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

Farmers' Mums

So here are the thumbnails to a new piece I am working on. The next step will be to shoot some video reference to help the performance. The audio comes from the movie "Hot Fuzz".
The Idea I got was to have a guy playing a video game, cleary annoyed by the two guys harassing him. In the film they are in a bar and there are some games in the background, and that's how I got the Idea.

What is going on?

OK, so I need to start working on this thing again. I have lots of time on my hands as of late, getting laid off will do that to you, but it has been nice to have time to work on what I want to work on.

So a buddy from work and some other friends from school have started production on a short film called "A Night In" you can check out the progress at http://www.anightinblog.blogspot.com. This hopefully will be a nice enough portfolio piece to get some attention around here.

I have taken the liberty to start sketching and painting a little more in Photoshop, I really have to strive to get the images in my head to translate in any format and practice makes perfect so here was something I started with

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it doesn't really make sense but it is a start right?

I also had time to enter the 11SecondClub this month and got a whopping 4.31 star score, which is up a star from last time, so I guess that shows progress. The other top animations were nothing short of amazing, so I have to practice a LOT harder if I want to win. Here it is

The Goings on

So, since the last post, I finally graduated and now have a Bachelors of Art in Animation. My website got me a job at ExodusWeb.com where I started working 1 week before graduating. I am working on modeling and rigging 3D characters for now, hoping to start animating when some other stuff gets done. It's a great start and I have been learning tons. I might post some stuff I've done so far in the future. I'm moving to a house in Mesa in the next month so it might be a while. As for now it's back to learning more complicated rigging techniuqes.

Runnin' Man

Here is the latest animation I did, probably took about 6 - 8 hours total time. I used some video references off of youtube.com of some street runners. This is really the first time I've tried this. It's a lot faster because the timing is pretty much done. My next project I will try to add more personality to the animation but still start with reference video.

Hey, Mikey!

So, I have been working with this Rig called "Mikey" for the last week and a half and this is what I have come up with so far. Working with the basics has really helped me out. Once I polish this and then render it I can start applying what I have learned to my next 11 second club entry.

November 11 Seconds Club

I haven't posted in a while but here is what I was working on for the last week and a half.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

I have started a script and storyboard for a short based on the old poem from Norway. It will be very close to the original with some comedic twists. I hope to have more content to upload in the near future, it is still a little secret right now.

The Launch

Well, it's official! Matt Murray Animation.com is up and running in flash! hurry and go now!
http://www.mattmurrayanimation.com


There will be periodic updates to the content therein as well as a revamp after graduation.

Enjoy people