Character Animation Crash Course!

This book is a must have for any aspiring or already animator. It teaches some of the basics like squash and stretch and walk cycles, but it also goes into composing dynamic scenes, timing to dialog and music, and animating effects. I really like this book. Check it out.

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Littlest Pet Shop

The Littlest Pet Shop game hits shelves today at Walmart, Target, or your local Gamestop. It's for the Nintendo Wii and the DS. I've been working on this game for the past year and it's good to see it finished.

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QuickPaint

Trying to teach myself speed painting. This is a 5 minute portrait done in photoshop.

Library Party

Here's an invite I illustrated for a company holiday party.

Lobo and Risley

Here's my latest design for "Lobo and Risley". As you can see Risley herself has changed quite a bit. I will post Risley's progression soon. I thought that she might have been too bland before, so I made her 6 and gave her a snaggle tooth. I thought that making her younger and cuter gave her a nice contrast with the zombie dog Lobo and the grotesque Dr. Apollo.




















Dr.Apollo hasn't changed much except for some slight color variations. He's got a nice Wendigo chair to sit in though.















This is the post card I mocked up for Comic-Con. Just as a quick free hand-out that has a little info on the show printed on the back. I've just heard back from Cartoon Network though. The show is not what there looking for right now, seeing that one of the main characters is female. CN cartoons are really gearing towards the young boy crowd right now. I still love "Lobo and Risley" though and I'm planning to have a comic ready for next Comic-Con. Also a sketchbook. Look for post and updates on this blog for more info.

Cheers,

Gibbs Rainock

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

I like the feel of this new cartoon.

Pygmy Boy

Here's something I did for the weekly EA quick paint. Each week we are given a theme that we have to do a quick drawing on. This weeks theme was Albino Pigmy Lion Hunter.

Co-worker Caricature

Here is a caricature I just did of someone I work with at EA Games.

Chance

Here's a character from a property Brandon Dayton and I are working on.

KnuckleHead Quick Color

Just added a bit of color to this one.

KnuckleHead

Just a quick sketch of some knuckle-head.

String Along

Wanted to create some artwork for a print...this ones done just for kicks. Not sure yet if it's finished.