Lineup

I really don't know about this 4th guy (the second to the left). His face and body just don't really fit right with the rest of the character. Doesn't really stand out either. I think I may take the head of the third guy and put him on a younger, taller body, then take an older version of the face and make a father and son out of that. I could also shrink the nose of the fat one.... I just don't know yet.

4th Character Draft

I've never created four main characters that were based around each other before. The most I've done is three. It's been a bit of a challenge, because I want this guy to be thinner and weaker (and somewhat effeminate) but I don't want him to rival the main character. My thinking is this guy is the son of the shorter, older looking guy. I may make the other guy older as well. I have other sketches of him with a thick Old Snake mustache which looks pretty cool. I'll get a lineup up later today. Comments would be appreciated.

More Naked People

I know this is getting weird, but I gotta say, this has been so helpful for me to get the forms down correctly. McDonough was nothing without his clothing, and I really wanted to break away from that. It's also been a challenge trying to create and shape four different main characters around each other. Here are two of the guys in Blanco's mariachi band. I'm still trying to figure out what shape the third guy will be.

Outfitted

Here's a rendered clothing pass I made today. I have the other positions blocked out. Just need to ink them.

"McDonough" final film stills.

Hi all! I'm sorry I won't be able to show you this online for the next year or so. I'm almost done with revising "McDonough" with the help of my editors and background artists and will be submitting it to festivals very soon. Most festivals require no more than 10% of the film online to be eligible, so I'm afraid it you'll have to wait a while for this one. I am more than willing to show you some stills though! I also have a ton of pre-production and production photos that I'll be uploading soon as well.

New Character Stuff

Way too long since my last post. This last six months have been devoted to finishing McDonough, I've had no time to draw or animate anything else. I just graduated from SCAD and now am looking for work. So for now, I'll be constantly updating my portfolio for Siggraph. Here's a character design I've been working on for a possible new story "The Last Mariachi"



Of course he won't be in his underwear for the final story, but I started thinking it would be good to provide a figure study in the full character sheets of my characters from now on. This helps me better understand hands and feet, which is sort of a new style I'm trying out. I've been taking influence from J. Otto Siebold's work and have wanted to do nubby fingers and a wide, flat crotch for a while now. I know that sounds odd to say, but it's been on my mind. Also I've been trying to define how the neck attaches to the head. I've been doing large-jowled heads for a while now and I've never really had a good idea for how to connect the torso to the head without giving the guy a fat neck. I know it doesn't have to be perfect, but it looked odd when sculpted. So I've been needing to abstract my bodies more to accommodate.

LOFAX

It's finally done! Watch in all it's glory (or at least a more compact form of it's glory). If you're unable to read the intro type, here it is again.

"Angus Glass awakens from the dead inside an extra-terrestrial vessel. Eluding his captors, he desperately roams the ship looking for answers. When his only human companion is killed, Glass loses any hope and returns to the corridor with the gap they could not cross."



The thing I learned most from this project was how to properly plan out my own schedule. I worked fast, as you could probably tell; maybe a little too fast in some places. But I stuck to my own schedule as best as I could, which was something I've never done for myself. It has been a very rewarding experience. So thank you Professor Delao for the class and for your time.

Also a special thanks to my Dad, my brother, and my friends Megan and Jose for their help and support.