A Challenger Approaches!!

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Here is the new character. THE PANTHER.





He's a tough type, knows his stuff and is past his prime. (Essentially that kid moose character but all grown up now and not a moose anymore at all).

Here is some test animation of him running. I like how it came out, though I'll obviously have to work on my consistencies a bit. Timing wise, thus far I can dig it.

(You may have to click on it to play it, if not save the image and open it in a new window in your web browser.)




Surely more tomorrow. Till then.

Working Working Working.

New work space. USC SCB Cubicle. Lovely. Feel like its my own studio.

Eric Stirpe in fact has taken to calling it the studio.

I shall do that too.

I am in the studio.

Writing and doing character designs as we speak.

I even have a lil mirror so I can look at my own expressions and replicate them... much like a young an alive Ward Kimball.

Soon there will be visual updates. Hopefully later today.

No. No hopefullys.

Later today.

An Obnoxious Update.

A SLIGHT DELAY.



My computer was crashed and my hard drive was lost. THANK GOD I POST ALL THE WORK ON THIS BLOG.

But, The backgrounds now need to be re-formatted into PSDs with layers and I need to install drivers to get the cintiq working again.

BUT THANKS TO THIS BLOG I DON'T HAVE TO START ALL OVER.




However - I do need to learn to do backups more frequently.

The Bar (Rough Above Layout)

Hey All,

So Today I realized everything just had too much of a 'square look' so I spent a few hours re-designing the bar, so that It would be more interesting and organic to look at. Obviously, this is not a real background to be used, and when it is done for real, there will be patrons and items filling it up as well. It will probably be a little longer too to allow the dragon to enter. But as to a look right now, this is kind of the idea.

Yes, in the right is a Pig on a spit.

ORDER UP!

More of the Lab

Here's one I've been working on for a few days now....


(Probably will get a few more touch-ups in "post")

Backgrounds The Lab Part 4

Destruction begins.

Yes, the lab could probably use a little more clutter or something. That will likely be added later, when I think a little more about props n such. I already see that I need to include the shelf that he keeps the lightning sword on, so perhaps that, some more, shelves, n a few boxes would be good....

I should probably also include the soda cans... n trash n such....

Backgrounds The Lab Part 3

Here is the entire Lab now, MINUS one super wide shot that I am still working on...

There is also one intense shot, of when action begins to go down and it gets darker and more moody. Hopefully in a day or two you'll be seeing the Lab in Action too... Then I'm going to work on something else, like the monster book or something... as to not burn out on there too quick and get work done fast...

Also, I'll obviously have to add that Timer into other shots....

Enjoy!