Animation - Depth and Dialogue

This assignment called for the Pink Panther to walk, turn towards the background and continue walking, do a take(an "eek!" moment) and run to the foreground.

This one's an assignment dealing with dialogue! There's a lot wrong with it, such as how off-model he gets near the end(the size of his hands... oh my) and how much he moves around, but it was fun nonetheless. :)
[In case my voice is tough to understand, he's saying, "Naw, I liberated it! I freed it from the oppression of its packaging... AND its price tag."]

Animation - Walk practice

Earthworm Jim walk cycle (only one inbetween, so it pops somewhat)

Jim again, walking in perspective.

Capilano University Commercial Animation portfolio

Page 1 - Life drawing

Page 2 - Life drawing, gestures

Page 3 - Life drawing, 2-3 minutes

Page 4 - Life drawing, 3-5 minutes

Page 5 - Showing structure

Page 6 - Character design

Page 7 - Showing consistent structure of a single character

Page 8 - More character design + consistent structure

Page 9 - Turnarounds, posing and expressions

Page 10 - Environment design

Page 11 - More environment design

Page 12 - Character design, traditional medium

Page 13 - Animal studies

Page 15 - Place studies

Character Post 3

A redesign of an old character, and a little demon named Djevelen

Random mushroom people

Character Post 2

The Clavigers, the keepers of their respective points in time; Bematist, who considers the past... Blive, who surveys the present... Baïthe, who spies the future... and Bangstry, keeper of what never was.

Bematist could be considered the leader of the Clavigers. He acts somewhat like an old man; he is wise and doesn't jump to conclusions. His name means "to measure by paces". Blive, on the other hand, is meant to be quick; to give off the air that he is always much too busy to chat, but that he would if he could. His name means "Quickly; forthwith".

Baithe is quiet and never hurried, and has a comforting demeanor. (Design based loosely off my (late)yellow lab, Bailey.) "Baithe" means "to agree or consent". Bangstry is fantastically bitter about his lot for eternity, but hides it by acting.. menacingly jolly. His name means "Masterful violence".

Hansel and Gretel in Space

This was a character design assignment from the summer 3D program at Cap.
We were supposed to take a well-known children's story and redesign the characters for a different genre;
I chose to do Hansel and Gretel, and make it Sci-Fi.

[click for fullview] Lederhosen-inspired spacesuits and an alien witch. Woahs.

The witch's home and gas station

The idea was for Hansel and Gretel to have been sent by their dad's girlfriend to go by jetpack to a neighbouring planet for the day to explore... or so she says! Before they leave, she secretly empties their jetpacks so they won't have enough fuel for a return trip. The siblings survive a crash-landing on the planet(the fuel having run out whilst in the troposphere, oh my) and come across a gas station. A kindly old (alien)woman offers them some fuel, but insists that they must stay for tea. They stay, of course, because who doesn't love tea? ಠ_ಠ

Suffice it to say, sh*t happens and the alien granny is revealed to be rather hungry for the other OTHER white meat. Now, in the original story, Gretel tricks the witch and pushes her into the oven(ouchies). Since there are no ovens in the galaxy large enough to fit the alien hag(except maybe on Omicron Persei 8), Gretel makes do with what she has -- that is to say, jetpack fuel and a Zippo lighter. Let's watch:

Oh, dear.

Crafted Creatures

Click the pics for fullview!
This is Asimov, a BJD[Ball-jointed doll] I sculpted. He is made from Super Sculpey, painted with acrylics and strung with elastic. He is fully poseable, as you can see!

I did not make the dolls in the last picture :) But I did sew their clothes!

Ted Goggie is partially sewn, partially sculpted. His (luxuriously furry)body is sewn and stuffed like a plushie, but his face, arms and legs are all sculpted from Super Sculpey. The various extremities he carries on his belt are also sculpted, but were made at a much earlier time -- don't ask.

His face is actually sewn directly onto the head! I thought it was a cool idea, and it added to the creepiness(which was already abundant, oh well).
The arms and legs are attached using a plug system I devised :) Each limb ends in a slightly bulbous shape, which then gets very skinny and finally ends in a wide, flat "plug" shape. As I sewed the sides of the body together, I placed the limbs in so the skinny part sat in the seam, with the plug inside the body.
Once stuffed, the flat plug presses against the "wall" of the body and holds the limb in the desired direction. It worked quite well!
(I didn't get a good pic of it, but he has a very large raccoon-like tail. Not striped though.)

[His poem:]

Ted Goggie snares creatures much smaller than him
He traps them with treats and pricks them with pins
He adores their cute fingers and feathers and pelts
So Ted Goggie keeps all those fine bits on his belt

Lastly, there's Jiffle Tin. He is made much the same way as Ted, but his appendages end in handles rather than plugs. The handles were smeared with carpenter's glue(for no reason other than I have a lot of it), and the fabric around the wrists/ankles was then bound tightly against each wrist/ankle handle with string until the glue dried, at which point the string was removed.
His noseplates, eyes and horns are simply glued on.

The body is structured like an old-fashioned teddy bear, where each limb is sewn and stuffed separately, then slapped on the sides. However(unlike teddy bears), his limbs don't swivel around.

His backpack of course contains/is embellished with every item the poem mentions. Some items are not shown because I forgot(such as the tiny bottle of candy), but they're there! :)

[the fullview is still tiny so here's his poem:]

Jiffle Tin's fine pouch is filled up with knickknacks
He collects oddments everywhere, everything bric-à-brac
Brandy-bottle snitched from a chef unawares
A package of candy from your larder downstairs
A bell liberated from a busy dressmaker
A hand-trowel pinched from the farmstead, Gold Acres
Four sundry jewels now upon his bag click
Along with a necklace in the dead of night nicked
A mishmash of notions lost in washing machines
Now embellish his little bag sewn from old jeans
A small bit of ribbon festoons his left horn
His scarf fashioned frugally from a sweater-vest torn

This jumble procured by want and by whim
Now belongs to the singular soul, Jiffle Tin.

Sketches

Some concept ideas for toys. I ended up making the one on the right; see it here: Jiffle Tin

I named this guy Smokestack! Creepy hands are always my favorite to draw. [Ink on vellum]

This is kind of old... I asked a friend to give me "requirements" for a few monsters; #1 was 4 eyes, wings, and a beak. #2 was 6 limbs, 3 eyes, and tusks. #3 was long ears & a tail.

Heroes in a half-shell

The best part is, he actually says this!

From a certain episode where Don and Leo force Mikey to eat floor wax so they can bust out of prison. Am I the only one who thinks that's REALLY funny? As well as Leo trying to look cool with plungers.

Turtle bros. Yeahhhh. Pop that polo collar, toss that frisbee, drink that mineral water, wear that cap, and do NOT forget the bro shades.

Character Post 1

DeCorbin is such a playa.

Here's a few character designs to get things started; for the first ones I just wanted some bird characters of different shapes & sizes. The second one was for a "monster parade" collab on deviantArt(seen here: Monster Parade)... there's a lot of great designs in the parade, check it out!