Buff Kitty Cat

Things are wrapping up with Buff Cat. I thought I wold share some smear-cats and weird inbetweens!

In the meantime, while trying to bust Buff Cat out, I have made a little progress on Space Puppy. Here's where we're I'm at for now:

Weekly fun links to share with you:

- McGruff the Crime Dog goes to jail.

- "Selick, unlike many of the people in the Character Animation Program, “liked the darker things, bits from Fantasia, and the more experimental things. I’d been exposed to a much bigger world of art and music already, and a lot of the folks in Character Animation were very insulated. I mean, it’s kind of like they were studying from Disney to do Disney."
...cool, lengthy read about the influential CalArts animators. 

- My friend Ross and his project, Unsigned Ohio released a new compilation of songs by locals.
Check it out (it's free)/support a nice chunk of the central Ohio scene!

- A shout out to my photo/illustrator combo friends, Kat Skaff and Aaron Behnk, who just put up a cool show on campus!
Kyle put up some really good stuff, too.

Spring Break

Here's a little bit of what I have been working on this week of Spring Break. For Experimental Animation, I am doing a rotoscope project - which definitely involved me lip-syncing a small meow-rap by The Death Set. Animation III has me working on a scene from my short that involves an attitude-walk (a dance in this case) with an abrupt change at the end.
I also have a goal of trying to finish roughs for every scene of this cow short over break, so more is on the way!

Space Puppy Sketches/Research

In-the-works 2-3 minute storyboard/animatic for Layout and Timing.

I am going to push this into a senior thesis film for next year!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTKWOnp0T

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqU9kuu8X2U

Self-Portrait #2

A new self-portrait! I have been in a sketching-mood lately - and, good news (well, for me to hear about my own self) - it's a sketchy-people mood. Once I feel more confident and comfortable, I plan on posting more of my people sketches online. The past few concerts I have been to (especially the last one) have had me encountering lots of characters - and I had an ephiphany: I need to sketch them, and I need to consistently sketch these characters of my life experiences. Now the trick is just getting used to sketching again, like the golden days. Better than the golden days.

When I added textures, here, I searched "tacky wallpaper" and "cotton candy" on google images. I look much too tan, but I was feeling ready to not care too much. It's stylized ! It's abstract ! It's not EXACTLY me. I also have many more eyelashes, for instance, in real life.