So I decided to try a funky walk cycle. It’s like learning to walk all over again (no pun intended seriously). I think I got the weight right, but I’m going to work on those arms so they don’t look so much like he is fanning someone. Its so easy to overdue and embellish movement and this boy needs to lose some of his swish. For those of you who know this stuff and read this, please feel free to leave a comment or crit.

I was just fooling around with Flash tonight. There’s supposed to be a cereal bowl in front of her, but I got sleepy.

Here are a couple of still paintings from my forever in the works masterpiece, Robo-3000. I’ve been working on it for three years now, which is sad, because its definitely no award winner. Its a crude story to be sure, but its kinda funny and it allows me to do a lot of different things. The set are hand made and were professionally lit and shot. The animation is pretty complex and uses a bunch of programs. It even will have some 3D stuff. I’ve been painting these still digitally and have been using Little Annie Fanny for color reference.

Here are a couple more stills from Robo 3000 that I just finished. I’m going to add a couple more things before these go into the film, but for the most part this is it.

Here is a rough version of the Club Glorp exterior for Robo 3000. I’m still working out all of the kinks with the matte painting in the background, but I think I’m close to being where I want to be. I took the original film and desaturated it and then recolored it on a layer set to overlay. It makes it much more stylized.

I’m test animating a scene of the bartender character just slamming a drink, but this is just a stage/color test. I also added a couple of flourishes and touched up the Club Glorp shot. As I get into this more it becomes more and more clear that this cartoon will take me a looooong time.

Here is a rough test shot. I’m working on imbetweening right now and then its off for compositing. Many thanks to Senor Chad for his technical advice. Click the pic below and wait for a bit for the movie to load. I was too lazy to add a preloader.

I did a spec commercial in 12 hours. It turned out great for such a quick turnaround. Things are really picking up around here and I’m liking it!

This commercial was done in a UPA-like style and was an effort in restrain. Robo 3000 is saturated and crowded, so it was nice to try something sparse with just a couple of colors. Check it out and pass it on. Maybe I can do a whole commercial on my own.