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!