About time...

Here's a long overdue new piece of animation. I kinda burnt out for a bit and it took me a little more time than usual to get this one done. There's been some business going on around me too, so I've been away fro mthe computer somedays. Regardless, here it is:

Stan Getting Scared by Tubbs (Make sure your speakers are not too loud...)


I think it's looking good so far...but there's something missing...or perhaps I've just been staring at it for too long. Let me know what you think and what you would change/keep the same.

I now plan to go back to my last post's piece and do some fixes based on some suggestions from Mike. Thanks again for stopping by buddy. I always appreciate it!

Take it easy,
Daniel

More Tubbs...

This time I have Tubbs flicking on a old style boombox. It's a simple clip, but one I'm planning to use to start up my demo reel, while my info is being displayed at the beginning. I don't think it's quite right yet, and the hop down to the floor might need some more work. But until I take another pass at it, here it is. Enjoy!

Take it easy,
Daniel

Tubbs - "Turning on Boombox"

Continued work...

Still working through the paces towards a new demo reel. Things are going well so far, and I must say that I am having a rather good time working on these personal pieces. From what I can see, I think they are turning out much better than my last batch, but we'll see in the end...

This post just consists of fixes to the "Showing Off" clip, as well as my newest piece, "Gun Inspection." The fixes of course, came from various animation forums where I posted for feedback, since no one seems to visit this blog anymore. Oh, and of course, my good friends, Mike and Brandon, who always have time to take a look at my work. Thanks a lot guys.

Until next time,

Take it easy

Daniel

Spaceman Stan - Showing Off - Fixes

Tubbs - Gun Inspection

Check this out...

So I've started working on things I plan to use in a new demo reel. I'm still in the early stages of production, but I pretty much have everything planned out, as far as content wise. Here's the first shot, but not the last, containing a character easily found on the web: Spaceman Stan. Overall, he's a pretty basic rig, and far from perfect, but I enjoyed working with him. He also one of the few free rigs out there that has some decent character and design to him. This is just a brief clip of him playing with his little blaster. Let me know what you think!

Take it easy,
Daniel

Spaceman Stan - "Showing Off"

New Month, Same Fun!

February is here! And what better way to celebrate the month of "love", than with a couple new pieces staring a lovely.......Goblin! Yay!





So, I came across this little fellow on the Internet a few days back and just couldn't resist animating him. Just two simple cycles for starters, but I'm sure it won't be the last time we see him. In fact, I'll make sure of it.

Anyways, just a quick post. Next week, "Intermediate Tutorials" with Jason Ryan!

Take it easy,
Daniel

Back on Track, PLUS a January Overview

Sooo....looks like my Internet problems should be over and done with now. It also seems that I will be working around Blogger's video posting, and from now on will be using YouTube to show my work with. Hopefully, this will allow less crashes and "Unavailable Footage" messages.

But most importantly, let me get back to the work! January has come and gone, faster than I could have ever imagined. I decided to get back into learning as much as I could about animation this year, and January was the first big push. Granted, most of the tutorials I worked on during that month were relatively simple and basic, but I wanted to make sure there was a strong foundation here before I went onto the more complex stuff. So you may find this work boring or overly simple, but I firmly believe it is a necessary step.

Speaking of the tutorials, I must say that I am enjoying this batch greatly. Mr. Jason Ryan is a very talented animator indeed. Luckily, he is also a very understandable and easy to follow teacher. When offering up any form of teaching, think both of these traits are necessary. Sadly, I find that in more cases than not, only one is usually present. Anyways though, his tutorials are definitely proving to be a great help, and an awesome source of inspiration for my work! Heck, he's even got my playing with 2D animation. Mind you, it's nothing special and it's a bit sore on the eyes, but for me, it helps me plan out some shots prior to jumping into Maya, and that can save some serious tweaking time. all in all, I am very happy to have found Jason as a digital teacher, and I cannot wait to get right back into his tutorials next week!

Until then, he's the overview of, what I think are, my most successful pieces for the month January:

















So that pretty much wraps up everything I liked in the "Basic Tutorials" I worked on. This next batch of pieces are things I did after being inspired by the tutorials. I didn't want to strictly work on just tutorials after all.

Post Tutorial Fun:








That's pretty much it. Hope you enjoyed some of it, and PLEASE let me know what you thought of it all. GOOD or Bad. I welcome it all!

Until next time, take it easy,
Daniel

Interweb Issues...

I seem to be having internet issues on my end, so it might be awhile before another post. I am still working away on animation pieces however, so this just means that there will a big update when everything gets working again. As for the uploaded video issue, it seems like things are still touch and go. Sometimes they will play and sometimes the will say that they are currently unavailable. Hopefully thiswill all be sorted out by the time I return. I just wanted to let who ever still visits this blog, to know of the situation and to know that I will be back soon.

Take care,
Daniel