Comic sketches.

Experiment with mood and story

Fort Steele Brewery

This is an independent study that I was working on while at the UofL with Professor Jim Wills.  This is a miniature model of the Fort Steel Brewery. It isn't finished yet but I just put on the first coat of paint and wanted to post something. I will post again when I tidy it up and put in the window details and some more weathering.

Lars coming soon!

Goofy Assignment

Here is an old assignment that I found going through my stuff from Vanarts. We were supposed to create three poses for Goofy on model, with reference to a Goofy model sheet of course.

Lars sneek peek

Hey,
This is one of the backgrounds for my up and coming online comic of Lars. I thought I would post it to see if I get any reaction to the style.

Hockey

I have been working as an animator and the long hours really make me miss the sports that I used to play. It is always hard to try and balance anything else with animation because it is such a time consuming art. Here are a few pictures of me when I used to play hockey. I must say I miss it a lot.

(I am) Nobody's Lunch

I got to do this poster for the senior Acting class at Vanarts. It is my first poster I have made for someone, so I am really please I got the opportunity to create it. It was really fun and can't wait for the next one I get to make.

Greasy Boxer

I did this little sketch at work while I was waiting for my scene to render. Then after work I decided to do something with it, so here you go. This will be the start of a group of vector drawings I am planing on posting soon.

Facial expressions from term 3

It is funny how your character progresses and changes over time.

A new line of cereal brought to you by Dr. Heckleberg

For Moniquita!

Work while I was at Glue Solutions

This is a screen shot of some internal work I did for Glue Solutions. It was an interactive guide to one of Glue's interactive products. (All work was done while working at Glue Solutions)

2D27 Class

This is the vanarts 2D27 class list I snatched at the end of the year. Everyone did a self portrait of themselves and placed them over their picture. I think it was Francesco that started it but correct me if I am wrong. Ben is the only angry one.

Highlight reel

This is my highlight reel of work accumulated throughout the year at Vanarts. I am hoping to change a few things just to tighten up some of my work and maybe add some things from outside Vanarts. I am really happy with how everything turned out and learned a lot. Thank you to all my teachers, and friends I met at school. Most importantly I would like to thank my family I love you guys. Wow, feels like an acceptance speech but oh wait I haven't won anything and now the real work begins. Also thank you to Adam Larue for doing the voice of Dr. Heckleberg.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFlg08j

Animation is confusing

Lars

Here is a turnaround of the character Lars. I created him for my short film that I am currently making in my last term at Vanarts. I have included some quick sketches and thumbnails of him as well below. I might post some of the scenes in the near future or wait till the short is completed.

Sketches

These are some quick sketches I did in-between working on my flash short and cursing because of it. Hope you enjoy.

Models

The following are some models I made back when I was in Lethbridge in my University days. The models are made from mat-board, polystyrene and a little bit of glue. Painted with acrylics.  I really enjoyed working on these and got to work with my Uncle Jim Wills who teaches at the UofL. I hope I will get the chance to work with him in the future.