Turkish Nights

Turkish Nights life drawing salon with the LA Gallery Girls.

Drawn on Cintiq tablet pc.
Jennifer Fabos-Batton, reclining model.
All the models chose good poses, and held them well. Many poses were around 20 minutes. Lots of good artists in attendance.

‪#‎gallerygirlsla‬ ‪#‎turkishdelightsla‬ ‪#‎drawing‬ ‪#‎sketching‬ #lifedrawing

Slaggrz: Happy Halloween 2015!

"Slaggrz" character design / Happy Halloween! 

Design by David

Assistant cleanup by Tin

Keisha Magic

Keisha the Ringmistress ~ a bit of character design.
(color is not calibrated, may be too yellow on some devices)

Frenemies

Character development animation test

Malcolm character rig courtesy of AnimSchool.edu

Early shot development stages

Shelldon Ep 603a Storyboard

Storyboard Animatic example scene, with acting direction/reference video, and English rough guide pre-production voice performance, prior to animation. 

Jackie Chan ~ How to do Action-Comedy

This is one of the better Jackie Chan filmmaker guides we've seen. Good comedic timing and fight choreography should both follow a rhythmic timing beat. Framing the action against the weight of background elements gives more impact. Hero starts with low status.

Happy holidays!




Some filmmakers can do action. Others can do comedy. But for 40 years, the master of combining them has been Jackie Chan. Let’s see how he does it. (Note: to see the names of the films, press the CC button!)

~ courtesy of everyframeapainting

Apropos Ed Wynn - Disney tests for Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland - Live action reference tests for the Un-Birthday Party, and the results.

 

Courtesy of Florian Satzinger Apropos Ed Wynn
 

Kids and Teens

Studies after Christopher Hart.

Caricature - Teacher. -- Happy Holidays!

Old life sketch of a teacher of mine, somehow turned into a new caricature. A little bit of Mort Drucker influence combined with more fluid line artists like Brett Whitely.

MusicOTherapy

MusicOTherapy

Musicotherapie from Beakus on Vimeo.

A short film created by Clément Picon, Manu Javelle and Beakus director Amael Isnard when graduating from France's prestigious school Supinfocom. In a mental hospital for animals, four patients start making music with every object they can find. Featuring music by Tambour Battant the film was shown at Pictoplasma, OneDotZero, Anima Bruxelles, NYCFF New York, and Animafest Zagreb, picking up several awards along the way.

Voice Acting: Byrdland

Pre- and Post-Production Voice

3 Principal Characters:
Pompous British Villian "Belton Sournotes"
Cockney Henchman 1 "Treblemaker"
Dumb Chicago-Brooklyn Henchman 2 "Bass" (Lennie Small / Mugsy type)
Voice Actor: David J Smith

3 Episodic Characters:
Vaudeville Era Wiseguy "Director"
Japanese Zen Master "Fujimori"
Crazy Old Astronaut "Skippy"
Voice Actor: David J Smith

More demos at Voices.com

Voice Directing: Byrdland Team

Pre- and Post-Production Voice-Over Team

Principal voice cast

Actors: Kelly, Kristen, Speedy and Krystal, rockin' the microphone!
Voice Director: David J Smith