Did you draw that?

Been awhile...

2011-10-20T17:28:00.000-07:00

Hey all,
Getting back into it with much more things to post, starting with this number I did for a Halloween assignment:

Even Death needs groceries

Simply black and white prismacolor pencils on toned paper. It was a fun piece to do. More to come.

Jan 5-8 Daily Sketch

2011-03-17T20:53:00.001-07:00

I found this awesome reference/gesture website http://www.pixelovely.com/portfolio/ (at the bottom of the page) where you can set some parameters about what images you want to see and how long you want to see them and it'll basically give you a slideshow which is great for quickly sketching some poses. I tried it for animals as you can see and went back and markered a few of them. I need to do more of these.

Jan 2-4

2011-03-17T20:38:00.001-07:00

I found the perfect way to stay awake on those dreary Sunday meetings: Draw. These are some attempts with varying degrees of success and failure.

Here is a few days' worth on one page. I've noticed I tend to draw faces and people. Maybe I'll branch out eventually.

The start of something...January 1

2011-03-17T20:28:00.000-07:00

So I'm gonna skip the been-a-long-time-posting crap and get back to it.
I set a resolution this year to draw every day. The idea was to post it here on this blog to add some incentive. Well I've done pretty well on my daily sketching and now I'm finally getting to the posting part so here comes a bunch of posts covering the last 3 months. Get ready...

The kid in the shirt and tie is from church I saw the week before. I was also watching Quantum of Solace so there's the Daniel Craig.

Vis FX Simulation

2010-12-07T12:15:00.000-08:00

I created this in Houdini. My goal was to create a realistic glass shatter effect. This was done in Houdini. Sadly I had countless stumbling blocks when I tried to render it. Instead I took screenshots of every frame and compiled it in After Effects.

I noticed the floating glass pieces and tried to mask them out:

My Final Final

2009-12-15T19:10:00.000-08:00

And here it is. I didn't get done on it all I wanted but there's a bit more than before. Namely this stuff grows up on the bottom, it's hard to see this small but it's supposed to be some kind of fungus stuff. Sadly I didn't have time to touch up anything other than the organic growing at the beginning and the fire, so no continuous detail inbetween (sorry Ryan, but thanks for your feedback).
Anywho, I really enjoyed the class and learned a great deal and don't feel nearly as rusty as I did 4 months ago, so yay! Now I got a month to do my own stuff, so stay posted people.

Also, Merry Christmas :)

UPDATE: Heres a Youtube link

Final WIP

2009-12-05T11:21:00.001-08:00

This project is due next week Dec 9 and I wanted to show everyone how it's coming so far. I'm mainly concerned with the growth section at the beginning and the fire, since it is an effects animation course. I want to add a bunch more cool viney growth stuff to happen around the main growth and wanted ideas and critiques of what I have so far (especially from you fellow artists out there).
Take a look and give me some feedback, thanks.

Smokey Mediocrity

2009-11-30T21:01:00.000-08:00

This one got a little out of my hands I feel. I got lost in details and the it controlled me more than I controlled it. The assignment was to make linear smoke with a face that appeared and laughed. So there you go.

Here's the Youtube Link for a bigger view

Curse you Blogger!

2009-10-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

So it kinda annoys me that Blogger uploads my videos so tiny, I assume it just shrinks them down to whatever tiny size it's happy with and as far as I know you can't view them any bigger. (On the plus side it makes them look better at such a tiny size) In response to this I have my videos up on Youtube at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrandonman

So if you care to see them any bigger you can go over there and take a look...and see the flaws much easier.

Ka Boom!!!

2009-10-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

Assignment #2. I was a little more pressed for time on this one, hence the no color and sketchy roughness, but I'm happy with the motion and timing for the most part. I realize there's probably no one that knows I have this blog so I'll get word out and then maybe I'll get some feedback.

Water Splash

2009-10-06T16:09:00.000-07:00

Here's my 1st assignment in my animation class- a water splash. I like doing this art thing again, I'll continue to post more as I finish them. Next will be an explosion!!! Something will fly into the ground from the sky and explode. Any preferences on what the object should be that explodes on impact?