Maya Predictions

No, it isn't the end of the world!  But it *is* a fabulous computer program for 3D modeling!  Getting the hang of it rather quickly, I dare say.  Perhaps there is a 3D artist in me yet?

HD720 standard format, FTW!

Below are some of my first Maya produced works, children's block toys.  Take a close look and you'll find numbers 1-6, as well as the letters K, A, Y, C, I, and E.  Hmmm... could it be coincidence?

*wink wink*

The first is the simple shaded structure after building and repositioning my toy blocks.

An upside down view.  I realize the numbers are upside down in the right-side up views, but I'm an upside down kinda person.  Who wants to be entirely right-side up?  Not me!

The following are right-side up, from five different built in camera angles and three light sources.  Two area lights, one above and moderate, one below and generalized.  One spotlight to give a really nice *POW* to its presentation.

My Minion! My preciousssss!

Behold!  My Flash, "nested" animation minion!

Flash is, in my limited experience, an entirely new animal in the animation world.  A few bumps and bruises along the way, but learning many new tricks, and looking forward to advancing!



Value Studies

A few of my value paintings, no line work in these puppies!  The original photos are included where I used them.  The dots are my used values, I tried to use as few as possible for my first studies.  It took perhaps 30 minutes each.

I'm rather enjoying Background Design, and painting via the Wacom.  Feeling rather spoiled, in fact.

Below are my first independent studies, still with limited values.  Being a little playful, if minimalistic.  To design the environment or background, I'm trying to relay something of the story without being overpowering with details just yet.

Working from a combination of genres, including horror and fantasy.

These are some of my more intense value studies, and they are absolutely fascinating to build from scratch.  (One is from a photo reference, but I'm afraid I've lost the original file, my apologies.)  I'm looking into reference material to make improvements, but I'm delighted with my "tree in the graveyard" study, continued from my simpler studies above.  Working subtle visual faces into the waterfall to give it a scarier surface feeling.

I've abandoned the limited values in pursuit of a more painterly realism and textures.

Yogi & Spongebob, Unite!

The audio animatic version of my storyboard,

"Yogi's Regularity,"

already described in an earlier post.



This was an earlier audio animatic,

"Spongebob Does Noir."

Not as high quality as my Yogi animatic

storyboard, but still very fun.  Enjoy!

Here's the breakdown on the Spongebob storyboard.

I absolutely love doing expressions for Patrick!

Check out his deployable umbrella shield.  Classy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas with The Crazy!

Spending Christmas with my family, good times for all!

I'd like to say Happy Holidays, whichever you happen to celebrate, to my deployed and much-loved husband, David, my endlessly supportive family, my good friends, my fellow USMC families, and to the many artists, instructors and animators who have worked so diligently to help train and inspire me!

Especially Lauren Faust.

Shameless, I know.  But I'm good with that.  :)

P.S.  I love you Lauren!!!

Divination, Disney Style

Myth and Ritual has been interesting to study,

and I chose divination for my final project.

Mirroring the soul of the animator in tarot style,

these compilations are a mixture of my own work

and graphics, not my own, but bastardized for

non-monetary intents and purposes.

Feel free to print out the pages to play the game!  Be sure to keep the pages in order, and get three six-sided dice to roll.  The closest to you is your "top" divination, the second closest is your "center" divination, and the furthest from you is the "lower" divination.  Turn to the page number shown by the dice and read your section!

The "top" pertains to your personality,
the "center" to your ideal environment,
and the "lower" to your item or totem of power in your life.

And remember, have fun!

The pages above are the covers and instruction pages.

The pages below are the game pages.