Wow ... it's been awhile

Yikes ... Hmmm, I guess for the meantime I'll use this blog to talk about my favorite types of cartoons ~ the kind with talking animals in 'em!

Or perhaps you have a cartoon with talkin' animals that you like. What is it? An animated film or cartoon short? Or maybe even a comic.

A New Pencil Test!

So Here's another Pencil Test. This is better than that last rough one.

CSN Pencil Test
Uploaded by RajiMagic76

Space Pirate Girl

So, for no other reason than to just take a break from drawing the Bear so damn much, I decided to just randomly sketch something ~ Anything.

So I put pencil to paper and start doodling.

And Out of the Blue, this lil' Space Pirate Chick comes out.
How 'bout that, Pretty cool huh?

A really rough pencil test & sketches

Here's some new sketches of the Bear






And a really ruff pencil test showing how I first figure out & decide how the character will move.

A Pencil Test

So here's a pencil test of that Bear flipping & catching a coin for the Jukebox

What Animation Project?

That'z right, Whenever I'm not doing the Full-Time Cell Phone thing ( Ewww ... nah, it's not that bad) I try to werk on my animation project.

A local film maker in Austin is having me & another animator create some cartoon bumpers ( or segments ) to go inbetween footage of local musical artists who have played at a little bar called The Carousel Lounge.



Right now, I'm werking on the piece that introduces The Ugly Beats.
It stars a Biker Bear who gets in a fight with a jukebox.

Basically the Bear wants to listen to some music, but some shit happens & the jukebox eats him.

Here are samples from my storyboard.








It's a pretty cool gig, he mostly lets us do what we want.

I'm still werking on this piece, I have not yet started on final clean up in the computer.
I'm still werking on key frames & inbetweens.

Here take a look at some key frames from his taking money out of his pocket






I'm doing it, Limited Animation Style - That's why there'z no legs here, they don't move in this part so they don't need to be redrawn, while he's taking the coin out & flipping it in the air.

Besides this Segment - I Have two others to do.

I really Dig workin' on this cartoon. I wish I didn't have to work at a Retail Store, but it pays a bigger chunk of the bills. I gotta get better so I can demand more money ... plus I should brush up on my Motion Graphic Skillz ( I'm not to shabby at That either ).

What do I say?

It's late, I'm bored, I should be working on an animation project ... but all I wanna do is watch Miami Vice, .... Man o' man that's an awesome show.

I just wanted 2 try this "blogger" thang.
I guess I'll use this to better express myself ... later on, in the future - Right Now Miami Vice