Kung Foo Awesomeness!

I recently went to the movies and saw Kung Foo Panda, and damn was it good! The story was great, the characters all stayed true to who they were, the jokes all fit the film and wasnt just pop culture references. It was fantastic, one of the great challenges I have been faced with at work is animating a large creature that has weight and power and still able to be somewhat dexterious. To see this panda with its fluid movements with flawless weight shifts and wonderful timing, I was inspired and jealous at the same time LOL yea I can admit it I get jealous! I left the movie feeling happy and yet again reminded as to why I wanted to become an animator, watching people laugh and react to the animation and the characters was such a treat for me. My hat goes off to all who worked on the film and specifically the animators! I will continue to strive for something as great! GO see the movie! :)

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Old Shizznit

So I was playin with my cam a few days ago and took some pics of some images that were too big for my scanner, pictures are not the best quality, I should of invested in the better cam. :) but I thought I would post these for the hell of it. :)

Indy

So from time to time I have this gig where I do graphic work or illustrations for FYI Magazine In Dubai, This image was suppose to go on the cover of their next issue, but because of timing constraints and my work load with my full time gig, things did'nt pan out, but I figured I would still post it to show you guys :) I saw the movie this weekend, it was ok, a bit cheezy at times :) Anyway hope u dig it!

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edie sedgwick

Ok so I have not been good at posting, I cant really show the work I have been doing animation wise, but I had to post something. Truthfully, I have been partying my ass off looking for the first and only Mrs. Dixon :) But I recently rented factory girl about the life of Edie Sedgwick, and for now she is my girlfriend, and this image is inspired by her, just a fast little doodle, but I think its cute! More to come!

Werd!

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Gainesville Rocks!

Ok so its not a drawing but I promise to get some new sketches up soon, I have been so busy with getting settled in here in florida, and making new friends, learning how to animate using motion builder, which rocks btw! I really wish I could show some of the stuff I am working on, its very exciting and fun, And the models I am working on look so kick ass, not to mention the great rigs, I have never worked on such cool looking characters and its such a blast bringing these guys to life and animating them doing cool shit. I guess you will all see them when we finish our game. I am learning that life is about progression,not being afraid to try and go somplace new. I love the town here, Dallas was not the place for me, and this just confirms it being here, I have met some great people, I love coming into work everyday.And you can feel comfortable being yourself and speaking your mind without people bending out of shape. I look forward to showing off some new personal animation as well as some new sketches. Be back soon!

Creature

I did this a while back and I thought I had posted it on my blog but I think it use to be on my now non existant website.:) (one day I will make a new one!) But I really always liked the design of this character and the shapes I used on it seem really fun. A buddy of mine use to always tease me when I drew creatures because I would pose them as if they were super models, and I think this is one of them. But its one of my favorites and since its not on my old website and it appears I never posted it up here on my blog, I figured I would post it now, since my scanner is packed and I cant really do anything new just yet.Hope ya like it!

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Drags Work In Progress

Still not a very strong modeller but I figure what the hell, I gotta keep myself a little busy before my big move. So here is drags, a work in progress.

New Doodle

I have'nt been drawing much but tonight for the first time in weeks,I did this little drawing while watching Real world Road Rules Challenge LOL, the show is so stupid, yet I was compelled to watch.

NEW JOB!!!

Today I accepted an offer to work as a character animator for game play and cinematics for Ignition Entertainment out in Gainesville Florida. I am really excited to begin work there, very nervous and hope that I do not let them down. There is a lot of talent in this studio which can be very scary! But I am gonna give it my all. I would say I am gonna miss Texas, but that just would'nt be true. LOL

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Shot out to MOMS!

I always speak of my dad's influence on my becoming an aritst, and I realized that I never give props to my moms. Never has there been a womans' bold presence of guidance and support, then what I got and still get from my mom. To be an artist, and to be an animator, I think you have to really know how to see people, and how to sympathize and empathize with their emotions and ideas. My mother is a queen of this. Never once did she stop me from trying to become and artist, and when I ever fell, and still do, she brings me up, and reminds me that everything I got in me, my will and determination to be stronger with each day, came from her. Creativity I may have gotten from my pops, but love and respect for the thngs I do and create, is all about moms.

CGARENA INTERVIEW

I was recently asked to do an Interview on CGARENA.com and it has just been posted, so if your drinking coffee and want something to read besides politics or what Britney Spears did today,lol you should check it out!

CGARENA.COM INTERVIEW

Zapp & Roger

Imagine being 5 years old and watching your dad and his twin brother in the garage building a 7 foot tall robot surrounded by electronics and weird gadgets all made by your dad, Thats what Zapp and Roger take me back too, every weekend I would watch my father make robots jamming out to Zapp and Roger and the Jackson 5 and Earth Wind and Fire, it was good times, and when I hear this song it takes me back to those times when Imagination and fun was always around, I would see my dad create something from his head, and thought how awesome it was, and with the music it just added and extra flavor and excitment that to this day I take with me, So thats why I have Zapp and Roger playing on my blog! :)

Old Stuff!

I have been so busy I have not had any time to do the normal amount of drawing I usually do! So with that said I am posting some old drawings, some use to be on my old website, which is another thing I never have time to do anymore is update a new website, and some are just drawings I thought would be fun to post.

The Afronaut Render

This was a fun thanksgiving weekend, I rented tons of dvds, season 2 of Weeds was phenomonal! I ate with a co-workers family and had a great time. And I made this bad boy image of none other then the Afronaut,flying on his Hover Afro Pick fighting in the deep ghettos of space! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Afronaut Render

This is a test render of a image I am working on with my Afronaut character.

Back In Blue

This was another spot done for the Mavs, I did the character animation, the enviorments and kick ass lighting was done by Brian Cole, Rigs Created by Jesse Sandifer. I think it came out great for the two weeks we had to put it together! Hope you enjoy! Rock OUT!

IF You Don't Wanna Rock Don't Click Here!
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AfroNaut

Started this a few nights ago, Work in progress.

Win Some, Lose Some

So I almost got a gig designing characters for a TV Show, but did'nt land it, But I thought I would share this with ya!

3d World Magazine

What up peeps! My image The Majestic(Best Friends) is in issue 98 of 3dworldmag.com
in the exhibition section,I tried to drop hints to try and get the cover but baby steps! :) Pick it up if ur rich the damn mag is expensive, or if ur in borders check it out! later tater!

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Avery Family

This was done for one of the Dallas Maverick games I worked on at Green Grass Studios, It was alot of fun to work on and really cool to see it play out at one of the games, The models/rigs and enviorments were created by my fellow Green Grass peeps! I did the storyboard and Character animation for this one.

Avery Family Clip
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Old Sound Clip with Animation and Character Face Lift

Been workin on this one for a while and went back in to push it more, to make it more exciting I changed up the model from what I had way back.

MY AWESOME CLIP!
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Oct 11 Second Club

Here is my October entry for this months contest, I hope you like it I had a blast working on it!

MY AWESOME ANIMATION CLIP!
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3d total making of article

They just posted my Making Of article on3dtotal.com Of my Best Buds/ The Majestic illustration. So check it out!

Changing the World

I don't know if he will change the world, but its obvious we need some kind of change, and I would like to see this man given the chance. So show your support and check out barackobama.com
Donate 25 bucks and if you can't then spread the word to those out there who can send some finacial support!

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Squirrel

I have been kinda lazy, so to just have suttin to post here is a squirrel I did a while back and did nothing with really, well one really bad animation, but we will pretend that we did'nt. Happy Monday!

Hard Times

So no unfinished drawing today, or new 3d animation, just me putting my thoughts down. Its been a really hard couple of months, I packed up a nice comfy life in chicago, a place that just embraced my from the second I packed up my lil ford focus and left my moms house for the last time, and entered the city. Granted it took some adjustments, just like I am hoping it will here in Dallas. I hope. Its just been really hard, and things come out of nowhere and just knock you on your ass. And you go home with nobody to talk to about it, nobody to tell you its going to be ok, its just you, alone, alone, alone. LOL that shit is hard.But I remind myself every day why I took this step, why I uprooted one life to try for another, and its for the very reason that if you stand still your not living. My father taught me that, and anyone that really knows me knows that I don't exactly have the best relationship with my father, He has been in Korea for as long as I can remember, making toys doing his thing. No matter what though he taught me how to dream and to keep my head up, and is why I am a animator today, and is why there is a thriller pic on this entry. When I first saw thriller I thought wow!! How did they transform MJ into that wolf!? I wanted to know! My Dad Showed me, he grabbed a dictionary and in the lower corner he drew a normal mans face, then on to the next page, and the next, slightly distorting him as he went. The end result was a wolf man. He then sat it in front of me, flipped the pages and I was fucking trippin out! I was hooked. He took a simple flipbook to explain the process of what I was seening in thriller. Why am I bringing all this up now? Inspiration, I need it, and the fact that I am going to michigan for a reunion this weekend, and on the way back I am going to see my father for the first time in about 6 years. So with these upcoming things, I find myself thinking about life, and hard times and why it is I do what I do? Why am I this vulgar sometimes funny, twisted, animator? How will I handle the almost for sure hard times to come? I look forward to sitting down with my father and having a beer with him and talknig to him about this shit. I am not the best writer and this probaly will make no sense when I go back and read it, But like I said, its just me putting my thoughts down. The thoughts that won't get me arrested! Those thoughts I keep to myself! LOL

11 Second Club

So with the death of 10 second club, comes the birth of the 11 second club! Here is my entry as of today, no clubbing or drinking for me, with 14 days to go I may do some more polish on this one!


MY AWESOME ANIMATION CLIP!
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Drags

So my boy Robin Robins Blog Did a kick ass painting of a dragon, so it inspired me to do this little guy.

Best friends

So I had a tough long ass week! But at the root of it all, at the end of the day, I have a best friend, who in fact is'nt around now, but thanks to technology he is always a text mgs away. I have tons of friends, but the ones that really mean alot are the ones that remind me whats really important and to alway keep my head up and strive for greatness. The ones that will challenge me and not let me just hear what I want to hear. The ones that you can, "Crawl through a river of shit, and come out clean" - Redd quote from Shawshank Redemption, talking about his best friend Andy.

So Thanks!

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Proposal WIP

Work in progress, I actually forgot about this and since I have not been animating at home much, I may go in and play with it this weekend, but just in case I don't and end up on a date, :) here is where I am at.

Excellence Award

So I wake up this morning to find that I got front page on 3dTotal For my Cowboy Worm and fish Image for the CGTalk.com Challenge "Strange Behavior" Very Cool!

Animations

Since I am in Darwin mode I have'nt any new sketches and what not, but figured I would post some animations that I continue to toy with. :)
Animation 1
Animation 2

Time for the next level

I am taking a break from posting on my blog to post on a new one, I am begining work on what I hope is going to be something as great as it is when I see it in my head, The blog is a motivator for me to keep going! To tell my story and get it done right. Hopefully I will acheive this goal. Please follow me and continue to inspire me. http://darwinthedreamer.blogspot.com

Back in Black!

I just turned 29 yesterday, what the hell! Last time I checked I was 15, where does the time go? I am on a rampage now! Changing, losing myself, losing bad habits(smoking!), losing doubt in my skills, losing all the shit, I am gonna rock out! Become a better man, make great art that makes people smile! I laugh at the cloud of 30 looming over my head! :)

DONE and DONE!

Strange Animation

Well I am done theres still about 87 days left for the challenge on cgtalk, but I want to get started on some new things, so it was time to put this baby to bed! I am really pleased with how it came out, and its given me the confidence to move on to my next challenge, trying to make a short, right now I am just going to take it slow and try to get some designs out and make some models, who knows what the future holds, I can be such a lazy ass sometimes! Anyway back to the fish! Here is their story: The Story of John Worm a rough and tough worm who has escaped danger and had his run ends with many fishermen. He is tough and energetic and very fast! With a makeshift holster he carries with him a fish hook, fastest worm in the Majestic Sea! With him is his bud Colt the most friendly fish in the Majestic, also the most talented, he can escape any situation, which makes him a perfect match for John Worm. They are freinds on a quest for the golden sea horse, a master of the ways of the Wild Majestic Sea, when they meet him they will learn the key to unlocking the gateway to the underwater(what is belived to be myth) town of Gold and Sea dreams, where they will live fruitful lives as adventures of the Deep Majestic Sea.

Almost DONE!!!

Ok so its getting there, Changed the color palette to be more western themed, and I think this will really help my mean sea creature in the distance really have some pop!

Da Boys

More progress for the competition, starting to work in textures and enviorment, Still long way to go, I have to model the sharks, and some sort of background elements and texture the worms cowboy hat,and I still have'nt decided on if I am going to keep or get rid of the saddle with the fish hooks. :)

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Best Friends

You know the best stories for me are the buddy flicks, yes they follow a very over used formula, two guys from different worlds, nothing alike and yet they bond, when in fact all signs should point that these two shouldn ot get along at all! There is something very cool and grabbing about that to me. Maybe its because I value my friends. Either way that was the basic idea behind this strange behavior competition I am workin on. So here we are more progress!

Don Is Simpsonified!

So I have not seen the movie, but I will soon! Some may know this but I actually seriously got into drawing when a kid in my middle school thought he could draw bart simpson better then anyone! I took on the challenge, and many horrible simpson drawings later and a few ugly Teenage mutant ninja turtle sketches, I was on my way to being, average! LOL Still trucking along! Anyway the simpsons offical movie site has a great spot where you can make yourself into one of the characters! Check it out! So there ya go!

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Stanger Behaivor

So I am pushing my sketch my making a more 3d rendered scence for the strange behavior competition for Making some character design changes on the Fish and the worm, and eventually going to model the gang of sharks. 3d Modelling isnt really my thing, but hopefully I can pull this off! For now here is the fish as of today.

Scales and what not!

I have added more detail and taken some things out, now I am juggling with if I want to model this scene in 3d for the compitition or just be lazy and enter the 2d one! LOL, the fish and the worm are 3d right now but I brought them in photoshop, I am thinking about pushing the models more, modeling the sharks and doing about 80 percent of it in 3dmax right now only maybe 40 percent of its 3d. We will see i guess. :)