:: reel ::

my new site is in full swing but i figured i'd put my demo reel over here now that i finished it up:

smo demo reel 2009 from smo on Vimeo.

gimmie work!

:: preston blair loves the ladies ::

Click here for a bigger one!

and yes preston blair, you're still the man.

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...

here's a link to the original blair book!

ASIFA hosted 1940's Preston Blair.

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!

:: the longest walk ::

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:

:: smoreel summer 07 ::

:: smoreel 02/07 ::

:: smoreel feb 07 ::
Video sent by tomsmo

hey! here's my demo reel!

i decided not to bog you down, so i uploaded it to that dailymotion thing people seem to be posting lots of classic clips on. now everyone on the internet can find my phone number...dang! i listed it under "extreme"

the colliding music in the beginning with Vlad bugs me, but I can't fix anything else on it till wednesday when paleforce is in the can. comments appreciated!

to download it, click here!

:: 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!!!

:: good morning cephalgia ::

for the current [no real ending missing at least a minute's worth of work + background elements] edit of my senior thesis animation... click the image above!