Animation Funtime!

As the new term begins, and the final slope to the degree show looms ahead, I thought it would be fun to show where I do my coursework.

 My 4th year studio space is even more like f***ing pixar! This is the womb from which “Great Apes!” will eventually be birthed. I encourage ye to click the picture to truly appreciate the full grandure of my “nutty room” and all of it’s idiosyncrasies. And yes, I am great. Unashamedly so.

Speaking of Pixar, these two deviants reside above the studio space of the distinguished Chris Seed, changing pose every day with surprising commitment. In his (much missed!) absence, they’ve turned to petty theft. SHAMEFUL.

While animating the human character for the film yesterday, i noticed that in some of my drawings, he looks like an uneasy mix between my old school friend Peter Mills and David Bowie. Ahh, what I wouldnt give to be able to keep my characters “on-model”…

That’s all for now!

I could use this guy’s help…

Silver Surfer comics: inadvertantly hilarious to nerdy animashquiné types.

End of year funtime!

Thought i’d upload my progress animating ‘Great Apes!’. Compiled this reel as part of my end of semester review- I hope you like looping animation . Feeling pretty good about my submission this term, i think its my strongest ever- at this pace the film could be special. Now that term’s pretty much done, bar a presentation on thursday, i can… do some more work. No slacking for us animashquinators!

Peace out, yo!

Things people have sent me that made my day

from the Three Stooges – a lovely thoughtful postcard. i HATE ‘Hot Pies” though. He’s the new Scrappy Doo. I HATE Scrappy Doo! Cheers guys!

 

Form Smally: apparently this fellow fell from the sky with a splat. He is like Deichmann. I think the next animation will def have some frogs in. Deichfrog.

My Desktop

An amazing thing to do when you’re trying not to write an essay or do anything useful at all for that matter is to mess with your desktop. The latest result of this:

 

Checkitooooowwwwt!

Also, Hello to my readership! Hi Dave, Karen and Chris Seed!

Why, it practically writes itself!

“THE DARK RAPH RETURNS”

Old Raph. Galapagos Turtles  live for hundreds of years, don’t they? If that’s true, i like to imagine what becomes of the ninja turtles when you remove the “teenage” from the equation, and they have outlived Splinter, Shredder, April and Casey. I imagine Raphael would be the least willing to retire, and become embittered against his brothers and the world.

The scientist looking skinny guy on the upper right there is old Donatello. Never really suited to crimefighting, i suppose he would become a successful scientist in his old age. That’s him trying to console Raph, who is presumably moping at some bar.

 

On the right is Old Leonardo, who has kept in remarkable shape. He also doesn’t know what to do with himself in retirement, but deals with it in a more graceful way than Raph. As a result he’d play the “Superman” role from Dark Knight Returns, and they’d have a wicked fight at some point in the story. On the left is another drawing of Old Donny, Old Mike (too many pizzas, eh?) who makes a living selling turtles merchandising rights. Also I’ve drawn Raph wearing a Casey Jones mask, as i can imagine him putting it on the first time he returns to crime fighting (he also wore such a mask in the image comic series) as a tribute to his dead friend Casey. He would also keep a pet rat, and be the only turtle still living in the sewers.

That’s all. Needed to get that nonsense outta my system- dissertation breeds distraction!

 

edit: the DAY AFTER i post this, pooey VGCats man posts this shit link on his rubbish ol’ page. What IS that? It’s not even funny. That’s a stupid coincidence, and i hate that the video was posted just a week before i had this idea. IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY! What a gay coincidence.

It’s a shame this goes against what i stand for…

…cuz it is wickid.

Shum Tings.

Just a few things- links mainly! How are you?

On one of my latest googlings of the word “great apes” i stumbled upon this band. Generally, i hate Myspace bands and their obnoxious blanket-befriending. In this case, I came for the name and stayed for “Destroy the Humanoid”. Listen to it! I may actually try to contact these guys…i smell a match made in heaven.

That googling also yielded this- “MARVEL APES”

i shan’t be picking this one up…

 

What else? A Wii game worth looking forward to-shock horror! ”Adventure Time” commissioned for series…

And that’s all. What a silly day.

I made a chimp out of plasticene!

And there he is.

Final Destination. No items. FOX ONLY!

I competed in Gamestation’s “Smash bros showdown” this time last week, hoping to win myself a beasting new TV. In the week leading up to the tourney, i trained myself hard on four-way brawls and told very few people about the competition, hoping to increase the chances of a Nen victory. The logic was that as I’d had the game on import for months, surely I’d waste most of the competition?? Nah. Nae joy.  Here’s how it went down:

Round 1: Me (the pokemon trainer) versus 2 others. I forget who, maybe a Fox player and a lucas player? Either way, i BEAST IT UP. All cylinders firing, i pull off such a decisive win I’m taunting excessively in-game and doing Tobey Maguire “WHOOP”s. I feel amazing.

Round 2: 1 on 1 against the wee guy i’d been chatting to in the crowd for the duration. We are very good sports about it, but needless to say it’s another win for the pokemon trainer. Highlight: Bowser’s “Stomp” (down and b i think) being foiled at the last moment by ivysaur’s “flower explosion” up- smash. Glorious.

Round 3: it all goes pear shaped for me as the competition level is upped in the semi final. Clearly these are good gameplayers- Link, Luigi and Sheik are all devastating in the right hands. With my squirtle commiting squirtle-cide early on (“oh…SQUIRTLE!” i shout angrily), my confidence was shot. Not my round. Happens to everybody i think, especially in the quasi-luck dependent 4 way brawls. Luigi pulls off a stunning win, i shake his hand and move on back to my life.

But it stings still, this defeat, despite me having performed really well (one more win wouldve seen me winning a prize). I think i’m just a bad loser, as the disappointment has followed me round all week. Ahh well, i can go back to playing it properly now. Stock battles, stage selection and items on make for a far more pleasant way to play. Good old Smash.