animation letters

Animation words that end up making a W haha tricked you, and advertising facebook... not that it needs advertising but anyway



SERIOUsly, try move around... they eyes follow you WHEREEVER you go!! =0

3d modeled stoef

3d modeled scene with a moom medel being a fancy presenter giRl =)

shit

Mayas balls

Maya Vs 3dsmax.... 3dsmax destroyes maya in usability and modeling ability, but maya is a little nice to animate in, that said its still a horrible method and i wish the guys over at autodesk would hire a bunch of animators to work with them to improve the usability. At the moment maya is a huge over complex moster of a program built on shaky foundations, lets hope the future is a little brighter

POST 40 =) yays

Above: The design for a scene thats going to be built in maya and be animated upon =)

=)


simple animation..yes

February

Wow, when i think of a year, it sounds like a long time, but we'v already left january behind =S, only 11 more to go till the big 2011.. crazyness, defnitly play less xbox and focus more on animation and illustration right =)

Anyway here are some skecthbook bits =)

I like doodling walking figures =)




This might be the title for my short narrative film =)...maaayybbeee, or maaaaayyybee its just a horrible drawing i did of a cup, trying to scuffle for an idea to make a film from =) either iether

Some quick caricatures from "bus people"

A caricature of Jess from my animation course, its not 2 successfull =( but yeah i like the cartoonie-ness, if thats a word haha =)

This is a artsy fartsy bit i did on technology and how it is starting to take over the world and changing social behaviours, when was the last time you talked to the person nxt to you on the bus? aye aye?

=) and das ist das, that is that, ...done =)

Drawing draawing

So this week iv been caricaturing aswell as doodling been fun =)

Playing with symbols, the nappie, the blocks n the bottle, and also not all there facial expressions.

A doodle of myne which i inked

My first paying illustration work =) a caricature did for a friend, which was given as a birthday present =)

This week i'm doing a week long summer school which will teach me the basics of art history and how to write an essay the proper way, aswell as how to make my art mean somthing more than just a mixed statement =) more on that stuff later =D

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