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.

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.

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.)

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!).

Performance Test - Rough Animation

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!

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!