Out Of Ching

Not too great at updating these pages, but just a quick one to say instead of The Fisherman, BLOW will be the project I have to shelves this year. Essentially, because while doing further research I came across the below comic (that somehow I hadn't already, this was heavily inspired by these kids of How To guides and other College Humor comics) just before a tutor meeting, and we agreed they were too similar for me to continue with this. Fun while it lasted, though! Also, do read the CH comic, it's a good laugh.

CollegeHumor: How To Get All The Bitches

Rough 5 Second PS Animation Test

First 5 seconds of 'Tim' for BLOW. Getting used to using PS to animate - need to get this cleaned up though and get a better feel for doing that (and see what the 'final' would be like). Being able to immediately test it instead of running it through a line-tester is a definite bonus.
This is before Tim reveals his 'product', so there's a tiny bit of fore-shadowing in the fact he seems to have gotten some on his tie (and up his nose, a bit, it seems).

Rough Storyboards

I already have the comic/how to manual, but I figured a few more drawings were needed to block out what little movements would be in each section. Fairly rough just now, but I'll be drawing them out fully along with storyboards for my other projects over summer.
5 Second animation test soon!

Photoshop Animation Test

Quick update, just showing off a VERY short animation test. Never used Photoshop to animate, so it was an interesting experience. Took maybe 10 minutes or so, maybe closer to 15 while figured out how to do certain things. What I may do is draw all the keys on animation paper and then ink/trace them into Photoshop. It was suggested at the pitch that maybe I should leave out in-betweening to give the characters a kind staccato movement, like the townsfolk in Wreck-It Ralph (hopefully adding to the minimalist look, rather than just looking lazy). We need to complete 5 seconds of rough animation for the final pitch, so my plan is to do two versions, one in-betweened and one not. Hopefully this won't be too difficult, as PS has a 'tween' setting, ideally making this fairly quick to do once the original, just 'keys' version is completed.

Development/Concept Art

Been a awhile since this was updated, partly due to work on my other projects and partly due to this one being a bit more low-key.
Here's some sketchbook work, testing out the style and how it could be altered, if need.

The Pitch, One That Will Hopefully Get You Addicted

B.L.O.W. (Business Lessons Of Worth) is another 4th year animation idea for DJCAD. It's a mock 'How To' info-mercial about how to set up a business - but, the manual's protagonist (Tim) doesn't quite get it right. Again, this is based on a comic I've drawn before (this time from the General Foundation Course). So, it's still a way of almost coming full circle. It's a silly little idea, likely going to be done in Flash in and around the other projects in spare time (a laughable or laudable endeavour? We'll see). Not much in the way of production stuff to put up just yet (and not too much needing done, I imagine), but a way of getting people interested in it before the pitch and show all the projects I've been/hopefully will be working on. As a nice wee sorbet before digging into the actual blog, here's the original comic/leaflet, which should hopefully say all I need to about the project. Plus, the song I couldn't help play alongside the digital slideshow when showing it to the rest of the class for assessment (and listen to during the two weeks I was making it).