11 Second Club

Hey look! Its the summer, but Im still animating! Yeah, I took time through June to put together an entry into the 11 Second Club. Considering the amount of time I was about to put into it, Im actually pretty happy with how it turned out. And after voting finished, I was 41st out of 137, which is better than where I expected.

Its about a big guy who’s now blaming the people who have given him the food his whole life.

Some from June

Thats another month down

This girl was a walking Ollie caricature. Therefore I tried to do one inspired by him.

I realised halfway through this dance drawing I was subliminally referencing one of my buddy Jay’s drawings, so this one goes out to you Turtle Jay.

Drawin’ Funny People

So, im not sure if I’ve mentioned that I’ve been working at Wonderland again this summer (im too lazy to go read through my older posts…), but thats where I’ve been spending some of my time lately.

I get to draw people in funny ways, and they pay me for it. How awesome is that?

Anyways, here’s a selection of some of those funny looking people. Unfortunately my Camera is a bit too large and cumbersome for me to bring out everytime I do a drawing I like. Im getting a new phone with a Camera that I can actually use for this soon, suggested by my friends. So these are really only the best that I could actually take a moment to hold onto them long enough to take a photo of them

Back to the Doctor

Went to Doctor Sketchys once again tonight, it was fun and interesting.

That last drawing was a challenge to draw him as a creature from a fairytale.

Music to Draw to…

So I went to the “Music to Draw to…” event at The Central hosted by Kid Koala. I had a great time, wonderful atmosphere, and absolutely jam packed with artists and creativity.

Here’s a couple pages:

The Zoo

I went to the Zoo today with a group of other caricaturists from Wonderland. Had alot of fun, definately heading back there again.

Sketch Jam!

Went to the Sketch Jam on sunday, I had tons of fun. Great drawing, great people, lots of beer. Pretty much sums up my equation for joy. The plan was to hold the jam at St. Lawrence Market, but pretty much by the time I got there everyone had seemingly splintered away all over downtown. I did find a few fellow sketchers, drew a bit, walked to The Eatons Centre, and found some more sketchers. After I was there for a bit we went to the pub. This time it was at The Flatiron and Firkin. The rest need not be explained.

Oh, I also bought a new sketchbook for this event. Im enjoying it quite a bit.

Done!

Woo! Finished 2nd year!

Hoorah!

Anyways, im still getting used to this free time, its kinda weird. Other than sitting on my ass, drawing in my sketchbook, Im back at Wonderland this summer drawing caricatures. Im feeling ALOT more confident drawing them than I did last year, and im quite excited to see what I draw over the summer. Should be fun.

Im planning on alot of drawing this summer. More updates to come!

Animation update- pt.2

As promised, this is the latest traditional animation excercise I finished.

We were to animate two characters interacting, with at least 5 words of lipsync each. My buddy Lindsay and I decided to make this a collaboration, and went with 4 characters (2 each). After some brainstorming, we came up with this little story about monkeys at a zoo who are a little to interested in celebrity gossip (the two names mentioned are made up).

I designed the characters, and animated the first two monkeys (The one reading the magazine, and the gay one), Lindsay animated the third monkey and the Gorilla, as well as did the layouts.

Whoa!

Yes, dont worry, you are at the right place (now didnt that sound cocky!). I’ve just done a little remodelling.

I needed a better, more upfront location to have my portfolio displayed, and the older setup would have just shoved it off to the side, with the same font and size as all my links. I feel this is a more professional way to display my stuff.

Also, that old one was depressing eh?