Thursday, 26 March 2015

Latest works for Principles of Animation.

It's been great fun learning to use the wacom tablets for the past 6 weeks, Felicity's turn around poses were very challenging for me having never used a tablet untill now.

My first .gif still needs work


I've been working on turn around sheets for other characters in my animation recently. They are pencil drawn, ready to be traced and saved for further .gif  animating.

There are five more secondary characters I am planning on making turn around sheets for, (to use later on when animating Funklore), they are; Felicity's parents, Iruri's parents, the robber.

I believe I should be able to start working on the Funklore splash art picture once I get better at mastering the many tools PS has to offer while working on my characters' poses.



 
Iruri 'Groovesman' Groove
Dode the psychopomp monkey



 













Sloth 



                          By Luke





Sunday, 15 March 2015

Egoraptor and the 'Awesome' series.

Arin 'Egoraptor' Hanson is the creator of the hugely popular online webseries the "Awesome Series" including "Metal Gear Awesome" and "Poke Awesome".
What started as a hobby on newgrounds.com quickly turned into a fruitful life-long career, widening his viewer base using youtube and creating his own website egoraptor.net.
Arin still remains a dedicated video gamer, his original take on animated game reviews (the 'Sequelitis' series) were welcomed with high acclaim by the youtube community. While his colloquial language and style make him seem unprofessional at first glance, the time and research he invests in really convey the passion he has on the subject at hand.


      Whether it be a fan-based parody or his highly opinionated point of view, any animation Egoraptor creates will surely appeal to anyone who already has had their own experience. Someone fairly new to video games who watches him for the first time will be very likely to see it as an ad.
Egoraptor's animating style and innovative way of communicating with his audience has greatly influenced me and will continue to influence me as I further my animating career.   

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Scanned Sketches.

Both portrait and drawing were drawn 4 months apart and took less than 30 minutes to create.
Good shading/shaping practice.





The bird and boy's face were drawn by my neigbors the rest was just me filling the paper.