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Pata Pata by Milk&Sugar music video
The music video I produced for Milk&Sugar awhile back got some play at MTV, myvideo, youtube and even tape.tv (those smug fuckers). I wished they hadn’t compressed the video that much though. It really does not look anything like the crisp HD files I delivered to the client but I guess thats the way it is. I directed the video with animation support by Christian Retzlaff, Bob Wolkers (Dutchman, but I didn’t care) and wonderboy intern Doppeltim as cleanup and background artist. I even got After Effects wizard Derya Özturk to help with compositing for a day. I am really proud of what my team made and, of course, what a great leader and getting-stuff-done-r I have become.
Naturally, the deadline was torment but we managed to make it happen within 12 (!!!) days. Originally I wanted to do this kind of design which would have allowed for more fun animation and more animation total. But then client wanted some more like “jungle book” and this was the closest we could get within the timeframe. I think the video has some really nice characters, loops, cuts and colorful fun stuff that everybody likes. So I figured you should see it, yo!
rejected lion
I really liked this quick concept for a music video. Client did not. Back to the box of shame with you, Mittens. Awimbawat awimbawat awimbawat
JJM Conception
I have a shit ton of animatics and concepts gathering dust in my box of shame. Now I figured, even unpolished and completely irritating, it is probably better to put some of them on the interwebs – just to make sure it does not get empty. In this particular short I wanted to illustrate the process of human fertilisation and the act of natural selection in a starship troopers kind of way. Saving Private Ryan and Aachi and Ssipak thrown in for good measure. But then, I think I found out, Woody Allen already had this ideas in the 80s or so.
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Tagged 3D, Accidents, Animatic, character design, John Jay Marathon
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Designing an Astronaut
For my short film project John Jay Marathon I produced many little episodes, one of which centers around an astronaut. The short is called “Astronaut”. I made a little animatic and fleshed out some designs before I realised that other shorts were just better and left the project alone. And while it is definately a sign of bad character to show “making of” stuff before having the finished product, I’ll just show those anyway because even though this short may never be produced, I learned a thing or two that I wanted to share so that you guys can sometime do it too and take away my job.
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Tagged Animation, character design, John Jay Marathon, sketches
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Pascal Campion on Storytelling Superpowers
In this lovely video illustrator Pascal Campion talks about the storytelling, draftsmanship, emotions and superpowers in a way that really spoke to me. He elaborates on his motivations to draw and how he sees arists in the relationship to themselves and to their audience. He really adressed some anxieties that I am battling almost on a daily basis and he made me a little more confident and happy. His beautyful work matches this bright and sympathetic artist. Thank you, Pascal. And thank you Character Design Blog for sharing.
Faces in Places
Here are some frames from a project I have been running on the side for awhile. I hope, it’ll be done by the end of the year. The soundtrack is done and most of the animation too but I won’t be able to complete it for quite awhile. Since the characters float around here all the time and get on my fucking cracker, I’ll just give them some outlet on here.
Mystery Heat Sketch
I rarely sketch without a cause anymore but yesterday night was way too hot to do anything serious. Sweat on my wacom. And congrats to Spain for winning the World Cup. I really liked your game even though Germans and Dutch played a little more exciting throughout the turnament.
Pixel Characters
I made some pixel art characters in my spare time about two month ago. Even though I am more a pen and paper (and wacom) kind of guy, this pixel work, which is a task actually closer to building stuff with legos than to drawing, can be pretty fun.
Pictoplasma Festival 2010
If you know me, you know that I am a big fan of the pictoplasma events. They are not only about my favorite subjects like characters, animation and playful design but also amongst the most pleasant, friendliest and well organised fairs you can attend. Dany and I already got our tickets, and you can come, too. Get tickets here. I am already looking forward to a weekend of watching movies, lectures, meeting people and getting inspired.