Doodles 'n Such

An old assignment I dug up

2011-05-04T13:05:00.010-04:00

Grindhouse football...

I think I was high...

Bobo!

2011-04-06T12:18:00.002-04:00

There is no Bobo like a happy Bobo
Bobobobobobobo!

Cafe painting with Brushes on iPad

2011-04-04T07:20:00.003-04:00

Animation Tag Attack Episode 11 - Attack of the BearDuck

2011-01-27T14:41:00.012-05:00

Eurovision unite once more!! I got back with my partner in crime Francesco to collaborate on episode 11 of Animation Tag Attack which is a huge animation project directed by the talented Cristen Bach (www.christen.dk). It'll be shown to an audience at The Annecy Animation Festival. Very exciting to be part of a global network of animators!

Here's the episode we worked on

Animation Tag Attack - Episode 11 - The Attack of the BearDuck from Animation Tag Attack on Vimeo.

And here's episode 1-11

Episode 1-11 from Animation Tag Attack on Vimeo.

Episode 1-11

Starbucks Doodles

2010-11-14T22:46:00.009-05:00

Some doodles I doodle do in Starbucks on my Wacom. More to come real soooooon!

The Monk & The Monkey on Vimeo

2010-08-26T01:43:00.010-04:00

Monkin Monkey's now up on Vimeooo yo!

Shai Donn

2010-08-17T02:29:00.003-04:00

The Shai Donn!

An Oldie...

2010-08-07T18:00:00.003-04:00

I came across this just now... brings back memories! It was an assignment I had in my old college back in '02, Ballyfermot College. That place had me drawing solid for two years straight!

It took me a weekend with cotton wool and graphite powder with a putty rubber to make this. A Saturday night on Pringles and strange alternative music playing on the radio... this is the result. I miss those days!

The Monk & The Monkey at SIGGRAPH

2010-07-26T17:26:00.010-04:00

Been a while since I updated! I promised myself 'd never fall into that trap!

Well college is over now and my short film I co-directed with Francesco has made it into SIGGRAPH 2010 Animation Festival. Despite how excited I am about the news I'm disappointed I couldn't make it over this time.

Fran put together a little website that'll showcase the production pipeline of the film. We'll add more work as the weeks go on.

monkmonkey.com

Stop! Look! Listen!

2010-01-28T13:17:00.009-05:00

These were shown on TV in the UK as a campaign for children's safety by the Department for Transport "THINK!"

The messages are short, swift and strong, looks beautiful too. They were all produced at Nexus, a London-based company.

DISCLAIMER! I didn't work on these... it's just a repost!

Meindbending!

2010-01-16T17:04:00.003-05:00

These wonderful spots for Cartoon Network are courtesy of a little Swedish company called Meindbender.

Enjoy!

Blend Test

2009-10-16T01:26:00.003-04:00

Here's a rig test I worked on with my talented friend Francesco Giroldini

FJORG!!!

2009-08-07T18:45:00.000-04:00

Push Pull Exaggerated

2009-04-15T23:13:00.005-04:00

It's been AGES since I posted!! This was done a while ago and I decided to post it anyway. Might take a lil while to load, depending on your connection... I'll work on a lo-res in the meantime :)

Life in Sarasota

2008-12-12T09:37:00.003-05:00

Push Pull Animated

2008-11-04T10:39:00.006-05:00

Here's the animation, at last! Animated in Maya, composited in Shake.

Self-Caricature

2008-10-23T08:56:00.007-04:00

This is me, just in case you don't know what I look like. I'm a really happy person, really.

Lighting Schematic II

2008-10-20T22:27:00.005-04:00

Here's the update from below. I took it into Shake and tweaked the colours a fair bit. Completely changed the tones of the warm hues to a colder unwelcoming colour. I added glows and compression to the mid and background to give the room a more musky dusty atmosphere.

Lighting Schematic

2008-10-11T01:34:00.007-04:00

About time I got some colour work posted!

This is a rough lighting concept for my next animation. I tried to see how natural light would motivate the scene, dusky is usually pretty atmospheric.

I might try an alternative florescent look to it with cooler blues and greens. More variants coming soon...

Slater Face

2008-10-06T22:22:00.005-04:00

Here's an update on my character. I just "finished" the facial expressions with textures. He's almost ready to animate. The rigging process was a nightmare! Ugh! But it all paid off nicely in the end; I know this guy will be fun to animate.

Characters

2008-09-22T21:25:00.008-04:00

Love drawing on paper, hate drawing on tablets.

Tablets suck!

3D model

2008-09-08T01:46:00.008-04:00

It's about time I posted some 3D work (in progress.)
Still have to make some tweaks, like make the legs a *little* longer and fix the hands n feet.

Character Designs

2008-09-07T13:05:00.004-04:00

Ok it's been a few weeks since I posted. College been real busy. Here's some characters I spat out just to keep yis all in suspense!

Figure Drawing

2008-08-21T04:44:00.010-04:00

Life drawing, again!

2008-08-12T04:03:00.004-04:00

Had Tom Waits pose for a class, it was fun.

Study for Hands

2008-08-05T17:14:00.002-04:00

Some rough sketches of hands for my character...

More Doodles from the Met

2008-08-03T18:30:00.005-04:00

Character Designs

2008-08-03T04:05:00.004-04:00

Some character concepts, perhaps I'll make her in 3D sometime soon...

More Met Drawings..

2008-08-02T00:20:00.002-04:00

Drawings at the Met

2008-08-01T03:15:00.006-04:00

Some drawings I worked on of Greek statues in the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. They're a little grainy because of the paper grade.

The Weight of the World

2008-07-28T12:49:00.006-04:00

A womans world can sometimes be more difficult that a dudes, so if a woman was to step into a guys shoes it prolly look something like this:

Life Drawings

2008-07-17T02:02:00.019-04:00

Drawings I did during a session in a New Jersey college. I encourage anyone interested to look into Henry Yan or Mike Mattesi's work, some of my inspirations.

Blogger on da go

2008-07-11T04:16:00.000-04:00

Gustav Klimt

2008-07-09T03:57:00.012-04:00

Been to see Gustav Klimt's work in the Neue Gallerie by Central Park in NYC. It was an experience of sheer awe!! I always wanted to see his work since I first discovered him about 4 years ago. Mostly it was of his sketchwork and doodles throughout the 19th and 20th century. Two floors of bliss and beauty! Fortunately I got to see his work, unfortunately it was on for a limited time so I can't go back ('til the end of June). It's certainly an experience I'll never forget!

2008-05-19T16:35:00.002-04:00

And then came a walk cycle, gave him a lil more attitude this time :)

Mad crazy point

2008-05-08T02:28:00.004-04:00

Well it's summer and the stress doesn't end here. I got to New Jersey for summer school but I'm still home-hunting... and almost broke. Living in a cheap motel right now.

In all this madness I thought to myself "what a perfect time to animate!" Maybe something for the reel perhaps?

Comments n crits welcome!

2008-04-04T05:51:00.006-04:00

Here are some stills

2008-04-04T05:28:00.006-04:00

Ok so it's been a while, the baldy headed bastard in my previous post ended up being animated in Maya. Enjoy! Sound won't convert, I'll update it later. Right now I'm gunna get some sleep...

2007-12-01T18:18:00.000-05:00

Here's a second revision for my character design. The football player lacked that aggression I was lookin for. Now he looks so big and pissed-off I think he's more of a rugby player. Modelsheet comin up!

"Soccer" player

2007-11-24T15:36:00.005-05:00

Here's a footballer, gunna change him soon!

2007-10-29T05:51:00.001-04:00

After being harassed to post, finally here is ONE! :) (Happy Yezi??)

Just a little layout doodle, I'm sure I'll be coming back to this to finish-er-off. Might need a little more colour in some areas.