Timing is Everything, Just Animate!

The new face of Spike

2009-04-02T00:17:00.000-07:00

I call him spike 2.0. I think he should be the new face of Animation Mentor. LOL Or at least there should be a good animation of them fighting over being the mascot.

4.9.1 Political platform

2008-08-26T01:11:00.000-07:00

This is the current dialogue project I am working on. I'm really into this piece. I feel I've got some really good poses. I just need to refine the timing in some areas and transitions in others.

Comments and Critiques are welcome!

Latest Unfair animation

2008-08-26T01:07:00.000-07:00

So here is the latest version of this animation. I haven't posted in a while and we've moved on to another project. So I'll have to continue refining this a bit further on my own.

Comments and Critiques are always welcome.

3.10.2 Continued Polishing Unfair

2008-06-08T09:16:00.000-07:00

So I tried to bring this to as much polish as I could get this week.

I think I was able to make the follow through go through the entire spine rather than just the top. I think my major problems are that right hand though. I wasn't able to give it as much "love" as the rest of the animation. And the eyes, I was able to fix some problem spots. I still want to keep the eye roll in there. I took out some of the other eye darts after that point that were muddying it up. Ok....Crit away.

More Splining 3.9.2

2008-05-31T00:50:00.000-07:00

Well, I did some more of the entire animation splined. I think I really need to concentrate next week on the part right after the throw area and the LT hand from 90-116. It's still a little goofy there. But here is the progress so far.

Getting into splining...

2008-05-29T01:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I started refining the animation. I first changed the ending a bit so it's more of one motion when she comes down from the large inhale.

I then went to the beginning and started smoothing out the movement up until she hits the bench the first time. It's not completely done, but it's a start.

Unfair Blocking pass 2

2008-05-25T01:57:00.000-07:00

Here is the second blocking pass

and an angry hand

Unfair Reposed and blocked

2008-05-17T03:19:00.000-07:00

It was pointed out that she didn't look feminine enough. Funny about that since my reference was of a guy.

Any way here is the new blocking

Unfair

2008-05-17T02:58:00.000-07:00

This is my newest animation. Here are my references and a first blocking pass.

Reference Video

First Blocking Pass

Helicopter Attack

2008-05-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

I finished this animation project on a guy getting attacked by his RC helicopter. It was from past experience that I drew upon. On my first couple tries to fly mine, it went about as good as this!

Enjoy

Animation Mentor Class 2

2008-04-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

This is my Demo Reel for Class 2 of Animation Mentor. This is the best animation experience I can recommend to anyone!

Animation Mentor Progress Reel Class 1

2008-01-18T19:34:00.000-08:00

This is my Demo Reel for Animation Mentor Class 1 Fall 2007

enjoy

The one time when commercials at movies work!!!

2007-09-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

I lately when you go to the movies, you will see a commercial for Sprint. It is so creative and raw that I just love watching it! I found the video on how they made it happen. Take a look.

Kickin the Curves...

2007-08-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

Continuing to add keys to smooth out the animation.

Moment Blocking

2007-08-15T14:36:00.000-07:00

This is the blocking of my entry to the 11secondclub.com for August. I think it is of to a good start. Any comments?

first illustrationfriday.com entry for me...

2007-08-15T00:37:00.000-07:00

What is worse than a chocolate emergency?

Well I added this as my submission for illustration Friday. But I didn't link it to my site =\ so I had to resubmit it.

Next time I'll do it right the first time.

Lemon Car additions...

2007-07-29T01:14:00.000-07:00

Floyd and I discussed the general look of the car and wanted to see the front nose to be pushed back in to the rest of the lines of the giving it a more smooth line flow.

So that has been changed, I am going to see about changing the door swing so that it opens more like a regular door as well.

We had kicked around the idea that the cars should also have a resemblance of the characters them selves. So I added the hair bit on top and mustache bumper on front.

**Click on the picture to see the movie.

Turn Table in Quicktime

2007-07-27T08:43:00.001-07:00

Well I tried Google's new upload video feature but I don't think I like the fact that you can't scrub through the animation.

so....... if you want to scrub through and see it at a larger format click here : LemonCar_01.mov

Lemon Car Turn Table

2007-07-27T08:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a turn table of the lemon car.

Working More on the Lemon Car

2007-07-27T01:35:00.000-07:00

Reattached the doors. Added some glass and gave it a nice shiny ambient occlusion paint job.

3D Character sketch...

2007-07-20T01:17:00.000-07:00

Floyd created a 5 min model sketch of the hero character

Lemon Car still continuing

2007-07-20T01:05:00.000-07:00

I added the seat, dashboard, and steering wheel.

Lemon Car Continued

2007-07-05T02:45:00.000-07:00

I took out the doors and windows, and was playing around with sunflow renderer.

Lemon Car Modeling Started

2007-06-30T23:33:00.000-07:00

The lemon car is on the 3D modeling stage and I also started the Show boat skteches

Character Sketches

2007-06-24T01:52:00.000-07:00

Floyd drew up some character sketches

Car sketches

2007-06-17T23:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a sketch of one of the cars

The Interview.....

2007-06-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

Floyd and I are starting on a new project called "The Interview". These are some preliminary sketches of the story.

trying to work toward the finish...

2007-04-30T00:51:00.000-07:00

This the next installment of animation. I was easily distracted today with the internet so I wasn't as focused, but still got some stuff done. His right hand didn't get smoothed and his chest seems a bit floaty...

More tomorrow.

moving along...

2007-04-28T02:05:00.000-07:00

Man, even on a Friday I still got an hour in. Yippie to me! I was just going to do a half hour, but just kept going.

Here is the newest installment

Smoothing out steps

2007-04-26T00:42:00.001-07:00

I started smoothing out more of the steps. Just a first pass at the first half of the animation. The right hand I haven't paid much attention to, but it seems a bit distracting.

Plugging forward.....

New Direction.....

2007-04-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

I'm going to animate for one hour each day.

I actually did it today but was having problems getting the playblast to convert to something people could see. (I'm using 64-bit programs and the codec's are in 64-bit so they don't transfer well to 32-bit.) Tomorrow I'll create stills and make the movie in After Effects.

Old Man sketch

2007-04-23T22:49:00.000-07:00

Well I'm rethinking my modeling of Lightning Mcqueen. I think I'm going back to one of my original projects rather than duplicating someone els' work. I think that will be better for the portfolio. Any way enjoy the sketch.

Texturing Complete!

2007-04-02T02:01:00.000-07:00

One down and 3 to go...LOL Thank God for the Duplicate button. ;) The top image is a sticker I noticed while going through the movie Cars about a frame at a time so I figured I should add it too.

Now it's on to the body. I found a great neutral smile frame.

quick sketch

2007-04-01T14:27:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to add a fast painted sketch of my foot.

Moving Texture Forward...

2007-03-29T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I went home to visit and I can seem to get soooo much done on airplane rides when the turbulance isn't bouncing my hand around. I was able to get some awesome screen shot references before my battery died. Then on the return trip was able to knock out the tread texture. I was working on the bolts before I left but really wanted to get the other one done more.
Enjoy

texturing bumps.....

2007-03-13T08:17:00.000-07:00

Well trying to continue on with the texturing, I've found that I think I need to res-up the lettering, it's a bit too stepped. I also added a funny mistake that made the sidewalls look like they were glass. Has kind of a cool look

Starting to refine Superman

2007-03-11T00:30:00.000-08:00

Play-

just starting to smooth out some of the animation. Trying to keep this project moving forward.

adding Textures

2007-03-04T11:27:00.000-08:00

Placed some textures on the outter areas of the wheel. I Have to see what the tread looks like and add that next

it's got lugnuts

2007-02-27T00:42:00.000-08:00

well, after the vista upgrade and taking the whole weekend to clean out my appartment, I finally have some more progress.

It doesn't look like much, but I finally have all the tire pieces sewed together and added the lugnuts.

Sketchaholism is addicting

2007-02-22T22:57:00.000-08:00

Well my good friend Sketchaholic passed along his disease and inspired me to break out the digital ink and paint some pixels.

And keeping with the monkey theme. ;)

Vista Upgrade....

2007-02-22T08:32:00.000-08:00

Well I've been out because I have been getting my system upgraded to Vista. I'm crazy like that ;) .

Any way I just got my projects back up and running so. more updates tomorrow.

main superman poses

2007-02-13T01:32:00.000-08:00

Play-

Here is a bit more of the main keys for my superman video. It's still VERY rough, but coming along.

Tire Holes

2007-02-10T10:35:00.000-08:00

There are holes in them there tires!!!!

tire mod

2007-02-09T08:37:00.000-08:00

Just refining the tire rim.

Superman Start

2007-02-09T01:17:00.000-08:00

Quicktime - supermanTest01.mov Win- supermanTest01.avi

Well I'm going to see how many things I can keep up in the air. I started my animation for superman by five for fighting.

The rig is Theo. A collaborative project. You can get it here at trivi.org

added Lightning's wheels

2007-02-07T08:31:00.000-08:00

Just a start but I think I'm getting the initial shape

Lightning McQueen WIP

2007-01-24T00:04:00.000-08:00

Well we flew back home for a short trip. I decided I wanted to try and recreate Lightning McQueen. A while back I wanted to make Buzz lightyear, but never got around to it.

The image is about 8hrs work. I'm not speeding through it, just enjoying the process of modeling.

Lapel

2006-11-15T01:53:00.000-08:00

Working a bit more on the shoulder/chest area.

start of base

2006-11-09T01:30:00.000-08:00

Throwin in some shoulders and upper chest.

Ears

2006-11-08T02:21:00.000-08:00

Working on fixing the ears so they have a more real feel. Also working on the lips a bit and eyelids

Keepin it real...

2006-11-07T01:53:00.000-08:00

I'm trying to lean this more towards reality.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T20:13:00.000-08:00

Have a safe Halloween!! Frank was modeled by me. =) He has taken about 2.5 days on and off.

Halloween Creations....

2006-10-30T17:51:00.000-08:00

Making frank for a facial animation study. =)

Workin out the kinks

2006-10-27T01:30:00.000-07:00

Still refining my look for mental ray.

I'm using an ambient occlusion shader for maya 5. It seems to be creating a reflection.

I'll have to do more searching, but for now, I'm going to start focusing on modeling and getting him animated.

2006-10-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

I took a look at some mental ray tutorials. It's starting to come together. I didn't work on the body today though. =\

Blocking in the body

2006-10-25T01:44:00.000-07:00

Here is the start of his body. In my original picture, I had him wearing shoes. I'm going to change it to sandles.

I'm also still trying to figure out mental ray. =\ I'll have to hit the tutorials.

Trying to get back

2006-09-29T01:10:00.000-07:00

Been busy at work but I'm trying to take some time for my self.

Here is a head update . I modeled the upper lip and reworked the crease in the corners of the mouth to keep it from creasing .

Head update

2006-08-24T01:28:00.000-07:00

another update to my model. completed the back and added new stuff to the front

Modeling continued...

2006-08-17T01:44:00.000-07:00

Well I am trying to continue on the modeling of Charlie. He is coming along and shaping up nicely. More to follow.

The start of Charlie's head.

2006-08-16T00:35:00.000-07:00

Well it's a start. After a long day, I still managed to get this started. I also found an ambient occlusion for maya 5 (yeah, I know I'm still using it. But hopefully I should be upgrading to a newer version soon.)

Any way. Here is the beginning.

beginning the Flower Shop

2006-07-13T01:20:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of sketched I did at about 1:30 am. I gotta get some sleep but wanted to keep the project rolling in some way.

...and the other head

2006-07-06T02:10:00.000-07:00

This should have been in the last post but blogger wouldn't fit it. =\

Creative Heads

2006-07-06T01:59:00.000-07:00

Here are my head models of Charlie. I think I'm definitely going with the first set of pictures in the peach color. Although I discovered a new head shape that I might give a try as well. Who knows. but it's late (as it always is when I have a chance to post) So hopefully more tomorrow.

2006-07-05T00:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some prelim sketches. I'm not going to use the pirate, but my hand just started drawing him. and I liked it so maybe he will show up in another short (or long) some day. =)

The cyclopse was an idea suggested by Floyd (co-worker) after seeing another sketch in my book. I'll post that one tomorrow along with the models of heads that I made in sculpey.

ok well that's all for now. Happy 4th!!

Meet Anna...

2006-07-04T01:09:00.000-07:00

Anna is my newest creation in this short. She is going to be the flower shop girl. I chose green as a compliment to Charlie's purple color. What do you think. Perhaps she should be a lighter shade of purple from Charlie.

"Window Shopping"

2006-06-30T07:19:00.000-07:00

Well it's been too long since my last post, but I've started on a personal project about a guy in a routine and a girl who works at a flower shop.

Any way here is a sketch of the character.

Shifting gears

2006-03-03T02:02:00.000-08:00

I needed to shift gears and work on the eagle shots. I created this relatively low poly model for distant flying shots. It just needs some bones and a good wind. =)

Feather time....

2006-02-12T03:00:00.000-08:00

Covering my fine feathered friend.

New Crow project

2006-02-10T19:49:00.000-08:00

I am now creating a crow for the movie “The Golem” by Spirit Films. This is the progress so far. Next on to the wings and feathers and a couple more detail pictures.

Starting new dog animation.

2006-01-30T03:01:00.000-08:00

New Animation Wake UP!

This is a quick animation that I'm starting. I wanted to add a quadruped to my reel. It's just the blocking stages. I'm trying to go from a sleepy dog to an awake peppy dog.

Model:
"LowDog" version 1.0 by Miguel Gonza¡lez Vine©
:: http://www.lichiman.com/ ::

Comments are welcome.

Well it's not Zippy....

2005-10-27T00:29:00.000-07:00

Well I worked the 3rd shift the other day and I had my laptop with me because I wante to show a guy at work (he's a geek like me). We live near a park, and I'm always saying that I should get up early in the morning and go and draw the people there exercising (they are always doing tai-chi.) Well you know how many times I've done that. =\ So coming home from work at 7:30am and having my laptop to draw with, I decided to stop for a couple of minutes and sketch. They aren't much (what do you expect after staying up all night) but I had fun. The first is a palm tree in under 5 minutes, and a quick sketch of a woman talking and walking on her cell phone. What happened to zippy? Well, that just is for another post.

On a roll =)

2005-10-20T01:32:00.000-07:00

This is called "Reveal". I just was thinking about a greedy type character coming out and sharing what he had found. I tried to show the extreme poses.

I think my next drawing is going to be Zippy the mouse. He is a mouse that lives where I eat my lunch outside. I feed him crackers. I call him Zippy because he only comes out at night, and he zips from one place to the other. It's quite funny for me to watch.

News today: Saddam was to begin trial today, but it has been postponed until next month.

In the beginning

2005-10-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

I want this blog to be a mini sketch book for my self, and anyone who wants to check in on me. So here is my first post and my first sketch for the blog. Hope you enjoy