New job etc

I'm stealing some time to update my blog - I've been working at a new job for about a month now, storyboarding at Copernicus Studios, so that's been keeping me pretty busy; not so much time for new animation lately. Some of my projects have been backburnered for now, at least until my workflow with the new job evens out a bit. Drawing all day is pretty darn sweet I have to say.

I have managed to make some progress with The Overlord. I just put some of the music up on YouTube, and I will be making the mp3's available when we add in the last couple of finishing touches to the last two remaining songs.

'A Perfect World'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yAWrZijAeQ

'Power Doesn't Care'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPdexiTb20

'Access Denied'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxfg5w4v9Gk

'Liberté!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtEmt8iP6s

More animation progress

Here's some playblasts of my latest stuff

excerpt from work-in-progress: Necrozone

Here's a little slice of a short animated film I'm working on called 'Necrozone' which is about a guy who loves his guitar and fights the devil in a metal-battle for the soul of his best friend

Animation Demo Reel

Gogo Girl

I hate skin weighting and rigging. I hate it so much I am doing it over and over and over. Whee! I guess this is the way to get good at something. I've started working on some actual textures for her now. These are just rough colours to get her into the ballpark. Right now I'm getting her face blend shapes worked out. I've had the whole rig completely done twice now and I just realized I have to pull it all out and do it over again. It will be awesome in the end though. After trying to do animation with FunkyBoss I realized that I need to get my rigs right or else it hold back the animation too much. 

Video of Alien

Mudbox Monster

I really like Mudbox. Here's a monster I made. I was calling him Dave Chalmers for a while, but he needs a better name. I'm thinking 'Zyffillax the Horrible, Crustacean Nebuloid of the Outer Darkness'

Snowman

Here's some animation of a guy making a snowman. The model is 'Goon' by Sean Burgoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9mpDoEUhw

The Door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db12YxgoKWQ

Animation by Dylan Edwards and Music by Benn Ross

A Robot's Progress - Pt 6

Now my robot is armed and dangerous, sporting a wickedawesome 88mm assault gun. It needs a bit of texturing work to make it match the weathered and beaten look of the robot... all in good time

The Boss is Funky

I'm finishing up the face rig for my funkyBoss... 

The Door - Poster Image

My newest short 'THE DOOR' is finished animation. Once post production is finished (music and final editing), it will be on YouTube...

Mecha Design

These are mecha designs for a future war story I wrote called 'Mecha Syndrome'. The russian ORSKA MBM is the backbone of the mobile armor forces of the central asian Red Dragon Enclave. I'll be modeling this over the next couple of weeks in Maya...

Short Video: "Boss Battle!"

Here's a short movie I did over the break. Can I call it a short film these days? No actual film is being used...

In Soviet Russia...

I'm always looking for ways to subvert rampant consumerism. Here's my latest great idea; an ad campaign for used car brands that are known for their longevity and toughness.

Stikfa Run Cycle

We had our first actual animation lesson in Maya today - it was good. Maya animation is a lot like stop-motion - I enjoyed it a lot.

Benn Ross 'Peach' - Animated Music Video

This is a music video that I did for Benn Ross using traditional hand-drawn animation techniques.