Hello! Long time since I’ve posted anything. Been a bit discouraged since my lack of acceptance into Cal Arts… Anyways, I’ve decided to give up animation.
C’mon, of course not. I’ve recently decided to re-design my Ace & Aqua characters. The new designs are much more natural cartoon drawings. The designs I had in my Ace & Aqua short were way too “perfect” and I wanted to have a design that felt natural and looked like the sketches I made, not the perfect vector clones I made over those sketches… I’m surprised at my progress. The drawings on the left are from 2006, the middle ones 2007 and the new ones 2009. I wonder what they’ll look like in 2011. The left and middle designs had a perfect 1 line around them so I decided to give something more natural and went with some tapered lines that surprisingly make a HUGE difference. Too bad I didn’t have these designs for my first short… no need to despair
Yesterday I received an unfortunate letter in the mail. I didn’t get into CalArts. I would like to thank everyone who wrote me a letter of recommendation for taking their time out of their busy schedules to do so. A big thanks to Fred Seibert, Eric Homan, Gabriel Valles, Thomas E. Van Dell, Kat Kosmala and my animation teacher at school Mr.Karen.
While I didn’t get in, I’m not going to let it effect me too much. My plan B is to take the year off, go to life drawing classes religiously, continue freelancing, and try to get work in-studio in either NYC, CA or any other state with a job. Thanks again for everyone’s support, and I’ll be re-applying next year!
Once upon a time in 7th grade I drew a dinosaur monster lizard thing. I looked at it and was soo proud of what I had drawn, I thought it was great. Fast forward 5 or 6 years and I decided to take another try at it. I wanted to see how I would have drawn the same exact character if I were to have come up with it today.
It’s amazing to see how my work has evolved over the course of 5 or 6 years. I can only imagine how my work will look in a few years!
I’ve only recently been doing some website design and coding, and it’s a far stretch from animation. It’s another area I’m dabbing my paintbrush in, and soo far it’s great! Above are two websites i created I hope you like them, and if you need a website, you know where to reach me!
My friend Alex Soria started his own business a few months ago! A flash tutorial business. Sure there are tons of tutorials out there, but Alex’s business idea is definitely different than any other tutorials available! Here’s what he has to say.
“My name is Alex Soria and I started noticing the web was full of Flash tutorials in English. Being Mexican, I was upset that there was not nearly as much content in Spanish. In July of 2008 I started FlashFacilito.com, a website devoted to Flash video tutorials in Spanish. The tutorial topics include a lot of design, drawing and animation. I have received great feedback with over 5000 people on my subscriber list. There have been sales in over 10 countries including: Mexico, US, Spain, Argentina, Colombia and more. Aside from the website, my YouTube account has over a thousand subscribers and over 30 tutorials. I enjoy teaching and I hope I expand my businnes to other software platforms in the near future.”
It’s been a while since I posted. I recently created a title sequence for the movie Return To Sleepaway Camp. I posted it below. Additionally I created a logo design for the company Go2Sho and created an animation for them as well. I hope you enjoy! (btw, there are little hidden things in the videos.. Canu find them all? )
You may have thought I forgot about my blog…I did not! Some big news for you guys!
Several months ago I was hired to create the OPENING SEQUENCE to this cult horror classic sequel! You may remember the original Sleepaway Camp from the 80’s. Here is it’s true predecessor!
Anyways, ontop of creating the opening sequence, I also designed the logo for one of the companies titled “Go2Sho” which is on the back of the packaging in stores all across america!
Lastly, I also created the “Go2Sho” animation that goes before the movie! Pick up your copy from Target, Blockbuster, Netflix and many other places!
Although it took me longer than expected, I finished the animatic! As you can see, it is very rough but I know exactly what I’m going to be animating. The characters are recognizable enough, not being on model. Here is a short clip from a scene where Prikk is lending Jon some advice on dating. Click the image to play it Hope you like it! By the way, I’m the voice of the TV character
What a Prikk products HERE or HERE! Stickers are selling hot! Get em while ya can!
I’d appreciate anyone’s interest to help me fund my low budget ( but not low quality ) “What a Prikk” pilot, as I’m self-funding it! It would mean alot to me!
Thanks Mom & Dad!
