oodles of doodles

Back on Hollywood Blvd.

2011-11-08T23:54:00.003-06:00

Papa Kool

2011-10-31T18:08:00.001-05:00

A music man from New Orleans, you can find him in front of the Fresh & Easy on Hollywood Blvd most days.

Greystone Mansion

2011-10-27T02:04:00.003-05:00

I did this a few weeks ago after going to the Greystone Mansion here in Beverly Hills. I'm not a huge fan of the painting but it's a start. So here it is!

More Pencil Doodles

2011-10-25T16:14:00.006-05:00

Peeps on the bus:

Sketchclub:

UCLA:

Urth-Beverly HIlls:

I've been on vacation for a month now. It's been so nice lazing around after been on crunch since February for Smurfs and Arthur Christmas. It's a welcoming change of pace; I actually have time to go out and explore L.A. I've been taking the bus and wondering around a lot. I particularly enjoy going out during the weekday and observing the hustle and bustle of a normal workday. Watching people come and go really puts things in perspective for me and makes me feel appreciate this great city.

Some Pencil Sketches

2011-09-07T01:07:00.003-05:00

Been working so much lately since the show is wrapping up, can't wait for the 1.5 months vacation that's coming soon! ^_^

Naked Ladies

2011-08-26T00:46:00.003-05:00

Bobbies!

2011-08-24T02:27:00.004-05:00

Been a while! More coming...

Doodles from Urth Cafe

2011-04-27T01:27:00.003-05:00

Starbucks at UCLA

2011-02-28T01:04:00.004-06:00

Shane, Luke, and I have been slowly finding various interesting spots around town. Fortunately, since it's L.A., there is plenty. Here are a few drawings from the UCLA campus...I remember having to write reports and memorize theorems once...

going sepia

2011-02-15T02:01:00.001-06:00

..and a few heads

2011-01-23T14:33:00.003-06:00

Hanging out at Hermosa

2011-01-23T14:22:00.003-06:00

Sony/California

2010-12-05T21:45:00.010-06:00

Soooooooooo, I moved to Los Angeles this past week and tomorrow is my first day at Sony Imageworks, eek! Here are some pictures from my roadtrip from freezing Minnesota to sunny California. Some of the locations include Dillon, CO; Arches National Park, UT; Los Vegas, NV; and Malibu, CA.

I am super excited to have my own place and living in a large energetic city. I've been moving around so much these past months that its also a nice change to have the independence and convenience of a car. Although the amount of people in LA does make even going to target difficult.

Yay.

Pixar and the Moon!

2010-09-11T19:36:00.010-05:00

Hey y'all! Long time no update.
My internship at Pixar wrapped up a few weeks ago and now I'm interning at Moonbot Studios in Louisiana. I can't believe it's been four months since graduation; time really flew by! It's been extremely busy and lots of traveling around. Hopefully I will be able to do some art updates soon, but in the main time, look some pictures.

Pixar was a blast! It was really inspirational to see such smart and talented people so down to earth and hardworking. I've learned a lot and got to know some really awesome people.

It will be my third week at Moonbot and it still amazes me how unique it is that a bunch of us that went to school together also have the opportunity to work as a team professionally. It's really special and I do feel like everyone is working for each other. It's been a lot of working hard and playing hard.

Thank You Ringling!

2010-05-15T22:05:00.011-05:00

Three years ago I agonized over the question of "Which school?!?"

After three years of hardwork, fun, tears, failure, triumph, fatigue, jealousy, self-doubt, and many other things, I can say that although I can't say which school is better than the other, I can say that I would not trade my time at Ringling for anything else.

Ringling as taught me many things about being an artist. Aside from developing my skills, I really learned about who I am as a person and what I value in life. I learned that it's not about the competition but learning from those around you. It's not about the career but the passion for doing what you love.

Thank you to the computer animation faculty and my graduating class. You have all made a major impact on me and I am confident there is a bright future ahead of every single one of us.

On to bigger and better things!

Premiering Tonight!

2010-05-01T14:23:00.004-05:00

Finally after a year and of hard work our films will be premiering tonight at the annual Ringling Computer Animation Show. Every year it's a tradition that seniors make movie posters from already existing movies. I almost didn't do one but after many hate mails and much physical abuse I decided it was the right thing to do.

More updates later!

yetizoo.com

2010-03-31T21:30:00.002-05:00

Yay, my website.

Render Woes!

2010-03-14T23:17:00.004-05:00

So today ends the 2010 Ringling Render Week where each senior gets a 12 hour shift to render out their theses. Mine was last night from 9pm to 9 am this morning. It was filled with snack food and lots of hurrying. The 12 hours went by so fast and what do I have to show for it? Noooooot muuuuuch! I got six out of 52 jobs back from the farm and I'm not the only one. This is the first year Ringling is rendering at HD 1920x1080. Most of us didn't get our frames back and batch rendering also takes forever :(

Now the labs are open overnight for more batch rendering. Our final critique with ReelFX is the end of this week but we don't really have much to show..it'll be an interesting week.

It was fun though! Rendering with a few others over night and fighting off sleep!

Oh I want to go to bed.

Sketches About Town

2010-03-01T13:38:00.006-06:00

Here are some sketches I did during SketchCrawl and my landscape painting class. SketchCrawl was so much fun! I'll have to post pictures later.

Thesis is entering overdrive thus I haven't been posting much.

In other new, John Lasseter was on campus last week and Steve Hickner from Dreamworks did critiques for three full days. We also got to see clips from How to Train Your Dragon and a Q & A with the production designer and alumni that worked on the film...how cool is Ringling?

Yetis in a Zoo

2009-11-24T22:21:00.004-06:00

Here is an image I painted for the homepage of my website. The photoshop profiles on the lab monitors are messed up so this image came out very saturated :( So if you are painting in the labs, make sure in photoshop go to Edit-->Color Settings--> Change the RGB to Monitor RGB to get the exact colors being displayed.

Oh well, happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-17T20:25:00.004-06:00

I await the day I can capture light and color effectively...

More Things

2009-10-27T17:10:00.004-05:00

Things

2009-10-22T10:19:00.004-05:00

Some Sketches

2009-10-02T12:11:00.006-05:00

Drawing is fun!
Our layout crit is in a week and a half. Scary! Thesis is really underway.
In other news, Ash Brannon, director and Writer of Surf's Up is giving us a rundown on his film making process next week. Yay, presentations like these excite me...plus it makes us go outside the labs. Woo!

Pictures at an Exhibition

2009-09-29T08:45:00.004-05:00

The Ringling trustee scholars and nominees were invited to participate in a commission for the Sarasota Orchestra. We were to create artwork based Pictures at an Exhibition, a suite of ten movements composed by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. Me and the fine arts trustee scholar, Jenny Vu were assigned the five Promenade pieces. Anyway, this is one of them.

And here's the music, uh except for picture the orchestral version:

Now to catch up with regular work!

A Looong Post of Characters

2009-09-23T13:19:00.012-05:00

In portfolio class today we took a look at the work of the seniors before us. I was surprised by how much some of the work still affected me even though I have seen them so many times. At Ringling, I have been so privileged in the sense that I am surrounded by some very talented young artists. Most of students are a few years younger and nonetheless their maturity, imagination, and work ethic put me to shame. Some of the thesis from last year are so innovative, moving, and just beautiful. In my eyes those seniors have made it but to think it is only the beginning of their artistic career. Just think about the possibilities!

I have grown so much since I arrived here; artistically and as a person. I think about the people that have supported me and those that helped me grow. I'm not sure what I want to take away from this year but I know I want to be proud of what I have achieved.

Mainwhile, some characters:

This Guy is Funny Looking

2009-09-18T19:43:00.004-05:00

Lots to do but going to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs tonight anyway. Happy Friday!

Senior Year

2009-09-12T18:10:00.005-05:00

Well Senior has entered full swing. This week we just had our first full faculty crit with Steve Hickner, director from Dreamworks. We talked about our animatics and models. The next crit is in five weeks on layout and rig.

It's exciting and also intimidating to be working on thesis but I think it'll be a fun and memorable year.

Nilah is the first transfer student I contacted before coming to Ringling and we've pretty much had all of our classes together until now. This year we are roommates instead. Well Nilah's mom took a photo of us when we first met and it's become a tradition ever since. This year we just hit the ground running so we haven't had time to go out for a meal together until today. We are already three weeks into the semester, this year is going to go by so fast!

Sophomore Year,

Junior Yr,

and finally Senior Yr!

Horsies!

2009-07-06T20:34:00.001-05:00

I didn't realize horses were in walking distance of my house!

Some Sketches About Town

2009-07-01T22:06:00.005-05:00

After been cooked up in the house the whole day, I took a little drive around Shakopee (the suburb town I live in). You don't really have to drive far to have a change of scenery from convenient stores and strip malls to corn fields and cows. It was really nice just driving and listening to music.

Lately I've been thinking about after graduation a lot: what company I want to work for, what kind of job I'd like to do, and what kind of lifestyle I'd prefer. I still don't know. It seemed so much easier back when I was looking for schools. The goal was simple: build a nice portfolio, get into school. Perhaps it's still the same this time around: build a nice portfolio, get a job. But there just seems to be so much more pressure and competition. It seems that this last stretch is what determines whether you have failed or accomplished. I know art is a life-long endeavor but I can't help but feel what happens after graduation is what separates the goods from the greats, the amateurs from the professionals.

I hope I'm wrong; I hope a humble beginning doesn't mean you can't still be great in the future.

Well, I Feel Dumb...

2009-06-15T16:13:00.002-05:00

Kathy

2009-06-09T02:40:00.003-05:00

Yay coffee for keeping me up until 3am (and beyond?).
Here's Kathy the art director, inspired from a certain someone that offers wine and great food whenever I visit.

More Character Explorations

2009-06-05T14:00:00.002-05:00

Compositions

2009-06-04T14:01:00.003-05:00

So many choices! I can't decide whether to have my house on top of a mountain or have it propped up on stilts.

Good 'o Barns and Noble

2009-06-03T19:43:00.003-05:00

Some Thesis Stuff

2009-06-03T19:11:00.006-05:00

I need to start modeling but I still can't settle on a design! Anyway, any crits or preferences are more than welcome!

Character Design Bi-Weekly: Assignment 1: Cowboys with Alternate Modes of Transportation

2009-05-29T15:04:00.001-05:00

Just got back from SD yesterday, good timing for this round of Character Design Bi-Weekly!

South Dakota Tomorow.

2009-05-23T23:06:00.003-05:00

I'm leaving for SD on a five day family roadtrip tomorrow. My family loves to travel; considering the current economic situation my parents decided to go somewhere nearby. We'll be visiting Mt. Rushmore, the badlands, Walldrug (for those who don't know what it is, no worries, I don't think you are suppose to), and other places along the way.

Still no clear direction where to take the thesis. Here are some sketches.

The Transformation of 3D Yezi!

2009-05-18T11:20:00.008-05:00

3D Yezi was once a courageous and confident little character...

whom enjoyed joking around with strangers during meal times,

...until her heart was torn to pieces by somebody she truly loved.

Now bitter with sorrow, she has resorted to a life of violence.

Special thanks to my talented classmates for using my model in their animations. You guys are awesome!

Thesis Time!

2009-05-18T11:03:00.007-05:00

I can't believe I'm a senior already! Time flies! I made a production schedule for thesis and all the other stuff I want to accomplish over the summer and it sure seems like busy times ahead!

It's so nice to be back at home visiting old friends and chilling with the parents though. I'll have to make sure to balance out my time so that I'm productive and also having tons of fun. After all, it's this is the last summer!

Soooo! I figure it's time for a thesis dump. These here are initial designs for my story. I'm in the process of exploring with new designs this week. I want my thesis to be a bit more stylized and unique looking. We'll see where I end up. I'd love to hear feedback or any opinions!

Octopi in the Sky!

2009-05-18T10:47:00.001-05:00

Digital painting for drawing for animators class.

As a RA, I work for a man who loves cake...

2009-04-21T10:33:00.003-05:00

Happy birthday Chris!

The World Out There

2009-02-25T00:50:00.002-06:00

It's easy to forget that there's a whole world out there when we are so wrapped up in school work. I was reminiscing about my summer in China and now I can't sleep. I laugh to myself when I think about all the awkward, surprising, unpleasant, and amazing situations I was in. Traveling is such an eye-opener; it would be great to be able to backpack around after graduation....or someday.

Mainwhile, thought I'd post this picture I took on the bus one night. It was not an easy picture to take as there was no elbow room and the bus was shaking so badly I had to dig the camera out of my purse with one hand while holding on with the other hand. It's always packed like this before the bus lines stop for the night. Sweaty times!

Thesis should be like this.

2009-02-13T09:06:00.000-06:00

"Oh no! I pooped!"

2009-02-09T22:56:00.002-06:00

Origami Coolness in the midst of Blendshaping Madness

2009-02-02T19:45:00.001-06:00

Robert showed these awesome videos to me. Thought I should share :)

It's a Beautiful Saturday!

2009-01-31T12:39:00.006-06:00

We had our first full faculty crit yesterday and it went pretty well. The faculty sat in a long roll at the front of the classroom. It was like the American Idol panel of judges: you give a run through of your boards then they pick it apart. I brought Robert's recorder to record my critique but being nervous I couldn't get it to work before I went up. I noticed the timer wasn't changing so I thought it wasn't recording but in actuality I was just too nervous to wait for even a second. It was working fine the whole time. I'm just dumb. I used it to record Don, Nilah, and Jess's pitches instead.... yay me.

But anyway, lots of work to do but nothing unexpected. Here are some rough designs. The monster is still under construction. Also, here's a great song with a great music video. It makes me think about what a beautiful day today is! Enjoy everyone!

Distractions

2009-01-22T23:45:00.002-06:00

My new Monsters Inc. poster takes some getting used to. When I brainstorm I tend to stare blankly into the wall. The difference now is that it stares right back at me---equally surprised.

Prepro Fun

2009-01-21T23:19:00.006-06:00

Meet the man that inspired Dongjin's thesis story. Don't you just wanna watch her animation after seeing this guy?

After meeting with Nilah, Greg, and Dongjin for vidRef today I think we all decided that we have no idea what we are doing with our stories. Now some video reference quotes:

"NO! NO! You guys are doing this all wrong. This is how a sumo wrestler stumps his feet!"

"Just find your inner monster. Lets do that again, take it from...from..."
"Take it from the 'Urrrrrggghhhhh'?"

Good O' Times

2009-01-21T11:49:00.002-06:00

The freshman had their first History of Animation test today. I miss the study sessions we used to have on Tuesday nights--talk about hard to keep on task!

Calm Before the Storm?

2009-01-18T14:48:00.004-06:00

This weekend has been relatively mellow. UVs, Blendshapes, develop thesis more....I think that this is just a false sense of security before we are thrown into the deep end. I even had time for movies!

Calm before the storm or not, we'll soon find out. One week before full faculty crit! I'll post some thesis stuff once I have some visuals.

Meanwhile, some sketches over winterbreak. I was in the Albertville Outlet Mall. Mmm....shopping!

It's 'bout time!

2009-01-14T19:57:00.004-06:00

It's been a while! For better or worse I will update my blog more often from now on. It's the 2nd semester of my Jr. year now and you know what that means---PREPRO!

We pitched our ideas for thesis on Tuesday. Two of my ideas were chosen and now I have to develop them further for a 2nd crit. Our first full faculty crit is in two weeks!

Well winter break went pretty well....I forgot how much I love to draw. It's so exciting to constantly look at other people's work and also see yourself improve. Although I have to say I don't miss the frozen tundra at all, it's lovely to be back in sunny Florida. Oh did I mention lots of sleeping and eating? Oh yeah....

(sketches coming up)

The Two Magruders

2008-10-16T22:51:00.003-05:00

Not Your Ordinary Furniture

2008-09-27T13:22:00.004-05:00

Saw these online randomly, thought they were pretty awesome! When I'm rich and famous, I'll have a whole house of cooky things like this.

Some Characters

2008-09-22T09:17:00.005-05:00

Sequential Board for Concept

2008-09-19T11:58:00.000-05:00

China Sketches

2008-09-18T00:08:00.007-05:00

I'm Back!

2008-09-17T22:53:00.008-05:00

Alright, alright, I've been back for a while. In fact, it's the fourth week of school....
I finally thought it's time to update. Thanks for all your nagging guys.

So I was in China for most of the summer. I lived with my cousin and took some art classes at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. I can't begin to express what a valuable experience it was for me to live in my childhood city again and actually experience college life in China. I hung out with friends from kindergarten and met some interesting foreign travelers. It was odd for me really; I was both a native and a foreigner. It's just amazing to be back in a place of so much memory, personal history, and life.

Now for some highlights!

The Sichuan Earthquake happened one day after I got to Xi'an. The earthquake in Xi'an was minor but people were still pretty unsettled since this city never gets earthquakes.

In the middle of all the commotion I caught this cute scene.
There is so much character and charm everywhere you look.
In June I took a weekend trip to Beijing, this is at Wang Fu Jing Eatery Street.

And guess what! I ate scorpions!
The most empowering experience was climbing Hua Shan (Hua Mountain) two hours outside of Xi'an. Hua Shan is China's most steep mountain and known for its difficulty to climb. It took one night and a day without sleeping. We started climbing at 10pm, arrived at the peak at 5am for the sunrise, and climbed to other peaks, and came back down at 5pm. My feet dangling over....nothing!

Off to China

2008-05-06T11:46:00.002-05:00

I'm leaving for China in a couple of hours! I may not have internet access so I'm not sure how often I'll be updating. One thing that is for sure is that I'll be doing tons of sketches while I'm over there. See you all in two months!

Cheers!

2008 Portfolio

2008-04-18T20:35:00.005-05:00

I thought I'd post my current portfolio so here it is!

First year at Ringling! It all went by so fast! I can't believe there is only a week and half left of school. It's hard to keep focused with summer vacation coming up. In the next week we still have to finish our lip syncs for traditional animation, second lighting project for ca, and another animatic for concept. But ouuu am I looking forward to a summer of traveling, drawing, and maybe working! Oh and don't forget the food!

I'll post some more stuff once school is over.

March is Over!

2008-04-01T19:57:00.002-05:00

We made it! March is finally over. It's just finishing up the Sit/Stands now and we'll have some breathing room until the end of the semester. Four more weeks left,and it's China time! I can't wait to go out and sketch more.

Here are some layout designs for my latest animatic from concept class. I'll post some more later.

Pixar is on campus recruiting. I'm excited for the presentation tomorrow! Woo Ringling!

Sleepy...

2008-02-12T01:10:00.000-06:00

My rat is looking more and more like a raccoon!

More Girl and Mouse Stuff

2008-02-07T15:51:00.001-06:00

Sit & Stand Walk Cycle

2008-02-06T21:13:00.000-06:00

Hiya all! Here's the walk cycle I did with my sit & stand character. We are doing a series of exercises before launching into Sit & Stand which will take up March and beyond. If you think of it that way, the semester doesn't seem long at all. One more month then this final project and POOF! I'll be somewhere else.

It's all going so fast. I should also mention how impressed I am with my fellow sophomores. It's amazing to see how much people have improved since the first semester. Last semester we were all new to animation and maya. That combined with the workload was quite stressful and a lot of the projects left much to be desired. The quality and content of work this semester, however, show tremendous progress. It seems that we are getting comfortable and are slowly starting to explore personal visions instead of still trying to grasp the basic principles. It's just pretty exciting to watch people around me and myself growing everyday.

Leftover Frame:

2008-02-05T16:16:00.000-06:00

Another frame from the previous story

Another frame from the previous story

Girl and the Mouse

2008-02-05T16:05:00.000-06:00

Here's some more stuff for concept class.
For this assignment I'm using a childhood memory as my story. When I lived in China my cousin and I were playing outside our grandparents' when the story took place.

Seven Sentence Story:
1. A little girl leaves her apartment home to play outside.
2. As she is playing outside, a tiny mouse comes along.
3. The little girl starts taunting and chasing the mouse.
4. The mouse falls through a sewer grill and hangs on by its tail
5. The girl wants to help the mouse but doesn't want to touch it.
6. The mouse falls to its death.
7. The little girl feels guilty that death resulted from innocent play.

This is How We Take Video References for Animation

2008-01-31T17:01:00.000-06:00

Not exactly walk cycles, but we were getting there...

Animations by Michael Dudok de Wit

2008-01-31T16:58:00.000-06:00

More Concept Shots

2008-01-24T16:49:00.001-06:00

Leading lines and angles:

Isabel

2008-01-24T09:42:00.000-06:00

Here's my character for traditional animation II. I'll be using her all semester as well.

Sit and Stand Maquette

2008-01-23T16:44:00.001-06:00

Finally here's my maquette of Vince from winter break. We had to make a maquette of the characters we designed for this semester's computer animation class. This character will be used throughout the semester for various animation exercises.

Snow Day and Art's Day

2008-01-23T16:28:00.001-06:00

Student life at Ringling ordered 12 tons of ice to host a "Snow Day" for the college. We arrived a hour late and this was all that's left of the 'snow'. It was fun playing with 'snow' in flipflops and shorts although getting hit by iceballs weren't exactly pleasant. I just had to post this for the people back home with the -20 windchill:P

Here's Donjin checking making iceballs:

Two weekends ago it was the annual Sarasota Arts Day where local artists, associations, and schools gathered in downtown Sarasota to promote the art community. I was there among a few other students to do figure drawing at the Ringling booths. We drew costumed models for three hours per shift. It was a lot of fun though I wish my life sketching skills were more robust. We drew quite a crowd.

There were many artists showing off their talents on locations. There was pottery making, painting on location, ice sculpturing, and weaving! Not to mention all the live music too. The atmosphere was amazing. I wish I could have stuck around more to do some sketches--there were definitely lots of interesting looking people there.

Five More Shots for Concep

2008-01-22T14:08:00.001-06:00

Yay Painter!

Shots for Concept

2008-01-14T23:04:00.001-06:00

Winter break came and went. It was nice to go back to Reelwork and see friends and family. I'm surprised at how excited I was about driving again. It'd a good thing I'm back in Sarasota though. I took too many shopping trips with my car.

Anyway, this semester is starting off pretty busy and I don't think it'll stop until May. At some point I'll post some pics of the maquette I had to made over the break. For now here's some shot designs. For concept design I'm using the story of Cupid and Psyche for a series of studies in composition, light, color, and many other things I'm sure. Here's a few following the rule of thirds.

Chinese Painting in 3D

2008-01-10T16:48:00.000-06:00

What a neat design concept!

SASKIA OZOLS

2008-01-02T22:42:00.001-06:00

Here's a quick find. I like the looseness in her paintings very much. The horse painting captured the movement so well. For more info on her and her work go to http://www.sorengallery.com/ozols.html. She might have her own site, but this is where I found her stuff.

Some Design work for Reelworks

2007-12-21T16:35:00.001-06:00

It's been a busy break! Working and catching up with people. I've gotta get going on that sit/stand maquette that we have to make!

A Post of Figure Drawings

2007-12-05T14:45:00.000-06:00

Here are a few pages from my 30-page intermediate figure final portfolio. Things are finally winding down. Two more animations, an animatic, an art history final, then it's off to Michigan and Minnesota! Before we leave this semester the senior CAs are showing us their theses which are about half done. Dreamworks is also giving another lecture next week. So far Ringling has had demos and talks from Dreamworks, Activition, Reel FX, and Massive Black. Can't wait until next semester when the actual recruiting starts. Should be (even more) exciting!

Endless sleep, good food, and drawing in a week, Woo hoo!

Ps: Special thanks to Robert, without whom I wouldn't have even have thought about using Actions in photoshop on these pages.

A Post of Walk Cycles

2007-12-04T20:22:00.000-06:00

An old man for traditional animation:

And a spaceman for computer animation:

And Sean critiqued my walk with giant foot:

And a bucket to hide my sliding feet:

Sit/Stand Character

2007-11-29T21:59:00.000-06:00

WOOOO! A week and a half left to go!
I can't wait for winter break! There are many things I'm excited for such as my dad's delicious Chinese food, going out with friends, sleep, improve my drawing/painting skills, my dad's delicious Chinese food, sleep, etc. The thing I'm not looking forward to though, is the Minnesotan winter. I've gotten so used to Florida that 75 degrees seem a little chilly (honestly! It doesn't feel 75!) so I can imagine how painful 30 degrees will be. And lets not mention wind chills, arrgggh!

Meanwhile there's plenty of project to be done. Here's some pre-pro stuff for my next semester's sit/stand project. We basically have to animate a character sitting down with one emotion and getting up with another emotion. My story is about a guy expecting a baby. He sits down exhausted from the anxiety then storms off excitedly when he hears his baby's first cry.

Finalized Design:

Previous Design:

Exploration Sketches:

Woo delicious homemade Chinese food!

Birds and Guests

2007-11-19T16:27:00.000-06:00

Thought it's time for another post so here are some sketches from the jungle garden and a couple of robots/spacemen.

Last night was the first night in many weeks when I felt like I am caught up with everything and can do some drawings not for class. But surprise surprise, today I realized that I should have spent that time on revising our animatic. Oh well, we all need some personal drawing time to get out of the lab once in a while.

Layout Yo!

2007-10-30T14:54:00.000-05:00

Ahhhh just when you need to go....

Here's a layout for a collaborative project we are doing in concept class.
Now go to Nick's blog for the interior.

Primitive Theater

2007-10-25T09:07:00.000-05:00

Here's a wholesome cow-tipping story for you:

Phyllis The Snobby Girlfriend

2007-10-18T03:05:00.001-05:00

Ah life at Ringling is good--sleepy, but good.

Ralphie the Fox

2007-10-17T15:49:00.001-05:00

Yay done with my model sheet for Traditional. As you can see, this fox is very "special." It was my first time drawing completely with the tablet. It took quite a while to get use to but it worked out alright. At this point I don't know which is faster, pencil or stylus.

Now that's do that again for Concept plus 25 more silhouettes. Yay!

Foxes and Peps

2007-10-16T14:53:00.000-05:00

Some development drawings for traditional and concept character designs:

My Sauntering Flour Sack

2007-10-15T20:55:00.000-05:00

"Tra la la la la... what's this? A gorge!? Well I the sauntering flour sack will make short work of that...."

With Nilah's lovely description.

Learn How to Dance with Nick and Yezi

2007-10-11T17:01:00.001-05:00

We had to record a skit as a part of our concept development class. Here's the slate for the actual skit. With dance moves this good, you don't need to see the rest:P

Good O' Figure Drawing

2007-10-08T15:52:00.000-05:00

Some gestures:

The Famous Butt Race Across Ringling

2007-10-07T09:20:00.000-05:00

Take a 'tour' of the animation department with the CA freshmen! Wish I was apart of it! :(

RIGS GONE MAD!!!

2007-10-06T14:20:00.000-05:00

With little knowledge of the rigging process, my Primitive Theater is coming along...slowly. I do enjoy entertaining myself by playing with the models though, you sure can't do this with 2D animation.

Runaway pupils:

Picasso cow:

More Animals

2007-10-03T22:48:00.000-05:00

Alright, pointy cow it is. Here's the pig as well. I still need to figure out how to add nostrils, add tails. rig them...I feel so behind in 3D!

Early Cow Models

2007-10-01T10:12:00.000-05:00

WHICH ONE WHICH ONE??? Pointy or curvy legs?

Primitive Theater Designs

2007-09-27T10:13:00.001-05:00

I decided on a cow-tipping story:

And check out this World Cow I found online:

Illest of the Ill

2007-09-26T22:07:00.001-05:00

Illest of the Ill 2007: Friday Sept 28th, 7pm at the Ringling Exhibition hall
Illest of the Ill showcases work from the illustration department. The posters look amazing. Be sure to check it out if you are in the area. I'll try to take some pics.

Yannick Puig: Great Design

2007-09-24T07:31:00.000-05:00

Here's a couple of animations of Yannick Puig. I'm really impressed with the visual design of both of these films. Good design is hard to find in 3D animation these days.

Flour Sack

2007-09-21T20:50:00.000-05:00

A basic jump practice

No More Balls!

2007-09-20T08:32:00.000-05:00

Finally! Moving on to flour sacks and primitives.

Life At Ringling

2007-09-14T13:04:00.000-05:00

This post is dedicated to Betsy Bauer whom makes my blog seem important.

Ringling is very demanding and has high expectations for its students.

But never fear! There is plenty of fun and relaxing activities on campus to balance out your life.

Such as Dodgeball...

...and dance lessons.

And if you are in animation, this is how the rest of your time is spent:

Location Revised

2007-09-13T10:48:00.001-05:00

This would have gone so much smoother if I had my tablet!