Demo Reel 2011

So here's my last demo reel post for 2011..





I'm currently working on some new shots to flesh out my reel a little more for 2012!
Enjoy, and I'll see you in the new year!

Update: Dialogue Test

So now I have the first 3 shots of my test finished. They still could use some tweaking, but I'll move on for now, until I get some feedback.
Enjoy!

Tinkerbell

Andreas Dejas has been posting a LOT of art at his new blog. Mostly it consists of Classic Disney works. He recently posted Marc Davis' Tinkerbell designs. It's great to see original art like this, with the construction lines still visible. You can learn a lot about how a character is constructed by looking beneath the surface and breaking it down to it's core shapes.
Here's my attempt at Tinkerbell based off one of Marc's drawings... she is NOT easy to draw... I had fun with this little exercise!

Baby Dragon

Just a quick drawing to loosen up, get used to the cintiq and get my brain back into a drawing mode!
I need to keep it up!
He still needs a little work, I like his concept and I'll probably re-design him at some point, but for now he exists!

Polished Dialogue Test (Scene1)

Okay, so I've fixed the animation based on some notes I got from friends and fellow animators!
I'm calling this one done and heading off to the next shot in the sequence!
Here's a test render...

Polished Dialogue Test (Scene1)

So I'm finally getting around to polishing up an old 2 Character Dialogue Test.
I've pretty much thrown out the original performance of the 2nd character and in the process of reworking her acting. But I always liked what I had done with the first character so I've gone in and polished up the first shot of the test.
I'm moving on to the harder task of re-animating the next 3 shots!!!
Here's scene 1:

Ariel

So my New Year's Resolution was to do one sketch a day and one illustration a week, and then post it here to catalog everything!
Needless to say I am failing miserably!
While I have been sketching (ALMOST) everyday, I haven't been posting anything at all! I'm going to try and get better at that!

So for now, here is a drawing I did of Ariel. I found some great advice from this blog: Rads How To on how to get better at drawing by breaking down a shot from classic Disney films.

I decided to tackle this pose of Ariel since I always seem to have difficulty drawing subtle things!
Here's the process I used!

First I broke down the pose to its basic elements.


Then I added the more to the form with sharper lines.

Added in her hair.

Did some light tone to give a little more form.


And then I just darkened the empty space around her just to make it pop a little. Although there are some proportional issues I'm fairly happy with the end result!