Q&A

This is the stop motion movie we did for the cinema class. It is based on a game where at random questions are associated random answers. I worked on the story boards and as a cameraman (as well as charming actor and sexual deviant). It was tiring but definitely fun to do.







Credits are at the end of the video

Commodo Manlio, the roaring general

Quick drawing I did mostly for fun. It is good to break out from school exercise every now and then! I m only disappointed a little bit by the shape and location of the sword: it was meant to be bigger and scarier. Thanks to this drawing i learned how to se the burn tool and the dodge tool, also i found out the motion blur on photoshop, which is very cool!

My first commission! The dragon

My first commission!

An old friend from high school asked me for a drawing of a brown dragon with yellow eyes and large tail-wings, so here is what i did, step by step.


1) the sketch

2) Quick background

3) Defined background

4) Black shape of the main figure

5) Details added

6) First lighting, flames and clouds added

7) Various fixes in overlay and final lighting

8) Alternative version with comic filter

Hopefully she will appreciate the character. Oh well, finger crossed

Producer Rob

This guy right here, Mr Rob Owen, is a friend and a champ. You wonder why? Sure! Even thou he never had an artistic education, he works very hard in his drawing skills, showing slow but constant improvement. Still, knowing his difficulties, he affined his abilities in everything of animation that does not require the use of a pencil, like post production and filming: he helped numerous students with their work despite his own free time, tight schedule and his terrible time management.

Oh!

and he is a pretty cool guy too.

Thanks for all the help Rob

Hopefully you'll never read this

If you do, do not you dare to hug me, I swear

I made him this drawing to thank him. I know that isn't much, but it is sure better than just a pat on the back.
It represents most of his interests.

The devil's advocate 2: time to pay

During spring break i wanted to draw something, SO I DREW SATAN IN A LAWYER OFFICE.
No offense, either you are a satanist or a lawyer.
I really had fun doing the secretary's clothes and the devil's muscles: as you can see i worked without outlines, and it sure made it much more complicated, also next time i have to use a black base for both characters, in this way they look more defined (it is just time or they do not very defined from the background? Jee, life is hard...)

The devil's advocate 2: time to pay
made on photoshop

please do not sue me :)

Skipping animation red riding hood

My skipping cycle: it sure took a long time, and at first i didn't know where to go and what to do! So much to take care of...in this task we had no only to make a skipping motion, but also to design our character (so long cubeys and stickmen). I decided to stick to a good looking red riding hood for various reasons:
1) I enjoy women but i can't draw them properly
2) There is a lot of bouncing, which i need to learn
3) There is a lot of waving, which i need to learn too
4) I wanted to change and not making always something funny

Here are briefly the steps i took to achieve my final result:

Lines of motion

Line art

Cleaning and coloring

Final details

The cape isn't really perfect (it is quite a mess actually), i probably got lazy at the end...in the future i will definitely add more details. Also i removed the background because it took too much attention from the main feature.
Sure it was fun thou

walking cycles

Some walking cycle animations i did on flash. I also tried utilizing only objects or the white box (in real life) but i find myself more happy with traditional flash (lol "traditional"). It is surprising how quickly i can animate some things, still the biggest block is myself...whenever i am staring at the blank canvas i am terrorized...not until i start drawing. After the first couple lines, BANG, here comes the magic.

Next will be a skipping cycle. Hopefully i'll make something decent