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My entry for Illustration Friday, ‘Fast.’ Created in Photoshop and After Effects.

Detail

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I approached the design of the illustration as though I were going to animate it. I drew the cut-out character, props and scenery on paper in pencil, and then pen and ink – archer, bow, arrow, tree etc. Once scanned into the computer I colored and textured the drawings in Photoshop and then imported all the cut-outs into After Effects where I set up 2 scenes; one of the archer in the forest, the other of the arrows. Once the scenes were complete I rendered them out and brought them back into Photoshop to create the final comic-styled illustration.

I updated my blog to the latest release of wordpress today (version 2.6.3) and was able to add a really cool plugin for NextGen Gallery. NextGen Gallery allows you to implement and organize galleries and albums on a wordpress site like flickr. I really like NextGen’s implementation and it’s easy to install.

Anyway, with the gallery plugin installed I uploaded the second set of photos from our Gnomon Stop Motion class visit to the Chiodo Bros Studio in Burbank. This set of photos focuses on one of their talented artists, Rick O’Brien, and his amazing painterly work. Rick spent a lot of time with us explaining his texturing and painting methods and concepts – it was great :)

To look at more of Rick’s work, visit his Monument Project and Blog.

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I am currently working on my 2nd year film for my MFA in Animation at UCLA. This is the layout and background design for the clock in Baxter’s house. This is a vertical panning background.

Drawn on a wacom in TVPaint. Work in progress.

The story board for my film, version 1, part 8. Drawn in Photoshop.

The story board for my film, version 1, part 7. Drawn in Photoshop.

The story board for my film, version 1, part 6. Drawn in Photoshop.

The story board for my film, version 1, part 5. Drawn in Photoshop.

The story board for my film, version 1, part 3. Drawn in Photoshop.