Oh my, I just realised I can upload pictures directly from the blog... Nevermind, I'll know next time.
Anyway, hope you liked it :). Next update should be some Characters Model Sheets, see you then!
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Customized MSN smileys- Girl Version
Yeah! Here it is, the girl version of my customized MSN smileys. Again you might use them if you kinda look like the girl in the picture :P.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Customized MSN smileys
Yeah! 1st "creative" post of 2010 hehehe. It's not much but I'll try to keep them coming :).
So this was done 'cause I was sick and tired of these ugly default msn smileys. It doesn't have all of them but all the ones needed for a basic msn conversation(Except for the crying one and ">.<" face which I may take care of anytime soon).
(click to enlarge)
(click to enlarge)
You may use them if you wish, but there wouldn't be any point in doing so as I made them for myself lol.
I got a request from a good friend of mine for a girl version of it, it should be up before the end of this week :D.
PS: If one of these ever pop up in one of your msn talk, please give a link to my blog hehehe.
Friday, 1 January 2010
Happy New Year Everyone!
Yeah, already 2010! It's going so fast... Anyway, I hope everyone had a great time on the 31st and that all your dreams for 2010 become true :D.
I'll try to upload a couple of things before my classes start next month but since I'm still on holidays we'll see how it goes ^^.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Super Hero Animation: The Final Product
Here it is! After many hours spent drawing and on Flash, I've finally finished it!
It's almost as good as I thought it would be even though I had to cut out a couple of scenes but the timing is better than the animatic.
Can't embed this one either, i must find a way to upload my swf properly....
It became really hard towards the end because I had to get it done in time for the expo so I spent 2 days straight without sleeping at all working on it. The last time my hands hurt so much was when I played Tekken 4 ages ago...
It's almost as good as I thought it would be even though I had to cut out a couple of scenes but the timing is better than the animatic.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1259394424
Feel free to comment/criticize :D.
Expo 09
Wooh, it's been a long month but the expo is done and I've finished my animation. Before showing the final result I just want to go back a bit on the opening night of the exhibition.
So, Expo 09: a 3 days exhibition starting with an opening night for industry people only, with prizes and potential job intereviews. We've been working on it since the beginning of this year and I must admit the organisation was pretty well done. We had around 20 people from the industry, we were told it was great. Personally I thought it was alright, I would have expected a bit more people but hey, can't have everything.
The night went smoothly, people had foods and drinks, they talked and had a good time even though the afternoon was pretty full-on as all the students had to prepare their booth, making sure everything was working and ready to go. Most of us didn't get lot of sleep the last couple of days before the expo and you could tell that 1 hour before the opening just by looking at people' faces.
My impressions:
As I said, I would've liked a bit more people. Other than that, I was exhausted after a all day of running around and standing next to my booth, my feet were killing me. The night was kind of akward sometimes, the thing is you stand next to your booth, waiting for people to come and have a look at your work but when they do, where are you supposed to stand and what are you supposed to do/say? Looking over someone shoulders isn't a good idea and standing right next to your booth starring at people isn't good either. Also the Animation section wasn't as successful as I hoped. Anyway, over all it was a pretty good experience.
What I've learned:
After a quick talk with the Guest Speaker we had from Quebec(speaking French helped a lot :D) the main thing I learned is : Originality is the key to success in the kind of event. 50 students showing the exact same things make the audience getting bored. So if you want to show some of your works, display only the originals one, things that others won't have. Even if in the end there's not much to show, you will stand out by your creativity.
So, Expo 09: a 3 days exhibition starting with an opening night for industry people only, with prizes and potential job intereviews. We've been working on it since the beginning of this year and I must admit the organisation was pretty well done. We had around 20 people from the industry, we were told it was great. Personally I thought it was alright, I would have expected a bit more people but hey, can't have everything.
The night went smoothly, people had foods and drinks, they talked and had a good time even though the afternoon was pretty full-on as all the students had to prepare their booth, making sure everything was working and ready to go. Most of us didn't get lot of sleep the last couple of days before the expo and you could tell that 1 hour before the opening just by looking at people' faces.
My impressions:
As I said, I would've liked a bit more people. Other than that, I was exhausted after a all day of running around and standing next to my booth, my feet were killing me. The night was kind of akward sometimes, the thing is you stand next to your booth, waiting for people to come and have a look at your work but when they do, where are you supposed to stand and what are you supposed to do/say? Looking over someone shoulders isn't a good idea and standing right next to your booth starring at people isn't good either. Also the Animation section wasn't as successful as I hoped. Anyway, over all it was a pretty good experience.
What I've learned:
After a quick talk with the Guest Speaker we had from Quebec(speaking French helped a lot :D) the main thing I learned is : Originality is the key to success in the kind of event. 50 students showing the exact same things make the audience getting bored. So if you want to show some of your works, display only the originals one, things that others won't have. Even if in the end there's not much to show, you will stand out by your creativity.
Let people breathe, usually people didn't like me around the booth looking at what they were looking. So don't stand too close to your booth, if they are interested in what you've done, they will be looking for you.
Make sure you're business cards are somewhere people won't miss them. Below the screen is too dark and way too far for people to reach out(yeah everybody had really really small arms lol). Put them next to the mouse or even put a message on the screen pointing at your business cards: Take me =>. Anything really, so people don't forget to get one of yours.
Put something that moves on the screen, it will be more likely to attract people than something static. Showreels are a good ideas, playing them in loops on the front get people a pretty good ideas of what your work is made off.
Leftovers:
Great showbags! I love the stress ball and the mouse pad, I haven't tasted the loli yet but I will soon hehehe.
Congratulations to all the winners of the night! There were 8 prizes giving out, within which 3 work experiences. All the winners really deserved their prizes but I'd liked to aknowledge my good friend Handi Tan for his prize as best use of Flash as he worked really hard for it and Flash isn't really one of his assets. To conclude:
Yeah, that's right! xD
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
I'm not dead...
...yet. Wooh, a month already since my last post, it's going so fast. I'm so busy right now with our end of the year expo coming up with all the deadlines for our projects...
I'm still working on the backgrounds so I won't update anything related to the SuperHero animation(if anyone got a name for it, please...). So many things left to do and not so much time, it's gonna get really tense towards the end and my frequency of posting may be the same as it was recently. So, for you to wait until my next awesome post(yeah, modesty is my middle name :D) here is a couple of links to look at whenever you've got some time to kill:
This one is a cover made by a good friend of mine. He sings so well, it kinda anoys me... I almost like this cover more than the original but I can't tell him(his middle name is modesty too hehehe). He's got some others if you want to check them out.
This one is an awesome 3d movie made by the French school "Les Gobelins". One day, in a distant future, I may get to their level... I love the colours and chara-design :).
I should have all my drawings and backgrounds done by the end of this week which gives me 3 weeks to trace off all the animation in Flash(CS4 sucks by the way...) and add a couple of effects. I believe I can do it in time, otherwise I will have to delete a couple of scenes which I don't want to. We'll see soon enough anyway.
Until next time, enjoy!
I'm still working on the backgrounds so I won't update anything related to the SuperHero animation(if anyone got a name for it, please...). So many things left to do and not so much time, it's gonna get really tense towards the end and my frequency of posting may be the same as it was recently. So, for you to wait until my next awesome post(yeah, modesty is my middle name :D) here is a couple of links to look at whenever you've got some time to kill:
This one is a cover made by a good friend of mine. He sings so well, it kinda anoys me... I almost like this cover more than the original but I can't tell him(his middle name is modesty too hehehe). He's got some others if you want to check them out.
This one is an awesome 3d movie made by the French school "Les Gobelins". One day, in a distant future, I may get to their level... I love the colours and chara-design :).
I should have all my drawings and backgrounds done by the end of this week which gives me 3 weeks to trace off all the animation in Flash(CS4 sucks by the way...) and add a couple of effects. I believe I can do it in time, otherwise I will have to delete a couple of scenes which I don't want to. We'll see soon enough anyway.
Until next time, enjoy!
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
3d Turn Around
3d model of my 1st character. I may do another one for my new character if I ever get the time :P
The quality isn't great but I didn't want to spent to much time on the rendering of this one as it's not my main project. Anyway, see you soon for a couple of backgrounds :)
The quality isn't great but I didn't want to spent to much time on the rendering of this one as it's not my main project. Anyway, see you soon for a couple of backgrounds :)
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