He done poked the bear

Stupid jerk blocking me in for 40mins.
Also, i've been doing more work on Darcy the Dragon, I've got a storyboard thumbnailed out and everything. And like 3 pages of Darcy the Dragon heads.

Concept Art

 So, I haven't been able to upload anything because the computers are stupid, and randomly decided to make it very difficult for me to show off my work.
So here are some of the things I've been working on, now that I can upload things again!

One of the things I've always wanted to animate is Roger Whittaker's song Darcy the Dragon
It's taken me a while to get to it though, since I was never really satisfied with the design I had at the time. There was a while I was designing Darcy in Flash, and had his character mostly roughed out. However I started my 3rd year at Redhouse, and put that on hold. I fished it out recently and decided that Darcy had to be re-designed. Here are some of the concept sketches. Near the bottom of the page,  I was beginning to feel like I was getting close.

I left the designs for a little bit, not wholly satisfied. When I came back to it,  I didn't feel as though the design did Darcy justice. So I started again, toying with different animals for inspiration, namely a goat, a duck and a Boxer Dog. Random, but that's what these sketches are for.

Finally, I managed to get to a design that I was happy with. This is the design I will use to animate (if all goes according to plan, so who knows.) Darcy the Dragon.

 Recently, a friend sent me a text about a number of random bottles in her house that were leaking. She said that a gnome must be poking holes in them. She suggested I make a cartoon about it. I'm hoping to do so, and if it is received well, I may attempt to do a series of it.
So here is some concept designs of what the gnome may look like.

I want the short to be in the style of a documentary, like 'the house hippo' commercials they had.
I'm not so sure on the hat though. Comments?
p.s the picture in the corner is of the gnome shot-gunning a pop

Cats watch My Little Pony: Cartoon

 

 

Cat 1: Isaac

Cat 2: Jack

Cat 3: Maggie.

I recorded this one day after making them watch My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Isaac is a closet Bronie.

Also I did this animation in 5 hours.

I came as a Rat

Saskatoon Winter (part 2) Christmas time..

The Sparkles..... THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

Winters in Saskatchewan (part 1)

For those of you unfamiliar with driving in Saskatchewan, in summer the roads tend to be riddled with sneaky pot holes waiting to take a bite out of your tires and sometimes the car itself. In winter they fill up with snow (because they don't all get fixed in the summer) and can have a different effect, as I realised when I hit some ice (again, Boo roads. Boooooo) and managed to regain some friction after hitting a snow covered pot hole. 'Course they can still be very evil and sneaky if they melt and fill up with ice, or it only stops the one tire and the rest of your car goes spinning. That could also suck, but I personally haven't' encountered such pot holes and I really really really reaalllllly hope I never do.

"You've got to admit it's getting better."

So, upon cleaning out my shelving unit that currently holds my loose paper drawings, I found a WHOLE bunch of drawings from high school, University and even some elementary school stuff. I chucked a whole bunch, and saved a couple if they had a great deal of value to me. Some of them I kept to re-draw. Here is one such example. Or.. two such examples.

Then (high school) these were designs for my friends 'super hero' characters

Now 2012. I think there has been some improvement.