Work

I thought I was going to use the monsterkai domain for my portfolio website, but think it'll be better to get another domain.

Anyway, here are some sketches! Some are from the site Pixellovely and a few are some statues I drew at the Met. Thinking of going there again if I have the time.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Typing this before I leave the city. Not sure how this year's holiday will be, but one thing for sure is that I'm returning to the city first thing Friday to get back to work. I plan to finish the backgrounds this weekend. The lab is closed so I'll have to do everything at home. The animation is coming out alright and will be finished before Dec 14th. Most of the temp track will have to stay for now, but I'll definitely have a final soundtrack before next year's showcase.

I also got this sweet background from animator Stephen Neary.

It's from his new animation Dr Breakfast. It's about a man's soul that bursts out of his eye and eats a bunch of stuff. While he's doing that, two deer take care of his catatonic body.

The story is pretty weird and funny. The talking deer are great and I like the backgrounds, but the best of all is the music. I don't know why, but I like the style and the sounds used. Though I'm no expert sound mixer, I always find the soundtrack to be more important than the animation itself and wish I had more time to focus on it with my own projects.

For example, the short animation Bird Boy is up for nomination for best-animated short in the Oscars. I'm hoping it will make it to the top and screened at theaters. I can't find much, but I love the music I'm hearing in the trailer and preview, that twangy guitar sound.

It's cold outside.

The animation for my Intermediate project is going along well. I have scenes one and two scanned in. Once the rest are transferred to the computer, the clean-ups can begin. I'll also have to complete backgrounds too. Here are two ruff pencil tests:

 

I've also done some drawings, though I really hate my scanner at home and prefer the camera for a quick shot. The zombie was drawn at the studio.

 

This last one was drawn for Demonic-Apricot. It's one of her characters for a webcomic she is working on.