thequicksketcher

Wishing everyone...

2009-12-24T20:14:00.000-08:00

...a very Merry Christmas!

Let us all enjoy.

Painting a brighter future...(part2)

2009-12-06T04:51:00.001-08:00

On the side streets, there were alot cars stuck on the snow. After the winter storm, still, there were people came to the fundraising event. One fella was stressed about the car getting stuck in the snow. I quickly sketch this one. (water color pencils for color)

It was great to see a wide variety of paintings, clothing, jewelry, christmass cards, book illustrations and stuffed toys sold at the art sale. People came, young and old to admire and buy the art. The jewel of the event are the artist themselves. Such talent and inspiration fills the atmosphere. Looking foreward for next year's event.

Painting a brighter future...

2009-12-02T20:47:00.001-08:00

Come on December 5th, this Saturday @ ChromaColour Creative Art Centre. Jolekyo will be there to celebrate the 1st annual "Painting a brighter future for sick kids and their families". We will be selling posters and hand drawn cards on site. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta.
There is no admission but encourage a donation.
See below for more info.

Rockin' on th cloud

2009-11-18T11:10:00.000-08:00

Improvised from the initial idea of the character just rockin. Made him rockin' on a flying cloud instead. Enjoy.

Rockin' - rough

2009-11-15T01:43:00.001-08:00

"Just waiting for the little busters...ooohh yeeeaahh!!! yeah, yeah yeah!" - the pillows

Just cleaning it up abit then add the inbetweens. Keeping it simple.

Quick paint 貝 - かい

2009-11-12T23:20:00.000-08:00

From imagination. Inspired from the Japanese word of the day: 貝. Got to study and practice more on how to paint light on surfaces.

Quicksketch session - 読む

2009-11-12T19:16:00.000-08:00

Toss & Catch

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A character tossing and catching a rubber ball.
Rough stage now. Clean this up soon.
Comments and advice are welcome. Please and thank you for dropping by. Enjoy.

ps. that image that flash is just my rough of the whole scene. I know its annoying, for a quick sec.

Quicksketch session 小雨・こさめ

2009-11-05T23:42:00.000-08:00

abstract mecha sketch

2009-11-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

Boo!

2009-11-03T22:32:00.000-08:00

Grow coconut tree!

2009-11-02T12:59:00.000-08:00

Quickly animated this one. Enjoy.

Here's the link of the video.

おはようございます‼

2009-10-30T06:31:00.001-07:00

Homemade raspberry jam!! いただきます。

Painting Clouds

2009-10-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

I used a photo reference. This is based on the photo I took on the day I get to see Toy Story double feature. It was my first time to see Toy Story and Toy Story 2 on the big screen, it was suppa genius!!! It was in "Real 3D", so there's depth while your watching the film. Such a great experience. June 18, 2010 is Toy Story 3. A Spanish Buzz Lightyear!! LOL can't wait for next year.

Its been awhile, I know...

2009-10-27T02:10:00.000-07:00

Here's one I did from my iPhone. Autodesk finally answered my prayers, well not really. They finally put out and I bought it last night the Sketchbook mobile app. It's cheap now 2.99, It'll raise up to 4.99 sometime in the future when they'll add more features. I'm pretty sure. Anyways, the app is pretty much like the Sketchbook pro on the PC/Mac. Here's a tip: You "flick" to use the tools, ex. to pick a color, a pencil, etc. By holding the little icon that shows the marking menu and flick to what tool you wanna use. I love the app, one of the best drawing app for the iphone and the best sketching program out there if you have a tablet PC or a Cintiq. This is one reasons I'll be posting stuff again here in this blog more. Thank you for droppin by.

Quicksketch Session "Characters eating a treat

2009-10-27T01:39:00.000-07:00

The Bouncing Soccer Ball animation.

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The Bouncing Soccer Ball: part 2

2009-04-16T00:44:00.000-07:00

I took the advice of taking & watching a video reference. It really helped alot. It was easy to visualize how the soccer ball bounce, & I noticed that steep path that the ball take. Planning/Thumbnailing/Blocking was easier than before too.

But now, I get the feeling of copying the footage too much. Like rotoscope. How do you use a bouncing ball video reference to exaggerate the bouncing ball animation? When animators take video reference, I see that they act out the scene & they take or sketch out the key poses, then they push the key poses more into their animation. But for a bouncing ball, what do you see, where do you get ideas to make a lively bouncing ball base on the video reference?...I'm thinking too much I guess. I'll just let my imagination do the work after watching the video next time.

I appreciate all your advice & thanks for dropping by. Peace

"Heaven" A wicked video!

2009-04-16T00:18:00.000-07:00

Heaven (Fully Flared Intro Video Remix)
by UNKLE_UK

Whoah! these stunts are dangerous. Wicked reference!, that's how you end the video!, Kudos to Spike Jonze. I did some quick studies of one of the sequence: Skateboarder griding on an exploding transformer. Thanks for sharing Paul! <- My Class 1 AM Mentor).

Peace.

The Bouncing Soccer Ball: Early Pass

2009-04-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

Heeeyyy!
Posted up my blocking stage of the bouncing soccer ball. Timing is kinda a bit off & there's no weight from the bounce. I'll keep working on the key tangents. Let me know what you think. Thanks for droppin by.
Thumbnails:

AnimationMentor Class 1!!!

2009-04-05T16:26:00.000-07:00

Hey,
Stu the rig is amazing. So simple but very powerful rig. I finished posing him winning the lottery, check out the sketches. Just wanna show you all what you guys think. I tried my best to push the Stu rig to get all the shapes flowin or more appealing. If you guys have some insight on how to pose a character, I'm all ears. Peace.

It started with a Theme: "Won a lottery" (typo, hehe f.o.b.), then I started sketching out sequencial poses to show Stu won a scratch ticket. Each poses took no more than a minute. Just to capture that moment quickly.

After thumbnailing, went right to posing Stu in maya.

I added three point lighting here. I still need more practice on how to light a character in a scene.

Animation: "Robot Arm008"

2009-03-08T11:58:00.000-07:00

Animation: Breakdowns, Holds, Easy In & Easy Out

2009-03-06T07:51:00.000-08:00

This animation is with out the ease ins, ease outs, fast ins & fast outs, etc. You can see their is no sense of weight.

Thumbnails for the "Robot Arm" sequence.

From quicksketcher

Here's the new Robot Arm sequence.
I set it up so the Arm character doesnt take so much time in thinking of what actions he's going to do next, that why my previous sequence is long. I installed an emotion chip on him, so that he's kinda clumsy, that's why he places things diagonally & knocks other cans down. Establishing the characters next actions. In the end, he places the can down bottom flat. He then admires how neatly all the cans are placed.

After reading Victor Navone's "Splinophilla Article", it's really cool how you can control the key's easy in or outs, rather than using the standard preset buttons on shaping the spline/tangents.

Even its a Robotic Arm, I tried as much to give it a line of action to the poses. While staying true to the essence that it is a robot arm made of metallic alloy. Plus with gears, threads, etc. With these in mind, it creates a sense of movement, kinda robotic but with a mind of its own. I need it to loosen up a bit & offset some keys I think. This is still a w.i.p. peace.

Animation: Week8 "Blocking"

2009-02-27T04:54:00.000-08:00

We're doing a character animation this week. So excited, pretty much we have to animate this Robot Arm picking a can & lay it onto the box. I did a storysketch, planning the key poses to tell the story. Once I worked on Maya, blocking all the key poses, I notice the action is alot faster that I thought. I might have to simplify this one.

Animation: Week7 "Bouncing Ball Cycle"

2009-02-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

Process: Week6 "Lighting & Rendering"

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Default render setting of Maya looks great. I can pretty much see what I can make projects out of it once I get a hang of Maya. So I kept the palette simple. Dynamic, simple shapes, simple character, simple FX, simple shading, & 3 point lighting.
Layout:
A:
is for Arcs. I made it so it looks more natural, more fluid. I can with the straight but this is a static image. I wanted to create movement on the static images. Actually, if you notice those "burst" photographs of the skatboarder, snowboarders, etc. They arc!

B:
X X X X, Black Out! negative space. I layout the buildings so the action for the character is clear.

C:
Can't leave with out a trail. I added those little rocks to create motion. A trail from the big bulder where he jumps off.

The scene if very simple, my friend reminds him of "Reboot". Reboot's the best!!!

Color Script: Week 6 "Shading"

2009-02-10T13:01:00.000-08:00

Here's a color script for the "Smash" scene. I've been getting "Akira" references on my assignment. I'm a big fan of Katsuhiro Ōtomo-sans work. I search Akira in google & found references. Simple palette, just red & white. So I thought of using red for the character cuz it stands out. I'm not buying the BG color, I feel something is missing still. But I just have to keep it simple! I'm open for ideas before I hand this in tomorrow. Peace.

Process: Week5 Assignment - Smash! Part 2!!

2009-02-09T15:10:00.001-08:00

I always start with some rough sketches or thumbnail sketches. That way I can easily fix or make poses or composition better. Once I get the rough visuals done, I use my thumbnails to get even better render of the image. So I go 3D. Its the same process I did from the last assignment. I wanted to create more life to the scene, we had to use 3 cameras for the assignment & place them around the subject with sets. Since its not animated, I took advantage of the idea & created this "burst" effect that skateboarders or snowboarders use in photography. It pretty much turned out the way I wanted it to be. There's no excuse to this, I procrasinated this week, I could have made this scene better. AAaaarrrgh!! Im kickin my self, so lesson learned. I got a great tip from my classmate Christine. Check it out HERE.

Process: Week5 Assignment - Smash!

2009-02-04T23:17:00.000-08:00

After seeing an animation link from Sean Macneils blog (thanks man for sharing!), I was inspired in creating a scene just like from Sigg Jones short by Asterokid. I wanted to get the idea out of my head so I did these rough sketches while working at my job & trips between going back home. The main character is like a robot at first but I wanted to give it more character & it ended up looking like a 'fish man/kid' character. Bad guy is this insect like behemoth. After that, I started modeling. It didnt turned out the way I pictured the character but ended up fun to model this new character for our 'Week5' assignment. I was going for 'VS' type of scene but since of short time, I decided to model one character. Also 'K.I.S.S.', which really helped in finishing the assignment & it turned out great. Like for the set, I used cubes for the boulders & debri flying around the character, just moved the vertices to create that rock/block look. Piled them up together & creates the illusion of smashed concrete. I got the idea modeling the hair from the 'AM' lecture videos 'Taylor' was demonstrating. Pretty much It was rough modeling, like rough sketching, which I enjoy doing. I'm not a good modeller, so I was kinda disappointed on the expression on the character, I wanna get it the way I was pictured the face. But it was a creative masturbation that I'm satisfied how it turned out. From the suggestions & comments I've recieve after handing it in, I'm totally taking it into consideration to make the scene better. Ja!

AWSOMENESS to Asterokid!!!

Sigg Jones from Asterokid on Vimeo.

Pixar - A Human Story of Computer Animation

2009-01-28T20:59:00.001-08:00

What's the difference between Nurbs and Polygons? That was one of the questions from last nights Q&A session with our AM mentor: Steve Adamson. I dont know much the difference but I go to wikipedia for more answers: NURBS - POLYGONS. It just reminded me about the video I watched on how Ed Catmull created a cg hand for his college thesis. He's the man behind all these 3D stuff. Kudos to Ed, Brad, Andrew & Alvy! Anyway check out the video, these are the geniuses who pushed the art of computer graphics & animation. Truly inspiring.