Space Cartoon

This is (obviously) a WIP but where I am at in it...

Starting up again

So, this is a thing we all share. We know we SHOULD do something- but we put it off. WELL i am over that now so I will post ot my blog again.

Since April: Quit my old job, moved to NYC. Living with my gf. Got a new job and am now taking an animaiton course and working on 4 or 5 animaiton @ the same time lol.

so here they are:

Noahs

My Comic (not a cartoon)

Untitled Space cartoon

Ambush

A video game cartoon series.

PHEW! Well right now the space one has my attention as it is 'due' on August 10th (although really I am just using the class to learn. ANYWHOO

ill post using my mac form now on cause uploading a screengrab via PC is super-ridiculous.

THANKS!

Enemies for a Zelda Cartoon

So I have been cranking out 10 or so frames a day on my gasmask cartoon (about an hours worth) and then working on some other fun stuff as well.

busy busy.

In addition I went to a cartoon museum in San Francisco and saw some SERIOUSLY amazing cel-drawing for really, really famous cartoons. FYI: did you know samurai Jack wasn't flash?

Anyways here are some character sketches for an upcoming project with my brother and buddy Ben Spiking.

Reel

So I was working on my reel the last week and finally got it wrapped up! lol.

I am hoping to pitch this to some bands

YAZ, ISCHT UNTER BACKGRUNDEN!

so I am SOOOOO close to having my long cartoon all wrapped up. It has been a long-time in the making, but ridiculously close. stay tuned for that.

these BGs are from the Noah cartoon I am making. On the ship deck and then Inside his home.

I will adjust the colors and take better pictures for the final use- within the cartoon, and this goes for my BGs for the train cartoon as well.

woot!

This is what my screen looks like at the moment. I am wrapping up this scene, and a few transitions and seriously- this will be done. I am 80% with the sounds and the final one is surprisingly cool. the violent scenes r the best though (that was expected).

in other news- I am also finishing up the backgrounds for noah- all 7 at the same time. I should have shots of these up asap-

they are coming along nicely.

one thing i can reccommend for all artists: BUY COOL ART BOOKS. they will always inspire you and let you examine other artists styles (just accept that they are better than you, so you can always learn something).

always worthwhile, and sure as hell beats spending $$$ a month on a fancy car.

here are some BGs i am wokring on for a cartoon of mine...

Art Show Coming up in April

I will be putting Two Pieces in a show in Fort Collins. A couple Ideas I had were to re-make a screenshot form some of my childhood videogames ie:castlevania and redraw a scene in my style.

Another idea was to sort of make my own fighting gmae universe and do the character shots of the two players fighting and then draw a stage of them fighting. Could be cool kind of like two pics with a VS in between and then the fight itself below.

this is all going to be done, I think, using Copic Markers. These are some badass markers, and non-badassly expensive (about $320 for 72 of them). But alas they are the best in the biz so ill cave on the purchase.

WERD. More to come.

BG For The Arc

here is a the BG for a scene with Noah dangling during the construction of the arch. He wonders to god- how the hell is this thing gonna fit the 600,000 (super conservative estimate) species of life currently known on the planet?

Noah and his Bro

I am working on a new cartoon describing Noah's Arc in the literal sense, and presenting some of the problems if it were literally interpreted.

Its fun to take jabs at biblical literalists.

skoonchins

heres a finished room with a shot at lighting too.

HEEB

this one is coming along too

Working on a new room. This is an example of a forward gun. One part i like its that the different rooms are stages of the firing process- so the command to fire goes to the loading room, to the firing guys. should be cool to see in full animated pixel glory. right now the rooms R pink btu will be populated once everything is i place.

Hey Guys,

here are the few development shots of a space room. We are going for a arcadey look to the whloe thing and invoking a pixel size so we can draw 1:1 pixels. It is super old=-school fun.

JUMP

here is a screen grab of the animation sequence I am currently cranking out.

so here is the goal: get everything up to this point ready to go ASAP and not add any new scenes. Then i can actually release something from this cartoon that has been taking up SO MUCH of the last year :-)

I am excited to have finally gotten a good hold on this whole animation thing- and am super excited about the future.

cartoon!

this is what my desktop looks like for an hour everyday. Its when im working on my cartoon and its just the best shit i do.

Hopefully it will be all finished sooner... these things take time i suppose-

so here r a couple images...

Veterans Day

Thank you so much to the armed services of the USA for kicking some ass, and not putting up with dictators, bullies, fundamentalists and other stupid idiots that are so numerous in our world.

so I am working on this scene for ym cartoon and also doing color tests for the video game concept...

stay tuned for some movies!

its a fun time just testing styles and different ways to draw a space game... during it I have to winder if I could do this for 32 rooms-and also what effects can be applied to the coloring method i am using.

Space Game Anyone?

So if you've been floowing this blog, or look way back, you might see a background for a space game. Ths cope of the game hasn't changed much, but new indie games have been very inspiring. Indy games have been picking up a lot of steam and Jordan and I have always had an idea to do this space game... so we are going to make a reel to look like what the game would play like.

here is the initial BG before coloring and lighting.... (the coloring is for separation only, and I then go back in and replace it with real colors...

WHERED HE GO?!

Well ok excuses excuses. I haven't been up keeping this blog. I will start doing it asap.

stay tuned for updates on:
Gas Mask Cartoon (as its being called)!
Page 7 of the comic!
New Cartoon Sketches!

all of these will be made easier if: I CAN FIND CAMERA!

which i probably cannot so I am probably going to buy a new one.

Ah well- thats cool with me! 300$