Category: Art Blog

Dynamic Globber Man and Boomer-Randy

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I did the layout animation for this while my classmate and friend Jeff Yandura did the in-betweens for this pencil test. I couldn’t be happier with the result.

In this pencil test, I was to do the opposite. Here I animated the in-betweens from Jeff’s Layout animation. You can tell what ones are his by the colored pencil key drawings, which is something that I should have done with mine. Again, I am quite pleased with the result, and so was Jeff!

Xax Animation Test

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I was experimenting more with effects animation, and this time I was leaning more toward explosion effects.

Xax here hears something around the corner, picks up an object and realizes that its a time bomb. He is able to throw it out of site in the nick of time.

Storyboard thumbnails


Sneak pencil test

and the heroic throw and leap

Follow That Car

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Follow That Car is the story of Lloyd, a simple-minded taxi driver in the big city. He’s grown tired of driving the same dull people to their same dull places of work and begins to have second thoughts of his career choice……until one day. Lloyd is given the chance to show what he’s really capable of.


I had always thought that a taxi driver’s goal in life was to one day be that car that was chosen to “Follow That Car!” in a chase.
Lloyd, my protagonist, wishes for just that. He shows that he has what it takes to pursue a getaway car in the busy city. After all, as a taxi driver he knows the neighborhood inside out and upside down. Lloyd turns out to be the perfect man for the job as he showcases his superior driving abilities.

FORE!

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Here’s my first stop motion animation using paper cut outs. It star’s my alligator character Ajax, and how he retaliates against a rude golfer.
This is a rough paper cut out of the shapes I needed for the body.

Student Show Exhibition

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Well I found some time to post some pictures from the College for Creative Studies Student Show Exo. It was a little stressful at first. I didn’t know the exact measurements of my section and I didn’t want to overlap into Rachael’s wall. We also didn’t know what artwork could stay up due to “quality”. However, Rach and I seemed to pick our strongest stuff and it all stayed!


Rachael’s half of our wall.
All of her artwork can be seen at her site: RavenInkArtwork.com

We were able to wrangle up a table to put her two awesome maquettes and the dolls she made of my characters.
And here’s my half of the wall. I matted character sheets from my Snordo Dragon cast. In the middle is some screenshots from my film Camel Country, and we finish off with assorted character designs and concept art. (found among the sketches and character concepts on this blog!)
Here’s the box that the dolls will be living in for the month. Perfect sized box that was whipped together in about an hour and a half.
Here’s the sign on the door as you walk into this particular gallery. I was excited to see that the faculty took a shot from my Camel Country film to put on the sign.

Ajax Character Art

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I found some character concept from a story I came up with a few years back.
Gator Golfer told the tale of a rude and rich golf pro who decides to construct his own private 18 hole golf course in the Florida Everglades. Ajax, the head alligator of the area, decides to retaliate in order to save his home, as well as the environment for his fellow swamp neighbors. The two characters agree to a contest to see who owns the right to be in the everglades, and whoever wins at 18 holes of golf wins the swamp. As it turns out Ajax knows nothing about golfing and cheats in order to win, while the pro golfer turns out to be a dirty rotten cheat himself, hence why he is such a “pro golfer”! The story from there chronicles whose the better cheat.