The Ever-Imperative Bouncing Ball

Now that I finally have the means to shoot some tests outside of the classroom, I've started doing the assignments from Animated Cartoon Factory. In other words, it's time to animate! I'm still learning the basics through these exercises as well as assisting on some short films but patience is virtue in this medium. Here's the first assignment (and one that I'll have to practice from here to eternity) the bouncing ball.

Darkstalkers Character Design Contest

Capcom-Unity is apparently holding a character design contest to promote their upcoming Darkstalkers digital releases. In all honesty I've never actually entered any kind of art contest before. I think now is as good a time as any.The game is horror themed so I knew right off the bat I wanted to make a gargoyle. I've been looking at Gargoyle statues for inspiration as well as watching Disney's Gargoyles (my all time favorite cartoon!) Here are just a few doodles I jotted down after reading about the contest. I'm gonna work on making him look a little more intimidating.

Stop! Chopper Time!

Gremlins

If there's one movie I never forget to watch during the holiday season it's Gremlins. It's like Takashi Miike's Audition. You think you're watching one type of movie and then SURPRISE!! It's a horror movie now!

An American Tail - Fievel

Recently picked up a childhood favorite of mine on DVD, An American Tail. While some parts of the story I don't feel aged very well Fievel still remains one of the most irresistibly charming characters of pretty much any movie I can think of.

MegasXLR Guy...Thing.

I've been watching MegasXLR among several other cartoons as of recent. I can't believe I skipped out on this one during it's original run. It's awesome! I really like the alien designs. I found myself sketching a few of them but this one was my favorite. He's a junkyard alien who as far as I know only appears in one episode.

Thought I'd try using a white color pencil against the dark grey markers for a reflection effect. 

"I Like Them French Fried Potaters"