Hi again!
Unfortunately, rotoscoping and other classes' work have gotten in the way of the Character Design Follow Up post, but still, here's something fun: Rotoscoping animations.
The first one was based on Mr. Muybridge's images (3000 b.C. (kiddin'!)). Down here, you can see Plátano Man (Plantain Man) on his usual stroll to work. I made a total amount of 12 frames, then copy and pasted them to match the steps and get him across the screen. From Muybridge, I got 10 steps, but since some images were missing, I inbetweened 2 frames. It moved so fast on ones, so I shot it on twos (2 frames of the same picture). Still, I feel it slips a little in some parts... but hey! The reference almost emulated Michael Jackson's MoonWalk, so don't expect Christmas! Besides, he's Plantain Man... Have you ever tried walking with plantain feet?
The next one is supposed to be me, using a reference video of myself walking around. This one was a tough one... 160 frames... The reasons it is so wobbly: 1. It's shot on ones. 2. I drew it using my Wacom tablet, instead of the Cintiq 21UX. Yes, I could have shot it on twos to make it less wobbly... yet I enjoy watching how energetic I look this way, so I kept it. :-D
Alright, bye!
-Jose
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Character Design, Part 1...
Here are the 4 characters from "Drama Bowl". I'm still missing the facial expressions and the character poses. I'll be working on that next, to then follow up with the storyboard.
Reporting,
-Jose
Reporting,
-Jose
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tutorial 2: Digital Puppet or JUMP!
The following animations were created by using Motion Tween.
The next one, I did by scanning my own drawing of this guy I named Trook. This one was animated by combining frame by frame with Motion Tween, since Motion Tween didn't work too well when flipping pieces and "just cause" in some others (probably it had to do with the amount of pieces of Trook.
And now, to work on the character design...
The next one, I did by scanning my own drawing of this guy I named Trook. This one was animated by combining frame by frame with Motion Tween, since Motion Tween didn't work too well when flipping pieces and "just cause" in some others (probably it had to do with the amount of pieces of Trook.
And now, to work on the character design...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tutorial 1: Bouncing Balls
As I said on the previous post, I've changed my idea/premise to one that can fit better into the class requirements. (Kind of sad, because I already had the character design almost done for the first one, but hey... it's practice then!) I wrote a rough version of the script last night, and I'll be working on my character design as soon as I can.
And to honor the title of this post, here are the Bouncing Balls:
Tutorial 1: Bouncing Ball with Ease In/Out
Tutorial 1: Bouncing Ball with Custom Ease In/Out
That's it for now!
-Jose
And to honor the title of this post, here are the Bouncing Balls:
Tutorial 1: Bouncing Ball with Ease In/Out
Tutorial 1: Bouncing Ball with Custom Ease In/Out
That's it for now!
-Jose
The Script
Ok, guys. Here's the script for "Drama Bowl"
I'm leaving some additional details outside, in case I don't have time to include them in the final product. The story still works without them. They're just some other visual gags.
I'm leaving some additional details outside, in case I don't have time to include them in the final product. The story still works without them. They're just some other visual gags.
SPEAKER | SOUND EFFECT | ACTION |
| Indistinctive fighting between | Title screen with words: DRAMA |
DILLY: It’s always the same! Always the same with you! ROY: Well, everything was well until you showed up! DILLY: What? It was ROY: A loser, huh? DILLY: Yes, the most pathetic loser I’ve ever met! | | C/U of two fish arguing furiously. |
ROY: That’s it! | | C/U of Roy’s face, angry. |
ROY: I hope you die! | | C/U of Dilly’s face, surprised |
| Roy mumbling to himself, | Middle shot: Roy puts a hat, grabs a suitcase and |
ROY: What? I’m (Worried) Oh no! Dilly! | Small thud on glass. | Roy stops and kicks the fishbowl, Roy holds Dilly’s body, and |
ROY: DILLYYYYY!!!! | Small bubble pop. | Wide shot: of table with the |
ROY: Oh, Dilly! | Sad music | Roy crying, still holding Dilly’s |
ROY: Why do I have to be so stupid?!?! I can’t take it anymore… | Body thud of hitting floor. | Roy is angry at himself, and |
ROY: (Dying) | | C/U of Roy dying on the floor. |
WHISKIE: Don’t worry, Roy! I’ll save you! | Water splash. | Whiskie enters scene, picks up |
ROY: (Crying) Arrrghhh!!! | | C/U of Roy watching Dilly’s |
| | Text shows on screen: “On the next day”. |
ROY: (Sobbing) Goodbye, my sweet love! | Water plops. Things shaking inside a can. | Human hand removes Dilly’s body |
| | Text shows on screen: “A few days later”. |
ROY: Oh, Dilly… | | Middle shot of Roy almost down to |
WHISKIE: Don’t worry, Roy. You’ll be ok! | Chewing sounds. | Wide Shot: Whiskie notices, so grabs Roy, puts a |
| | Text appears on screen: “A few days after”. |
ROY: Hello, Hello, Miss Golden | Sensual music. | Hand empties plastic bag with |
WHISKIE: It was about time! Finally, Roy has forgotten | Dying sounds. | Medium shot: While Whiskie speaks to the camera, |
New Premise: Drama Bowl
I've changed my story. I was advised I should either shorten my previous story, or just make a brand new shorter one. So, I present to you, fresh from the oven:
"Drama Bowl"
By José G. Landrón, 09/23/2008
A couple of fish (Roy and Dilly) start fighting about how unbearable is to keep living together. Dilly insults Roy, and that really angers him, so he yells at her: “That’s it, I’m leaving! I hope you die!”. Roy puts a hat on and grabs a suitcase, and swims around the bowl. While he’s “going away”, Dilly dies from stroke.
When Roy realizes he’s been going in circles, he finds Dilly dead. He repents about all the mean things he said, but it’s too late now… Unable to carry the burden, Roy decides to kill himself.
Of course, it won’t be that easy, specially when you have Whiskie around, a very caring cat that will do all he can to avoid Roy’s death. What will happen at the end? Stay tuned!
"Drama Bowl"
By José G. Landrón, 09/23/2008
A couple of fish (Roy and Dilly) start fighting about how unbearable is to keep living together. Dilly insults Roy, and that really angers him, so he yells at her: “That’s it, I’m leaving! I hope you die!”. Roy puts a hat on and grabs a suitcase, and swims around the bowl. While he’s “going away”, Dilly dies from stroke.
When Roy realizes he’s been going in circles, he finds Dilly dead. He repents about all the mean things he said, but it’s too late now… Unable to carry the burden, Roy decides to kill himself.
Of course, it won’t be that easy, specially when you have Whiskie around, a very caring cat that will do all he can to avoid Roy’s death. What will happen at the end? Stay tuned!
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Premise for "The Forgotten"
Ok, so this is what I came up with... I had this incomplete idea a long time ago, so I decided to finally make something out of it. Having made some other Flash animations before, I know doing this the way I want, will consume me months, so I'll either sacrifice quality and aesthetic value to get it all done, or just get a nice chunk of the story and animate it.
Having said that, here it is:
“The Forgotten”
By Joz (José G. Landrón) - 09/20/2008
Ted Stem is a little robot that lives inside a light bulb from a nightlight stuck in the wall of a house, which is at the same time, his spaceship.
One night, he unplugs his spaceship from the wall, and flies around. Noticing that one of the humans had the refrigerator open, he decides to go inside, looking for a new adventure.
The human doesn’t notice Ted’s entry to the fridge, and closes it, leaving him trapped inside.
Inside, he gets out of his ship to explore around, thus encountering “The Forgotten”, creatures that developed and mutated from old remnants of food and candy at the back of the refrigerator.
“The Forgotten” trap him, and bring him to their king, King Pop… a lollipop stuck to the surface. King Pop asks him for the purpose of his visit, which looked really suspicious to “The Forgotten”.
Once jailed… Ted tells Pop that he might be able to free him from being stuck, so KingPop accepts and frees him. Ted can produce light and energy with his arms, so he starts to cut through the attached area. While he’s almost done, Ted is about to pass out, running out of energy, and that very same moment, some Forgotten arrive to the scene, misinterpreting everything, thinking Ted is attempting to kill their king. They take Ted away before the king can say a word, and while they’re carrying, Ted finally shuts down. Taking him for dead, the Forgotten decide to throw Ted into “The Pit”, a small gap between the shelves and the back wall of the fridge. When they are about to do so, King Pop shows up (he was able to detach himself after Ted’s effort), and stops them.
After seeing he’s out of battery, he orders The Forgotten to put him inside the bulb, and replace the one from the fridge, with his’. They do so, and after a while, Ted is back to life again. He thanks the king and the Forgotten, who help him put his ship together. Ted opens a hole in the refrigerator’s door, big enough so his spaceship can go through… and after he finishes the hole, the human opens the fridge. Ted says: “Well, that was pointless!”, but still he escapes through the hole. He then returns to the wall and re-attaches his spaceship to it.
THE END.
After the credits, the human closes the refrigerator’s door, sees the hole for the first time and says “What the….”
Having said that, here it is:
“The Forgotten”
By Joz (José G. Landrón) - 09/20/2008
Ted Stem is a little robot that lives inside a light bulb from a nightlight stuck in the wall of a house, which is at the same time, his spaceship.
One night, he unplugs his spaceship from the wall, and flies around. Noticing that one of the humans had the refrigerator open, he decides to go inside, looking for a new adventure.
The human doesn’t notice Ted’s entry to the fridge, and closes it, leaving him trapped inside.
Inside, he gets out of his ship to explore around, thus encountering “The Forgotten”, creatures that developed and mutated from old remnants of food and candy at the back of the refrigerator.
“The Forgotten” trap him, and bring him to their king, King Pop… a lollipop stuck to the surface. King Pop asks him for the purpose of his visit, which looked really suspicious to “The Forgotten”.
Once jailed… Ted tells Pop that he might be able to free him from being stuck, so KingPop accepts and frees him. Ted can produce light and energy with his arms, so he starts to cut through the attached area. While he’s almost done, Ted is about to pass out, running out of energy, and that very same moment, some Forgotten arrive to the scene, misinterpreting everything, thinking Ted is attempting to kill their king. They take Ted away before the king can say a word, and while they’re carrying, Ted finally shuts down. Taking him for dead, the Forgotten decide to throw Ted into “The Pit”, a small gap between the shelves and the back wall of the fridge. When they are about to do so, King Pop shows up (he was able to detach himself after Ted’s effort), and stops them.
After seeing he’s out of battery, he orders The Forgotten to put him inside the bulb, and replace the one from the fridge, with his’. They do so, and after a while, Ted is back to life again. He thanks the king and the Forgotten, who help him put his ship together. Ted opens a hole in the refrigerator’s door, big enough so his spaceship can go through… and after he finishes the hole, the human opens the fridge. Ted says: “Well, that was pointless!”, but still he escapes through the hole. He then returns to the wall and re-attaches his spaceship to it.
THE END.
After the credits, the human closes the refrigerator’s door, sees the hole for the first time and says “What the….”
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
My best work, errr... most complete, at least. :)
Even though I'm not a 100% proud of this, since I did it all before having any formal education in Animation, I chose it as my best work, just because it's my most complete piece. I played all the roles available for "The Ballad of Miss Wrong and Mr. Right", as writer, composer, singer (I tried, heheh), musician, animator, editor, etc, etc...
The video I had on my hard drive wasn't playing on SCAD computers, so here's the YouTube version, while I'm able to upload one with a higher resolution.
I hope you enjoy it,
As my own critique, the most I enjoy from this piece are the transitions, while the least I like is the jumpy sequence of the hungry monster walking.
Ok, bye.
-Jose
The video I had on my hard drive wasn't playing on SCAD computers, so here's the YouTube version, while I'm able to upload one with a higher resolution.
I hope you enjoy it,
As my own critique, the most I enjoy from this piece are the transitions, while the least I like is the jumpy sequence of the hungry monster walking.
Ok, bye.
-Jose
Monday, September 15, 2008
My favorite animation.
When it comes to deciding which is my favorite animation, several cartoons cross my mind... Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, Foster's... but having to summarize, I'd have to go with Tex Avery's "Symphony in Slang" (1951).
I chose this one, not only because I like it, but because I remember watching this one since I was little, and striking me (then and now) due to all the literal imagery. I love Tex Avery's style of exaggeration, deconstruction and literal humor. I enjoy literal humor way too much, probably because of the irony of how words, the stepping stones of communication, can provide so much misunderstandings resulting in funny and preposterous situations when taken as they were originally meant to be.
Anyway, I'm off to model an ear, or maybe eat a burger...
See you around,
Jose
I chose this one, not only because I like it, but because I remember watching this one since I was little, and striking me (then and now) due to all the literal imagery. I love Tex Avery's style of exaggeration, deconstruction and literal humor. I enjoy literal humor way too much, probably because of the irony of how words, the stepping stones of communication, can provide so much misunderstandings resulting in funny and preposterous situations when taken as they were originally meant to be.
Anyway, I'm off to model an ear, or maybe eat a burger...
See you around,
Jose
First Post: Who am I?
Hi everyone, welcome to my Production Blog!
My full name is Jose G. Landron-Baralt (my friends call me "Joz" for short), and I'm from San Juan, Puerto Rico, a speck in the Caribbean. I am an Animation Grad student at SCAD. Usually, this is followed by the "Are you 3-D or 2-D?" question, which although I think I'm heading towards 3-D, I still enjoy 2-D a lot, even though I'm not that proud of my drawing skills.
I have a bachelor's degree in Marketing with a minor in Advertising/Public Relations, not that artsy, but still having to do with creativity.
My hobbies include: animating, drawing, inventing things, listening to music, going to the movies, writing/composing, playing music (mostly guitar and bass), board games, video games, traveling... Oh, and I have a serious addiction to LEGO bricks. :-| (By the way, if you don't want them anymore, I'll be more than happy to adopt them! :-D)
I'm a dog person, but I like cats too. I also like Apple computers, chocolate, and Batman related stuff.
I enjoy listening to rock, ska, alternative, blues, reggae, jazz and tango, among others...
My favorite musicians/bands are: Andres Calamaro, Vicentico, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Rodriguez, Flavio Mandinga Project, Kevin Johansen, Juan Luis Guerra, Ariel Rot, Bahiano, Los Pericos, Cafe Tacuba, Jarabe de Palo, Black Guayaba, Javier Calamaro, Jorge Drexler, Fito Paez, Bersuit Vergarabat, Kapanga, Los Autenticos Decadentes, Enanitos Verdes, The Killers, JET, Reel Big Fish, Green Day, Muse, Bob Marley and many more...
My favorite tv shows are: Animaniacs, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Looney Tunes, Pinky and the Brain, Batman: The Animated Series, Teen Titans, 2 Stupid Dogs, Fairly Odd Parents, Pink Panther, Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Robot Chicken and Venture Bros.
My favorite movies: The new Batman films, animated features (Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, Blue Sky, etc...), and the old Star Wars movies.
Artists I admire: Quino (father of probably the best Spanish comic strip ever made, "Mafalda"), Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Tim Burton, Craig McCracken, Steven Spielberg, John Lasseter, Brad Bird, and Salvador Dali.
I have a weird stomach that's comfortable with junk food, but terrified of fancy-gourmet food.
I'm also taking Advanced Digital Modeling and Media Theory during this Fall quarter.
I'm currently working on my website (www.jozterra.com), where I shall put many of the stuff I do, but meanwhile you might want to take a look at www.youtube.com/jozterra to see some of it.
I don't know what else to write, so feel free to ask about anything I omitted.
Thanks for reading and see you around!
-Jose
My full name is Jose G. Landron-Baralt (my friends call me "Joz" for short), and I'm from San Juan, Puerto Rico, a speck in the Caribbean. I am an Animation Grad student at SCAD. Usually, this is followed by the "Are you 3-D or 2-D?" question, which although I think I'm heading towards 3-D, I still enjoy 2-D a lot, even though I'm not that proud of my drawing skills.
I have a bachelor's degree in Marketing with a minor in Advertising/Public Relations, not that artsy, but still having to do with creativity.
My hobbies include: animating, drawing, inventing things, listening to music, going to the movies, writing/composing, playing music (mostly guitar and bass), board games, video games, traveling... Oh, and I have a serious addiction to LEGO bricks. :-| (By the way, if you don't want them anymore, I'll be more than happy to adopt them! :-D)
I'm a dog person, but I like cats too. I also like Apple computers, chocolate, and Batman related stuff.
I enjoy listening to rock, ska, alternative, blues, reggae, jazz and tango, among others...
My favorite musicians/bands are: Andres Calamaro, Vicentico, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Rodriguez, Flavio Mandinga Project, Kevin Johansen, Juan Luis Guerra, Ariel Rot, Bahiano, Los Pericos, Cafe Tacuba, Jarabe de Palo, Black Guayaba, Javier Calamaro, Jorge Drexler, Fito Paez, Bersuit Vergarabat, Kapanga, Los Autenticos Decadentes, Enanitos Verdes, The Killers, JET, Reel Big Fish, Green Day, Muse, Bob Marley and many more...
My favorite tv shows are: Animaniacs, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Looney Tunes, Pinky and the Brain, Batman: The Animated Series, Teen Titans, 2 Stupid Dogs, Fairly Odd Parents, Pink Panther, Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Robot Chicken and Venture Bros.
My favorite movies: The new Batman films, animated features (Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, Blue Sky, etc...), and the old Star Wars movies.
Artists I admire: Quino (father of probably the best Spanish comic strip ever made, "Mafalda"), Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Tim Burton, Craig McCracken, Steven Spielberg, John Lasseter, Brad Bird, and Salvador Dali.
I have a weird stomach that's comfortable with junk food, but terrified of fancy-gourmet food.
I'm also taking Advanced Digital Modeling and Media Theory during this Fall quarter.
I'm currently working on my website (www.jozterra.com), where I shall put many of the stuff I do, but meanwhile you might want to take a look at www.youtube.com/jozterra to see some of it.
I don't know what else to write, so feel free to ask about anything I omitted.
Thanks for reading and see you around!
-Jose
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