Mini Sketch Dump

So instead of doing all of my packing, I did this for a bit:

I also added some detail to my Husk sketch from earlier, but it's not worth a repost at this point.

Yay it's Winter Break!!

10 Hours Later...

So for my final lab in WebDev I decided to model a Re-Design of sA after this site.

I fell in love with the design the moment I saw it on Mercedes McAndrews' website, and I started to love it even more as a tweaked the design here and there.

So, I may end up going with this design and give the current sA a complete make-over! I'm just not sure if I would feel comfortable putting my design up because it's so similar to the McAndrews site.

But anywho, here is the link to my student page with the unfinished version of sA. Most of this is just testing and thus things will be broken and creepy looking, like the digital page having traditional drawings. >.>

s c a t t e r b r a i nFarts

Sketch Dump!

So here are three fairly quick (and RANDOM) sketches I did late last night while taking breaks from animating.

When I'm sketching I usually just scribble some stuff on the document until it looks like something, and I go from there. So none of these, or any future sketches, are meant to represent or be certain things or characters.

Husk and Enemy Concepts

So I'm at the tail end of my lab shift for today and I thought I'd post some concept sketches that I've been working on for Project Null.

Husk:



This guy is supposed to be the main character's companion in Project Null.

Possible Enemy:



Now, obviously, these are both still in progress and I'm not even entirely sure if the Husk sketch goes with our original concept for him. I have two other sketches of him, but this is my favorite so far.

Final Project Update

So here are some progress pictures of my final project for digital animation studio. I tried to make the character shapes as simple as possible to make the animation process easier.

Background/Setting:




Guitar:




Character 1:




Extreme poses for Character 2:

Late Night Post

I suppose the title should technically read "Early Morning Post" but who gives a damn about technicalities at this hour, eh? I certainly don't...

Anyway, I thought I would finally post my Flash walk cycle which has actually been done for a while!

Here it is in all of it's glory, beware, fabulous character concept ahead:

...Not!

My final project is currently "under development" and, if I make progress tomorrow, I'll be posting something exciting. Like the background! OooOooh! AhhHHhh!

Project Null

So Nate and I are going to collaborate on a capstone project for our senior year. Currently being referred to as Project Null, it's going to be a platformer video game and we started to concept ideas this past summer.

I posted a link to the website I've been working on for Project Null in the section to the right. We'll be dumping concept art, updates, and hopefully a full description of our idea and the story line as the website and our work develops!

In case your browser fails miserably or you just don't know your right from your left, click this!

Oh, and because I'm using it for my web development class there will be strange things like "Lab 4 is over here!" and newsletter sign ups that don't really work. So don't be fooled!

Finally Caught Up!

So I finally caught up on all of my animation assignments! They're all hand drawn frame by frame in Flash except for the abstract, that was animated using tweening. Oh! And the cookie jar in the character jump says, "Not Your Cookies."

Character Jump:

Bounce 2:

Bounce 1:

Abstract:

And So it Begins...

So I realize I haven't posted anything of interest since... well for a long time. I'm really not too good about posting, unless I'm in school! And classes have started now, yay!

Here's my first Flash animation for Digital Animation Studio.

Be sure to avert your gaze if you have a heart condition or enjoy good animation!

Testing 1, 2, 3

Linking my blog to Facebook now so the family and see animating updates if they wish :)

Oh and I wont have to tell Nate the URL anymore ;)

This is a test post to see if it works >.>

Art Major...

To be or not to be? That most certainly is the question that's been plaguing my mind for a while now. I just spent over an hour staring at the BFA requirements and I have no idea what to do.

I just don't know if I'm good enough :-/ I've always been so insecure about my abilities as an artist.

But enough of my blabbering and blubbering, I guess I just needed a mini outlet for my frustration.

Short Animation Ideas

So I started working with Flash in order to beef up my 2D animation skills and I want to do some short animations on my own. I couldn't come up with anything earlier this week but today I've been able to get a couple of ideas going.

Numero Uno!
This one gets an automatic silly rating because it involves squirrels, haha. I just want to do a simple animation with two squirrels attempting to gather the last acorn left on a tree and the antics that ensue.

Dos!
While I was hanging out with Nate, Other Nate, Chuck, and Kyle last night they gave me an idea for an animation just by engaging in an average conversation. Well...not so average, but average for them. Let's just say it involves a man, his beard, and a bird. Reminding you of a Family Guy episode? Yeah, this will be fun. ;)

Well, that's it for now. I'm mostly posting this so I don't forget about them later. Hopefully I'll get some storyboards up eventually when I find the spare time to make 'em.

Oh, and here's my slightly improved animation of Lt. Dan Dancing:

Lt. Dan...dancing?

I was so happy to finally start animating with Lt. Dan! He has legs and feet! Maybe I'm getting a little too excited, but anywho here's the animation:

One thing I don't like is the way the foot rotates in right before he starts bouncing left and right. But I couldn't think of a better way to do it. So any input on that would be great! I'm also thinking about making him flip instead of just doing a regular jump.

Completed "Ball Story" Animation

Hey Everyone,

I just finished my first animation with the rigged ball for 3D Animation, this was incredibly fun to animate. Using the rig is a lot easier than having to re-size the entire object! And far less frustrating haha.

Anyways here it is, I think I can smooth out the animation a bit more but let me know what you think. Oh, and try to ignore the rigging around the ball, I'm not sure if there's a way to hide it or not and I didn't want to play with Maya's settings too much and mess everything up.

Lab Aiding and Animating!

So I'm lab aiding it up right now on this...lovely Friday and I was going to post my new animations from class, but I forgot how to export it as a QuickTime video >.< whoops! And now that I take another look at it, the animation could look a lot better anyways so I'll try to fix that up and post it soon.

Anywho, I'm working on some graphic design stuff for my 3D game programming class (for the menu screens and such) so I might post that if I think it looks ok haha, and it'll be up on my main website as well!

Alright I'm off to the world of Photoshop!! *whoooosh*

Bouncing Ball: Maya

Here's my first animation from 3D Animation Studio, just a simple bouncing ball.

Blender Projects

So since I'll be posting the work I'll be doing in Maya I thought I'd show some of my work in Blender from last term.

Jumping Pawn:



Walk Cycle:



Final Project:

Bobpants Spongesquare!

Ok I couldn't think of a real title for today's blog, so I made it Spongebob Squarepants' fake name for when he was being chased by that dude who was going to kick his butt...

Yeah, I'm a Spongebob fan...can you tell?

Anywho, I got into 3D Animation (yay!) and I'll be using this blog for it a lot this term, or so my predictions tell me. All of my classes are going pretty well so far, I'll just have a lot of homework over the weekends...

At least most of it will be drawing! :)

Dang I really wish I knew how to edit the layout of the blog better, oh well! I'll figure it out someday I'm sure.

And I realize this post was kinda pointless...but I guess it doesn't matter much to the possibly one other person who reads this O.o

Spring '09: The Beginning

Yay I made it through the first day of classes for Spring Term!

Ok, so it wasn't too difficult considering I ended up liking all of my classes, but there aren't any breaks between my classes or work so I considered it a mild accomplishment for the first day. :P

I'm really excited for my Drawing class, I want to strengthen my drawing skills a lot! And I want to actually post some new traditional work on my website, so that will be beneficial as well.

Still haven't heard about whether or not I'll be able to get into the 3D animation class, but I'm just going to show up tomorrow for the first day and see what happens!

I really need to go clean my room now...lol

On A Rainy Monday

So far spring break is turning out to be pretty relaxing, which is what I was hoping for in the first place!

Yesterday I used a couple of my gift cards to BestBuy in order to purchase a slew of Kevin Smith films. I got Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Dogma. I find Kevin Smith's work to be incredibly entertaining and there's always some insightful dialogue as well.

I also went to Borders and got the first volume of "Flight", a compilation of short comics created by various artists all devoted to the theme of flying. What I loved the most about it was the varying styles of the artists and how they interpreted the theme through their comics. They're all super unique and the skill of each artist is incredible!

In addition to this I picked up Tim Burton's "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories" which is a great little book of poems. Each poem is both mildly depressing and hilarious at the same time. Each poem also includes a sketch by Tim Burton.

Well I'm off to watch Dogma and possibly eat a sandwich... :P

Sweet Deal!

Alright, customizing = done! I added a twitter widget too, just in case anyone would be interested in that...

I'm a little worried I'm over-using my color palette between this, my website, and twitter...but on the other hand it keeps everything consistent. But, if anyone has any input, let me know!

Wow two posts in one night and I haven't even told anyone about this yet -_-

First Post!

Wow, I have really started to get into the blogging and micro-blogging community lately. First a twitter account and now a full fledged blog!

Okay, I've had blogs in the past but they never usually worked out. Hopefully this one will be different!

I guess this will be the more personalized version of my website, scatterbrainArts, for friends and family who want to know more than just a simple website update. I'll post some of my website updates here, but if you want a real look at my artistic work then please head over to sA!

That's it for now! I'm going to start customizing! ;)