Cheshie

Pay no attention to the drawings behind the curtain!

2009-01-29T02:08:00.002-05:00

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

2008-06-23T21:23:00.003-05:00

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!

2008-06-17T14:50:00.004-05:00

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

2008-06-03T10:38:00.005-05:00

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

2008-04-17T13:58:00.004-05:00

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

2008-04-08T21:03:00.005-05:00

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...

2008-04-02T22:01:00.002-05:00

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

Working on Walk Cycles

2008-02-24T14:59:00.002-05:00

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

2008-02-13T22:32:00.005-05:00

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

2008-02-01T12:09:00.000-05:00

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

2008-01-31T20:34:00.001-05:00

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

Cheshie!

2008-01-15T23:21:00.001-05:00

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

2007-09-26T12:26:00.001-05:00

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

2007-09-22T00:13:00.001-05:00

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.

2007-07-13T21:24:00.001-05:00

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...

2007-05-26T00:01:00.001-05:00

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

2007-05-02T11:51:00.000-05:00

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

2007-05-02T11:47:00.000-05:00

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

2007-05-02T11:45:00.000-05:00

I drew this guy yesterday. No reason.

Pine Tree?

2007-03-20T19:21:00.000-05:00

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!

2007-03-19T11:51:00.000-05:00

Outtakes are hilaaarious!

New Video!

2007-03-17T17:49:00.000-05:00

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

2007-03-07T00:23:00.000-05:00

I just like the colors.

I want to live here

2007-03-06T20:30:00.000-05:00

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?

2007-03-06T10:31:00.000-05:00

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