The Cartoon

Well One is a Muffin and the Other a Cupcake but don't take their sweet nature for kindness these 2 are the ultimate Jerks and they are looking to take over your kitchen... I call them, Captain Cupcake and Major Muffin!!!

End the Lockout!!

Mane just end the lockout... Well whatever here is my Magic Mascot re-design!!!!

Just finished watching Food Inc.... in a phrase go watch it. IT is highly informative and makes you wanna change the way things are. It didnt inspire me to change anything because I am already a Vegan/Vegetarian. It did however inspire me to draw a little mascot that I like to Call Veg-Head!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween fuckers!!! ...Maybe that was to rough!!??!? Whatever I guess anyway this took about two day to do and I wanted to share it cus I like the way it came out!!!

DVD Cover!!!

No words... Just look at it and you'll get it, I haven't relaxed on my work I have only shifted gears and focused on another aspect of it soooooooooo... leave me be and lemme work!!

Oh yea... by the way I wanted to show that you can make pink and chocolate look badASS!! :D!

Im done... now what??

Well I have completed my studies at Animation Mentor!! The graduation will be in January on the 28th to be exact. I cant wait for that I can meet folks face to face and talk life and animation!! Now I will use this time to study and tighten up my demo reel that much more and then I will be searching for jobs immediately after words. Its gonna be a wild couple of months coming up.

Well this beez my Title Card I wonder if I will be able to get away with my mascot though. Oh well we will see!! Oh yea Im literally in Week 10... WOOOOHOOOOO!!!

Turtles Again??? Damn right!!

Ninja Ninja RAP!!! GO GO GO GO... aww that takes me back mane!

Go Ninja Go Ninja GO

Well they are almost done ready for the boom is all I have to say... a tad bit more coloring and I will release them!!

What a difference a year MAKES!!

Well if you guys have been following me you should remember this... this was my first crack at trying to create a version of my beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Looking at it a year later Its a bit too cartoony, which is why I shake my head because that is my safe haven that is where feel my most comfortable when I draw.And well this is this years edition... well I will be doing a full orthographic views with a definite action pose. The question is will I do the other 3... DUH!!! Well Enjoy!

Doodling while I work!!

Well I find doodling while I wrok keeps my eyes fresh and keeps me focused in weird way. Anyway this is a paper I wrote out all my notes for my shot. The notes are of things that I need to fix or change. So it is something that started of as goal oriented and the fact that I doodled on top of it kept me goal oriented. Well here here is a pic of it.............

AYo!!!

YOu have to go check out this site... www.8bitstrange.com its Hella Dope!! Simple looking characters but full of so much life the animation really brings them to life. Glad to say a fellow AMer brought them to life. :D :D

Im Back

Well Im just about done with Animation Mentor...!!! In a good way I am finally finally finally... *sigh* FINALLY going to graduate. So in saying that I am getting more time to blog so in saying that. IM BACK!!!

Check out my portfolio site @ www.sdotlong.artworkfolio.com... And yes I still keeping my mascot around as well, Trying to turn him into a staple!!

Refining and Re-Blocking!!!

Well Week 4 is coming to a close and I need to add my inbetweens and spline my animation to hand into Animation Mentor. Week three was a week of breakdowns and re-blocking just a tad bit. I was so happy to see my critique this week, My Mentor Allison Saunders was a huge help and pointed out several things to up the quality of my work. I feel confident I will turn out something awesome for my final piece... Oh and here is the video from last week.

Oh yea sorry I left the controls on this week by accident... :P

Blocking!!!

Jus Blocking out my first pass here from week 2, so moving on to Week 3 to add re-block most likely and then add in the breakdowns so I can start to see my arcs better.

Just incase you wanted to know the definition of Blocking>>>>>>>>

Blocking - Laying down the main story-telling key poses of your scene. Not worrying about in-betweens or break-downs. The bones on which to build the scene. They will be in the general right place in time but even that will change as you refine and start to add the later elements i.e. Breakdowns and in-betweens.

Thumbnails Important

Thumbnails!!!! OH yea!!

Design of my Scene

Beginning of Semester 3, this is my scene

SPLICE!!

Well Splice has released today and I am excited to see it so much so...On Deviantart.com they held a contest for people to create their own Splice character. Well I took the challenge and created this little number here... hope ya feeling it and I will prolly be check out this Movie soon hope you will too.

First Pass; Blocking!!!

For all Non-Animators...Blocking is suppose to be poppy.

Well jus wanna sow what Im doin is all...

Ok this was the beginning of a brand new workflow and I had to make sure I drew out all of my poses correctly and make sure they were solid, so here is my initial thought process/Key Drawings... Oh yea the basic Idea I was shooting for was for my character to do a butterfly kick, and his mood or attitude is that he is a brash full of himself character, anyway enjoy folks