Tuesday Doodle

Nucleus-Candid Camera

Scott and Zana show up at Nucleus. Greeted by Ranjo. I sneak candid video of the event.
Join us. A composite video of the evening...


I look around at all the creative people...

Animation

Tom. Sorry. I'll make up for it by sharing an important part of the knowledge of how I animated this.

You guys doing your boards may appreciate this if you don't already know it.
I got it from a Derek Thompson Gnomon DVD called Conceptual Storyboarding.
How to use layer comps to let you do animatics or storyboards with single PSD layered files.
I think the attachment is all the tutorial reference you need for your own experiments.
A layer comp is just you deciding what you want to SHOW in a PSD, multi-layer file at any one time. Allowing you to animate elements over the same background. Then export those comps any way you want them. Jpgs , a PDF, whatever the options are under that script menu.
Hope you find this fun. Made me want to do a short subject with one PSD when i first saw it.

Art show Gallery Nucleus

So I have a five pieces in this show called the "Super Big Micro Galley Show" at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra. It all started from a show we've been having at Disney. All of the pieces are no bigger than 6x6 inches thus the name "Micro Gallery." The opening is tonight and runs until January 4th. I'll post pics from the pics later tonight. I think Ellis and Scott will be showing up. Right guys???

Darth Naga vs. The Naga Viper

Probably should click on the link and watch it on Youtube.

Community Stop Motion Christmas Special

Hey guys, check out the stop motion Christmas special I worked on for the NBC show Community. It airs tonight, Thursday, December 9th at 8/7c. The episode is called "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" and the basic idea is that one of the characters becomes delusional and wakes up one day to discover his entire world is stop motion animated like an old Christmas special. Here are some clips:

http://www.animateclay.com/index.php/news/262-community-holiday-episode

Another Image from the "Giant Robot Takes a Walk" Saga