Jonathan Coits Art-Blog

2012-01-21T12:39:00.000-05:00

2011-12-03T23:14:00.001-05:00

2011-11-28T00:47:00.004-05:00

It's late. I need bed. If you get a chance check out my new side project called "I Am Writing Things". I don't have a clear direction, but it seems to have a lot to do with that is happening with life at the moment.

I also added a retweet button on the side. I think you want to hit it!

Ciao.

2011-11-26T15:43:00.003-05:00

I got really inspired by school-yard chum, Leisha-Marie. It seems she has been playing around with a cool black ink line/ offset flat colour thingy. I wanted to give it a shot. I would suggest you go back and look at her work here!
Speaking of friends doing cool stuff, Andrew and Adam have been doing awesome stuff with their podcast, Guys With Pencils. If you're into this whole cartoony, drawey, paintey bologne I suggest you listen in and go get inspired.

2011-11-24T00:59:00.004-05:00

2011-11-08T22:37:00.000-05:00

I've been wicked busy but have had the chance to design a friends tattoo. I put a watermark so no one can get the same tattoo as her.

2011-10-29T19:18:00.000-04:00

I've been too busy to draw.. or shave..

2011-10-10T01:41:00.000-04:00

2011-08-24T23:10:00.000-04:00

2011-08-07T18:54:00.002-04:00

I recently took part in the 24-Hour Manimation Fest. This entire short film was made in approximately 24 hours between August 6th and 7th. The theme for this round was 'coveted'. The last time I did a 24 hour film I did it a little differently. This one is more film-like, rather than a rough test. You can also go here to see a bunch of other 24 Hour Films. It is impressive to see what others have come up with in such a short time.

Also a very special 'Thank You' to Ashlyn Antsee, who organized the whole ordeal and kept us all motivated throughout the very long day.

2011-08-02T20:22:00.002-04:00

I did this quick piece for a submission to the Jay and Silent Bob Casemate Contest. Winner gets $500, which would be nice. I suggest you head over to THIS LINK and vote for my design. There is also a gallery if you would prefer to NOT give me a fighting chance.

2011-06-25T11:26:00.000-04:00

2011-06-21T23:18:00.001-04:00

Some days.

2011-06-15T00:04:00.003-04:00

A quicky (1 hour-ish) to see if it is fun painting on my new TV.
Conclusion: Yes, but I need to get it wall mounted because I am sitting so close that my eyes are going to be bleeding tomorrow morning.

2011-05-07T23:40:00.005-04:00

AHOY MATES!

Though it premiered many moons ago in the States, Jake has finally come to Canada. This is the children's show I have been dedicating many hours of my life on. The series is drawing to it's end of production and I am so happy that everyone finally has the chance to see what hard work the studio has been putting in. If you have young kids, I suggest you make them check it out. The show airs on Disney Junior (previously Playhouse TV)It would be nice for them to support the show, and 2D animation in general!

For more information about Jake and Disney Junior, Go HERE!
You can also check out Pete Emslie's wicked review HERE!

2011-05-04T22:38:00.001-04:00

This weeks lot from Sandy Hill.

2011-04-14T17:52:00.001-04:00

This weeks lot from Sandy Hill.

2011-04-09T15:36:00.005-04:00

Time for a Classic:
The Sketch Dump

These were a few quick sketches I did while sitting at Wizard World Toronto. I still want to do a nice blog post summing up my first experience attending a convention as a seller. Maybe I will get to that this coming week. I might do a painting based on that Batman and Robin.

This last bit is a few observation sketches. The first lot are from my weekend sketch trips to Second Cup in the Market. I try and get down there every weekend. If any other artist are up in the area and want to go do some 'cafe sketching' feel free to join me. I normally mention it on my Twitter. --->

The Life drawings which follow the sketches are from the Sandy Hill Community Centre. They offer $4 Life Drawing every Wednesday night. I unfortunately did the gestures in blue pencil and the camera isn't taking them.

2011-04-05T23:52:00.000-04:00

2011-03-31T21:09:00.001-04:00

It's called Alopecia.. and NO I wasn't pranked like those guys in Jackass 3D

2011-03-22T00:44:00.001-04:00

2011-03-04T22:02:00.001-05:00

and I thought they smelled bad....

... on the outside.

2011-03-04T21:30:00.001-05:00

2011-02-23T22:24:00.002-05:00

2011-02-19T23:36:00.000-05:00

2011-02-19T10:15:00.002-05:00

Life Drawings from Sandy Hill Community Center 16/02/11

2011-02-13T18:49:00.000-05:00

2011-02-03T18:24:00.004-05:00

edit: this is a work in progress. I will post the finished art when it is done. There is one more left to go. Looking forward to meeting some new people at WW!

2011-01-26T19:53:00.003-05:00

2011-01-19T12:31:00.002-05:00

This is the first 2011 Wizard World Print. This one will be exclusive to the WW convention. You can see some the the preliminary sketches on my blog here. Expect more detail and more prints here.

For more info about Wizard World look in the side bar on the right -->

2011-01-16T09:50:00.004-05:00

Hello all! This will be my first year for attending a comic-con as booth owner and not just a comic fan! I would love to meet up with many fellow artists who will happen to be in the area. I will also have some selection of my art on display and for sale. Please come by and check everything out!

My booth information will hopefully be available shortly. When I know where I am located, I will post you a handy-dandy map so you can track me down, all stalker-like.

Go to Wizard World: Toronto for more info on the con and to order tickets.
Stay tuned for more information about what I will be bringing and where you can find me!

2011-01-08T23:22:00.002-05:00

I know I just posted a video link Disney TV show I am working on. Well, here is another Disney TV show I have also worked on. This is the episode I had a few scenes on, in fact. I have a small chunk of scenes in the middle of the episode in the classroom.

2011-01-06T21:15:00.003-05:00

This is a work-in-progress. I keep meaning to finish it but don't seem to be dedicating enough time to it each night. Expect it mid-next week, hopefully fully rendered. Tonight I be sketching other things!

2011-01-05T08:54:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone! That show that I am currently animating on officially has a trailer online.

2010-12-19T11:41:00.000-05:00

2010-12-18T01:30:00.001-05:00

For someone who loves tea more than you.

2010-12-16T19:47:00.004-05:00

Time for a classic: the sketch dump.

Some of these are old and some are new. Some are from life and some are not. Some are also studies of others work. I have been trying to ease myself back in to my sketchbook. It seems that there was a hefty "I-no-wantee-draw" period of mourning after Pest Control finished. I have definitely pushed past that.

2010-11-14T00:20:00.000-05:00

My quality review of The Waking Dead.

2010-11-13T20:52:00.002-05:00

Pest Control is Online

2010-09-23T15:06:00.003-04:00

VIMEO host

2010-09-19T03:22:00.000-04:00

2010-05-12T13:39:00.000-04:00

2010-04-16T12:52:00.003-04:00

Guess what I am finished?

Congratulations to everyone who has completed their films. It was a rollercoaster of 4 years, especially this last one. All the best to everyone and their efforts in the industry.

2010-03-23T10:56:00.000-04:00

Take me out to the ball game.

2010-03-07T17:12:00.000-05:00

2010-02-21T19:19:00.002-05:00

I like it rough. (animation that it!)

EDIT: Today feels like one'oh'dem good days. I have decided to post one of the little comic strips which I submitted to The Escapist (host of Zero Punctuation videos) to try and become their regular webcomics guy. They are having a competition for the position. Go check it out! If I fail miserably I will post the rest here, and probably continue the series right on my blog until I get bored of doing it. Enjoy.

EDITx2: If anyone is noticing the videos are down, it is Blogger. I am in the process of updating everything over to vimeo now. Thanks for everyone who has brought this issue to my attention.

2010-02-17T01:41:00.002-05:00

Not sure if anyone who follows me follows the work of Mr.Kevin Smith but if you are not a fan, Kevin Smith is the director of Clerks (among other movies) and has recently found himself in a debacle with Southwest Airlines who claim he is to fat to fly. It was the recent topic of discussion on Kevin Smith's weekly podcast (SModcast) which is available here. A forum which deals around SModcast related art is available and I decided to share this piece. Enjoy.

Oh yeah, one last thing: film making is one hell of a process.

2010-02-03T01:19:00.004-05:00

This is my animation at nearly 50% complete though it really doesn't seem that way because many of the bigger more animation-heavy scenes are the ones still in limbo. I unfortunately have a lot of timing and composition issues from scene to scene which I will have to tackle soon. Right now if feels paced so fast that you can hardly follow it. I will add some breathing time.

2010-01-28T10:33:00.001-05:00

2010-01-16T19:23:00.004-05:00

Welcome to 2010.

This is a production work-flow test for Pest Control. This is Scene 10 and will potentially go in to the film unchanged from what you see here. Below are paintings which I have been working on. It may be some time before I post the whole film up on my blog. Every once in a while I will put pencil tests and completed scenes like the one above so enjoy those.

(That last one is me thanking my dead computer for frying after a days worth of work before I could back it up. I'm a PC and Blue Screen of Death was my idea.)

2009-12-18T22:43:00.001-05:00

2009-12-11T17:41:00.003-05:00

Some drawings from yesterday. The suit guy is from an eventual (hopefully Christmas break) project. I have some drawings from the Royal Winter Fair to post but keep forgetting to scan them. They will probably come soon (edit: NOW!).

2009-12-02T18:41:00.002-05:00

Performance Test - Rough Animation

2009-11-30T22:03:00.003-05:00

Hello All!

I am back from California. CTN-X was informative, inspirational and exciting. The weekend was packed with workshops, lectures and portfolio reviews. I had a lot of great reviews from people and studios that I have respected for years and finished off the weekend with a tour of Walt Disney Studios and Feature Animation. I want to give a big 'Thank You' to everyone who made this weekend and this event possible. It provides a great new experience for people interested in commercial character animation and offers talent and lectures you would not see at OAIF or Comic-Con.

I made some suggested revisions to the layouts for Pest Control and compiled them all into a reel. It is not up to the standard I am willing to post yet so for now I will leave you with my character action analysis. I am testing out the rat, seeing if I can fine-tune him to a easier character to animate.

Run fatty, Run!

2009-11-16T22:31:00.007-05:00

Finally, here is a snippet of the layout work I have been doing. I have actually been doing a lot of other drawings but keep finishing every post with "layouts coming soon", so figured I should hold off on other posts until I posted some layouts.

I should be posting some of my better life drawings from this yearand posting some animal sketches from the Royal Winter Fair.

Lastly, I will be in Burbank attending the CTN animation expo this weekend. It was very much a last minute plan but I am very excited to talk to employers, attend the events and see everything this expo has to offer. If anyone is going or will be in the area, feel free to drop me a line. For more info about the expo go HERE!

EDIT: I updated my online portfolio. GO CHECK IT OUT!

2009-11-02T01:08:00.001-05:00

2009-10-30T16:44:00.001-04:00

Pretty Women.

The next post will probably be some layouts from Pest Control.

2009-10-26T09:13:00.002-04:00

What have I done?

So I just spent all night awake and animation for the student organized 24 Hour Film-a-thon. During this time students create, board and animate a short film and see what the end product looks like after a crazy caffeine filled, sleep-deprived night. Some students decided to collaborate while others (like myself) worked solo. This is in no way a portfolio piece and I wish I had more fun with it. Here for your viewing, my film from the 24 Hour Film-a-thon!

Now back to my 5,760 hour film.

2009-10-24T17:31:00.004-04:00

Here is some of the latest Vis-Dev which is more geared toward the direction I am going.

I will be starting layouts this week which means I am officially in production on Pest Control.

2009-10-20T23:54:00.002-04:00

And here we have the final pass or the screening version of my 4th year film. I am going to be starting layout later in the week. I have done some character design and location design revisions which I will be posting soon. Feel free to comment the Reel though.
I will also be working on a short animation piece timed to music during the break week. A small portfolio animation. I also plan to do a dialogue piece in the future too. I will surely post them here when I have completed them.
I have had a reasonable surge of inspiration due to the Ottawa Festival, seeing Eric Goldberg and having my portfolio critiqued. So much so that I am actually excited to compile a new portfolio, which will probably happen in December.

2009-10-10T16:18:00.000-04:00

2009-09-27T11:34:00.000-04:00

2009-09-24T21:19:00.002-04:00

Fun with pen and a newer reel. From this point forward I am tweeking and will probably be working in Photoshop as I can capture mood better. Now I am off to get location reference and to draw some mad locations.

2009-09-16T22:55:00.002-04:00

I started the day cleaning-up my retooled character design. With assistance from Joe Haidar, an ex-Disney Animator I met over the summer I have added some much needed structure and personality to this design. This proves that even when I think that a design is near finished it still has much more work. I still will be doing more passes to get even more personality from him. Tomorrow I am dedicating time to the exterminator and the setting.

This is the second pass on my story reel. I was going to post my first pass but got around to completing this first. This pass has taken what was working from the previous but I have added some suggestions from classmates and mentors. I want to do an acting pass but am sitting at 1:30 which is a doable length. I am going to be doing research for style, as I would like to explore a little more. Thankfully Don Hahn came to the school today and gave a huge list of inspiration, so I am set with reference for a while.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
Thanks for having an interest.

2009-09-11T19:01:00.002-04:00

Alright.

The school year has started and so has pre-production on Pest Control, my graduate 2D animated short film. This year, unlike last we will be "hitting the ground running" with story production with my final reel due in about 6 weeks from now.

I am going to start by posting a short animation of my character which I did over the summer. I am impressed only because I did it on a little light box, on my lap and on a couch without the assist of Flipbook or any other way to shoot it. I was not able to shoot this until today which taught me to flip and analyze animation regardless of the computer. I am going to try an animate this entire year without the restraint of shooting constantly.

Secondly, here is my storyboard (so far) for my film. I have 2 more sections to do for it an am steadily approaching the maximum length. That means I will be editing and cutting in the coming weeks. So far I am happy. I have been given suggestions already and am excited to work them in to the second version. Until then here is Pest Control.

Enjoy.
(and critique is welcome)

2009-08-21T18:35:00.002-04:00

2009-08-19T21:06:00.002-04:00

These are gross and rough but I am posting them anyhow just because I want to show nearly everything I do on ym film so people can see the process I am going through. These are a few ideas I have been having. Hopefully you can follow along.

The beginning is to show how the rat has used the "traps" to his advantage by using a trap with cheese as a slingshot to shoot a piece of cheese/food into the air and catches it. he goes to take a bite when he hears the rumbling sound (of the exterminators truck coming) so he gets out of his hammock to investigate. he has to hop up boxes to get to the window, which i want to through up the idea of adding character in the climb as he stumbles to get up it. Then he approaches the window and looks out.. to the exterminator intro which i haven't boarded yet.

Then there is the chase scene where he is running away and nearly hit a trap and it flies in the air.. that is small (2 panels)

then is the end of the film, where the rat is climbing up the exterminator and the camera follows him. he has the "poison hose" from the exterminators backpack in his mouth in an attempt to eventually poison the exterminator. This is a tricky shot to tackle because i want the exterminator to be moving a bit too.

I am 100% sure I am going to have to rethink a lot of these ideas, but this is a start. Also, Expect a "film themed" blog coming soon. Woot!

2009-08-18T20:55:00.002-04:00

2009-08-06T13:48:00.003-04:00

So last school year I worked on a short film called 'Just Deserts' with Classy Ass Productions. It took all of 8 months and was a fanciful fun time. We ended up winning third place by the instructors of our program of all of the films out of the year though their were plenty of outstanding candidates. It was recently uploaded on the Youtube thanks to Kyu.

Check-er out or click HERE for the Hi-Res version.

I am responsible for animation scenes at 0:24, 0:54, 1:33, 2:33,2:44, 3:36 and 3:41

2009-08-03T18:57:00.004-04:00

I am picking up good vibrations about a new film idea.

I have been struggling with the fact that I have two films I love and need to pick one for this year. I will be posting more concept stuff from both ideas very soon, including art. I can't wait to post some of my doodles and ideas (mostly character stuff). Anyone browsing by I would love to hear your input on these two ideas.

The one some of you know. It is a gritty, horror parody including a rat against a Jason style exterminator.
The second is about a gawky teen trying to pick up hot girls with his less than perfect surfing skills.

More soon. (UPDATE: MORE NOW)

Rat film stuff:

Surf film stuff:

Sketch dump stuff:

This last one comes from me applying for a 'comic' job this summer and being complimented saying my style was too Disney. I decided to take a step simpler to see if I can do a comic style anyway and this is what turned out.

2009-06-26T14:47:00.001-04:00

2009-06-25T18:54:00.001-04:00

2009-06-05T21:35:00.000-04:00

I'm in LA for the summer working as an intern at a great studio. I am loving all of the projects I am working on. Hopefully I will be able to mention what I have touched, but until then here is a concept drawing for next year. I am struggling with making my film's character not look like Remy. Silly Pixar and their ability to beat me to appealing designs.

2009-04-30T09:18:00.002-04:00

Here is a selection of images from scenes that I had worked on from my Third Year Group Film called Just Desserts. The moment I can make the film available here, I will.

2009-04-10T01:07:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone. As promised, it would be a while until this post because of the ever-so time consuming film. This lovely picture is ripped from the pages of the film. It is called Just Deserts and stars Russell, an individual who lives his life eating nothing but sweets until entering a fantasy world of sweets gives him a new perception of life.. i guess. It is due on the 17th, aka 1 week away. We still have load of work to do but what is done is looking nice.

Other stuff! I have a Co-op now but I am going to hold off on giving any information about that until I have got a bit more details tied down. What I can say is that it is going to be an exciting and entirely new experience in a place I could never have imagined traveling.

As far as the pre-production on the film for next year. There has been no progress, but I have a NEW concept and want to post something soon (and will pretty much have to as I pitch it in a week) because I treasure it much more than my old one. It is a bigger task but what is life without a few challenges.

Look forward to posting some new stuff soon.

2009-03-16T22:02:00.003-04:00

It is rare that I have a life drawing that I am so happy with that I can post it. I truly surprised myself in class today when I busted out this costumed number.

The film is coming along well and I am hoping that we finish at our April 17th deadline. We are in rough animation and some of our background are painted. Hopefully I can post it shortly after but the film may have to deal with a festival run if we are lucky.

Overall a lot is going on. Co-op applications, Film, Pre-production on Solo-film for next year and classes. I will try and post something cool soon.

2009-03-06T01:49:00.000-05:00

2009-02-23T00:05:00.004-05:00

2009-02-14T16:56:00.000-05:00

2009-02-01T19:05:00.000-05:00

2009-01-30T19:52:00.003-05:00

2009-01-27T00:28:00.003-05:00

Does everyone else remember when people wore backpacks on their back?

2009-01-22T22:26:00.001-05:00

Cool beans.

2009-01-20T01:30:00.001-05:00

2009-01-20T00:45:00.002-05:00

2009-01-16T18:04:00.000-05:00

2009-01-16T00:52:00.003-05:00

So, I have only mentioned it in passing but I happen to be working on a film right now. That film, temporarily titles 'Food For Thought' stars a obese man who has a love for sugary sweets who gets pulled into a magical candy land and if forced to deal with it's none-to-cheery citizens. This is my 3rd Year Group Project and I am working with an amazing group of people. We go by the name of the 'Classy Asses'.

Featured below is my first animation test of Russell, the character.

Russell ROUGH Animation Poses:

I am not going to be posting too much film stuff on there has I want to be able to present it in it's final state when everything is said and done. This term will also be about 2 other important things. One of which is my portfolio for an internship which I have this summer. I have a few studios in mind and hope that when they see my portfolio they will have me in mind too. Here is some stuff I am throwing together for that.

ROUGH Animation Pose Test:

These two pieces are bothing beind cleaned up, scanned and coloured for my portfolio. The second of them however is a concept sketch which is 4 years in the making. I will be talking about this soon.
Keep checking back!

2008-12-19T01:52:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-12T17:05:00.002-05:00

After taking some time to tweak some of my issues with it, I am not a place with my AA where I am pretty happy to call it complete. For those who are curious about what has changed from the version below I can tell you. I added an overlay on top of the dogs arm to fix my match line which didnt do it's job. I moved the building and tree out of frame more on the jumps and added a slight blur in after effects to give more focus to the dog. Not too much.

This A.A was quite a learning experience. D.Q, the third year animation instructor was a massive help in many different stages so I owe him a huge "thank you" for putting up with my many questions during revisions and colouring. If you would like a re-cap of all the hard work I have put into this thing you can click on the right bar under "Action Analysis", or just scroll back in the history.

Thus brings me to the end of the term. The group film is coming along. We have lost a few members, all are brilliant artists and I hope they find what they are looking for in their future goals. The film, temporarily titled "Food For Thought" will be released in April and may be up online shortly after some screenings. I have not shown any production word for that as it is a collaborative effort, hopefully next term I can bring something your way.

This now starts my holiday break, I have a few projects planned for my demo reel for the next few weeks. Keep an eye out!

Jonathan Coit

2008-12-11T21:42:00.001-05:00

2008-11-30T20:57:00.002-05:00

2008-11-23T02:04:00.003-05:00

AA Background
I might add some touch ups to the foreground before submitting it and adding it to the scene. Seeing as I have spent a great deal of the night on it, I am letting it be right now.

EDIT: I added more contrasting tones in the foreground. Have a few more additions I want to do if I have the time.

2008-11-18T01:27:00.002-05:00

2008-11-15T12:09:00.004-05:00

So, I have been hard at work on a bunch of things.. Film, Action Analysis, Finishing up some commission work. I do have some stuff to scan and post on here for your viewing but it may be some time until I can get to them. Since I have not been posting anything recently, I decided to show something a little different. Here are some assignments for Stop Motion and 3D Animation. Look't me cross'n into new worlds.

More coming.

2008-10-11T00:02:00.002-04:00

Elementary.

2008-10-08T23:02:00.002-04:00

Hello my peach-eyed friend.

Why don't you stay a while!

2008-10-02T03:40:00.001-04:00

2008-10-01T21:02:00.001-04:00

AA Design Pack.

2008-09-28T10:27:00.001-04:00

...and now for something completely different.

2008-09-27T22:56:00.004-04:00

It seems like it has been ages since I last posted some content, and it will probably be another long while until the next one. This year I am taking on a few different tasks, and am hoping to come out with a bunch of art work and credentials under my belt. Without further interruption..

This is the Final Animatic for the Action Analysis (AA) Assignment for Third Year. The AA is the precursor to my Third Year Group Film. For the Group Film I working with a lovely group of individuals, many of which are my closest friends, so it is going to be a very exciting experience. We are currently nailing a story, then is on to design. Keep an eye out for all of that.
This AA Reel is as polished as most of it is going to get. I will be animating for the section where the dog jumps, and digital colouring it. Before I get to that step I have got to come up with some final designs, which will be up here soon.
Hope to be back sooner rather than later!