Watching TV on a Sunday morning...
Drawing live models
Went to the Plymouth Arts Council open drawing session, live models.
"Drawn to the night" monthly live drawing session....These are open sessions they are just starting.
They had drinks and snacks and even live music. Nice setting, form 7:00 to 9:00 ...I hope to be at the next one in January!
Kids Love Animation Class
We have been taking a really wonderful animation class at our local Arts Council!
The teacher is Chase Woolner look him up!
His Class..click here
The kids love the class, they make there own "stop-motion" animation with puppets they make from clay, wire, batting and epoxy. They had a great time creating characters and bringing them to life. Below are my notes from his class on construction.....fun to sketch....
More on this to follow .... he has a new class starting this weekend....
The teacher is Chase Woolner look him up!
His Class..click here
The kids love the class, they make there own "stop-motion" animation with puppets they make from clay, wire, batting and epoxy. They had a great time creating characters and bringing them to life. Below are my notes from his class on construction.....fun to sketch....
More on this to follow .... he has a new class starting this weekend....
Late night sketching ....worried little robot rolling in the dark....
my witch in the door
Here is a re-color of the "Witch in the Door" I had to change the proportions after measuring the window. Now I need to plot, cut and mount these to have them ready for Halloween. I am planning a lighting element to add for better effect at night! This should be cool!
Color me' witches...
Here is the first shot at color and using Manga 5EX software. This will be plotted out at about 40" wide by 60" tall ....mounted on foam core and placed in my front window ....even thinking about lighting on the bottom for a little effects glow! I do love Halloween!
Witches in the window
Getting ready for Halloween! These ladies will be gathered at my front window, plotted out at full size to greet the kids....how scary ...color to follow in the next few days...time for bed now.
Door Witch
Working on a poster for the front door this Halloween....sometimes I even backlight these...My front door has a large picture window, so I plot these out at work and put them up on the big night...here is the first draft ....we will see what changes. Also just got Manga Studio 5EX this is the first color piece from that program....
The trick
A doodle from work, while my computer was crunching an animation...
Congress
Just so frustrated with the recent shut down. Trying not to start a fight, not that anyone reads this posting anyway...but I definitely have my opinions on who is to blame for this shutdown. But I guess that's the problem ...everyone has picked sides and there can be no compromise....
40 seconds studies
A few more 40 second quick studies ...thanks for the feedback on your tools and processes.
My little girl rollerblading in the house
Bedtime Comic
This one was last night, Ethan said we should start with a submarine and go from there....
The Hammer Head monster turns out to be less of a threat than we first thought.
The Hammer Head monster turns out to be less of a threat than we first thought.
Cosmo's Apples
bedtime 2
Another little half hour bedtime Comic with the kids. We Saw "Despicable Me 2" so we all have Minions on the brain!
Page 10, Cosmo's Apples
The Final Page!
Thanks for reading my early attempt at story telling. I hope you enjoyed it.
Originally I had the troll stand up greet the children. In this version he looked more like a monster than a magical creature the kids could appreciate. So I reshuffled the panels again and created a seated Troll instead. I brought back the idea of Cosmo's Apples as a closure with Lady Ellis and tried to imply that the apples were a result of Cosmo's friendship with the Troll and the Trolls connection with nature.
Nasty Little Rabbit!
Practice in inks and trying to put more story into a piece. Looking at "the Bean" and Travis Hansen .
I really like his craftsmanship and themes in his work, very playful and great illustrations.
In this piece both dragon and little boy are nervous about the dangers that are hidden in the woods...not that they would have much to worry about from the nasty little rabbit....need to work on black placement...didn't get the dragon's face to pop enough....used a custom brush on the leaves and some to the dragon scales.
I really like his craftsmanship and themes in his work, very playful and great illustrations.
In this piece both dragon and little boy are nervous about the dangers that are hidden in the woods...not that they would have much to worry about from the nasty little rabbit....need to work on black placement...didn't get the dragon's face to pop enough....used a custom brush on the leaves and some to the dragon scales.
One more before bed.
Struggling with a duck character I have been working on. The kids have voted and given me their favorite.
Minion fish
Four panels at bedtime with the kids, instead of a bedtime story. Very fun, and good practice! They chose the topic and we all worked together.
