Finding Inspiration - People Revisit

Remember what I said about just sitting down and talking to any stranger...
Everyone's got a story?...


Here's a great example:

Photoshop Files - Still Life

So busy with school, but trying to continue doing other things.

Still Life painting has dragged on too long, so heres where we'll end it.
Definitely going to start speeding up my work rate.

Effects Animation - Splash

As I mentioned before, I'm getting my feet wet (pun intended) in effects animation - its definitely been one of the harder things I've done since I've started animation but on the flip side really rewarding when you put the pencil down, scan in your drawings and it actually comes out decent.

Again these aren't any particularly spectacular animations but I plan on revisiting and documenting the growth of the artist :]





And a little something extra - Lightning I had animated, inverted color and added a glow.

 

Art Studies - Effects

This semester I'm taking Intro to Effects Animation and its been a fun ride so far. A little more than half way through.
I realized the growth that's come along and I'm stoked to show you what's been going on over here. I'm wrapping up my splash animation but here are some sketches over the past two months we've studied.

Yeah some of these are NOT spectacular. But this blog is about growth and I want everyone to see it, crappy drawings or not (but trust me the really horrid ones will never be shown). I intend on revisiting these animations and studies so I want to show the 'then' and in a few months time I'll show the 'now'.

I'd like to say I've been busy making more artwork but I've been struggling getting my creative juices going. Work and school lectures have been more stress than I had anticipated and can't help but want to sleep when I get home.

I'm not as energetic as I used to be...


But worry not, I feel that drag slipping off and I am ready to go again. CTN is around the corner and I'm excited to begin mixing in with artists again; I'm positive that like last year it'll feed my inspiration for the next 12 months.

Animation References - Smoke

Over Halloween, I had to help set up a party for work and my buddy introduced me to the amazing fun world of dry ice.
I just went through a few weeks of smoke animation in my effects class and GODDAM do I wish I knew about dry ice sooner. I knew what it did but I did not know how cheap and easy it was to get.

But I wound up seeing NOTHING but animation references the whole time we were playing around. So I filmed it and here it is. ENJOY!