Finished Rough Animation?

A more finished rough test. I did the effects first pass. I might play around with the dust cloud more but probably gonna start the long arduous clean up process.

Animation Test

Here is the Work in Progres of my Action Analysis. Alot left to do on it.

Work in Progress

Thought I'd post a work in progress of my final colour layout for action analysis. Going for a Bambi type colour scheme. My bear is pretty warm colours so I thought it will pop more on top of a fairly cool bg.

quick colour balance tests

Anyways nothing too crazy, just took each level from the tonal and played around with the colour balance in photoshop to get a general and quick idea of what I'm going for. Still not sure but thought I'd post the progress.

Back to the Woods

New Tonal Study on Revised Layout. Not sure about some things, gonna be fun to paint.

Fair Day 2

A couple of drawings I liked from day 2 at the fair. I also met a really interesting artist who was an older gentleman. We talked for a bit, he critiqued my work, and gave me alot of useful tips. Another successful and enjoying day at the fair.

Linework for a New Layout

Another Layout, slightly rushed, would like to redo and pay more attention to detail.

Revised Layout

Revised my layout for my action analysis. Detailed the background a bit more, going to paint it in a very painterly style. colour work to come

Went to the Fair

Went to the Royal Winter Fair the other day, have always loved the fair. Ran into a good friend who I worked with the last two summers. I also met some nice people who really liked the drawings. Sold a couple to a nice lady. Here are a few from the end of the day that I liked. I will be back Wednesday drawing.

Some Life Drawing

heres some life drawings, the times might not be right, i kinda guessed. Been trying to draw in a different style lately. I liked these because there heading in the direction I want to go in.

Layout for Action Analysis

Action Analysis Design Pack

Design Pack for my 30 second action analysis. Character Pose sheet is missing as it is not quite done.

More Bears

Just a few quick sketches I whipped up for my Action analysis character.

Action Analysis Final Reel

The Final Reel

FUN PACK

For my 30sec Action Analysis.

Leaving for the North..................

Will be leaving for my job. A few pics of my paradise. Will be working on portfolio so watch for upcoming posts.

Three Layouts

3 layouts from last layout project, not overally happy with them, but satisfied I guess.

Just a little...........Quick Sketch

Just a quick sketch I thought I would post. Working out some layout ideas for class.

Sketching in good ole photoshop

So anyways I've been watching a few gnomon dvd's lately, which are unbelievable. I picked up a few tips here and there and thought I would give them a try. This is a work in progress, alot left to finalize it and colour it up. It's some kind of creature but based on a prior sketch i did. With school getting crazy this may be my last post till summer. Enjoy!

Animations for second semester so far.......

Anyways here are my first two animations for the second semester. The lip sync is a clip from back to the future and is not really all that great. I tried hitting every single sound and mouth shape so the mouth pops back and forth alot and does not have much flow to it. The human sync is a clip from forest gump and I killed myself on this one starting off over animating it and trying to do to much with the acting but I know that is a common problem for young animators. I simplified it alot and it is really rough. My muzzle sync I will post soon is a Work in Progress and will end up getting finished later on in the summer but so far so good. Enjoy!

Animal Characters

Here are my animal characters I did for character design. Based on the dennis the menace movie with mason gamble and Christopher loyd. Enjoy!

An Old Layout I did...........of a Barn

So the line work and then just a quick tonal study in photoshop, super quick just so people get the idea. Dark foreground looking down the aisle in the barn. more complete tonal studies and colour studies to come.

A Work in Porgress

Okay so for layout class we had to do a pan which was really fun.......untill we had to put it together on the computer. At least i learned alot about software and such. This is a work in progress as I still need slo in and slo out and I would like to play wiht the overlays as well. Enjoy

A little bit of Realization for myself

So I was just looking through a web log that Algonquin Outfitters had just to see what is up and got bored so started going through the archives when I discovered a letter. A letter which after reading made me realize alot of things and made me think about my life a little bit more. I felt like it was me writing this letter and it was my ideas and thoughts being put on paper. It not only gave me awareness but also inspiration and some hope for the future. Without further a due here it is.

TAKEN FROM ALGONQUIN OUTFITTERS WEB LOG
http://algonquinoutfitters.blogspot.com/


Andrew Middleton, one of our contract canoe trip guides. Andrew is a teacher in the off-season and like many people, finds a way to arrange his life so that he can spend as much time as possible in Algonquin Park during the summer. Unlike some, he has even found a way to get paid for going on canoe trips. He an excellent guide and usually, a very up-beat person. On a cold rainy day in Montreal. he had a moment of truth, and kindly offered to share with the world, on our blog. The story below is all his:

Gord,

Reading the A.O. blog made me think of this moment a few weeks ago that made me ill. I thought it would be very good therapy to write it out. All it did was make me want to paddle. but it is raining. and cold. (Perfect...)

Hope all is well

Andrew


Life in the %&#*@#& Mean City

It hit me when I was stuck in traffic. There I was; 7:30 in the morning in Montreal, drinking cheap gas station coffee from a travel mug on highway twenty at the thirteen merge.

There was on one side of me this cheese ball teenage something or other, probably on his way to school or at best a telemarketing gig. His bright orange Honda Civic had a muffler that made my spine vibrate and the loud, pulsating techno music was annoying enough that I had to crank up my talk radio so the arguments and political babble at least made the oomph oomph go away. As usual, my lane was the slowest. Then my accepted, humble existence I knew it that moment ceased to exist. On my right, creeping with an odd limp and a bounce in the rear that can only mean busted shocks was an old beat up green Land Cruiser. On its roof was an equally beat up red Swift Dumoine. I almost had an accident.

What a dichotomy. Every aspect of life I detest to my left, with the cheese ball techno racing tuner orange car guy, and on the right, everything that I love and think that is right in the world: old trucks with Swift canoes on their roof, ready to roll.

The players of this calm September morning didn't have a clue what impact they had on my day. As I made my way to my job and the hallowed halls of public school, ready to educate our nation's youth, I was overwhelmed by the immediate and seemingly innate desire to turn and run. Run back to my home, cast to the side responsibility and paychecks, hoist my boat to the roof and take off to the great wilds of the near north and disappear, at least until the snow fell. I could manage; maybe I could fake an illness. Kidney stones would do nicely; an injury that would allow me to both run away and still come back in a reasonable timeframe and resume my job. I have a Visa card; I think there is still room on it. I could just drive to Renfrew, and put in at Achray. Maybe I could just head west until I ran into Georgian Bay, or maybe just to Canoe Lake. Maybe I could just go down to the water and paddle around the infested waters on Montréal Island for the day. Maybe, maybe, maybe I just needed to go to work and forget about it. It couldn't happen, at least not today.

I wish I could just move back to Oxtongue Lake where the dual life of business and pleasure meet and the enmeshment of the two are possible. I wish I could sit at my desk and see mist. I wish I could walk in the woods and not run into a mowed lawn every ten steps. I wish that when I go paddling in the afternoon I didn't have to paddle by million dollar homes with their ignorant punk teenagers who hit golf balls at me. I wish, I wish and I wish some more. But now I shall simply be relegated to the unenviable task of living in the smog and concrete collecting my pay, watching the lanes that I am not in carry the lucky folks and their Dumoine off into the urban jungle I call home. Summer shall soon return and I with it.

Cheers,

Middleton

The General

Here is a cleaned up sketch I did of the general, the original sketch was done in corel painter. He is being used for my upcoming lip synch animation.