Make Mine a Muller

Holy Shit! The new Muller Advert is AMAZING!! Words cannot describe how incredible I actually find this... My only problem with this is that it was on during the break of X Factor...


...No one likes X Factor.

Discovering Sculptris

Today I stumbled across Sculptris, a free 3D model making program, I didn't have a clue how to use it but in all honesty I really enjoyed it, so I set out on making a creature, what sort of creature? God knows, all I know is that so far it looks like a Demonic Kevin Bacon Pig with quite possibly the tightest ass i've seen.

I don't even know what it is... 

"DAT ASS"

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman!!

Got my hands on Corel Painter 12, i've messed around with it a wee bit, I'll be the first to say that I'm not exactly amazing with traditional paints and appliances but I gave it a shot... And drew Batman. Crying. I found it quite funny.

"They Mock Me..."

I also tried changing some background imagery I was working on, I'm not entirely happy with the results  so I'll have to keep meddling on with it. 

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger!

It's hard to grasp that i've been back at college now for 4 weeks, it's went really quick, that said I'm still behind on work and yet quite far ahead... I can't make my mind up about it, anyways, the elevation's are so close to being complete, the written work is practically all done and is HUGE in terms of quantity and i'd like to think quality too. That said we've started the next brief, Character animation or more specifically, Line tests, I love this, it's a chance to just draw, enjoy myself and experiment with weight, speed, emotion and work my way up in the world. Speaking of drawing, I replaced my Wacom Graphics Tablet with the Intuos 4, holy shit, what a beast of a tablet, either this is the best thing I've bought in a long time or I'm so far behind with technology that all the things this wondrous machine does are already present in day to day Wacom's. Now I know you may argue, "why spend £350 on a Wacom?" this is true but understand that it is me who has the Intuos 4 and not you... 


We, the class, had to look at a minimum of ten contemporary character animations, now in all honesty some inspire me more than others and it's not down to a narrow minded approach, it's due to the fact that even if the animation reference is visually stunning, if it isn't similar to how you visualize your own work then it can really only do so much however, if you take certain qualities such as how this or that's been done then the reference becomes all the more relevant... Y'know, looking back that was really self explanatory but the sad thing is that this isn't common sense to everyone. In terms of who what I'm looking at in terms of character animation reference, here's a rundown...


Tom and Jerry & Looney Tunes










Ice Age





Daddy's Little Doll



Daddy's Little Doll from Birdo Studio on Vimeo.



Studio Ghibli





Doomed





Gluko & Lennon



Gluko & Lennon ENG from Gluko & Lennon on Vimeo.



Logorama



Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.



The Silence Beneath the Bark





This One Time



This one time... from nelson boles on Vimeo.



The Saga of Biorn 

What a headache...

A little update, I really do want to update my blog more often, if anything it's a stronger foot into the industry than say Twitter or Facebook, going to shut down my facebook, mainly because I just can't be bothered with the constant moaning and moping of people. They think they have it bad because their boyfriend or girlfriend won't put out or that such and such is a bitch because she did this or he did that, it's a load of wank stained underwear and it's doing my head in, not only that but Facebook is the god of ALL procrastination so honestly, I could do without it.

My Wacom's dead, great, couldn't of happened at a worse time and the whole self esteem issue of me and my work is just in a pathetic state of me feeling sorry for myself, it's just shit if anything. Sure, I'm ranting, but I think it's as good a way as any to express yourself, at least I don't go around, head held high carrying myself like a smarmy cu*t like most people within the art industry and to me that's one of the biggest problems you could have as an artist, not that I consider myself one but the moment you have an ego about yourself is the moment you stop improving. I can honestly say that it's rare when I like my work and I know that I'll probably never see what other people see in it because I always think that it could be better, i'm my own worst critic next to my mother and I'll never say that it's a wrong way of thinking, because at least then I stay grounded.

Rant over.