting! It's what I like to call... winging it.
My good friend David Avery posted the video on his YouTube account.
Watch it if you want.

Pretty colors

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:23:00 +0000

I just like the colors.

I want to live here

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:30:00 +0000

I love this painting thing. I wanted to add more, but I can't figure out how to make brushes that aren't default, so I can only paint in one direction...

A lake?

noreply@blogger.com (Danny) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:31:00 +0000

It kinda looks like a boat on a lake...
right?