Abstract animation

I haven't done anymore animation so I thought I’d post some old abstract experimentation I did for a VJ set at Festinho festival, which was a laugh. I created this by painting onto blank 16mm film using glass paints, I then edited it on adobe premiere.

Sneak

Heres a rough sneak cycle I’ve been working on today, the pen ran out half way but I think it’s probably better to use pencil anyway. The cycles made up of a mix of doubles and singles, I tried it all on doubles but it felt too floaty. By mixing doubles and singles it gives the character more weight but I feel more frames might be needed to make the motions flow smoother.

Better late than never...

Well, this summer I haven't really done as much animation as I had hoped; but in the last couple of days I decided to do a couple of rough walk cycles. I did them both with pen so that I couldn't rub anything out and tried to spend as little time as possible on each frame. Although not brilliant I was expecting them to turn out far worse.

What have i been doing?

I haven't really been very good at this whole blog lark but heres a little project I’ve been working on.

A mate of mine recently asked me to design him a tattoo so here are the concept designs I’ve come up with and how the piece has been developing. It’s far from finished but it’s been fun and has kept me drawing. It also helped me to draw in different styles to what I’m used to.

Pencil Extender!

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Almost 24hr Comic - Yellow Dimpled Water Rat!

week or so ago me and a couple of friends tried to do a 24hr comic over a few days (due to the opening hours of the space we were using, or at least thats my excuse) although we only manged about 18hrs heres what i produced.

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I really enjoyed creating this and, as a first attempt at making a comic, I am pleased with the result; although there is a lot of room for improvement, I learnt a lot in the process. The most difficult aspect to this was in coming up with the story, which is thin at best, but at least it forced me to think more sequentially. I also found that I find it hard to draw dynamic poses and as an aspiring animator this is an area which I will need to improve on.

The idea came from pulling words out of a hat, which was a good way of getting the ball rolling, and the cabal of zombies was a reoccurring theme in all our comics (you had to be there). For some reason at the start I couldn't get Rorschach from the graphic novel 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore (read it if you haven't already) out of my head, hence the serious dialogue. But I soon found it hard to keep up and also the ambitious aesthetic was becoming a bit too precious. Next time I’ll try and keep my drawings simple from the beginning.

Animation!

I've decided to start from the beginning with the exercises we were given to do in uni.

Its not amazing, but at least its practice :)