Ôlêkram Yânda

So, i usually don’t post ruff passes of my animation but I have had more than a couple of people request that I do.  So here we go :)

This is typically about where I would get a shot in it’s first pass before I show a director. Sometimes, if I have the time, I will go in there and tighten up some of the drawings just a bit so that the director completely understands my intention with the shot. 

In this particular case this was actually the very last shot I animated while at DreamWorks. I technically had finished my last shot with about 3 days left to go on my contract, so, to try and be a good sport and help get some more footage in I ruffed this out knowing I wouldn’t be able to finish it.

When doing a pass like this you really are only focusing on the main, crucial parts of a shot. There, generally, are many things that aren’t fully realized yet and making “pretty drawings” as they say is something you leave for later. I can’t say my ruff’s aren’t very fun too look at. Glen Keane’s ruffs are fun to look at, Rune Bennicke’s are fun to look at. Mine are more functional than anything… simply a set up to try and do nice drawings when I tie things down. 

Hi everyone! I’ve got a couple of posts lined up, but first: Please check out this totally awesome promotional music video for League of Legends’ upcoming championships!

I got the chance to work with Studio La Cachette and animate a short cut for it. My cut is the explosion near the end, and you can check out some unfinished animation here:

^Drawn (and eventually colored) in ToonBoom Harmony. The whole short is really so well done, and it’s honestly an honor to be a (small) part of it!

Other things:

1) I got to do a little bit of attack animation for upcoming video game Indivisible recently. It was a lot of fun, actually.

2) There’s another project that should be starting up soon that I’m reeeeally excited for.

3) Yeah, uh, for real, I’m going to start that patreon thing. School supplies and programs are expensive

4) Another project dropped today, and I’ll show yall in the next post!

Boone!! For obvious reasons I wanted Boone to have a goofy walk. Speaking again to the nature of “character building” of having contrasts and contradictions within a character. The archetype Boone fulfills is that of the “wiseman” or wizard. So, the obvious contrast for the sake of comedy is to have a goofy guy play that role.

Finally, here it is, The Adventures of Indiana Jones! It’s been a long journey getting this made and I’m very excited to finally share it with you all! I hope you will have fun watching it as much as I had making it and please let me know what you thought of it.