Happy Turkey Day indeed...

Okay, I'm going to refine this guy a bit, but I think I'm getting warmer =] I have wanted to keep a certain since of oddness to the character, but I want to retain the appeal, and that has been difficult since I feel like I keep coming up with a bland design, that is, until today...feast your eyes on this little guy, I think he is going to suit my needs =]













can't wait to get into the computer with this little booger, and start designing his companion =]

a few more...

I have a few more character studies I'm doing... I really shouldn't post these after John Nevarez's post fest, but I'm trying and I guess that should count for something =]

The one in the Lower Right is the direction I'm going, but it's taking me a bit of work, I started a sculpt this weekend, and I'll have that for review later in the week...

Inspired...

It seems I'm using that word alot these days...

So many incredible artists inspire me on a daily basis now... and they are so excessible from the comfort of my workstation, or at home, it just really keeps me moving forward to see so many talented and nice people out there doing the same thing I love to do...

I just finished up a month of studying design, and locomotion, as it applies to animation and I'm eager to get started.

Pres finished up his lectures with us the other night and I went home and thought about what he said, so now I'm getting these characters in my head straight and starting to come up with ideas for drawing them.

It's funny how I read a new character designer interview everyday and I still didn't seem to get it, but it's starting to make it through the thick concrete layers of my dense skull and I'm finally grasping this thing called character design... anyway, I will hopefully be updating a little more frequently now =]

enjoy...

Quick Post...

Work is paying us to attend lectures at the University on anatomy, locomotion, and design as it applies to animation... I still can't believe I get payed to do this sometimes =]

Anyway, I'm supposed to be taking notes, but like all my years in school, I'm drawing instead =]

so here are a few of my "Notes" for your viewing enjoyment =]

AWESOME!!!!!

Okay, so you can officially see the trailer for the film I'm currently working online now here...

http://movies.aol.com/movie/main.adp?tab=synop&mid=23202

It's so cool to have the public excited about something you've been putting your heart into for over a year now... can't wait to get this thing in theatres =]

I'm also making headway toward designing my own characters for my first venture in film making =] here are a few thumbnails that I'm doing to try and find appealing shapes, I have to say thanks and a big wut up to Pres Romanillos, he has been helping me alot with this stuff and I wouldn't be making the progress I am without his help, he has a wealth of information to share, and he is so freakin talented... He designed Shan-yu for Mulan and lots of other stuff that is just really cool, I'm so glad to be working with him =]