I found some time to do some story inspired digital sketches...they worked.
I've been focusing on Henry (the catcher) for the past little while, it's in him that I find the potential to really hit the allegory on the head.
Separating hero and protagonist is something I fist noticed in DC's Kingdomcome and ever since then it's been my favorite approach to epic story telling.
sad but true
tune in next time
"Ashley the Pitcher"
Peace
-King
(why is this 4th year so busy with collateral work sheesh)
A new exercise I will be doing in my free time(between feeding the cat and brooding in the halls of my campus) is watching films and trying to tie down the compostions. I'm still a noob on the tablet so I figure it should be helpful.
This first session was centered around the stagings of 2007's genre defining Transformers. Golly, what can I say about the film (insert snarky high nose and equally high brow demeaning/belittling comment here) that hasn't been said....I enjoyed it. Just another experience I would sell 10grams of flesh to experience as a young boy again. ...anyways back to my purpose here to today.
Speaking soley visually, this film had some very powerful staging, however the editing and cutting is that of a music video at times. This works against it whereas in a film like Bad Boys, it was additive. Anyone that watches films with me knows I'm a lighting nut, and that's there that this film shines. So much so that I decided to add colour. Considering Bay is an acclaimed photographer and I've always been a fan of Mitchell Amundsen's work it just felt like a waste not to. (One Alessandro notes, that it's the contrast driven lighting that when applied to the cgi emulates the cariscuro effect of realism that most cgi driven films shy away from in an effort to showcase the detail work.)
some of these are more successful than others...I decided to get better as I went along. (who knew photoshop could be used like chalk.)
In what seems to be a mixed bag or sorts, I made a quick video of all the colour thumbs (including the ones I threw away) and I put them in the order they appear in the film. Thing is I opted to use Steve Jablonsky's awesome score and the Tube rocked my soc's off with a copywright audio muting. So I replaced the score with Beethoven(his 5th I think). It actually worked out. NOTE: @ 2:36 is my favorite shot in life!
tune in next time when we tackle either
-Ridley Scott (a better painter than myself)
or
-Tim Burton
or
-300 (probably not)
or
-the 5th element (I'm thinking yesss)
When i'm not busy with school work or feeding my cat, I try to make time to follow what little animation productions I can.
Right now there are only two. the first
GI Joe Resolute -this came out of nowhere, but it's hot. Unfortunately there's only like 12 or so parts that are about 8 or so mins long. Classic case of quality of quantity.
adjusting to a new professor has it's ups and downs (especially when the previous one sought tone whereas the new one prefers life found in line) but they ultimately want the same things; form and structure and life.
note(most of these were supposed to have 2 models per page but I just wasn't having it.)
A few little things I managed to finish this month for visions of science magazine. didn't have the time for any elaborate chalk work, thus another opportunity to bust out the old/new tablet and paint via photo shop.
I find myself more proud of this kinda work than the stuff I do in my comfort zone.
this last one didn't need to be coloured.
This last piece was from the film I worked on in 3rd year; My Hero
Still practicing on the tablet, slowly but surely it seems these things are talking over the entire industry.
this was going to be spiderman, but then I had a change of heart. I like the idea that the Surfer rides his board like a runner at a starting block that never quite starts.
screw anatomy...there's fun to be had, especially with forced perspective. (legs don't connect, and that hand looks more funky every time I visit this blog)
I designed a few inspiration posters and character outlines. With the obligatory pretentious introspective quote to boot...i spend way to much time in movie theaters. (note; these are lines from my film)
I'm going for a black & white period piece mixed in with some eastern sensibilities and cinematography and tied down with mythic allegory.
music credit: Marco Beltrami
If a genie popped up and granted me a wish today, it would be to have a conversation with the poet Homer. ...pick his brain.
Then I'd wish to see my mother again and tell her I'm making a film... that seems like the type of thing that a mother would love to hear.
More art for the youth magazine I contribute to every so often, or to be more specific when one of the youth written stories is up to snuff and I have a weekend off.
This story and piece is about a more or less distopian near future in which robots have replaced K9's in assisting the police force. ..they also plug into walls.
black pastel on news print to quote Rorschach; "Obvious really."
things I like; collar and tie
things I should fix; back end of brim is way too long. And lighting..always lighting.
from when I watched BHC 2 this weekend ( a truly classic film)
From when I was watching BET last weekend (ridiculous)
and of course the beautiful wafa I love girls with scarfs, I think I'll marry one. I like working the scarfs into hair shapes, sorta like a what if.
I'll be doing a lot more caricaturing from now on, half because with my film coming I don't have the luxury of the old likeness capture via pastel, and also because it's a skill that would allow for faster smoother likeness captures.
4th year in animation studies at Sheridan, I like working in chalk pastels to capture people, places and things.
If you got a problem yo i'll solve it check out my (something) while my dj revolves it...
