Keeping busy =)

So since my last post ive been bussy selling things and trying to undo the damage cristmas and paying for tafe did to my back pocket so being creative has been in the back seat =( i have been drawing a bit though and made some caricatures of people directly from facebook =)

yays

and thats what i lfet behind when i left byron bay =) tiehiehie.

Other than that i'm looking forward to starting tafe again in february =) a year of just animation, creation and illustration, can only be grand =)

Helllooo blog =)

Ahh the holidays thusfar have been grand,
iv saved a bit of money that made my backpocket happy,
spent alot more, but then again, whats it all for? =)

iv drawn alot and painted a little
watched the rains come
and got caught in a drizzle
But now the bloody sun is out

and i'm stuck in the fuking middle =S




righto thats enough horrible rhyming for now...


So painting with watercolors have been fun =)

above, just playing with watercolors


This is a scene from italy, and it is the first scene from a series of watercolor images i will produce =)

Sketches

=) looking forward to a year with lots of creativity and hopefully lots of great animation =)

The Stanleys 09

Yep, thanx to Jules Fabre and the Australian cartoonist association the four of us packed our bags jumped on the plane and headed for Sydney to attend the 2009 Stanley awards, which in short completely ROCKED.
We arrived not knowing what to expect but soon fell in love with the huge and pretty city of Sydney. Besides being directionless tourists we managed to make our way around and to the nova hotel which is where the Australian cartoonist association hosted the event.

The festivities started by heading off to the ABC centre where we attended an exhibition of pat Oliphant and other well know AcA member’s work (think I’m going to be on TV mum =D) Which was great since us small town wanabee animators got to meet and mingle with some very talented artists (should definitely mention free coffee )
The conference was overall a big eye opener as to where we might end up as creative individuals. And I’m overall pretty cheering I got to meet Tom Richmond and Pat Oliphant, who kindly signed copies of their books for me.


Tom Richmond caricaturing albert einstein =)


About Pat Oliphant =)

All at attendance where lovely people and all have great senses of humor and plenty of talent and where happy to share their expertise, as Sarah discovered as she was swarmed by a group of impressed AcA members while sketching and caricaturing at the ABC centre.
Sadly I wasn’t ready for the Stanleys, and didn’t create a portfolio to show around, but I’ll definitely be ready next time =) and it would be good to do some research on some of those that might be attending prior to going =) so I know who I’m speaking to ,what questions to ask and how dirty my jokes can be.

Sydney is definitely a lot more artsy than Brisbane, there wasn’t much graffiti from what I can see, but there were a lot of murals on high buildings, statues, memorials, and just overall a lot of esthetically pleasing works for the public. Not to mention the couple of museums and art exhibitions. Btw contemporary art is completely bolics. We attended the museum and had a walk through some of the most unimaginative imagery that I have ever seen, and I have internet access.

But anyway Sydney is a beautiful city and to all who haven’t been I recommend going, but taking a big pile of spending money is definitely the way to go, but don’t use it to catch taxis, spend it on books, booze, or hurling yourself out of an airplane and take plenty of photos, cause I bet like us you’ll be wishing you could stay a bit longer all the way home =)

Yays?

Now be sure to visit Tom Richmond's blog =) hes got some great carticatures and caricaturing tips on there =) enjoy

-willva

YAAAYs

So with tafe and the skool year slowly coming to a grinding halt, and all the deadlines for assignments and projects either past or imminent, we animators stare blankly with a big smile in glorious awe or realization that we are first year animators NO Longer!

Next year we will be the ones greeted by a the gazing blank stare of a new set of strange faced first year wannabee animations. Anyway "over adjective" realisation speech/blurb over.

I'm excited, for me and a few fellow animators are setting our sights for Sydney and the caroooooonist convention where we will get to meet Pat Olifant and Tom Richmond along with a large array of Australia's elite illustrator community... jealous? +)

But not to worry we will be sure to snap up lots of photos of both Sydney and the convention to share among the rest of the group =).

anyway here is a 7min piece i threw together for my articulation pathway into Griffith =) its got some bits and pieces of work spanning from all over my project timeline but probably some more recent stuff including my stop mo and a rare piece of editing i did in multimedia (for xbox) =) enjoy


-much love
-willva

Projects =)

over the past couple of months iv been covered in projects which iv been trying to complete


My parts for the 3d owin wilson piece the whole class participated in =) character animation in maya and the rig is max

Astro buggers off and sir licks alot

Astro buggers off and Sir LicksAlot are pretty much what iv been doing with my holidays =)


http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/503663 and the newgrounds version ofcourse =)

Astro Buggers off which i just released outside of the collab it was originally created for, with a couple of extra bells and whistles, specially in the sound and music department =) I'm happy with it, and thanx to Sam Hafts great voice talent the piece works rather well =)

Sir LicksAlot which is my submission to the superpets collab which everyone hopefully worked on these holidays, its on the final draft and will be complete this week with color and lines made with a pen! oooh that's always good.

=) I'll be back to normal posting again

Let me know what you think bout Astro Buggers off, preferably on youtube with comments and ratings and naked shots of yourself of course =)

Much love, the type that could be considered quite creepy
-will

Animation illustration holidays and you

Hey kids =)
Over the holidays, to avoid getting rusty and to have a good play with animation me and bobbah are doing ians 48 animation challenge

Animate all or as many of these as you can =) anyone is welcome to join and i commend you to do so =) what i like about the challenge is you can animate in whatever style you like +) definitely playing with some more pixel animation hehe
and no matter how it turns out it can only be an improvement from my last pixel animation back in 2003 when i was 13/14 or something =)



=) i really like this piece of myne, not even really sure how i pulled it off =) what love does to you eh lol anyway now that you opinions about me have been tainted forever...

SUPERPETS

Also to keep all of you EVEN busier these holidays the super pets collab comic is due at the end of the holidays, lets say first week back =)

Whats due? your comic on A4 paper or A4 photoshop size, can be as many pages as you like, color preferred but not necessary =) good luck to all, give us a bell if you have any questions or queries =D

Motiongraphic Sketchbook

=) my sketchbook sofar this year, please take a sec to head over toNewgrounds.com and vote =) it would help me alot =D


I remember watching this animation a little while ago, but iv come upon it again and its got just over 2 mil views =)

Always good to see animators are doing well, i really like this piece, i feel like hes really achieved that spark of life, which every animator should be striving to master.


Another nice 2d film using some rigging and a lot of 2d animation, this is definitely the balance we as the future animators need to strive towards in this current low paying, short deadline slump the world seems to be in ATM, this is from the Vancouver Film School by the way =) and you have to love it =)


Anyway let me know what you think about rigging animation and the balance between full 2d traditional and the rigged flash characters? whats acceptable? And breathing life into your character?

The italian maiden Marla

A few years ago i was wondering the web as i do, and i believe i saw it on www.coldhardflash.com and it was so beautiful then that every now and then i just havto watch it, so i'll wonder the web for hours looking for it, so i'v saved you the effort =) enjoy Marla



'Marla' is a graduation short film created in traditional animation in 2004 by a group of artists not limited to Alessandra Sorrentino, Alice Lia and Simona Ciraolo.

There are a bunch of concept sketches and all the beautifully painted backgrounds posted at calzette-rosa.blogspot.com
and i suggest heading over and having a gander =)
If you would like to have a peek at their latest works just head on over to

Alessandra - blog
Simona - blog

Defnitly worth a peek =) enjoy
-will

created by blu, a german graffiti artist from berlin, he does amazing things with his spray cans, just search blu on youtube and you can see plenty of his amazing work =)



A short by hichem arfaoui from animation mentors online class =), there are a few free tutorials and peeks at how they do things, if you are intrested =)


this here is the blocking from the same animation =) really cool to see the before and afters, if you check the related vids section on youtube there are also a layout design and even a 2d animatic =) if you'd like to see how they work =D


Also ran into these awesome scrabble ads =)

Hula from Scrabble on Vimeo.

Sumo from Scrabble on Vimeo.

Yoga from Scrabble on Vimeo.

So cool =) really like the style and how the music fits and makes it all seem rather edgy, reminds me a little bit of andrejs style

CHARGED - Animated Short Film from Collin T on Vimeo.

This one is very nicly animated and has a cool little plot line =)
Produced at Algonquin College in Ottawa Canada =) plenty of cool animation related places in Canada =D if you where thinking bout traveling =D


Below.. the majestic moose =)


This is from a head model andrej chucked onto the m drive =) defnitly get it, its fun!


And these are my acrobatic maya poses for franky boy =D




yays for updates, hope you enjoed the animated pieces
short bursts of love
-will