storyboard test part 5

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Storyboard test

I did this storyboard test on my free time for 2 reasons ,
1- I realized that working with flash and toonboom for to long ,you actually forget how to draw
2-Never storyboarded before (profesionally ) so I just wanted to check if I had the potential to become a storyboard artist.

Far from beeing perfect ,that test got noticed by some people at Nelvana ,and starting on March 30th 09,I am joining the storyboard crew on a show call Scaredy Squirell.The show is directed by Jason Groh and I'll be storyboarding with some really amazing guys like Blair Kitchen and Mike Smukavic.

Surrounded by such talented artist, I have no doubt, this is gonna be an exiting year ahead of me . I sure do have a long way to go to keep up with my co-worker, so may as well start now:))

Here some part of my test.

The show is "Spliced" http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://media.nelvana.com/uploads/Shows/ShowCircles/Spliced!/Broadcast.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.nelvana.com/shows/shows_template.asp%3Fsid%3D213&usg=__QQ-DltJuPzknFn7HZfLPHKoN9QY=&h=145&w=218&sz=15&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=zuiJo2CYWY5_XM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnelvana%2Bspliced%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

and I've been animating on it for the past year, it will be on T.V next Summer (I think) and without a doubt one of the funniest show I 've seen .The 5 sequences I am posting are self-contain and don't follow up with each other .

Sorry for the format but this is my first time dealing with board so I wasn't sure what way was best to post the sequences.I also removed all the technicals notes for clarity. Hope you guys like it, I sure had a lot of fun doing it .

I'm back... with someone else style!!!

If anyone still look at this blog, I would like to start by saying that I am not proud of myself, its been over a year without posting. Not because I wasn't drawing but mainly because 2008 turn out to be, me taking new directions and learning other medium. As always, I 've been focusing on my paper animation, but also, selftaught Maya to myself and still in the process of becoming a storyboard artist. Definitly busy but not much to show for. Even if work used a lot of my time, I always keep a side project rolling . My earlier post on this blog already showed , that one thing I like to do is study an artist that I respect and try a project with that person style.

I already did ...

Humberto Ramos with Phillip Pulman's His dark material

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The french artist Cyril Pedrosa with Lemony snickett

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Really popular retro flat style with Pee-Wee play house

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and some others not on this blog (yet !!)

Do I succed to emulate? I dont know, always hard to say but one thing is sure, I do learn a lot doing those kind of exercise.

For me the best reward is to end up respecting even more those guys that I liked in the first place. By understanding the complexity of their work, I gladly raise my hat to their talent even more .

This time Cheeks-74(Sean Galloway) and Dapper Dan(name unknown) were my 2 inspirations for my new project based on the HBO show "Carnival".

For some reason the black eyes that Cheeks used aint something I can make work. I guess it's harder than it look to make a character look alive with black eye :))

Hopefully It didn't turn out to bad and as much I did learn a lot, it was too much of a challenge to actually become a natural way to draw for me.

To Sean and Dapper Dan, you guys rock and please keep doing those awesome and inspiring artworks who just remind me how talented you guys are.

Work "was" on progress

Here a maquette I started to sculpted a while a ago as a personal project about the show(Grossology) I was designing for.I was only 40% done at this stage but definitly in a direction I was happy with .Saddly I had to moved and the sculpture got badly damaged .
Since I started to work on another show and that keeped me away from it to long.Now it all dry and grainy, so just before throwing in out in the garbage I though sharing my rough stage of what it could had been.

Vacation!!!

Finally an update ,nothing big though .Not even sure it worth showing but I had to post something ,it been too long .It basically what I call my "computer lagging doodles".It pretty random ,from drawing the people I work with,to all the strange wave the people at work went through.(superhero tread to image of the week tread )I guess everything is good for inspiration .Summer ain't over yet and before I start focusing on my animation skill I really want to pump a finish project .Will see

Where my time is going !!!?

Hey there!
I am not even sure if people still look at my blog ,it been so long . I have been extremely busy lately with work.No new posting doesn't mean I didn't draw though .I will probably post some of them in the upcoming week.
I 'have been focusing a bit more on my animation .Resulting to finally decided to post my Animation reel .The funny thing is, looking my demo reel just bring one thing to my mind...sadness and frustration.
I've live in the wrong place ,in the wrong time.I am pretty sure If I would have been californian ,coming out of school in 1988,my demo reel would probably represent much more what I dreamed to become, than what I have to offer today .
Don't get me wrong ,I sure do realize how lucky I am,in that awful age for classical animation ,butchered by 3d,flash and by tones of student badly taught, hoping for money and fame, to have, all put together ,probably over 15 minutes of animation under my belt .
I just can 't help to think ,where did I screwed up?.
It is one of those time I really have a hard time the make me feel better with"The grass is always greener on the other side"
Anyway here it his. I am really sorry for the poor quality ,first experience with posting a video.If anyone have suggestion how to improve the the quality ,please share with me .

animation reel