Cave Hunter - ArtRage 04/30/07 - WIP
Posted in Art and Animation on April 30th, 2007 by burtabreuHere is my practice for today - still a work in progress as I try to figure out a few things with lighting and composition.
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Archive for April, 2007
Daily Sketch - 04/26/07
Posted in Daily Sketch, Art and Animation on April 26th, 2007 by burtabreuSome ideas for the characters for the comic I mentioned …
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So You Think You’ve Got It Tough?
Posted in Art and Animation on April 26th, 2007 by burtabreuSince I’ve been a bit stressed about the job situation I decided to take a crack at an old cartoon idea I had -probably 20+ years ago- when I worked at a place called “The Bottom of the Barrel.”
The simple characters are drawn in Flash and the background in ArtRage. I’m thinking they’ll be mostly static with some simple animation and interactions. Hopefully this will allow me to retain my animation and Flash skills. I plan on posting the first panels this weekend and will try to post weekly my work situation permitting.
Feedback appreciated!
Did I say that loud enough? I’m not asking for your first child or money here, so if you have an interest in art why not take a second to help me improve? Thanks!
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Here’s a look at the olive grove by itself …
Midnight Messages - ArtRage 04/25/07
Posted in Art and Animation on April 25th, 2007 by burtabreuCouldn’t sleep last night and turned on the PC. Ended up doing an ArtRage doodle - just painted a shape and figured out what it was as I went. Its amazing to me. I can do this much more realistically in Photoshop but not sure I’d like the results better -something about the texture of paint - even digital paint- that is fun.
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Jaguar Jungle - Artrage 04/22/07
Posted in Art and Animation on April 22nd, 2007 by burtabreuMy wife asked me to add a jaguar to the jungle so I made that my practice for today. The jaguar isn’t very detailed but should work since it is in the background.
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Art Rage - Practice 04/21/07
Posted in Art and Animation on April 21st, 2007 by burtabreuToday’s practice with ArtRage. I want to use this as a layer in my next crack at that layout with the temple ruin.
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On the Kindness of Strangers …
Posted in Art and Animation, HodgePodge on April 21st, 2007 by burtabreuA random visit to a myspace page turned into an unexpected and rewarding contact for me this week. I spotted a writer, who goes by the moniker Aurelio O’ Brien. After reading a very funny sample chapter from his novel Eve and reviewing the cool critter animations he had there, I decided to send him a quick ‘thumbs up’ email message. To my surprise Read more »
ArtRage Test Drive 2
Posted in Art and Animation on April 20th, 2007 by burtabreuTime to take
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Here’s the end result of my first try
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If you are interested you can see the steps I took to get this done.
I’m going to repaint the entire thing from scratch so don’t be too harsh - I know it sucks. I have already started again to see if I can improve. I’ve fallen in love with the many beautiful background layouts I’ve seen and I’ve decided to dedicate some time each day to try to get better.
Things I know I need to do better …
1. Plan lighting in advance
2. Improve ‘depth’ and leave more of an action area.
3. Plan / organize my layers better.
