Animation Time! - Shark Rig

Today's Inspiration:
“I didn’t have any limitations. I could do anything.”

“I don’t mean to say that I’m all these things, but I try.
I got accused over the years of being a fine draftsman.
Actually I don’t really draw that well. It’s just I don’t stop trying as quickly.
I keep at it. I happen to have high standards and try to meet them.
I have to struggle like hell to make a drawing look good.”

― Milt Kahl
https://youtu.be/PV9PlBZ5TUM

Sheriff of Nottingham - Robin Hood
https://youtu.be/z8-pjDUkRas

Program - Maya 2014

Rig - Shark
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/shark-rig

Animator's Bibles:
Character Animation Crash Course
Animator's Survival Kit
Illusion of Life
12 Principles of Animation
Drawn to Life


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Cyberbrows and a manbag

I find I'm spending less and less time with my Preston Blair study lately. I still am really enjoying it, but I get so many ideas and concepts of my own that I want to draw that I'm finding it hard to set aside the time I used to. I also think drawing really small sequential characters is getting to me. I need to draw bigger.

Claude and his turtle dueling again.


The Daily Gilligan


I've always thought the idea of cyberbrows (robotic eyebrows) looked really cool. I don't know exactly what the benefit would be, but I think if given the option I'd have the surgery.


Had to take a break to watch the new episode of The Office.


I've found I like doing these more adventurous, peril filled, Robin Hood style drawings.


On the heels of yesterday's Viking drawing I become fond of the idea of Vikings in normal situations. Tonight I present to you Viking playing Croquet.


While looking online to find a better way to carry around my sketchbooks, pencils, erasers, etc, yes, I suppose you could say I was looking for a manbag. I came across this great thread (Loose Sketches I Would Like to Own) on the conceptart.org forums. It's a whole collection of people posting pages from some of their favorite artists sketchbooks. I rediscovered Jean Giraud. Back when I was really into Sega games. Thanks mainly to my friend Benstylus. I looked into the Panzer Dragoon series of games. What captivated me about these games was the art. It was unlike anything I've seen before. Jean Giraud mixes comic book style art with a European almost children's book warmth and vibrancy. I really need to find a book of his to study.

Late Late Night

Okay, I think I mean early morning. So I've got to figure out what to do. I either need to cut down on my drawing, cut back on everything else (which I don't have much to cut out left), or work faster. I haven't gotten a chance to make that sequence drawing into a gif yet. Hopefully tomorrow. I didn't even get to finish re-penciling (I need to just start inking) about half of the drawings I did earlier this evening. It's interesting trying to keep on model and stay true to the flow of action with every new drawing. I'm really enjoying the learning process.

Gilligan trying to walk like an Egyptian.


Claude and his turtle swashbuckling.


Wanted to try something a little less "cutesy" for a change so I thought I'd try out Robin Hood vs. a Demon.


The Mustache Bandit strikes again!


I cam across Herrera's Box Blog the other day on Twitter. His drawings are so dynamic and mix an old cartoony feel with a true comic book style. His drawing style instantly feels recognizable yet truly unique. Thanks for the inspiration!

Productive Day!

I thought I was behind all day today. Then I realized how late it was so I started scanning the work I'd done, and well it turns out I drew a lot. Moving on to the the more animation side of my Preston Blair Study. Today was line of action in a sequence. Time permitting I'll turn these images into an animated gif tomorrow.

I'm still not sure where I want to go with that Minithology idea I had. So I thought I'd draw a Pegasus, that soon turned into this.



Some weird Dr. Seuss like tentacle.


Claude and his turtle in an epic game of tug of war.



Gilligan preping for a party.



Tried out that exercise where you draw a random shape and turn it into something. Ended up doing a Robin Hood and Friar Tuck image.


When I was little I had a fascination with drawing Abraham Lincoln Beards and Hats on everything. So I'm working on a new character the Mustache Bandit. Who basically draws mustaches on everything and everyone.



Watched a bit of Pen and Teller's Bullshit with Rhys this evening and thought I'd try to be productive while I watched.



A couple other people who were on the show.


A distant cousin to both Totoro and Snorlax.


Picked up the Art of Miyazaki's Spirited Away. I could just stare at each page for hours. He has such a simple fluid style. I just love it. I've got to learn to watercolor some day.