rehashed some old images for a t-shirt tag. not sure which works...probably the skull? also! is it confusing that i use threeprong and rockitpack? should i go with one? which do you prefer?
that bush caricature tripped me up and it took me a long time to get it done [that and it was basically spec with no deadline *cough*]...and in the end i didn't make the background as fancy as i wanted to, but i thought i should get it to freedom so he could start these new menus before foodswings changes ownership, yipes!
The Grimace is an inherently evil being that feeds off the milkshakes of the innocent...
menu for foodswings in the works!
scale adjustment:
the grimace was recently seen accidentally shooting the hamburgler in the face while hunting friguys in mcdonaldland.
[been working on this for about 12 hours from concepts to this point. not sure if i like the layout, i might simplify it a lot the background was a quicky but i think i could make it work. just want to get this done now!]
i got asked to do some shirt designs for a friend who runs a clothing company in spain. this one's for a band [who i haven't gotten to hear yet]. she was going for an early 90's monstery skate aesthetic but i think i ended up more UPA than anyhing...
here's my first attempt! i might change it still though!
not sure if the "rays" of text should be the outline color or the same color as the other blocks.
you guys might remember "the megabrain"? the little online animation studygroup i tried to get going last year? well it was too much for me to keep going when pale force kicked in again and kind of dissipated, but i'd reallly like to get something like that going again.
except this time, it's personal!
i propose a regular [frequency to be determined] animator meetup in NYC where we essentially run our own class/studygroup. have regular "lessons," draw from cartoons, do figure, whatever we need. screw paying for college again!
i've got a lot to learn. if anyone wants to join me let me know. let's bust some heads.
trying my best to figure out a way to do this exercise from the original preston blair book in flash. the brush tool can be a mite unforgiving, but it's serving it's purpose. maybe when i get it done i can do a nice cleanup of it...even though i HATE cleanups...
Anyone know how i can add a play button to this stuff so it doesn't bog the page down so much? [i want to be able to upload the one with the reference images in it too!]
*edit* - Thanks to Al Pardo for helping me with this play button business!
still working on this! the head might have some back and forth and the nose will move...and eyes won't be static. the tail isn't done being colored in either. i think i might just keep adding on to this and make him do different things and go into different walks too...which will hopefully not take me forever...it's the cleanup i swear!
though I'VE BEEN WATCHING PEOPLE, and the head doesn't seem to rotate during a walk, it stays relatively fixed, based on whatever they're looking at...BUT barely anyone looks straight ahead for a super long time, they look down, they look over their shoulder, they check out stuff going on around them...the rest of the body can maintain the same gate but the head tends to follow the eyes. i think the head rotation would only really happen if someone is dancing a bit like in a 30's double bounce walk, otherwise it's a little disorienting, it's like you're looking back and forth constantly.
here's another process to show how it's come along:
does this look like crap?! i'm experimenting with drawing part and using flash elements for parts too. nothing will be static on the cleanup, but the head will stay a symbol and the arms too...but drawing sneaky arms was getting me a little confused...
i didn't wash them first...i hope they don't shrink and mess up the print! oops...
the metallic ink went wackjob on me and totally cloggered up my screenage but i'm going to try again tomorrow since i had some special request shirts in gold.
here's a concept for the doorguy for my mephiskapheles video if i ever make it...
when i was stranded in colorado for a week i started planning out the first minute or so, the story has 3 scenes in a sense so i might just start on the first one to see if i can pull it off!
i did my first silkscreening tests yesterday, i'm going to try and put in an order of shirts and hopefully i can find an ink that has better coverage...since the ink i used my dad and i found in our basement and might be older than i am!
seems like it came out alright though! i'm not really sure what sizes to buy, i guess comic con has a lot of LARGE attendees? hmm...
yesterday i went to the dentist for the first time in 5 years woo! the hygenist passive aggressively scolded me a lot about going every six months, it got kind of obnoxious...
but in the end i didn't have any cavities or anything wrong or anything like that.
but i do apparently have this weird thing [it'd not a disease or anything it just happens to some people] called GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE: