Today I joined Linkedin!
I will shortly see where this takes me!
So far I've put links to this blog and to my portfolio, that's the most important stuff I guess.
Take care!
måndag 30 juli 2012
fredag 27 juli 2012
Taking breaks?
These last weeks I've been out of town and honing my gardening skills... So sadly my project hasn't moved an inch! But on my break from the project I've gotten some ideas that I'm going to develop further and see where they take me, exciting indeed!
Speaking of breaks, I've been giving it some thought now and again. Sometimes I feel like I have to be working on my projects because I want to finish them, and I want to move forward. Sometimes I feel that all I want is a break from it all. I guess the best thing would be to integrate work and breaks/pauses. I think it's good to sometimes get a break from whatever you're doing because then you can look at it with "new" eyes.
So what I'm trying to say is that breaks are good and I hope my conscience thinks the same way...
Take care!
Speaking of breaks, I've been giving it some thought now and again. Sometimes I feel like I have to be working on my projects because I want to finish them, and I want to move forward. Sometimes I feel that all I want is a break from it all. I guess the best thing would be to integrate work and breaks/pauses. I think it's good to sometimes get a break from whatever you're doing because then you can look at it with "new" eyes.
So what I'm trying to say is that breaks are good and I hope my conscience thinks the same way...
Take care!
fredag 6 juli 2012
New project!
A few of the positive things with actually finishing projects are the feelings of accomplishment and pride. These last weeks I've been finishing some stuff that I've been working on for a long time. Maybe the best feeling is that you ask yourself, what am I going to do now? It feels like you are on an open road with a full tank of gas!
Well, last week I started a new project! This is a comics project, that's been wanting to get made for several years. The basic idea, is very old (back in '97) and in 2006 I started writing this script, that I finished in 2010. The idea then was to begin drawing it as a side project. But in a moment of clarity I decided to put it on hold because, well, I'm a guy and, ok, I'm opening up now... it's hard to do two things at the same time... Back then I was also in the middle of an animation project that took a lot of my time. So the script has been lying here just waiting to get drawn!
This last week I've been re-acquainting myself to the project, reading old notes and of course the script. I've also been working on the character sheets, I put them on the blog in 2010, so I thought that it would be a good thing to rework them. That work will probably continue today and next week also. And after that I'm going to look at the thumbnails of the first chapter that I drew in 2010. I'm quite happy with them, but there might be some changes to do.
I'm thinking of working on the project chapter-by-chapter to get some variety. I've got some thoughts about publication, but that's something that I think will get sorted out later in the process.
Ok, I have no idea when it will be finished. No clue at all! I'm hoping for next year, but I don't know. And I also don't know if I'm going to pull it off. Like, am I ready for this kind of project? Do I know what I'm doing? Will it work? Will people read it?
Speaking of reading, it's going to get published in Swedish, that's a decision that's been made, because I want to stay true to the original idea, and the script. But that doesn't mean that it will not get translated later on, so don't get sad because you're not fluent in Swedish!
I'm thinking of letting these blog posts be some kind of "behind-the-scenes" of the project, but I don't want to do posts that are like "Still drawing, no, I'm not finshed yet!" When you visit my blog I want there to be something for you, so you don't feel like it's a waste of time.
Take care!
Well, last week I started a new project! This is a comics project, that's been wanting to get made for several years. The basic idea, is very old (back in '97) and in 2006 I started writing this script, that I finished in 2010. The idea then was to begin drawing it as a side project. But in a moment of clarity I decided to put it on hold because, well, I'm a guy and, ok, I'm opening up now... it's hard to do two things at the same time... Back then I was also in the middle of an animation project that took a lot of my time. So the script has been lying here just waiting to get drawn!
This last week I've been re-acquainting myself to the project, reading old notes and of course the script. I've also been working on the character sheets, I put them on the blog in 2010, so I thought that it would be a good thing to rework them. That work will probably continue today and next week also. And after that I'm going to look at the thumbnails of the first chapter that I drew in 2010. I'm quite happy with them, but there might be some changes to do.
I'm thinking of working on the project chapter-by-chapter to get some variety. I've got some thoughts about publication, but that's something that I think will get sorted out later in the process.
Ok, I have no idea when it will be finished. No clue at all! I'm hoping for next year, but I don't know. And I also don't know if I'm going to pull it off. Like, am I ready for this kind of project? Do I know what I'm doing? Will it work? Will people read it?
Speaking of reading, it's going to get published in Swedish, that's a decision that's been made, because I want to stay true to the original idea, and the script. But that doesn't mean that it will not get translated later on, so don't get sad because you're not fluent in Swedish!
I'm thinking of letting these blog posts be some kind of "behind-the-scenes" of the project, but I don't want to do posts that are like "Still drawing, no, I'm not finshed yet!" When you visit my blog I want there to be something for you, so you don't feel like it's a waste of time.
Take care!
fredag 29 juni 2012
Swedish summer night sky
Last night I came up with the idea to take a few snapshots of the summer night sky, so you can see how it looks. My camera isn't the best but I think the idea comes across quite well.
The bright summer sky is something I can't get enough of, I stand on my balcony and look up and just taking it in. Although I know that the summer solstice was last week, I'm in total denial over that, we will have many, many bright nights left to enjoy, so there!
Take care
This photo is taken 22:20, and we see the sky over Mölndal and Gothenburg.
23:00
23:40, here my camera decided to put horizontal lines in the picture, don't know why...
0:20, this one became quite dark, in real life it's much brighter, trust me.
The bright summer sky is something I can't get enough of, I stand on my balcony and look up and just taking it in. Although I know that the summer solstice was last week, I'm in total denial over that, we will have many, many bright nights left to enjoy, so there!
Take care
This photo is taken 22:20, and we see the sky over Mölndal and Gothenburg.
23:00
23:40, here my camera decided to put horizontal lines in the picture, don't know why...
fredag 15 juni 2012
Why animation?
After looking at the pile of drawings for the previously mentioned lipsync, one might ask that question. Why among the various ways of expressing art did I choose animation?
Well, as many kids I had a love for animation, as I got older my interest deepened and I started to read magazines and books about animation and comics. I've always read and still reads comics, but it was something special with animation. We're in the 90s now and animation has a boom going on with great movies coming out from Disney and other companies. I had a rough talent for drawing, and I believe it was in '95 that I made the decision to take steps towards the animation field. So I took art lessons. Those lessons led to art school and that art school led to animation school!
But why animation?
I mean no sound man can put so many hours on a clip that takes a few seconds to watch...
Well, to go deeper into this mystery, I think it has to do with the drawing that moves. I think that's the only way to explain it. The still drawing that moves. When I put the drawings into the computer and it works, that's the greatest feeling. That's when those hours by the drawing board pays off. And when it doesn't work, it's equally frustrated! For me animation equals hand drawn animation, even though I've seen lots of 3d movies and liking them, in my head animation still is hand drawn.
My next animation project will be to explore the digital scene, if it will be 2d or 3d I don't know at the moment, maybe it will be both? But before I do that I'm going to do a project of mine that's been calling on my attention for quite some time, more news will follow...
So here is the pile of drawings for the lipsync. I haven't counted them, because that is not so important to me, the important thing is that the animation works!
Well, as many kids I had a love for animation, as I got older my interest deepened and I started to read magazines and books about animation and comics. I've always read and still reads comics, but it was something special with animation. We're in the 90s now and animation has a boom going on with great movies coming out from Disney and other companies. I had a rough talent for drawing, and I believe it was in '95 that I made the decision to take steps towards the animation field. So I took art lessons. Those lessons led to art school and that art school led to animation school!
But why animation?
I mean no sound man can put so many hours on a clip that takes a few seconds to watch...
Well, to go deeper into this mystery, I think it has to do with the drawing that moves. I think that's the only way to explain it. The still drawing that moves. When I put the drawings into the computer and it works, that's the greatest feeling. That's when those hours by the drawing board pays off. And when it doesn't work, it's equally frustrated! For me animation equals hand drawn animation, even though I've seen lots of 3d movies and liking them, in my head animation still is hand drawn.
My next animation project will be to explore the digital scene, if it will be 2d or 3d I don't know at the moment, maybe it will be both? But before I do that I'm going to do a project of mine that's been calling on my attention for quite some time, more news will follow...
So here is the pile of drawings for the lipsync. I haven't counted them, because that is not so important to me, the important thing is that the animation works!
Take care!
onsdag 13 juni 2012
New Demoreel
I've just updated my demoreel! It's on my portfolio and demoreel-blog, the link is to your right!
I want to extend my warm thanks and gratitude to my mentor to whom I've sent pieces of animation to look at, and he in his turn has sent notes to me. Sometimes within deadline, sometimes outside... ;-) Thanks!
Take care!
I want to extend my warm thanks and gratitude to my mentor to whom I've sent pieces of animation to look at, and he in his turn has sent notes to me. Sometimes within deadline, sometimes outside... ;-) Thanks!
Take care!
Lipsync
I'm now finished with a piece of animation that I've been working on for quite some time now, it's been an ongoing project that I've been working on, off and on. And now it's finished! Well, as you animators know, one can tweek the animation and work more on it, for me it's the piece itself that explains to me when or if it's done... I'm now going to share the linetests that I did along the way, so you can follow the process. The finished clip is at the bottom.
The character (Raccoon) is created by me.
The audio is "borrowed" from American Pie 2, it's one of the band camp kids that explains why you shouldn't bring food to band camp.
After analyzing the audio, thinking about what he is saying, how he is saying it. I did some sketches, took photos of the them and put them together with the audio, to get the feel of it.
Here I've done some more work on it, but still it's very crude.
Yet more work, and still keeping it loose to really find the right keys. On the above tests I haven't been focusing on being "on model" what's been more important is to find the right keys that can carry the sequence. My goal with this animation was to really breath life into the character, I wanted the animation to to be a "a piece of life".
Here is the first linetest with actual animation, although being very loose and still trying to work it all out. This was the first test that I sent to my mentor, so he could get me pointers on where I needed to do more work.
Here is the first cleaned up test, right about now I started to think that I was done with it, but I wasn't...
I needed to change a few things so I did...
When I sent this test to my mentor he gave it his blessing, maybe he was more tired of it than I was...? But I still found some things to work on...
...so I did and here it is, the finished animation! Ta-daaa!
Take care!
The character (Raccoon) is created by me.
The audio is "borrowed" from American Pie 2, it's one of the band camp kids that explains why you shouldn't bring food to band camp.
After analyzing the audio, thinking about what he is saying, how he is saying it. I did some sketches, took photos of the them and put them together with the audio, to get the feel of it.
Here I've done some more work on it, but still it's very crude.
Yet more work, and still keeping it loose to really find the right keys. On the above tests I haven't been focusing on being "on model" what's been more important is to find the right keys that can carry the sequence. My goal with this animation was to really breath life into the character, I wanted the animation to to be a "a piece of life".
Here is the first linetest with actual animation, although being very loose and still trying to work it all out. This was the first test that I sent to my mentor, so he could get me pointers on where I needed to do more work.
Here is the first cleaned up test, right about now I started to think that I was done with it, but I wasn't...
I needed to change a few things so I did...
When I sent this test to my mentor he gave it his blessing, maybe he was more tired of it than I was...? But I still found some things to work on...
...so I did and here it is, the finished animation! Ta-daaa!
Take care!
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