Paint Tool SAI

I tried doing a bit of digipainting with Easy Paint Tool SAI, which I find is much better for lineart and preliminary sketches than Photoshop. 

I started by scouting for locations for inspiration. 

Then painted from my imagination whilst listening to some lovely music.

Then played with some Photoshop filters to see what I could make of it. 

Which version do you like best?

Video Game References

I did a short animation for one of my friends.
... Like... Just now. Well, I finished just now (at 3:45am) anyway. Love adding those fine details in postproduction.

Crayon Dragon

Aaaw, I just HAD to share animation somebody showed me! ;w;
It was made by Toniko Pantoja and... Well, just watch it! D:

Animation Bites

Does anyone else really, really loathe the new Blogger layout? I still can't fathom it. I've fallen way behind on other people's blogposts because I just can't bloody find them. What are Google playing at? People despise Facebook (a company Google consider a rival) for doing the same thing, so why follow in their footsteps? The marketing department need to rethink their statistics, methinks. Actually, screw that. Every marketing department in anything that doesn't involve shopping needs to be shot off into space along with all the other useless people. Have you ever met someone who works in marketing? Have you ever heard them speak?!
"Research shows that people favour a spreadable sandwich filling over any other, and Marmite is a brand many people can relate to."
Nobody "relates to" Marmite, they just get on and eat the bloody stuff!


Sigh. That was only supposed to be a little "aside" comment but I guess it turned into a post of its own, there. Sorry about that.

Now!
I went to an animation festival held at the university today. Animation Bites, its called. I really enjoyed it, and there were lots of great submissions.
My favourite was 'Viv & Mandy in The Big Clean Up'.
I shall now forward you to... DJ Animations!

http://djanimations.blogspot.com/

Second Hand-In

Latest hand-in for university. 

Applied Timing, featuring stop-motion, Maya CGI and pivoted animation from ToonBoom. 

Bathroom Studio

Sometimes, a cartoon has to show his animator how its done!

Its been an odd semester. 2D Pivoted Animation? Easy. Two 3D animations? Easy! Stop-motion animation? "Where are all the rigs?"

We had to spend the first half of the semester building stop-motion puppets that we don't get marked on. So by the time we were ready to animate, the six animation rigs were being used by five other year-groups. Three years of stop-motion students, two years of animation students and anyone else besides. I tried sneaking in over Easter - no luck. I tried coming in extra early - nope. Tried booking a rig so I could be all snooty and go "NO! Is mine now." Noooope. The studio was locked that day. 

So what's an animator to do when he has no where to animate? Set up a small animation studio in his parent's bathroom, of course!

Yes, the toilet was off-limits for a whole day so I could get some animating done. There really aren't enough rigs at the university. Though, I think it would have been okay if we hadn't had to make the stop-motion puppets ourselves. That way we could have all finished before the stop-motion students needed them. Oh well, its done now. Not quite as well as it would have been done at the university, but hey, it wont be the last time I'll be animating from home and it most certainly isn't the first. I've been doing it since I was twelve, so why stop now? Huzzah for animating from home!

RICHERlandTV

I should probably mention that you can find me anywhere by searching for "RICHERlandTV", a tag I use for everything I've worked on. This will at least work for Vimeo, YouTube and Deviantart. Don't search for "Richerland" because they're an Asian packaging company who stole my name, which was very mean of them.

Feel So Pro

Ah feulz leik a profeshinul, innit. Ah gots mesen a copy o tha ToonBoom Animate Pro, mate. Its da nuts, man, da nuts.

That is an example of comedic irony, wherein a professional uses very informal dialogue and colloquialisms which contrast highly with his claims of professionalism. This is often used in many forms of comedy, including cartoons (sometimes even being a large part of the plot). It is interesting how the juxtapositions of characters like this can create a comedic atmosphere. For example, a little blonde girl with pig-tails and a dress swearing and picking her nose while a crowd of people who appear highly educated (perhaps wearing formal attire or even lab-coats) applaud her actions.

... I do have ToonBoom Pro though, and I do feel like a professional now.

Yey!

Now if only I had my own desktop compter to run it on...

Commissioned Work

A tanuki is an animal native to
Japan, where folklore talks
of its shapeshifting abilities.

I feel so proud. I just made some money creating a character sheet for someone. <3
I didn't ask for a specific payment, so they personally valued my work at... Well let's say it's a nice amount that feels like quite a compliment  considering I'm just starting out and it was a simple project!
Thank you anonymous customer! You've made my Easter!

They Might Be Giants

S'up guys. I was just forwarded some music videos by a band called 'They Might be Giants', who've done some stuff for kids that's just brilliant. It doesn't treat kids like drooling idiots, which I like.