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.

Last Animations of First Semester

These are my last two animations of this past semester. They were the Walk Run which i never did quite get done as i had to cut short the interaction. The other one was the Expression change which i wished I had more time on. But then again I say that every time. anyways enjoy.

So close......3 possibilities

Okay so here it is after so much hard work. It is like basically done more or less, just gotta get final approval from mike. Anyway it was done using gouche and then composited in photoshop with the overlay on top (vines). I used a bit of airbrushing for mist as well in the background and a photoshop airbrush for the foreground a bit. Enjoy.

Only 4 and a half weeks till christmas

Okay so here is the tonal studies I did for my interior painting. I am currently figuring out the colour scheme and will post that soon. later all

Royal Winter Fair 2007- First commissioned peices

Day 2 at the fair went really well i think. I ended up selling 3 drawings (the entire top row) to a farmer from BC for a total of 50 bucks. Not to bad not to mention they were nice enough to offer me a few beers inbetween. Really Nice People. So this is all from day 2 at the fair. Enjoy.

Royal Winter Fair 2007

Royal Winter Fair drawings 2007. I really enjoy this event every year and might even go again to try and get more. I tried to draw alot of cows opposed to everything which meant sticking out the cold barn but all is well. Anyways look for a possible second dump of fair stuff.

Exterior Layout Painting

Okay so here is the line art and 4 tonals I did for my exterior painting which will be posted soon. More stuff to come on this painting including initial sketches, and final painting.

Weight Lift and Toss character- Sir Doodle

Well this was my character Sir Doodle who I did for my weight lift and toss. I think I am slowly making improvements with my character design.

Small Life Drawing Post

Okay so I figure I better get some life Drawings up, I haven't had much time or made time to life draw in the first quarter but here is what I got so far. Enjoy.

Anatomy of a Mandrill

Well this is from a month or so ago but it is from when our class went to the ROM(Royal Ontario Museum) and we got to go into the bone room. original sketch with muscles drawn in over top.

Just Working the Kinks Out

Okay So here is my first animation of second semester, just working the kinks out. Enjoy.

Long Time No See!

Hey everyone, I am alive and it is reading week. Very busy over reading week catching up and getting stuff done. I'd thought I'd post some stuff starting with my animations from first year. This was for a demo reel at years end. Hope you enjoy and more to come.