sharpshooter

just an idea I had a little bit ago.

jump over the posting gap

I keep getting these long gaps in between posting images. I have a lot of stuff I want to place on here. As soon as I get my stuff out of storage in Los Angeles I want to put up some thumbnails from Surfs Up. These are the sketches I did while I was animating on the movie. More art coming soon!!!

VALVE

After keeping it quiet for a long time I finally disclosed that I wanted to make a transition. I have moved to Seattle to work with some friends at Valve. I finished up my long, last, and final shot on Surf's Up and I will miss the people at Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation. I am extremely excited about what we are going to be creating and we are about to make some major things happen.

Barcelona and Antoni Gaudi

Casa Mila

Sagrada Familia

Park Guell

I have been trying to avoid putting personal photos on this blog, but since this is artistic inspiration I thought it would be good to be placed as something that is apart of my release. I was recently in Barcelona for a cultural and artistic excursion and I was blown away by Gaudi's architecture. You have to wonder what was going on in his head..what was the thought process when he was attacking his blueprints. These are three of the pictures I took during my visit.

waiting for my shot to come up in Director Review!!

SNEAK PEEK....my best kept secret!

..making myself sad to animate..

I have been making myself sad at work for these series of shots that I have to animate. Its amazing what you can pull from your past to make yourself sad for acting. I feel a little guilty using sad moments in life for a movie. Something in the back of my mind says its wrong..not sure. Thinking about deceased family ..etc...to make my performance look good...what do you think?

busy at work!!

color pass Number 1

the first pass on color with the redneck on the elephant. There are still many things I want to touch on this.....

during playblasts today....

I dont know where it came from....

Redneck Rider!

well..I decided to start a series of Good Ol' Boy drawings. These will take a while since I am animating at work..animating at home. These drawings will be a release from the computer. Even though I draw out my shots (even at home on my personal work)...I miss drawing like I used to so this is a way for me to have fun. This has been colored but I am exploring new coloring techniques..so it may be some time before I post the colored version...anyone reading this...I doubt it......grind until the wheels fall off!!!!

something dripping.....

little Burke..

concept design for a childrens book. The story is pretty funny but we shall see what comes of it!

got it!!!

got it.....

testing.. testing...

thought I try something different with the prismacolor markers. I know I want to play around with these more on future projects. The markers are expensive as hell....well all art supplies are. Citrus head is what i called this guy!

sketchbook fun...

mental release

..story ideas..

these drawings are from a story idea I had. I may go back to it sooner or later, but for now I have to complete this short. I am guessing I will stop animating on the computer when I finish it and dust off my animation desk!!!! What a glorious time that will be.

british boys!!

they looked kind of british to me.....

what the heck have you been doing???

well...I am not the best poster on these blogs, but I have been storyboarding my butt off between working on the movie. Even though I enjoy animating on feature films there is something about creating your own work. It is a little more rewarding I think. It comes from your soul and you make it breath. I have been working on my short for a while and I will continue to do so. I want to say thank you to Ricardo, Greg, Pao, and Eric. You guys have given me some good support and everything is coming together nicely. These are just two boards from the many. There is one inbetween these two. He is picking up something, but I will save what it is for the finished product. NO!!! not more talking animals... Be assured that these boys are not talking and this has been in the making WAAAY before this damn explosion of CG animals. All the acting is going to be done through body expressions and gestures. I will post the BG test that Eric Lee is doing as soon as he is done.

long time no post.....

man..no one looks at this thing anyway, but I have been busy as I can be. Working on Surf's Up stuff and something for another movie that has not been announced yet, but it should be cool. I am still working on my film as well. The storyboards are almost done..but I am sure I will revise many of them once the animatic is cut together. Oh well...more surprises to come in the future.