I think I'm getting better at this animation thing. This one is a bouncing english muffin (the face will be added later). It has one extra frame which helps slow it down some, plus I'm hoping the flopping hat will add a little to the effect. Comments and critiques would be greatly appreciated!...
Based on all the great feedback people posted, I gave it another go. I left off the face and hat because right now I'm just focusing on the timing. Hopefully he looks more like he is hopping along on his own strength rather than just bouncing effortlessly.Whaddya think?...
I need some feedback from all you animators out there. I'm working with a client on some simple racing games to be animated with Flash. The first game involves breakfast food characters (donut, bagel, strudel, etc.) racing each other. This is a rough test animation of the bagel bouncing along. Because of the budget I have...
Recently I was interviewed by the Character Design blog. I consider it an incredible honor to be included among so many very talented people, and I am very humbled. You can read the interview here. I put a lot of thought into answering the questions, so I hope I was able to give some advice or insight that will...
I've been comissioned to design a vole character for an animated "Whack-a-Mole" type game. Problem is, voles are extremely cute, and who wants to whack a cute character? So I started playing around with abstracted shapes to hopefully give him a little more attitude. Not sure if it worked. This is my progression of sketches. Feel...
Earlier this year I had the honor of inking two issues for the re-release of "Opposite Forces", a series created by animator/illustrator Tom Bancroft (Aladdin, Lion King, Mulan, VeggieTales). His work is fantastic and he's about the nicest guy around. Anyway, issue #3 (the first issue I inked) is finally in stores from Alias publishing. If your...
