I No Longer Have a Beard!

Oh, and here's a little animation I did before joining the course. Back when I had Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. I miss Adobe Preimere Pro. ;~;



Oh and while I'm sharing old things.

Maya Fun

I've been having a bit of a play with Maya. =3

Brakk, the blue guy in the middle, was created from scratch by  myself and rigged using a script by Anthony J Smith. 

Richie on the far right is a modified rig. The original is called 'Andy Rig' and was created by John Doublestein.


Also, UFO.

Aesop's Tales by Hooplakidz

Whilst looking for cut-out animations for kids and trying to get more in touch with the preschool age for my pivoted preschooler animation., I came across this animation by Hooplakidz.




So apparently, its important to teach kids to be suspicious of their sick, dying elders.
Thanks, TV! Another great life lesson taught expertly.

Pivot Pitch

Blockades on the way home

One of my first ideas for the 2D pivoted animation was inspired by a series called 'Through the Dragon's Eye'.
Three young children stumble upon a world where fantasy rules and reality isn't what it seems. They're trapped there and their only way back is by solving riddles. The riddles would be simple and designed to teach preschoolers the properties of various objects. One riddle I thought up involved a troll blocking the path and requesting lemons in return for safe passage. Another is a keyhole that doesn't accept keys but the object riddled on the nearby sign.


The characters are designed to be simple and easy for kids to relate to.

I also sketched up some possible backgrounds to use. I thought a nice watercolour look would be appealing, made to look like something that could be found in a children's book.

Pivot Pitch 2

Some turnarounds for characters designed for the 2D Pivoted animation I'm working on. Remmo, D-Growl and Sam are three orphaned animals trying to make sense of the world. They write songs based on their discoveries. This is an idea I think I'll be holding on to. So yeah, character art!

D.Growl is a little dopey but a great guitarist.

Remmo is suave, cool and a master at the drums.

Sam is the latest edition to the team and
enjoys dancing and providing vocals.

I've also had some vague ideas for songs that the characters could perform, as seen in the concept art and a vague storyboard.

Concept art

A Storyboarded Rhyme

One of my younger friends, aged fifteen, enjoyed the rhyme about meeting the queen (to the right) but another friend (nineteen) found it to be unwitty and ultimately dire. I have to wonder how a member of the key demographic would react. Alas, my collection of child slaves were released by the oppressive EU government last week.




The same nineteen-year-old friend improvised a skit based on the characters, which I found entertaining but ultimately unsuitable due to its heavy political agenda. That can be heard here.