ELECTRIC CITY PROMO

 

This is a scene  from a promo I did for Ken  Duncan. The designs were rough and in the end   the promo changed so radically  nothing was left.  I really liked the action look but it became much more cartoon . I got a nice lunch with an old friend out of it and that is the best you can do.

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Batman Promo 1991

An old boss Greg Duffell brought me into Lightbox to do couple scenes on this promo. It was set up to emulate the Fleischer Superman and I just loved it. Before the entire series ever became the hit it did, this was what it was based on.I smile every time I see it.

ParaNorman at the Oscars

I actually animated some dialogue from this . Must find it.

We did a title fo a movie called Out West for Jennifer Elise Cox.

Ya, I love Superman.

The Pixar Brave Rotation

This rotation was my end of my weeks on Brave. I had one up previously but that was just a rough for this final that I sent . Amazing what you can forget in 5 years. I was sure there was a final somewhere and tonight I came across it accidentally. Now it looks just like her. And some additional roughs never used.

Brave

I waited 3 years to post these. Now Brave is coming out.

Years ago I spent a single week doing some expression work for Pixar long distance. I had just had a serious operation and the story was brand new so I had no script. I tried fast so after a week I begged off. Worth a peek since it is coming out this week.







I had been working off Carters sketches to that point and then I got Steve Pilchers painting of the lead character. I loved it so much I took it and did a quick rotation before I left the project. Now looking at it I see a bit of the Queen from Prince of Egypt in it. It was only a week but I realized I didn't know anything about the character so I made he decision to leave

Oh god, shades of the past.

We were finishing Rock and Rule at Nelvana n 81 and Robin Budd, out of the kindness of his heart gave me these , the final Mok death scenes to do. He did the very last tiny one ( I think he wanted to do the very last scene and he did) and I did the 3 previous. He had so much stuff to do. And so imagine my surprise bt Nelvana had my drawings up.

http://nelvanaarteditions.com/media/g/productioncell/default.aspx?tgs=Animator:%20robin%20budd

It's under Robins name but we know who did them. These last scenes were done on the porch at 159 Roncesvalles Avenue. In the hot sun. Wendy Perdue had just finished and she as a favor did the clean up. The best clean up I'h had done the entire film.

A design for a group I belong to.

SUPERMAN TO SUPERWOMAN

A rough from my faux Superman cover. It's in color now but I have to take a few hours to tweak it.

Doodlez

I have a cold but I have to start warming up for a commercial next week. A really crappy doodle between my nose running and such.

Character Layout

Just more stuff.

Design Rotation.

I went to CalArts the other day and I wasn't able to draw for them in that particular classroom so I am making these video's. I don't like drawing at a severe angle , I need a desk so I shot myself working out this design for Wendy's film on the Cintiq. Next I will film how I work out the acting and how I break it down.

You are never far.

I thought I would stick these early roughs up. For the Family Guy Road to the Multiverse we threw in ideas even before we got the job. I took it as being more Sleeping Beauty but the director Greg really wanted to keep the cartoon proportion. My first pass at Brian with Tony Pulham's color and BG. A more Fox and the Hound version of Brian then I started messing with a Baby Weems version of Stewie ( in the same run for "Look how gayly we run "). A Briar Rose Lois with a Prince Phillip Peter. The big Stewie was a month before we got the final design but other than his larger final head proportion is almost exactly what we used.

A wonderful day for pie !

As some of you might know this was the project a finished a couple months back. It was the Disney sequence for Seth MAcFarlanes Family Guy. Multiple characters, low budget and limited time but that was offset by having a good company as my liaison ( Mainstreet Pictures ) and a terrific art director Tony Pulham. Because of cost the cleanup was sent overseas so while not perfect most survived. Not bad considering this is not the kind of work they do.

Nap time !

In honor of the end of our 3 month project I decided to make a clock , something that reflected my exhaustion.

I did this nerdgirl for my nerd group.

Girls of Different Sizes

A rough sketch I did one morning in TO . It was so cold ! I will tie it down more.