Clouds Clouds Clouds

I have been filling a notebook up on various Cloud characters for 'The Cloud Factory' and have created character sketches for each. I've also worked out the look of the 'cloud house' where our little hero lives with his dad.

I started the book last night however the look wasn't working in Illustrator using 3 point brushes, so I'm going to experiement with more of a watercolour look created in Corel Painter with pages inked in Illustrator with a 1 point brush.

Experiment, experiment, experiment...

Dad Cloud - emotive sketches

Just some more sketches for my book 'The Cloud Factory', this time honing in the look of the Dad Cloud:

Ding-a-lings

If you are 30+ and lived in NSW then you will most likely remember this ad about 'Dingalings':

Even though it appears to be simple animation, there are some cool moments of animation in here. Check out the body movement during the skateboard scene and the dynamic sweep of the truck that rushes past the girl.

Another glimpse at the music video

Here's another sample of the music video I'm creating:

The concept will be dancers from the last several decades will appear in the clip alongside each other and they will be animated in a similar style as above. Then I will credit all dancers at the end of the clip so the viewer can pause and see all the names.

Tim Hunkin's Water Clock

Tim Hunkin creates amazing sculptures (www.timhunkin.com) and this water clock has to be admired, watch up to the 29 second mark, it's great!

Hello!

Another test animation created in Digicel Flipbook. I wanted to see how the line looked at Broadcast quality in widescreen:

Animation is a laborious but ultimately satisfying experience. Last night I created one second of animation in 50 minutes. It's times like these its practical to have small goals in place and a working knowledge of how long you want your animation to run. I'm planning a 2 minute video clip at 1440 drawings.