New Year's Resolutions

Art-Related Resolutions
1. Finish a 2 minute Cartoon by July.
2. Paint a Portrait.
3. Practice a little every day.
4. Do some Plein Air Painting with acrylics.
5. Draw 100 Hands.
6. Earn some money with my Art.

Geek-Related Resolutions
1.Finish Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door before I forget the beginning again.
2. Beat Yoshi's Island and try to unlock all of the bonus levels.
3. Play more Pokemon.

Personal Resolutions
1.Clean and Rearrange my room.
2. Get my 'studio' set up proper.
3. Be nicer to my friends and family.
4. Get a job that I can enjoy, which would also support my family.

Yay!

For Christmas, I recieved a discount drafting table, easel, and some canvases. I now have the supplies to create things, as well as a place to work! YAY!

No pictures or art for this post, I'm afraid, since my scanner is disconnected at the moment. (I was cleaning my desk, and now I'm too tired to hook it back up)

Expect new updates soon!

Things that are done but not yet uploaded:

CRAYON Painting (with video!)
more, new watercolor sketches!
More animations from the Christmas game I was working on!

concept sketches

some quick concept sketches for another project. this project wouldn't let me sleep, so I had to scritch it out.

sound guy quick design concept

 

layout concept

and now, I am going to try to sleep. :) Peace.

Materials:
Photoshop
Wacom Cintiq

What I Learned:
nothing new, really. except maybe how annoying ideas can be when they really want you to write them down or sketch them up, lol.

Walk Cycle Practice

Practice animation for the upcoming game I've been hired to work on.

Materials:

12f Animation Paper

Lightbox

Ruler

Pegbar

Blue Col-erase Pencil

Sakura Pigma Micron 8, Black

Scanner

Toonboom Studio 6

Wacom Cintiq

What I learned:

That I need to plan my arcs before drawing the keys

how to use traditional and digital techniques together to create a seamless animation process.

that I really need to study more, instead of just Forrest Gumping my way through, like I did here.

to be honest, I'm not real happy with it, but I did learn a lot. attempted shortcuts in animation only lead to trouble, and a whole lot of mess. better to just do the work properly, and spend the extra time plotting out your motions, then trying to rush through. especially if you're as new at animating as I am.