Ratatoullie animation effects

Yeah, Ratatoullie was awesome. But how many people were wowed by the 2d animation effects? Well, I was one...here's an article by one of the artists involved. Man he's awesome!

http://www.gagneint.com/Final%20site/Animation/Pixar/Ratatouille.htm

School begins again...

Summer session has begun again. I'm not taking any classes but I'm assisting one of my professors in a studio class and working my butt off at my part time job. My midpoint review is coming up too. I'd love to post some of my thesis stuff, but I'm kinda worried about copyright and all that stuff. Maybe it's unfounded, but to me the net is kinda like the wild west sometimes! So, just contact me directly if you're curious!

Here's some more drawings for you to enjoy!

New Sketches

Man! I've been drawing almost every day now, so I had a ton of drawings and pairing it down was really tough! Here's some of my stuff...there's a lot more and maybe I'll post it later. I also have some animation I've been working on so I should be posting that soon.

Where am I?

Well, I just moved to a new apartment and unfortunately I am without a scanner for the time being. Should fix that soon...I got ALOT of new stuff, so if I have your e-mail address I'll send out a note once I get up and running again!

For now, here's some inspiring words from Hamlet...

Yet here, Laertes! Aboard, aboard for shame!
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail,
And you are stay'd for.
There ... my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportion'd thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg’d comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel but, being in,
Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France of the best rank and station
Are of a most select and generous chief in that.
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell; my blessing season this in thee!

-- William Shakespeare

Some great blog posts...

I've been kinda lazy about doing the blog circut lately. I decided to take a look around and came up with some gems! If you don't check these out on a regular basis, you're missing out!

http://handdrawnnomadzone.blogspot.com/

http://blackwingdiaries.blogspot.com/

http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/

SF second Drink and Draw fest!

We organized another Drink and Draw last weekend which was a blast! My drawings weren't as swell as last time, but I still think they're kinda funny....I'll post two of the better ones....

More Vonegut

"I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'science fiction' ever since, and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal."

--Kurt Vonnegut "Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons"

More Vonnegut Quotes HERE

Some new drawings...

I recently had to submit some stuff for an internship. Here are some of my drawings. I also redid my reel which I'll post later this week.

Teeny Super Little Guy

This was probably my favorite animated bit from Sesame Street

Released from the Monkey House...

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
1922 — 2007

THe Honeymooners....

John K's blog turned me on to checking out the Honeymooners for facial expressions. I'm posting this one to remind me to do some sketches from this clip. It's amazing! Watch their faces and learn!

Alice Complains About Housework
Uploaded by chuckchillout8

Animation!

I managed to get some time to render out some of the stuff I've been working on. Check it out! I should have a new demo reel up sometime this month!

Drink and Draw.....Drawings...

Inspired by the Drink and Draw social club and the San Francisco annual Sketchcrawl, me and some friends decided on St. Paddies day to get some practice in...here's some of those drawings!

Sketchy Sketchy

Evil unibrow man! I still kinda like it though...



This drawing is by my friend Hanna. He did it in my sketchbook one morning without my knowledge. His website is http://www.habihanna.com/.

Prepare yourself...

This is the funniest thing you'll see all day....

Here's some moving pictures....

Well, my Dad gave me crap for not posting any animation for a while. here's an exercise I did for class using just eyeballs and a head. Whaddaya think?






on Vimeo

More Drawings?

I actually have some animation to post, but I haven't had time to encode it yet. For now...more drawings! Click on the images to enlarge...

Watercolor Aliens....

I got a portable watercolor set a while ago and just started really using it. I'm no expert on painting, but I'm kinda enjoying working with color and how the medium mixes...

Another great animation...

Found a lot of great stuff today. Here's an interesting pilot done for Sci-Fi network. This is how the Hellboy animated series should have looked in my opinion.

PART 1:




PART 2:



PART 3:

Ryan Larkin...

An amazing movie about Ryan Larkin. If you haven't seen it yet please watch it.