The Character TD Blog

http://www.thecharactertdblog.blogspot.com

I created this new blog to be a resource for people looking to learn how to rig and do cloth sims and what not as well as be a place for other TD's to critique and comment, share tips and whatever else.

Team Blog from work

So I work at Grand Canyon University right now as a Lead Multimedia Designer, and my team and I have started a blog of random art and other things. The trick is we take a name that is randomly generated and then have to draw our interpretation of it. Fun stuff, go check it out at:

http://awsteamrocket.blogspot.com

Poser Kid

Just imagine he is in front of the mirror in his bed room posing for the ladies, or really happy to get punched in the face. hmmmm, maybe i will make the Bully next...Great Idea Matt!

Jason Ryan Animation

So I finally got some money together to get a tutorial from a phenominal animator named Jason Ryan. He has worked for Don Bluth in the past on films I grew up with, and now works for Disney and is a Mentor for Animation Mentor. He is SO freakin' nice he even made time to send ME(a lowly-nobody animator) a jump rope rigg to help with the tutorial. How cool is that!? I'm sure he is busy with a billion other things. SO if you are looking to improve your skills head over to www.jasonryananimation.com and buy some of his awesome tutorials! And if someone happens to have a torrent of his files, shoot them in the face......With a water gun of course....
and kindly turn them down, cause crime doesn't pay. ARF!

ok...

Girl Sketch

A possible piece of art for a certain short. I was surprised how quick I pumped this out. The sketch AND paint only took like an hour, although it is reflected in the quality.

Short Film Blog Started

So, here is the link to the blog for a short film my buddy Kyle and I have been working on for a while but just now recently got around to really getting stuff done on. I will be periodically be posting artwork and other progress on the film as we get it done.

http://anightinblog.blogspot.com/

go check it out and keep checking back for the updates.

A troll in central...nowhere

I actually spent a couple hours on this one(mostly the shading of the upper lip). Upon second review, he reminded me of a mix between Shrek and Scooby Doo....maybe its just me. Anyways, it's supposed to be a troll. I was just practicing the lighting and the sub-surface scattering on his ears mainly.

Some Girl

A new painting, not the best, but I put a little more time into it.

quick sketch -01

some goats for a side project I have been thinking of doing, not sure if it will ever happen though.

Sleep Walkin'

The newest sketch, I think I might try to do one everyday like Mel Milton.

new stuff

It's been a while, I started my design job at Grand Canyon University, so now I have to plan time to sketch more, which is good and bad. Here are some new images just trying different things.

Metal #2

Just a value sketch based off of Claudio Sanchez.

Death Metal Guy

This is the latest painting I did, based off a sketch I did randomly one day. It started out as just some guy standing there, but that was lame of course so I added a guitar and changed the pose a little. Still not sure if the silhouette is crap or not but I think you would get the idea if it were all shadow.

How to trian your Stitch?

Ok, so the new Dreamworks animation teaser trailer came out for "How to train your dragon".
One of the directors (Chris Sanders) used to work for Disney is best known for directing Lilo and Stitch, who by happened to be the voice of the little alien as well. I would just like to point out the influence that I saw from the teaser... it might just be a coincidence BUT, see for your self.



Hmmmmm....

Call me Crazy....

same big eyes, stubby arms, fat neck, big teeth bearing grin?

Oh well,

I still have mixed feelings about this movie, although the story does seem lame. We shall see.

For the kiddies

A Dragon Hunt...

I recently took a trip to visit some family in Utah and decided to take advantage of some of my eager nieces and nephews. We took a trip to the mountains and I came up with a quick idea to film a short story. It made for good compositing practice as well. Some parts did end up a little rushed but I'm ok with the outcome.

2 in a day

I was able to pump out this image as well in the same day as this blob one. Wish I could do that everyday.

Blaaaaaaooooobb

Oh boy, I love Jello!


This was really just a test of translucent style painting, I wanted to put little bubbles inside, but wasn't willing to spend the time putting them inside.

Monkey Slam!

I recently watched Nacho Libre and found a flash tower defense game that was pretty fun. This is the result of my brain afterwards.

It's a Putty Tat!

Here is something I whipped up for more painting practice.

I'm dead

A friend of mine, Kyle, and I have started doing some compositing tests for a project we will be shooting in November and here are a couple of them.

#1: A shot in the face




#2: A crazy anomaly