Explain Yourself!

I have realised at this late stage that i havn't really explained my film...its deeper than it may seem. Well...maybe only a little, but it has a meaning thats for sure!
Its basically about love. Mook finds something he is not familiar with, it just seems to fall into his world, and he is baffled and confused but also warmed and attracted to this thing. He tries to figure it out, before realising where he wants to go with it, what he would like to achieve! He then does everything he can to make it work, he takes all the right precautions and nurtures it as much as he can, showing a dedication and determination to succeed...he then gets knocked back, loses confidence in his abilities, and gives up. Heartache kicks in, he sheds a tear for his broken dream, then walking away with his head down, feeling like he has wasted all his efforts, it seems to grow, powered by the pure emotion Mook has shown. Finally he gets something back, he has succeeded and achieved the simple perfection he always longed for....he holds it there, smothers it with affection until....oops, its gone!

Its a love story of course, simple 'person falls in love without realising it and then gets heartbroken, before realising he was in love and confessing this to partner etc.' plot.
With this explained, theres a few things im going to change to adhere to my deep meaning.

Firstly, Mrs Mook is no more - he does not need an impetus, his love is the flower, not the mrs mook. Instead, his dream bubble will picture Mook with his prize flower and a rosette.

Secondly, the plantpot will not be waiting for him on the path - love simply isnt just waiting for you! It will fall out of the sky (illogical i know, but bear with it), and hit Mook on the head. It was meant to be!

Thirdly, i was thinking (if i have time of course) that i could show a little more of Mooks effort with growing it instead of having him stand still and watch it. For example, have him cuddled up to it asleep at night, and maybe holding an umbrella whilst it rains over the umbrella. This depends on time of course.

And thats that, more than just a silly story huh.

and finally!

The film company i am doing the animations for 'Der Wald' have given me one last scene to do (they promised!), and its nice and easy so i took it on board! They asked for me to make the trees sway, but i explained that it was deadline day looming and i literally have no time to spare bar sleeping, eating and pooing. However, i have made it a still scene with just the sketchlines moving, and they have approved it! Good times! Here it is, done on photoshop out of the goodness of my heart!

A beautiful blossoming flo....oh, nevermind!

Today (and last night) i've been working to extend some of the scenes, stitch together the scrappy bits of animation i've already done so to speak! This is the final part, where Mooky baby gives up on his hunt for the love of his plant...only to find it was right around the corner! Awwwwwwww!

And then he drops it! Ha!

There is a little to follow after this...the heart shattering upset face of course, you'll see!

The animation that needs tweeking is -

• The drop of the plant - i'm thinking of holding the bit where he's losing balance, and the plant pot teetering on the edge of his hand, add a bit of anticipation to keep you on your feet!
• I want to accentuate the hug, make it a bit more dramatic, bit more width should do it.
• Finish it....obviously!

Cowabunga!

[Insert title here...theres no place for messing about on this here blog thats for sure!]

So here i am, rocking you like a hurricane once again! I've been working on the rotoscoping project that im doing for someone elses film, they gave me the footage and asked me and joe to be the work sweaty monkey people and copy out the video such as in the style of A-Ha's classic tune 'Take on me'!
However upon reading the script it seems to be a quite dark film, so we discussed it and made things a little more evil! Contrasting huh, evil and mook! Maybe mook will have an evil twist!? Hold that thought!
Anyway, heres the videos that i am giving them for editing, precisely what they asked for!

Evil faces will appear in a mirror - i would explain, but it would take too long! Basically, think Lord of the Rings sea of dead people!

The ever so creepy 'Sandman' lurks over childrens beds and steals their eyes in the night! Cool huh!?

And the other one is a dragonfly, iv posted that before so yadda yadda yadda.....

Joe has been working on some others, so if this stuff genuinely interests you, look on his blog too :) http://joerichardcornell.blogspot.com/

Its back to full throttle Mook into destruction now, see you when the dust is settled i guess ;D!

Oh while i'm here, supposedly one should be presenting ones self formally as of the present. As a representative of the intellectual student body of Lincoln University and a enthusiastic wordsmith (i was going to say 'vocabularian' then...haha what an oxymoron i am!) i should be presenting my quirky and fun cartoon project in an educated manner of course!

What im trying to say is, i guess i write with a creative streak, but we are a creative course right? I enjoy writing this way, i hope you enjoy reading it! I'll save the intellectual dribble for an office job!

bring out the violins!!!

I reckoned what with doing the last walk cycle, and run cycles - that id probably quite like to get all the cycles out the way...i can do the emotions and poses stuff later!

So, heres the sad walk cycle when Mook realises his flower isnt going to grow....

I was thinking (just to crack in a cliché joke), i will add rain to this little bit until he sees the flower has grown, and obvs some sad music. I really wanted to draw out this walking, he's feeling sorry for himself...so i dragged his feet as much as i could, and did the walk on 20's. Im still to do something with his arms - he's not arm paralysed!!!

This is only the short, to show the cycle, not the scene bear in mind :).

There is a lot of stuff needs adding to, and playing with (like the arms in this for example), this is something i must make a note of and cant be forgotten in the final stages!!!

To change list - 

• Arms on sad walk
• Add shock between credit dance and persp run
• couple of tweens or maybe a hold on leg kick on credit dance
• more to come...

his name is 'chuck'

Joes asked me to play around with some more concept stuff for him to model. Iv been drawing around, and this is one i quite like the style of. Not sure if its really modellable?, but he told me to do it in any style, and to have a human character with a pet.

Procrastinating!

Don't pretend it doesnt happen to you!!! I miss drawing, properly drawing! So recently i have been attending life drawing - just to get me out of the studio a little more if anything!

Here is a sketch i have developed from my life drawing stuff, its fairly rough, but id like to build up more artwork for my portfolio!

Its the first time i've ever really used Photoshop for sketching like this, it obviously has a certain computer drawn feel to it, but thats what people want these days right?