New Animations

Here's my latest animation for my traditional 2 class. Using the same turtle character, I made a more stylized walk. His head bobs with every step and you can really feel the weight of the character (hopefully). Took me roughly 50 frames and lots of sleepless nights to complete. Enjoy!


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Here's the older finished version of the basic turtle walk without any stylization to the motion.

I'ma Soph-o-more

Sorry its been so long since my last post. I've been getting settled down in my new living arrangements and getting used to my new schedule. Speaking of which, I LOVE my new schedule!
Here's whats been happening:

• Lindsey and I celebrated our one year anniversary!

• Went to an awesome "paint party" hosted by Axel, where we ate cupcakes and took turns modeling while everyone else drew. Thats me above posing with the raincoat. Thats how art students party. For real-zies.
  

• Got in a minor accident with Lindsey's car. Sideswiped an suv. Had a terrible time dealing with MetLife (Read previous post for the details...)

• Been working as a mural painter with Ringling and the new-student orientation kids. We painted the pediatric ward of the local hospital with a jungle theme.

• Classes have been pretty tough so far, but I'm still loving it.

• I've started learning Maya, its going to be like pulling teeth for at least a month I think.

• I live in a 4 person dorm now with a living room and kitchen. Its really nice getting your own space I've realized. Nobody really is using the living area though.
  

Here's a few recent drawings I've done at Ringling that I'm quite proud of.

The first one was a character assignment for my Concept Class where we had to draw people in a public setting and then design a character around that. I designed this librarian character off of a woman I saw at the mall.The second drawing was for my Traditional Animation II class. We're starting off where we left off last year with walk cycles. We were told to design whatever type of character we wanted to make a walk for. I'm not sure how it turned into an old tortoise...but I'm pretty happy with it.

Here's what I have so far. I'm trying to finish the arms and head for Thursday. (wait for it to load so it isn't choppy)

The third was a assignment where we had to draw an environment and then design something else out of it. My original drawing (bottom left of the first image) was of the bayou apartments where I live, and I took the shapes of the architecture and designed something completely different.

Right now I'm trying to figure out what Lindsey and I should dress as for Halloween. We want to do something as a couple. Maybe we'll go as zombies again.