This is a Online Diary commenting on the daily do of making a short animated StopMotion Film.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
A few More ingrediants!!
so heres another small ingrediant for Geralds imagination sequence - a 2d animation I did last night for the sequence.... Gerald thinks of a poodle praceing as the ideal dog for the Rich Couple.... The poodle appears....then goes into a prance...
as the dog hits his Show Dog Pointer pose....Gerald jumps from his bubble to the Rich couples bubble.
His face then pops onto the poodle skinny body.....for a small gag...and hopefully some clarification of his upcomeing behavior.
This animation went super fast since I thumbnailed this animation already when I was planning out my shot...
I also found this pic of my naked set floor which has thousands of holes in it...I just think its cool.
The dirty square is where Geralds cage was located. The long stip is the hallway set. and the third spot was just a test area.
Last thing to Share is .....a Piece of art work a good friend of mine Craig Harris did{http://piratoslocos.com/WordPress/ }. Its a Rough sketch for the DVD poster cover. I really like the whole design and Layout.....so I think I will use it as a nice direction to head for.
jriggity
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Coraline and Comicon!
Me and Nicky got friday off from work and ran out to Comicon .....for all the artwork inspiration and a quest to see the Coraline puppets.
heres what we found and I am REALLY excited to see this film.
The puppets were anywhere from 6 inches to about 18 inches tall....the faces are
snap on with a seam??? I wonder if the are doing cleanup in post on the seams.
or if these are just an early prototype.
Bueatifull Puppets and nice designs are so thrilling to look at up close.The only characters I didnt love the designs for were the ghost children. Im sure when I see them in the film The will work well.....but They were definately lacking the appeal to me.
I am VERY inspired !!
justin
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
What Im up too?
Just so you guys have a concept of what Ive been doing. I am takeing a bunch of 2d animated elements....and compositing them into a scene I animated in stop mo. Im hopeing the end product is entertaining and adds a layer of desert to the story Im telling.
heres a quick clip and layout test
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Returning from a Magical Vacation!!
been on vacation for the last 3 weeks.....and the last week has been with shel alone. {Ahhhhhhh} That means Nicky Shamus and Aedon were not a part of the last 7 days. This was AWESOME!!! Its been along time since me and shel have had that kinda time alone.
So heres some pics of the BLUE hOuse! The house had 3 bedrooms and was completley stacked with anything wed ever need....This used to be a Turkeyfarm so the land had 3 barn type houses .....and the about 16 huge Turkey buildings. A bunch of Horse Holdings and more to explore. Ohh yeah.......theres an awesome Sunset HOTTUB to relax in after a day of exploreing or cold water fishing! Ha! ....LUCKY DUCKS !!!!!
we Found an old abandoned farm on our walkabouts.....it had been abandoned for many years....it had 4 or five buildings all in various states of destroyed.......the main house was compltely covered by blackberry thorns.....we made a caveman machette and got inside to find residues of past lives in there. Super cool and fun. another Unexpected and Amazeingly COOL Part of my vacation was to Meet and Take a lessoon in MAGIC from a professional Magician. WOW......out of nowhere We ran across a real Live MAGIC Shop!!!!!!My uncle used to take me to one when I was a little kid.....it made a huge imprint on my kid brain.So to find one 20 some years later was Smiles for Miles.I asked shel for Magic lessons a year ago at my last birthday.We couldnt really set it up.....so we took the opporotunity for a lesson from a Master. ..........{The Baffling Balzarek!!!!!!!!!}
I met him for an 11 oclock appointment the next day..... He pulled out the table and asked me what I would like to work on.....I told him what I wanted to work on{Sleight of hand Coin Tricks are my favorite} and he put me through the paces.{NOTICE THE HUGE DORKY HAPPY SMILE!}He gave me great feed back on performance - on my dexterity - on stageing ....it was awesome!!! so incredibly cool I couldnt stop smileing!!! He taught me a few new tricks and had me takeing notes on alot of his excellent advice. This was really a dream come true.....................................{ANOTHERONE!!}........somthing I didnt know if I would ever get to do and it fell right out of the sky at the perfect time.
We discovered many similarities between animation and what he does as a Professional Magician.....these were a very nice referenceing point relateing to performance.I hope to visit him again soon to show him my progress and take another lesson.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Much improved - More Satisfying
My film is now BETTER. Shel hasnt approved the shots yet but I feel pretty good about them.I looked at them in a quick test sequence and it worked WELL . We will watch them in the final edit sometime tomorrow. The biggest improvement was the showing of the two connecting. I cant wait to share this thing with you guys.
Some day!!!???!!!