Could you please pass the punch

The creature render is still in the works, I promise. 'til then here is a drawing I did during a meeting today. It is not an actual depiction of the meeting... but there was a lot of tension and agression in the room.

Glow Finger

The Creature is Looming

Some fellow coworkers and I have created a character in our free time at work. I have recently just finished animating it and is currently in the process of rendering. Here are some screen-shots until the animation is properly rendered.

More Character Designs

Different client, 50-60's style.

character designs

Here is something I've been working on for the Sauce. These are character designs for a farmer, wife, and his daughter. Since it's still in progress, I've only posted a small jpg teaser. These drawings are copyright Mediasauce.

I'm watching you

Here's a (real) drawing I'm working on, don't know if it's done, but I like it.  Any suggestions??

Jump, Clap, Hell yeah on the DS!

I thought I'd try some straight-ahead style animation, working on turning people around in 2D. Used Animanatee, again on the DS. Don't know where the premise came from, perhaps influenced by the upcoming Olympics and the fact that it's Friday. Enjoy the weekend!

Thanks Coach

...sitting in my grade school classroom, learning and practicing how to write in cursive, I thought to myself, this is lame, why would anyone want to write like this, I wanted to say the classic, "When will I ever use this in the real world?!" but I couldn't do it, because for some reason, I knew that I would use it for something. So this drawing is dedicated to all of the 3 lined paper out there feeling the neglect of children everywhere. This one's for you!

Oh, and also to all of those coaches out there who have a solution for any injury.

DS Drawings

I was watching the Bachelorette last night with Stephanie (not by choice) and couldn't help but draw some of these characters.

Meeting time = Drawing time.

I had some fun with these drawings. This meeting was perfect. People kept talking and expressing their personalities, but they weren't moving a lot.

People at the Indiana Fever game

I brought my sketchbook with me to the game last night. I saw many candidates, but never found the time or space to draw. So, I memorized and then drew them when I got home. Kind of a fun way to draw from life and from your own ideals. Good memory excersize, too. Here is a "security"dude that I bumped into coming out of the bathrooms and a kid that sat next to us with an undying passion for the Fever. The last one I found in the moleskin that I forgot about, drew that a while ago waiting for band rehearsal on Mass Ave.

I've been trying watercolors lately

I've got these watercolor pencils and crayons and they seem to allow more control than the traditional kind, which used to frustrate me because the lack of control, or experience on my part. Anyway, these pencils and crayons are challenging too, but fun to work with. Here are some more of my first attempts.

Stephanie is Graduating!

In honor of her MA graduate show (and all of her hard work over the years), Stephanie has started a ceramics portfolio blog to showcase some of her accomplishments. Hop on over and check out some of her amazing work. Her show will be up from July 8-11, so if you're in the Ball State area from July 8-11, swing by and check out her show in person.

more Nintendo DS animation

Joseph slams the tennis ball once again and...rejoice for video game sports.

cat sweater

Thumbnails and rig testing for upcoming animation

Nintendo DS + Colors! + Animanatee = portable brilliance

I just got a Flash cart for my DS which allows homebrew programs, such as a painting program, colors!, and a flipbook program, animanatee. Love it. Here are some quick tests I did getting used to the programs. You can adjust framerate, pressure sensitivity, etc... Sorry for the bad compression, still trying to find a good one that works for youtube/google video.

working in color

Color is an ongoing challenge, but a welcome one. I've got a long way to go, but I'm content with never conquering color. Here is a drawing I did a while ago and I've started adding some color in photoshop, just experimenting, not finished. Putting this stuff up on my blog allows me to view it more objectively, now that I know anyone can see it and comment on it.

Animation food for hungry Maya animators

I came across this excellent idea that Cameron Fielding over at Flip has come up with. With MEL script in Maya, he has programmed a window to pop up with all kinds of animation tips, inspiration, etc. whenever you need some.
Animfood MEL script

Some work stuff... Perficency, Barking up a dead horse

Here's a preview of what I was working on about a month ago, probably one of the most fun projects to animate that I've done here at Mediasauce.

www.barkingupadeadhorse.com