New Work

I have a blog? Oh yeah, I forgot.

A while ago I got a few jobs. Which means that the recession is over. If I can get not one, but two jobs, then the recession has to be over and we are working our way up and out of the hole.

Anyway, my first job is just a weekend position at Macy's Furniture doing receiving (stock). It's pretty easy for the most part and never gets to the point of being a stressful job. The main advantage is it isn't a on call or seasonal position. I get set hours on set days. No checking online for the possibility of hours or not being able to tell anyone when or if I will be working on any given day.

Not only do I have a consistent job, but I also got a job in my field. Its not as grand as it could be, but resume wise its very good. Basically I am drawing 15+ illustrations for two books as a 2nd edition. Its fun to come up with the character designs and keeping the illustration as correct to the book as possible. I hate when a book says something obvious like the character has blond hair, but the drawing gives them brown hair. Every line of the chapter has to be analyzed so that the image can match up. The beginning of one chapter mentioned that it had just rained, so I made sure to add some puddles and mud in the image.

ART STUFF:
I made a new animation since last time I made a post.

Shop lifter - Audio from Full House. I think in the original, Stephanie Tanner returns the stole sweater and learns a life lesson about stealing. But that's no fun to animate. I also reused a character I made a while ago. One day I want to build up a library of characters so I can use them for anything rather than make something new.

Run to the Bus Stop Old animation test I did for a company around August 2009.
The test was to animate a kid going to the bus stop. The run is pretty clunky, but I like the weird squash at the end.

I also started up a new comic series that I've had in my head for at least 3 years.
Higher Education 01
Higher Education 02
03 is done I just haven't colored it yet. I have been working on a character model sheet for the main character, Haley. Once I reveal her back story in the comic I will post it.

Future animation projects:
I've got an idea for
- an anti-drug ad with teeth
- Me reviewing movies and such, only I'm animated
- Bobby Tisdale's intro to Eugene Mirman's segment. He's so ridiculous with his "OH, I, DOUGHT, OOo...rrrrRRRussia. Ohhh, Russia!" Its one of those things that screams,"ANIMATE ME".