Ancestry!

This guy is the predecessor of the little gargoyle Bertram from a couple of posts back. Although it was fun to paint this on a piece of wood, I realized that it would be an almost complete nightmare to animate all this... stuff! He needed a good dressing down, but I still keep this little piece of board on my bookshelf for company.

Sketches!

A couple of recent sketches that I wanted to preserve for posterity! I like how diabolical the old man looks. In high school I had this unshakable curse where everything I drew, even when it was supposed to be dark or scary, always ended up turning out cute. I guess I'm proud that I can draw things now that don't look like they're about to give you hugs. Oh, you know, except for the little dragon guy, there. He looks like a hugger.

Vectors are Awesome.

I really like playing around with vectors in Photoshop because you can get that Toon Shader look without having to go anywhere near Maya! Also, the pen tool is very zenlike. No particular significance to the dog other than how I think he's cute.

Bertram!

This little guy is the main character of the film I'm currently working on. He's lived in hermitlike seclusion on the top of a tower for hundreds or so years and has a good deal of misunderstanding with a pretty likely nemesis.

Blogchanted

So years ago my friend Annelise and I were in this strange competition thing where we tried to come up with an idea for an animated pilot that the Disney Channel might think about funding. Our idea was called 1001 Simple Spells, and followed the lives of two excruciatingly average children in their hilarious journey to become the Greatest Wizards Ever. Their guide and mentor along this journey is Mrs. Euphegenia Crenshaw, a feisty, ancient half-senile old witch and her anthropomorphic spellbook. We didn't win, probably for excellent reasons, but the idea's always stuck with me and I kind of want to keep going with it.

Here's Euphie's kitchen, a mix of the modern and the completely archaic. The electric cauldron is the glue that holds any wizarding home together and the mismatched cabinets add a hint of lopsided whimsy to any shindig, hootenanny, or box social, magical or otherwise.

Womat King, Part Second!

WHEW! Just a small update on the coloring of Good King Wombat. This one's taking me for a ride. Colors are probably about 50% done at this point-- more to come soon!

If You Poke Me, Do I Not Blog?

So I've spent umpteen hours over the past few weeks working on the values for my Wombat King! I really wanted to play with light and reflection in this one, and I think I've done a pretty decent job compared to my usual. I learned a lot, and thanks to some extremely helpful facebook feedback from some SCAD folks, I was able to push it even further than I'd hoped! The next step is color (or maybe putting in all the fur textures I've been dreading?) which I'm sure will be just as much of an adventure. If any of y'all have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

I've been getting a ridiculous amount of work done. On top of this I've been crocheting like a beast, reading a couple decent books and gearing up for my next film. Living alone really gives me an extra push, forcing me to fill the void of free time that would at school have been filled either with frantic nights at Montgomery Hall or frequenting greasy pancake houses with a bunch of loud friends.

Loud friends who I had the good fortune of being able to see this weekend. It was Halloween and in true SCAD fashion nobody bothered to tell anybody they were coming so it was a great surprise to pull up to my old apartment to a big old party of ex-Savannahians. I was even finally able to watch The Room which, let me tell you, was just a delight.

Anyhow, I guess I'll be posting some color on this pretty soon.