ANGST SHORT 1

This was posted a week ago up on Rad Fortress - check it if you haven't wrecked it.

Voices by Pat and Karl - and music by Karl, too!

Been super busy gearing up for a trip to visit friends/catch Animation Breakdown Fest next week -

Matt, Pat, Dan and I had the chance some titles (I animated the first 24 frames of the title for the Free-for-All and Roundup). We also have some work in the show, including a film from Pat and Ian.

~*~*~*~*~  cool Animation Breakdown trailer ~*~*~*~*~

~**~**~**~ really cool Animation Breakdown Roundup 2 trailer ~**~**~**~

More updates to come but in the meantime, here are some silly progress updates of the above short before I ended up finishing it. Angst Short #2 is on it's way; I timed out thumbnails today in Flash.

 

Also, I just found out about Movie Buddies last week... take a listen if you haven't already.

Rad Fortress Pizza Show

Two pieces I made to be printed for some pizza-shop wall-space with Rad Fortress.

Angst Shorts: Comic #2

ANGST SHORTS TRAILER

In the midst of trying to finish an animation as fast as possible,
I bring you: a trailer for an animation that'll be here in less than a month:



Thanks Karl (http://koolkarl.com/) for the music (inspired by the best game of my childhood).
More TBA ;p

NOT DEAD

~ RAD FORTRESS GIFS ~
Sleepy blue summer guy & Mac Demarco

^ because I'm excited for him to come to Columbus this week ^

~ BAR DOODLES ~
In this order, they look like they are talking about the guy in the last drawing.
Don't worry, metal beard, they were talking about someone else.

^ (metal beard) ^

~ COLORFUL SKETCHES ~

When I put them together, I realize they tell a little story

 ^ Saves the Day lyric nod ^

Whoops I Graduated

hi blog

Haven't posted jack-anything in awhile. Here's to finally graduating college, finishing a 3-something minute animation, and starting a full-time where I was once interning. No complaints. I met some seriously talented artists over the past four years - not to mention handfuls of amazing people I can call my friends.

My goal, after this week, is to post once a week.

This one's about side-projects.

A month ago, I posted a flyer for a show that I pulled together. I'm happy to say that this is probably the last time I will ever miss being present at one of these gigs - no mas colegio.

I had to add a headliner - so I popped some heads off. Two more flyers are underway.

(aw yea,  quarter prints)

Also, here's some Rad Fortress gifs I worked on. More on the way (and hopefully some new toons).

 

(look mom)

Full Rough Animation + Gif Party

 

Long time no update. March has been full of animating. Before spring break, I finished all of the rough animation for Space Puppy. Now I'm in maniac cleanup-and-color-mode. Here are the roughs:

March Coming in Like a Lambchop

Oh hey, it's March. March comes in like a lion, or out like a lamb - since I've only experienced Ohio Marches, I assume that saying is bologna and March is actually just this GIF-like flux month.

Plugging away at thesis, that is all that I will say. I will probably post a big update next week (bgs + finished animation pass).

Some articles from the past week-plus:

1) That's What Milk Wants You To Think - 2) Beiber/Twitter Tween Queens - 3) The Deep Dark Power of... Fraternities - 4) Five Guys Douchebag - 5) Liz Whal

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.

Not Dead/Rad Gif Party

Happy Late Christmas & Early New Year! Great news, even though I haven't been posting much - I am not dead. I have been sleeping lots, cleaning lots, and working on a cartoon for Rad Fortress. Be excited - it's about a cat. I have also been getting some thesis work done. I started a specific tumblr where I will be keeping track of my progress. I have a finished animatic SWF file, but I have to get it into After Effects so that I can upload it. Click here to follow my thesis blog! (aka, "MySpace Puppy")

I'm going to start posting resources and links toward the end of a weekly blog post. This will be a grab bag of stories I found interesting, websites my friends have updated, great animations, etc. Here we go: Something inspiring? Chris Oatley, my portfolio professor this past semester, posted a new podcast around Christmas. It's great for any creative looking for a pick-me-up. Some friends and I ran into him at Dirty Franks, and he says he's aiming to do two of these a month. A Shout-Out? My talented roommate - fashion designer Ryun Harrison - just launched his website. Fling a hit his way - we are cheap college students who try and think of creative Christmas present, including a shout-out on a blog spot blog.  Something Useful? Here's a link to some great brushes from Character Designer Shaun Bryant. Check out his work while you're at it! Something Random? One of my old favorite bands, Less Than Jake, released a music video this month which included tons of cameos from lots of other bands that they are friends with. It made me really happy and reminded me why I love this kind of stuff in the first place.

Sketch & finished New Years GIF of the 2013 meme-star, Doge.

 An elfie posing for a selfie, and an owl bear being very happy.

 Punk Couch Spaceship.

Rad Fortress: Crust Bangin' Out

This post is especially aimed toward those who loves pizza, hummus, and demented clown costumes.

Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of working on the second episode of Rad Fortress's Crust Bangers. I animated the opening sequence and teamed up with Patrick and Tara to do some lip-syncing. Catch the second half of the episode next week!

~ Smearful Draftsmanship ~