Tuesday, July 21, 2015
NO TWITCH TUESDAY--NEXT WEEK: BACK WITH A VENGENCE!
Won't be live-stream animating tonight BUT NEXT WEEK I will be streaming my entire process from roughs through linework and demonstrating my incorporation of the 3D bass. SO, STAY TUNED!!!
Friday, July 17, 2015
WHA-BAAMM(bass)
I just had to post this because I can't stop laughing when he whips that bass around XD
Monday, July 13, 2015
Shot 91
This shot was far more complicated than I realized so I'm just glad to have made it through. Enjoy!
TWITCH ANIMATION TUESDAY
Last week wasn't bad (glowing review) SO WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN!!!
I'm gonna be live-streaming my animation TUESDAY @ 10PM!
COME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, TALK TO MEEE.
I'm also going to be talking about the upcoming Patreon and what kind of rewards you are interested in.
SO TUNE IN!!!
(here)
I've also embedded the stream below....but you should really stop by the site and chat a bit!
Watch live video from davidhfilms on www.twitch.tv
I'm gonna be live-streaming my animation TUESDAY @ 10PM!
COME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, TALK TO MEEE.
I'm also going to be talking about the upcoming Patreon and what kind of rewards you are interested in.
SO TUNE IN!!!
(here)
I've also embedded the stream below....but you should really stop by the site and chat a bit!
Watch live video from davidhfilms on www.twitch.tv
Current Thoughts
I don't really write too many of these more personal updates but it felt like at this point in production it would be helpful to those following the process.
It is at this part of the process that I have a weird mix of emotions. Part of me is absolutely ecstatic to see work visible moving along. I'm getting through the animation one shot at a time as well as receiving the finished roughs from various animators on the team. I am literally seeing these drawings come to life and breathing said life into more drawings.
The closest I can come to an analogous feeling to this is how I feel as a director on-set. When I see other artists: cameramen, actors, etc, bringing my story and characters to life on film the only word that can properly describe my emotion is "giddy."
I share that elation at seeing the progress of this film after years of work and fine-tuning. I hope you're feeling at least a fraction of that "giddiness" in following this blog and seeing the progress alongside myself.
With this great feeling come a large helping of anxiety.
I worry.
I worry about everything being completed by the concrete August 27th deadline for my MFA more than anything. I am not as far along as I would like which should come as to no surprise as this is simply the way of things with animation. Animation ALWAYS takes longer than expected. No matter the planning I have come to realize this as fact. The key is planning for it to take longer. In many respects that's exactly what the summer months have been. Even within that contingency I'm later than I'd like.
I worry about other things as well like the reception of the film upon completion. That I'm not generating enough interest in the process. That the film does not resonate with others the way I want. That it will not affect people the way I want. It's a lot to bare for one guy and an animated short film but I can handle the weight.
So.
That's where I'm at.
Thank you all for taking this journey with me weather you're new to the site or have been following since the very beginning. I hope this gave you even further insight into the workings of an animated production. If anything else it helps me catalog how I feel right now so that I may one day look back upon it. I promise I won't do too many of this serious an update!
It is at this part of the process that I have a weird mix of emotions. Part of me is absolutely ecstatic to see work visible moving along. I'm getting through the animation one shot at a time as well as receiving the finished roughs from various animators on the team. I am literally seeing these drawings come to life and breathing said life into more drawings.
The closest I can come to an analogous feeling to this is how I feel as a director on-set. When I see other artists: cameramen, actors, etc, bringing my story and characters to life on film the only word that can properly describe my emotion is "giddy."
I share that elation at seeing the progress of this film after years of work and fine-tuning. I hope you're feeling at least a fraction of that "giddiness" in following this blog and seeing the progress alongside myself.
With this great feeling come a large helping of anxiety.
I worry.
I worry about everything being completed by the concrete August 27th deadline for my MFA more than anything. I am not as far along as I would like which should come as to no surprise as this is simply the way of things with animation. Animation ALWAYS takes longer than expected. No matter the planning I have come to realize this as fact. The key is planning for it to take longer. In many respects that's exactly what the summer months have been. Even within that contingency I'm later than I'd like.
I worry about other things as well like the reception of the film upon completion. That I'm not generating enough interest in the process. That the film does not resonate with others the way I want. That it will not affect people the way I want. It's a lot to bare for one guy and an animated short film but I can handle the weight.
So.
That's where I'm at.
Thank you all for taking this journey with me weather you're new to the site or have been following since the very beginning. I hope this gave you even further insight into the workings of an animated production. If anything else it helps me catalog how I feel right now so that I may one day look back upon it. I promise I won't do too many of this serious an update!
Thursday, July 9, 2015
All About That Bass
We've been working hard to get in all the rough animation to start cleanup around mid-July. Which means we're putting out resident 3D animator, Djamila Jean-Charles, to good use. She has been tasked with importing in out 3D bass model and animating the model to fit with the rough animation already in place. I go back in a tweak a few things but she does the bulk of the leg-work bringing this bass to life.
It's somewhat new territory bringing this 3D prop into the pipeline and adding a bit of an extra step to the process but I really can't imagine trying to animate that bass any other way. Here's a couple of the most recent shots with the bass added:
^^^This is actually a newer shot just finished by Jordan Eugene.^^^
These other shots I've shown before but it really adds something when you have the bass. Now we will take the rough animation with the model animation and trace clean lines on top of both for the final effect.
It's somewhat new territory bringing this 3D prop into the pipeline and adding a bit of an extra step to the process but I really can't imagine trying to animate that bass any other way. Here's a couple of the most recent shots with the bass added:
^^^This is actually a newer shot just finished by Jordan Eugene.^^^
These other shots I've shown before but it really adds something when you have the bass. Now we will take the rough animation with the model animation and trace clean lines on top of both for the final effect.
Monday, July 6, 2015
LIVE ON TWITCH TUESDAY!
Okay. So, some of you may have seen my past live-animation streaming sessions on YouTube but I'd like to announce that we are MOVING TO TWITCH.TV!
...WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???
Twitch is a live-streaming platform/website mostly based around gaming with a creative community as well.
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN????????
I will be live-streaming animating on my very own Twitch channel HERE with our first session taking place THIS TUESDAY(that's tomorrow...July 7th) @ 10pm and we will probably go for 2 hours or so.
Gonna try and make this a weekly thing and see how it goes.
SO TUNE IN!!!
(here...again)
I've also embedded the stream below....but you should really stop by the site and chat a bit!
Watch live video from davidhfilms on www.twitch.tv
...WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???
Twitch is a live-streaming platform/website mostly based around gaming with a creative community as well.
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN????????
I will be live-streaming animating on my very own Twitch channel HERE with our first session taking place THIS TUESDAY(that's tomorrow...July 7th) @ 10pm and we will probably go for 2 hours or so.
Gonna try and make this a weekly thing and see how it goes.
SO TUNE IN!!!
(here...again)
I've also embedded the stream below....but you should really stop by the site and chat a bit!
Watch live video from davidhfilms on www.twitch.tv
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