New Projects

After handing in all of my work for this year and strangely not having to stress about meeting deadlines at the moment....I am on the hunt for some new projects to keep me from going insane (although i enjoy not having the huge workload at the moment, it HAS only been a matter of days and the novelty is slowly wearing thin and I don't mind admitting I am getting BORED - already).

I want to do some short animations, 30 seconds - 1 min, just to get some practice in and try different styles. I want a more fluid look to my animations and more of a sketched appearance rather than stiff cardboard like characters, so over the next few days I will be sketching from many different books I have, trying to understand the basics of character movement and timing. Then hopefully i will feel more confident to sketch WITHOUT looking in the books. I will post some sketches after i have done a few to let you see how i am getting on.

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for any animated shorts, please feel free to leave a comment below :) The funnier the better. I want to experiment with voices and sounds rather than just animate to music - which is what i tend to automatically do.

Will keep you updated on my progress.

I may even get a ReviewFriday in tomorrow.....haven't done one of those for a LONG time!

Pencil test 2

This is my second pencil test. I know there seems to be a pattern going on with the 'cat' theme...but not intentional.

This test was taken from a frame of my storyboard for 'Cat & Caboodle' (which has not yet been produced), and turned into a pencil test animation. I used the traditional peg boards and a light box. I then scanned the images and took them into Premiere to make them into a .mov file.