Hippocycle!
I promised my son that I would make some new artwork for his room, if he would just start going to sleep at night without too much of a fight. He has (sporadically) taken me up on the offer lately, so here’s the result of his latest request: a hippo riding a bicycle. I’m really enjoying getting back to the paints, pencils, and ink. It feels great to get my hands dirty and mash some materials around, instead of just pixels, for a change.
Frenchie (work in progress)
yeah, so… it’s been ages since my last post. I’ve been extremely busy with work and with life in general. I’m planning to get at least a couple examples of my professional work posted here sometime soon. In the meantime, here’s a pretty basic sketch that I did in Sculptris recently. I had some of the character designs from Sylvain Chomet’s film Triplets of Belleville in mind while blocking this guy out, hence the name.
fluff monster
Here’s a sketch for a new character that I have a few plans for. Surely the sight of this fluffy monstrosity stomping down the streets of the city would cause widespread panic… pandemonium, even!
Realflow tests
These are my first test animations using Realflow – two different attempts at glazing a donut, followed by a flood sim. At this point, I’m really just trying to get used to the application, and doing some test simulations and renders to check my progress. Many miles to go…
Background track is Tortoise “Gigantes”… because everything is cooler with some Tortoise.
Jellies
Batch of photos from a recent trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. They have a really cool jellyfish exhibit right now, and I tried my best to capture some shots of the little guys in action.
Click on any of the images to view a larger version, or click here to see them all as a slide-show.
orange bird
I’m lovin’ the new workspace in the basement. When our house was renovated at some point, the past owners moved the original (1950s) kitchen counter and cabinets into the back-basement. Makes for a perfect painting area. I’m planning to do some stop-motion back there as well, once I get my hands on a decent tripod. In any event, this little bird is the first product of my new studio space… soon to be hanging on my son’s wall.
one little monkey
This is a quick edit of some footage from the Canon HV30. I’ve been playing around with some different treatments of my footage in AfterEffects, and I thought this turned out looking pretty good.
Click on the vimeo link above to view a larger version, in HD.
Spring Photos: Sherwood Gardens
We made a trip to Baltimore’s Sherwood Gardens this past weekend, just in time to catch the height of the tulip bloom. Every once in a while my son paused long enough for me to stop chasing him, and catch my breath. I tried to take advantage of these brief rest-stops, and take a bunch of photos. Click either of the images to see the whole set on Flickr.
