Thursday, February 24, 2011

CALLING 1st Years! and others if interested..


Kawaii Kawaii Desu Desu Nyahh! :::
BE INSPIRED.?

AITE. Guys I just love remembered this song/video animation. It's an ultra ear bleeding candy rave song for those who are against the kawaii...so watch it if you know you can handle it...

BUT I've pointed this out because of the project classwork we're doing at the moment! The bouncing character and what not. 

THIS video can be of help... I think it should, there is a lot of bouncing. and its interesting to watch they curl into a ball. 

PS. The song is called Smoooch.The characters are vocaloid and utau. vocaloid or utau did not sing the song.

Bye for now! Not forever! 
Charmie,

First Assignment:





Ergonomics Poster-----
 
Efforts on my first assignment centered around Ergonomics. The idea I get behind this was from Frank mainly! In no meaning of complaint> He described the 'zone' now and then the first two weeks. But I think the thing that made me rush for this idea was due to the lack of cg artist ergonomics. I tried finding pictures for it, but fumbled pointlessly over barely related pages of images. I suppose that's what drove me to draw it. So then it clicked, over the 4 other ideas I had I scratched those for this although I knew it was risky.  

Frank was fine with it!!
But I felt prepared and accepting if I had to draw another poster. - u- lucky it was okay to some degree.



Concept : Lair


Robotic Ant Lair

Felt like doing something 
conceptually when Ian 
complimented me, and
mentioned the painting
techniques I used where 
similar to that of a concept 
artist.
So I thought why not give
it a shot??

< That's the end result
It was funn.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

2010

 >ANIM SHOT<
An animation I did in 2010. Not enough frames though.
D: and I lost the psd.
so I can't change it..
A mistake learn for future animations! ono!

Extreme - The Harryhausen





I beleive this man had opened incredible insight to many just watching this scene. This is claimed to be his most masterful.
The edgyiness in the skeletons really creeps me out~
This man is an icon now in animation history due to his extreme performance and skill to create such stop motion scenes or special effects, models of all sorts.

Ray's last film was Clash of the Titans, 1981.
He turns 91 this year.

cheers,

Marriage - A short film


Stop motion art we did today.  
in group of four, Matt, Tim, Jac, and myself.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Coming 2012

I'm going to comprehend what the principles of this thing called 'Animation'.


<= something like this

... I'm guessing

The Thirteen Basic Principles of Animation is a set of principles of animation introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation.
The idea is that, with these principles someone can gain super mega ultra lightening cool animation ability.

THESE. Are the principles.
  • Spacing
  • Squashing and Stretching
  • Anticipation
  • Staging
  • Straight ahead action and pose to pose
  • Follow through and overlapping action
  • Slow in and slow out
  • Arc
  • Secondary action
  • Timing
  • Exaggeration
  • Solid drawing
  • Appeal

The aim with these principles is that a character can bring appeal... can be Realistic, and full of life.


Wish me luck!

Who are these 2 old guys?



An interesting surprise with Bird's history in animation. He held great indearment for his elders/teachers, and kept contact with them. He brought great inspiration from them. And in a form of dedication, appretiation and fun he included the two Frank and Ollie as characters shown within the two films 'The Iron Giant' and 'The Incredibles'.
The Incredibles









2d and 3d.


Ollie and Frank do a cameo in The Incredibles.




Frank Thomas (Lady and the Tramp) from Victor Ens on Vimeo.
The pencil test is attributed to Frank Thomas.
He did animate this sequence in the film 'Lady and the Tramp'. Both Frank and Ollie animated Lady in the film. However Ollie animated most of Lady. Frank animated the spaghetti meatball scene.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Adobe' Photoshop's 20th Anniversary!







This is the twentieth year Adobe's unlocked a new gate for artists in their creativity.
It's been for 20 years, that the world has used Adobe Photoshop software to
transform creative inspiration into nearly everything we see in print, online, and
across media.

Let's smile for photoshop C:


oh and here's the link to this picture~ Drawn by me,

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Reminisces



Today we watched a short documentary with the 2nd years.
It detailed the history of Walt Disney’s ‘Lady and the Tramp’.

I learnt that Disney took a few decades to create and produce
the story.
Mainly because of the charming appeal Lady had.
They concluded there was nothing more they could make of her
story.
Originally what inspired Lady and the Tramp was Walt’s own
happenings in life.
For instance the way he presented a gift, a puppy in a hat
box, for his wife.
It was decided this would too play a scene in Lady and the
Tramp.

Aside from Disney’s efforts in the movie, two others
contributed ideas to the story.
They are: Joe Grant, and Ward Green.

Joe Grant was someone Walt would always talk to about ideas.
He was often a great help to Walt Disney. Ward Green on the
other hand was a writer for the ‘Cosmopolitan’. A literature
magazine. It was reading this magazine, Ward’s story ‘Happy
Dan the Cynical Dog’ that the character ‘Tramp’ was made
bringing Lady back to life.

The year, finally where it was made, was during 1955.

I really reallllyyy enjoyed Lady in the Tramp as a youngen,
It was a part of the collection of Disney vhs we had.
I’m really happy that I got to see this.
Or else I wouldn’t have had any idea...

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Mission Complete!

Made a gmail account. Along with it, my first blog.

I'm going to try not to drag out all long fancy explanation why I like animation...
I simply happen to like it... inside and out.

Originally what got me to try animation wasn't out of the inspirations of others.
But just the desire to tell a story. I started making animated .gifs around grade 11 as a stress reliever... or more like a new procrastination...
But that doesn't mean I haven't always found drawing enjoyable~

I did not consider then to take it seriously and study it.
But slowly it crept up on me.
So today is my first day... I'm more excited then scared. Eager. Where will I go with this?

Here are a few animation pieces that have widened my eyes.

5 centimeters per second>


Paprika >


I also love an anime K-ON!(!), produced by the Kyoto Animation group
the animation it really good! I definitely like the movement of the characters, they really strike me. and the story is gorgeous.


If you also like their style of animation I also suggest you watch this other video, the anime's name is Bakemonogatagi!


This is a music video sung and produced by Akikane called 'Rolling Girl'
I believe this is another great influence to me. This is one of the best music video's I have laid my eyes on. It's very powerful.
It reflects on a girl who is always trying her best, and is never giving up. "one more turn" "one more turn"
'rolling' can be defined as giving it another round. Having another shot.
I like this video very much. Originally it was designed for Hatsune Miku, but I prefer this version better. Her voice bring out a hint of desperation.






These are some other animation pieces that I have seen recently.

Meet Buck >


Wakfu/ Tv Series opening theme


That's all kids~