Stop mo walk and arm tests.

Sifting through more school stuff, figured I'd upload some more stopmo stuff. Here we have the walk I did for my inclass assignment. Trying to make a smooth, slow, controlled walk. There's some popping I don't like but I was to far into the process to halt it all and go back. I always seemed to be the last person out of stopmo class, using up every last bit of time to try and get just that little bit more. You may remember my rough walk from a few weeks ago: Right here if you don't

And these little arm wave tests were from mid semester, when we first got to start using the full puppet. Getting used to isolation and stuff. Interesting stuff!

And I said I would talk about Nightmare Before Christmas since I got stuff for Christmas... Well, I don't want to take everything out of it's packaging while I'm at my parents house just to pack it back up to take it back to my apartment so I'll just tell you I got a few figures, and a scarf and a pair of gloves. Jack and Sally salt and pepper shakers, and shot glass looking things (they are ridiculously large for shotglasses though but not real cups) and I even got some Corpse Bride figures B: Go stopmo!

Now I should really get back to a commission I have... A 12x16 Acrylic piece. Real life painting! O: Heh, those old barbaric ways are still around.

Happy Holidays!

Are ya reeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaady? (TPatF anyone?)

So, because I like all of you so much, I figured I would update for Christmas. And I did start moving things around and getting things web ready while it was still Dec 25th, but now the day has come and pass, but I can still wish you a Happy Holidays and hope your Christmas was filled with joyous, happy wonder. In this post I'm going to just have a few things, although I planned on it being a big one with lots of school work, I think I'll leave that until tomorrow or the next day to fight blogger with videos and many many files B:

First up two drawings of women with bird elements. Drawn months apart from eachother. I plan on colouring both. We'll see how things go of course. The first is loosely inspired by Baba Yaga and some other ideas that were being thrown around in one of my film groups first meetings.

This next image is just kind of weird... but something that really appeals to my astethic. I miss drawing like this.These images of Hansel and Grethel were done for my literature course this past semester. I was inspired by this old illustrated story book compiled of many different stories from around the world. The artwork and colour handling is phenominal and I wish I could remember the artist's name or even the name of the book but alas, I left it at school when I came home for the Holiday B: I like the Black and White version better-er-er.
All of these images are some compiled images done for my group film: Kindling. The story of a "smoke-boy" trying to find where he belongs.

My next post will probably have something to do with either: Stop-motion (and, by relation, Nightmare Before Christmas, got a whole bunch of stuff for Christmas!) My Action Analysis Assignment and the steps which were taken to complete that OOOOOOOR that thing behind curtain number 3!

Peanut out!

StaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawpMOE <3

Hey lurks, this post is about STOPMOTION. Cause it's awesome.

In class assignment up first, done a few weeks ago. The Puppet Smash! I'm not overtly satisfied with how this turned out, I was having a lot of trouble with the timing and spacing and just getting things to work out for me. I was also very pressed for time, I would have loved to slow this process down and really work out where I wanted to go with it. 72 frame limit.. Definately used em. Could of had a lot better follow-through...

Next up is just a play around in class walk from today. Next week is the real assignment! I'll have to work quicker and be more precise next week but today was good practice! Ran out of time (of course) so you can just ignore that ending since I didn't have time to get the puppet to settle. A puppet balancing on one foot is awfully precarious...

We also got to make our own puppets in class. "Loonie Puppets" Super cute and super fun! Just made from wire and plumbers apoxy. Here's mine:

Of course he's hanging out with the coolest puppet of them all.

Lil' devil wants to fight!

He 's the main attraction at parties!

Hey! You should check out Aminder's loonie puppet, he's a daper fellow indeed! http://aminderdhaliwal.blogspot.com/2009/11/puppet.html

Last but not least, you should check out my Portrait Place... because today I drew myself as a Coraline doll. http://peanutsportraitplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/dec-4-2009.html (completely stop-mo related! OOooohyeah!)

Who knows what I'll do next! (I certainly don't)

A goat and a llama...

Pen and watercolour images done for life drawing class from the Royal Winter Fair. My scanner took the quality way down and foolishly on my part I didn't check the files before handing in the originals. Whenever I get them back I'll have to put up better versions (:




A quick sketch of myself. I liked the colour I was watermarking the Fair drawings with and started to doodle. I like self-portraits, I don't know why I don't do them more often. (:

Suzuo-Hime

Morghan's OC Suzuo-Hime. I proposed the idea of an art trade to her some time ago and finally finished it. She wanted her OC in the style of "Hell Babies". Dunno how effectively I got the style but it was a lot of fun (: Chibi's definately are not my strength @.@

Just stuff

Sketchdump stuff. A few images from my sketchbook.

I need to get myself more organized.

I don't know where the time goes....

First off, here's something that was essentially completed in the summer, touched up and finished a few weeks ago and made into a desktop for myself. Now seems as good a time as any to put it up B:



Also, a stop motion test out thing with bending a puppets knees. Tough!

Is it 3rd year already Batman?

This year is pretty intense. Pretty awesome so far, although I would love it a lot lot more if I was not sick, sick, sick. Stop Motion in class assignment. Car crash! "They nearly collide at frame 13, following a predetermined path, then crash at frame 36" Neat. It was a lot of fun, this is my third take. My first I messed up almost immediately, the camera being way too close, I didnt have enough space for a nice composition so I scrapped it. Shot the second but thought the timing and spacing was weak and then shot this one. Liked it a lot better than the second but I was running out of time and getting frustrated with the red car cause the wheels were loose and kept rolling away after I would place it at the end for the slow out @.@ Not noticable that much in movement, but can be seen when still framing it (: Nit pick!



Next up we have my super awesome Action Analysis Assignment Leica. Pretty excited for this project. Really need to work up that layout and tighten up the character. I think it will be a lot of fun. And a good gear up for the group film process. (Woohoo pre-production work this semester? Maybe look foward to some concept art?)

Pong

Had my first Stop Motion class yesterday and I had a blast! I had never done stop motion before, although I've been a very long time admirer of the art, what with The Nightmare Before Christmas being my favourite movie and all. (: It was just a play around class but Aminder and I had some fun...



If you noticed the bump in the video, it's because I moved the box D': I bumped it while reaching over to move a pong paddle. Just another instance where I wish I was taller. I might have to start wearing platforms to that class.

The Cymbolist

Sister to The Bellringer, which can be seen in my previous post or down below as a shadow and inverted in The Daybringer.

Finished a lot faster than The Bellringer and I'm quite fond of it (:



Can't have one without the other right? I had planned from the beginning to put them as a reflection of the other. Originally Bellringer was on top but I liked it better this way when I play around with it (: Both these characters are something I see in a film I have mulling around in my head. Hopefully for my 4th year film (:

The Bellringer

Something I sketched and cooked up back in May? After I sketched it (on paper O:, I rarely digitize things I've sketched), and scanned it I started working it up for a film idea. Film is still mulling around... let this be a very, very early teaser for it P: It feels like I'm letting a child go free! I've reworked this so much and spent so much (too much) time on it. It may change still..

I'm sure my obnoxious watermarking tells you that this piece is allllll mine.

Some details (:

Sailor Scouts

Because I can.



Cheer up Millie, you're friggin Sailor Moon!

More coming soon (:

(EVEN) More Avatardness (:

Drawn last year in a paticulary boring art history class while I was in a high of watching the Avatar seasons (again).

I had a preview of this on my blog [link] back in April but I changed how I was working it and this is the result! Needless to say I didn't fix any of the mistakes in the lineart :l Oh well!

Semi-cel-shading technique? Oh mys..

I feel like rewatching the seasons again, seems like an every 2 month or so kind of deal with me. I had some other characters drawn up from way back when as well... Katara, Sokka and a few different versions of Aang since he wasn't really cooperating. I thought I scanned them but I can't be sure of where they are or where the originals are... If I'm feeling ambitious at some point perhaps you will be seeing them at some point O:

Edit



Same deal as Toph, drawn last year, several mistakes, coloured up now. (:

The Sea Witch

Painted up a sketch I did last year. Done for Boris' bday, which is now very much past, although it was only a few days late by the time I had finished it, I ended up forgetting about it for like 3 weeks and then I realized I had forgotten her earrings. Heh.

Not too sure where I sit on this image... Since the sketch was from last year and I've improved since last year, or, at least I think(hope?) I have, I don't like the feel of the image. It's really lacking in a "real life" quality and is terribly stiff. A bit of a learning piece in terms of painting at any rate. (:

Can't say for sure or not I'll touch on this again.

Also! Another coming soon(er or later)



I usually paint characters rather large but this guy is from a group painting, I can't even recall the last group shot I even drew let alone painted besides this one so it's going to be a bit of a push P:

Portrait of a Clown

This is Jessica's character Clown. I drew an ugly picture of him a long time ago and told her I would redraw it. Wanted to warm up a bit before diving into a big project and decided to revisit Clown (:

Took about an hour and a half (although I was aiming for 1) and then I kept tweaking and adjusting stuff, found out I had his hair colour wrong, tweak, tweak, tweak.... (: