Wednesday, October 26, 2011

S/M/L Short by TENDRIL

S/M/L from TENDRIL on Vimeo.



Nice stuff.

TF2 - Meet The Engineer. And everyone else.



Meet the Engineer. I know these videos are a few years old now but man they deserve a post. If you want to see the rest just wait till the movie finishes and click on the screen. Also, do not click on the both pyro screens, seems someone changed the link and it plays some garbage videos. Enjoy!

Team Fortress Inspired Short

Mac 'n' Cheese from Mac 'N' Cheese on Vimeo.

Great concept and fun.

Team Fortress Group Photo

Great Characters.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Introducing The INSPIRO AWARD!!!

So I'm always searching for great artists in the field of Animation and/or Design. And I thought why not create an award, my own cool award, honoring these amazing artists and so I came up with the award, drum roll, The INSPIRO Award. Offered each month to one amazing artist who deals out an over abundance of shear AWESOMNESS. Who's going to be next? Why hasn't this been done before? Why is this so crazy? I know right? And who will be deemed worthy of this most prized accomplishment? Tune in the 1st of each month and join history!!!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Europe Trip - Marseille France Fisherman


Ahh, I love the smell of fish in the morning. Love this guys expression and gesture.

ITA - Revised Blocking Pass The Bug Man



Ok, so just finished up my revised block plus, as per my mentor's notes. On to Spline!!!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Inspirational Animation Blog - Animator Letters Project

Came across this great site that gives hope to all us animators out there.

Great Design Site - Dribbble

My friend Matt, told me about this great design site, enjoy!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Europe Trip - Mallorca Spain

Really beautiful Mallorca Spain. Tapas! Tapas! Tapas! The restaurant Tast was fantastic. We had a blast.

Europe Trip - Monaco Port

Got this shot on top of the hill. Shortly after this shot the wife and I tried our luck at the famous casino BOOYAH Jen won 500 bucks playing blackjack!

Europe Trip - Fountain Italy

Trevi fountain, check.

Europe Trip - Pompeii

Pompeii was awesome.

Europe Trip -Aiello Calabro Italy - My Great GrandParents Village.


Me and my wife visited my families village, Aiello Calabro. Really cool.

Europe Trip - Barcelona Leaf Woman

Where the wind blows the Leafman goes! Or Leafwoman.

Europe Trip - Barcelona Night

Walking the Barcelona streets early, early morning with my wife. Ahhh, so peaceful.

Europe Trip - The Barcelona La Merce Festival

Fireworks and ESPLOSIONS! Viva de La Merce!!!

Europe Trip - Roma Street

Old neighborhood.

Europe Trip Photo - Pisa Stairway To Heaven

Pisa Stairs photo - crazy aged crooked marble stairs!

Europe Trip Photo Jelly's at Monaco

Went to Europe with my wife - ahh amazing time. Took this picture of some jelly's

Can't forget about my previous Mentor Rich Fournier

HOOO HOOOO!!! My Mentor's Got Some Chops!!!

Mike Stern: Kung Fu Panda Reel from Mike Stern on Vimeo.

I heart KFP!!!

ITA - Blocking Plus The Bug Man!



And here is my blocking plus pass on The Bug Man. My mentor, Mike Stern, has given me some great notes to get this guy looking good so I'll be tweaking this guy more.

ITA - Blocking Pass The Bug Man



Ok, just finished my first blocking pass on The Bug Man! It's coming along but a ton of work ahead.

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 7


...and finally the last page, whew 7 pages of planning.

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 6

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 5

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 4

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 3

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 2

ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 1

Here we go with Intro To Acting, class 4 at Animation Mentor, and planning out my first Pantomime shot showing contrasting emotions of super bad arse turned to whimpering baby.

Animation Mentor Progress Reel 2011



And so with another chapter closed, another begins and this time we take a step into ACTING!!! Just want to post my progress up until this point. Any thoughts?

Ahhh all finished with Advanced Body Dynamics.

So, that wraps another class up at animation mentor. I really learned a lot this term. Just want to give a shout out to my mentor Rich Fournier for keeping my fire burning. Thanks for the crit's, and the sense of challenge that you brought to the class. The best success to you and hope to one day be working with you! On to Acting!!!

ABM - Final The Get Away!



Yes, just finished my final for week 10 The Get Away! I like the way it turned out, but time to move on to Intro To Acting!!! Hey again thanks to my mentor Rich for making this shot mo'betta!!!

ABM - Blocking Plus The Getaway!




And so now on to the Blocking Plus! Things are moving... slowly.

ABM - First Pass Blocking The Getaway!




Just finished my first pass on blocking this guy out, still a ton left to work on.

ABM - Planning WK 7 The Getaway! Prt 3


HA HA, and the last of my planning here!

ABM - Planning WK 7 The Getaway! Prt 2

Still more planning...HAAAAA!!!

ABM - Planning WK 7 The Getaway! Prt 1

Planning, Planning, Planning...

ABM - Final Hammer Fail



So here is my final Hammer Fail Advanced Body Dynamics animation. I like the way it turned out, and with the notes my mentor Rich Fournier added it could shine!