Archive for the ‘animation’ Category

I did another animation test in my spare time. Since I’d do an hour here and there, I have no idea how long it took to complete. If I were to guess, it was probably 30 something hours.

This is, I believe, is from Anchorman. Since I find Will Ferrell funny, I just had to do something with the audio clip.

Once again, after uploading an animation to Vimeo, I notice the audio is a frame or two out of sync. I’m not sure what is going on, but it sure it annoying. Besides the sync problem, it could use some additional work, but sometimes you just have to call it quits and move on.

Only a few posts back (but thanks to my slow blogging, more than eight months ago), I posted an image of an animation done for Pepper Films. I’ve decided to share the actual animation. You can see it below or follow the link to Vimeo to see it in higher resolution.

Again, the point was to make it look more stop motion than CG. Considering how quickly it was done, I think it turned out pretty well. Originally it was textured and lit by someone else, but I decided to redo it to my own liking. Besides lighting, I was also responsible for layout, animation, rigging, and supervising the modeling.

Just wanted to share some lighting and texturing for “Cinna-Mon” (a piece originally created for Pepper Films).  I animated/rigged this several months ago. And just recently, I re-did the lighting/texturing.

The still above is a frame from that animation. 

The last several months has seen an upturn in work.  Maybe this recession is finally starting to turn around.  Currently, we are in production on three commercials.  At the same time, the number of bids have increased substantially.  Hopefully, this is not a short lived phenomenon.

I’m also in the midst of editing a new directors reel for Toonstruck that will be placed online and shipped to those that have asked for it.  Finding time to do it has been difficult.  However, it is very close to being finished.

I’m happy to announce that just recently, the paperwork was signed to have my short film, Till Death Do Us Part, distributed by Ouat Media.  Their sales team will be making efforts to get the film shown on television, cable, airlines, the internet, and more.

This is pretty exciting.  The more people that see it, the better!  The bad news is that I won’t know ahead of time when it will be on!  If for some reason I do get fair warning, I’ll be sure to let it be known here.

If you see it, be sure to let me know!