:: mose ::

so...i'm drawin some robots for my friend mose giganticus, and this is one of the ideas i came up with.

i've been playing earthbound [well mother 0 for nes] lately and they have a lot of the bulky robots, sort of similar to the 1950's comics designs, and i really liked how it looked, so i went a similar direction. i looked a little at old comics and 1940's stuff, but i mostly found that "metal men" sort of look and there's a lot of wicked boxy stuff too. i tried a lot of things on paper, but i think the big domed head kinda makes it look more menacing. things like no face and one "eye" make it spooky to me too. the more human looking something is the more we associate with it, but if something's humanoid but a little too off, like zombies or faceless robots it's eerie. oh and there's spikes, of course. i'll prolly be doin a few other versions...unless he likes this one right off which'll be pretty rad!

and it is 5 am and i drew this after working on pale force all day so i'm wicked rambly...but the robot's left claw is driving me nuts i'm going to have to fix the perspective on that tomorrow. i just threw it down without thinking. bad animator!

:: dreadful dynasty of vicious ::

VAMPIRE DUCKS!



there's broccoli offscreen...

i love this shot:

:: were ::

there's more to this drawing...but it's such a bad joke i didn't finish it...i have a lot more stuff on paper these days, but i'm going to try and start pulling a few again to make flashy since i have no scanner!

:: the incomplete unfinished works of... ::

hey all! sorry for the lack of sketches, i've been busy with pale force! but for anyone who may be slightly curious, i just found dvds of all my college projects...nothing i'm proud of, all things i learned from...but that being said i'm going to be putting them all on a dvd soon, hopefully with some supplemental material of explainations of what was actually SUPPOSED to happen in all of em...since none were ever completed.

and since the soundtracks for all of them [except the most recent...were it done properly it would have been...i bought sheet music from the raymond scott archives] are performed by the bursting mosquitos...i'll be throwing in some of those old tracks as well...since that CD was lost in the studio, it seems only fitting to put it on a collection of incomplete works.

basically this is me getting all this stuff out of my system and wrapping up loose ends, so i can grow up and move on. if you want a copy you're probably crazy. but we'll work something out...since i am too.

if i get any manner of response here, i'll get crackin. otherwise i'll probably drag my feet...and never get it done...since i'm pretty embarassed by everything that will be on it...

+ more crap!

:: pale force ::

watch 2 all new episodes of "pale force" tonight!!!

the first on tonight's conan o' brien, the second online at http://nbc.com/paleforce

pale force is totally made by jim gaffigan, paul and pat noth, brett hall and myself! which basically means minimal sleep for all of us! so i totally appreciate you checking it out! there's some really funny stuff in these! give em a look!

:: don't be a nerd ::

when i stopped thinking like a poindexter and started thinking like an animator i figured this out! it's almost ready, just gotta get the ink squirtin in and adjust the "mouseover" at the top! then i can meddle with the other colored ones and THEN website content! only 3 options this time, so no more reviews like "it's all looks and no content - aaron cripps" haha!






clicking him totally works now!

okay i suppose i AM headed down the all looks and no content road again...but i plan on content i SWEAR!

*edit*

[later that day...]

:: program ::

so i've just wasted an incredible amount of time attempting to learn flash actionscripting...and it didn't even totally work! i did at least get the first 2 button states to work, try scrolling over the squid, he totally changes! wacky!

*edit* just kinda fixed up the clicking, if you "press" the mouse down on him something happens, but if you scroll over him again he reverts back. i'm learnin, just slow!





also! i seem to have disappeared from the blogosphere for the moment!

i got a job working on a segment for conan o brien [and the internets] called pale force starring jim gaffigan...oh and conan...

it was enough work for me to quit ac! but i still have another week and a half left so right now i'm working 2 jobs...and tonight is testiment to the fact that my misguided attention span may give me trouble, since i've apparently been working with actionscripting for the last 4 hours instead of what i'm SUPPOSED to be doing...

:: progress? ::

flash "animation," you need a beatdown.

i'm going to have to find a way to scan my postits i draw when flash crashes...oh wait! i get to draw a new one now...

:: more floyd ::

these are better! i think i've almost got it if i don't already!

:: floyd ::

"hey smo! welcome back! you're almost there!"

-your comfort zone.



just don't ask me what's happening there...because i have no idea. sometimes i start drawing things without thinking. all i know is, i think i'm going to animate it...

:: tipper ::

the waitress in one of my favorite resturants in my neighborhood started giving me free drinks...but this is something i'm not accustomed to...and i have a hard time calculating tip...especially after free drinks...this is me thismorning.

:: coffee ::

i've been at work 3 hours extra...around that hour 3 sometimes i loose it...only one thing can keep me going...

:: presto ::

preston blair's book animation is the best animation book ever written. richard williams' the animator's survival kit is a good companion. and i reccomend keeping an eye out for nancy beiman's storyboarding book too [which will include things like directing a character and color theory].

but mostly so i personally can find this link no matter where i am...ASIFA hollywood [why can't asifa east rock like them?!] has been kind enough to post the ORIGINAL 1947 preston blair mgm/tex avery character design pages from his book. they were taken out of the later editions...basically anything we've ever seen...and had slightly watered down versions of similar characters. it totally changes the entire experience, the mgm characters are very well designed and were always some of my favorites. i highly reccomend checking them out!

:: preston blair's animation, 1947 ::

:: good morning cephalgia ::

i've got a headache and that reminded me of my thesis! i still haven't touched it...it needs to be finished!!!

:: note to self ::

be more confident in your linework. stop being so sketchy...even if it is at dr sketchy's.





draw heads for pete's sake!



okay i see nothing wrong with this one...lalala...

:: eliminated ::

if ya want something done more badassly...do it yourself! special thanks to pete for the sweet black bg, my gang for encouragement...and for endorsements like this [thanks charlie!]:

:: spum-smo ::

spumco art from comic con! yowza!

by john k, everyone's favorite perv:


by katie rice...or katie nice as the con blulletin informed us:

and guitar hero jim smith [you should buy his sketchbook]!!!

:: warriors we ::

support my gang or get bopped!

netflix warriors scavenger hunt, aug 2

if anyone wants to badass up the eliminators logo for our t shirts be my guest! i'll throw some money at ya! i might be hitting the blogs today to ask around, just a rough i can polish, 20 bucks or so. tell your friends!

:: peter wizardly ::

sometimes i look at the work my friends do and think "geez! i couldn't do that!", my friend peter lazarski, "peter wizardly" in my links, is working on a comic, here's a little promo he did! if you like his stuff give his blog a look [the picture is a link]!

:: croud pleaser ::

anyone notice a trend of me posting when i should be doing work? yeah, my blog has become a doodle blog...maybe i'll put some thoughtful work up here soooometime...

i made "dan dalmation" here up when i was in 4th or 5th grade. him and floyd were a package deal. he's had many incarnations but he seems to have stylistically "regressed" once my thesis hit...