SURPRISE! IT'S HERO+!

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The surprise was that I'm finally launching the webcomic Hero+! It updates Mondays, and here's the link:

http://www.odditystew.com/heroplus/

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, but this was taking up most of my time getting together. Hopefully I'll get more into a groove of updating regularly this side of launching this baby. I created the first idea for it freshman year of college. Then I did some stuff with it, and then hated myself, then shelved it for two years until senior year, when I realized I could actually draw better and make a cool story, probably.

Let me know what you guys think!

I'm back, kind of?

Due to senior film stuff, and a summer without a scanner, I haven't posted anything here in the longest while. Well, that might change.

Anyway, keeping this blog updated: there is a big surprise coming. Stay tuned, people.

Animation: Hunter + Sasquatch

Animation for 2D Character 2 class

The assignment was a limited animation project with full animation as well, trying to be kinda UPA. We made a small illustration and then tried animating what occurred in it

Kroger adventures

Almost forgot I did one of these over the weekend.

This person just had WAY too many chips, man.

Movies

We watched Chronicle over the weekend, and it was a really good movie

Tetsuo also sported the hospital garb

So... more of these?

A couple of people told me maybe I should continue doing some little autobiographical comics along the vein of my hourly comics last Wednesday... so I figured I'd give it a bit of a shot.

The professor actually called them that

Orlando's Hourly Comics 2012

Whoa fellas!
I haven't posted here in a while. Recently, I participated in hourly comics day, so I thought this would be a good place to post them online.

Past-Orlando is a liar.

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed them! Hopefully I'll be better about posting things here in the future. Scanning things is just such a hassle sometimes, you know, guys?

Assistant-Lad returns!

A full page of Assistant-Lad sketches!

I've never posted anything here about my early comic concept, Heroman.

It was supposed to be this webcomic. It kinda sprung up and died sophomore year of college without getting very far at all. I recently decided to go back to the idea and see if I could finally wrestle something out of it.

The story generally revolved around the misadventures of a mentally unhinged superhero who calls himself "Heroman," and his sidekick "Assistant-Lad." Generally more of a hindrance than an aid, they set about town causing well-intentioned (but devastating) mischief.

The story I have in mind for them has changed a bit to the point where it actually has plot and a supporting cast and an ending, which were all things I didn't think necessary before jumping into writing the comics back then.

Here's a small sketch of Heroman, too. Just for you guys.

Expect some Heroman stuff coming soon. I'm currently working on the first issue, and if it goes the way it's going, I might have a good bit of it done by the end of break. That would be nice.

Jina Noh did some fan art back some time ago, and you should totally check it out on her blog! You should also follow her blog, and I'm not just sayin' it because she's my girlfriend, but because she's also amaziinnngggg!

http://jayensbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/quick-sketch-3.html

Toby sketches!

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been hard at work on my senior film, and it's eating up a lotta time I would spend on other projects.

Which I mean... is totally fine, because it turns out making a senior film is amazing fun! :D

Recently though, I got to sketching out my character Toby, and here's the result: a page of many drawings... mostly of questionable value.

turns out I need to relearn cyclops anatomy

Anyways, if any of you haven't already, check out my production blog for Rock Candy:

http://rockcandyprod.blogspot.com/

It's uh... pretty much where I post stuff now. Because all the stuff is Rock Candy stuff. All the stuffs.

Check it. CHECK IT, YO.

It's my senior film! Now in easily digestible, updatable blog form! Enjoy!

http://rockcandyprod.blogspot.com/

A request.

the needs of the many

Lucy requested an MS Paint Shuckle. As I don't have MS Paint, I used Sketchbook Express.

Sorry I haven't been posting stuff lately. Me and Jina have been hard at work on a small project which we shall be revealing shortly. Stay tuned!

What? Orlando's still doing stuff?

I know, right? I'm surprised too!

But yeah, I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. Finals happened. And then I got lazy. But hey, now I'll upload a whole mess of stuff!

First off: my dialogue final

The dialogue came from an episode of Psych, and the character is Toby. Which most of you have seen by now, no doubt.

It's a bit rushed, as I had my storyboarding final due the next day and had to just go with the first pass that came out.

Next up is: a WIP 3D piece!

I've been working in Maya with one of the rigs we were given in class: Moom. I figured it was about time I picked up this 3D thing again. This is the last playblast I took of it from a while back.

Finally, here's an Obama caricature I did for a possible job. The guy just said he needed caricatures of politicians and whatnot for his small newspaper he's trying to get off the ground. Okay.

Redos and weights

It's been a busy couple of weeks. I recently finished up some more work, so now I'm gonna show them on what is now quickly becoming solely my animation production blog. I'm going to be starting to post work for my upcoming senior film, so I'm thinking of starting up a separate blog for that.

But first, here's a dinosaur! ROAR!

I love drawing that thing...

Anyways, for the recent weight lift assignment in 2D character animation, I ran my idea of animating Toby ( a character I made back in my character design class) for the assignment by my professor, and he said it'd be fine. The idea was to get more practice animating Toby, as I intend to use him in my senior film.

Here's the finished Weight Lift...

There's still a few holds and other things I have to redo in the resubmission, but for the most part, I'm pleased with it.

And As an extra treat, here's my resubmissions for both previous assignments: the Mushu head turn, and the Norm Reaction Take:

I think especially on the Norm one, it's a definite improvement. I'm pleased as punch.

Norm Completed!

It took me til 5:30 am to finish, but I'm really pleased with what I have.
I might like to clean it up a lot more and maybe alter some things towards the end in the redo... but for now, this works fine.

Lemme know what y'all think!

Norm Progress 5

Yeah, I'm still not done.

Norm Progress 4

Norm's shaping up now. I went back and added in his body so that he's actually all there for most of the animation. He's got some slide-y feet problems, and most of the end is still placeholders, but hey, it's looking okay.

Norm Progress 3

It's coming along... sorta

Norm Progress 2

I need to get this done by tonight, so all you lucky bloggers get to see my progress.

The end still needs some better timing, but I think his head's working pretty well.
Watchu guys think?

Norm progress

Our next assignment for 2D Character animation is a reaction take from this character: Norm.

Here's what I got so far.

Obviously not finished, but thought y'all might like to see some work-in-progress!

Mushu!

Our first assignment for 2D Character animation was a Mushu head turn! What fun!

This is my first time actually animating someone else's design from a model sheet, so I was a little nervous that I wouldn't get the design right. I drew him a lot in my sketchbook, and I think that definitely got me a little more prepared. There are still a few things bugging me, but I think I managed to draw him pretty convincingly.

I have two versions of my head turn.

The first is the version I turned in.

My Professor liked it, it seems. There are still a few things to fix, which I'll get onto soon.

My second version is an unfinished one. At one point, I had Mushu stop at a 3/4 pose, as if he's listening, before progressing to the final extreme.

Prof. Webber said it wasn't bad, but that to keep in aims with the assignment, I should focus more on the two extremes. Also, the middle pose breaks the pacing a bit. Nevertheless, I think I could still work with it so that it's paced better, but time will tell if it'll get finished.

I'll be posting again with more stuff soon!