My Parents Blocking render

Ok so here is a blocking pass...at the shot after solving the perfomance.
Needs a little more work...think Ille tone down the head movement at "parents" just a bit...dont know maybe ille spline first and tone down there. I need to look at how it looks smoothed out.

I am happy with the simple background and the look the mr is giving it. Yay! Mental Ray!

My Parents

Hey guys back with another test! This one more for establishing workflow and subtle acting.

Hey Guys here is the finalized last breath and another test I call cheeze wiz....really learned alot on this one....Lighting...getting rid of the those ridiculous black squares when rendering in mental ray, and using 2 Boris' in the same shot....i didnt use that here obviously but i did a test with this boris and another in the bg....also finally got to alter Boris into something else....as far as looks....I like the design i was able to come up with for the first time...although i did some experimenting with Commando this was one where i got to alter the body and color to make boris look like he is wearing clothes....cant wait to do some more....Mental ray lighting has definitely become my practice for background and rendering it makes my animation look nice and clean. Also gives it the presentation quality my mentor Jason Ryan holds very highly in demo reels. Not sure if anybody is following this...seeing i have only one follower...its cool though! its nice having a private diary of animation and learning for myself.

Cheeze Wiz

Another one for testing....

Here is a snapshot of the last shot of the project...I feel bad killing off Boris...then again i didn't do it...the other guy did...lol.

Hey guys...just movin forward on this. Another clip pic added to second shot of project.
Actually inspired...by No Country for Old Men.

Last Breath

Hey Guys long time no see.
If anybody reads this thing anyways...lol.
Here is a rendering from a new project animating for 11 sec club.
I call it Last Breath...poor Boris got shot in the chest...and blood is everywhere REDRUM,
Yeah my last shot Corrected had to get aborted do to file corruption and unorganization...oh well I learned alot...guess thats what counts.

Elliott

Corrected Update 3's

Hey Guys long time no see...just workin and gettin ready for marriage...passion of animation still flows...heres an update on 3s blocked.


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Corrected Update Render

Hey guys just putting up a Render of Corrected Setting..im getting more and more closer to a Sweeny Todd theme...lol. oh well....lets see where it goes.

Corrected Update

Hey guys...just puttin in some last breakdowns to guide me in the CG version....im so excited because now i get use my new found knowledge of mental rays!!!! YAY!

stay tuned for more guys.

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Going Mental

Ok yeah so for this next project I have been putting in some extra hours on mental ray and lighting...and I must say the look of my work has never looked better.

here are a couple of tests inspired by some of my favorite artists and animation pieces.

One is "Jazz Bubbles" and the other is "Boris Face"!

Corrected WIP

Ok finally got some of this blocked out...J suggested I put in a camera move...and wow...it sure did add to the flavor of the shot! thanks J

Will put some more breakdowns in and move on to cg...im going to really make this one look nice so I will probably get the setting, render attibutes and lighting the way i like it first before really diggin into the animation.

Thanks for stoppin by.

11 second club March Entry

Ok I just found out that my entry was 46 out of a 153. Not bad....but to me...not good either...I can do better than that...I will do better than that. I will not rest until my entry is number one...and even after that I will not rest.

Thank guys for all your great comments!

Elliott

Corrected

So I started the new project today...called Corrected....I have always been a fan of horror books...one of my fav was the Shining...so i took a clip and found a setting...on Friday...when i was getting my haircut...and said to myself ahhh now there's a place where somebody could deliver some chilling dialogue...here is a rough thumb of the shot.

Video Games

Hey Guys...I love video games..so i did a couple of tributes to the element.

Metal Gear Solid
Exercise: Run in Perspective

Flipbook Version (solving performance)



CG Version




Sonic the Hedgehog
Exercise: Weight Push


Flipbook Version (solving performance)



CG Version

Back In the Day: first swing with JRA!

This was when I was first starting out with JRA...awwwe the swing.

Walkin With Boris

Just a normal walk with good ole Boris.

Back In the Day: Old Man Walk Cycle

Me following along the AM classes with my own flavor.




keep in mind this was before JRA so i have no flip reference.

Back In the Day: Obstacle Course

LOL I told you guys that I was accepted to AM...that was no lie, but financial issues where an issue at the time...lol...still are....but I was able to kinda follow along...one of the exercises that intrigued me was the ball obstacle course exercise.
Hmmm...i always have loved video games so I put the moving platform in just to give this little guy a challenge.

11 secondclub March Entry

Hmmm my actual first dialogue shot since I started JRA....yeah I know I have a long way to go. But with hard work. I will get there.

Heres beginning and end process. With JRA's method incorporated

No More Ballet (Flipbook)



No More Ballet (CG)



Thanks for stopping by.

Introduction To Elliott Gibson II

Hmmm....wow where to start....hahaha....I'm not going to start off by telling you I love to animate...thats a given. I do however love being inspired by other animators. I love watching other animators work. I love watching their work when its completed. I started in 2000. Its 2010 and I have still not made it in yet. I 've seen others start with me who have made...im talkin back in the days when the 10 second club was hot stuff! Ive seen guys start after me make it. But I am driven by the passion I have for it....I gotta say animation mentor changed my life...No I'm not in the program, neither have I been in it...even though I was accepted in their first class back in 2005. I was about to give up on animation simply because I'm like OK its almost 6 yrs and I have yet to enter into the industry. But I crossed a student of AM who's blog directed me to Jason Ryan....and well yeah...i guess you can say his style made me reborn all over again...this was actually in 2007. J started coaching me through his course and now I am at the advanced stage in the course....it was tough because J made me go all the way back to the bouncing ball...wow! so now its 2010...and now 3 yrs later. I have hope and I am going forward in the journey again. But this time I have a mentor and I believe sooner or later I will make it in. Thanks guys for stopping by.