Color variations

My choice would be the bottom left, with the purple hair.

color variations

Here are a few color options for the bully character. I like the last one on the right best.

BULLY

Here's a very funny looking bully character. I drew this, but I can't take credit for the very cool design. He was designed by ERROL BURKE. He is very fun to draw, because he looks like Angus Young from AC DC. I was told the 'T' stands for TROUBLE. Perfect!

DR. JOHNNY FEVER from WKRP in Cincinnati

Next up is Dr. Johnny 'Fever' Caravella as played by Howard Hessemen. Definitely not a morning person, but he was really cool.

Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati

I am working on a pic of the whole cast from the show. It was one of my favorite shows of all time. Every single character was unique, interesting, had an individual look and was an archetypal character. This BAILEY QUARTERS. JAN SMITHERS was perfect in this role; shy, quiet, smart, but bursting with potential and ambition underneath those glasses.
My approach for this WKRP drawing, is not do to caricatures in the traditional sense. By that I mean I am not necessarily doing a caricature of Jan Smithers here. My approach is more like a character design approach. I am not trying to get a specific likeness of Jan Smithers, I am trying to capture the essence of her Bailey Quarters character.

I’m still working on her. I think I’m getting close to what I want.

Here she is…for now. She may be tweaked a bit before the final design is drawn. But I am pretty happy with this one. Now, onto the next WKRP character.

Still no pic....

...but there is one coming soon. I am working on a caricature that I wanted to do for a long time. Years, in fact! I don't want to ruin the surprise, but I will be posting the roughs soon. Until then, here is a link to FEED- animation_vfx_design blog. There is a nice post about the Ottawa Animation Festival. Look for the post dated Monday, October 2, 2006, called ONLINE OTTAWA X2. My propaganda parody films are mentioned.

WHAT?! No pic?!

No pic in this post, just a link to an article in BROADCASTER MAGAZINE. There is an article on the OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL, and my propaganda shorts are mentioned. I like their description of the Z-FILES, "zombie-filled, outrageously comical twist on 1950's nuclear propaganda films."

GOD VARIATIONS

These are the options for the GOD design. In the final design he had slippers, not Jesus sandals.

GOD

This is GOD. I did a bunch of variations of his beard. I went with this one because my girlfriend liked it best.

more pilot screen shots

This scene is a flash back of KARZINKI, the garbage truck driver, as a little boy. That's his Papa in the wife beater.

BACK FROM THE OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL

I just got back from the OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL. I had a blast! I met some amazing people. Everyone was super nice. Now I have one week left to finish this pilot. I could have used those 5 days I spent at the festival working on this, but it was an opportunity I could not afford to miss out on. I want to thank everyone involved in putting the festival together and everyone attending the festival too. Thank you very much. It was my first time at the Ottawa Festival and I will definitely be going back every year from now on. I added some new links, to the right, to some of the great people I met at the festival.
The guy in the bath robe and slippers, above, is God. I really like how this pilot episode is turning out. The working title of the show is PETE & BOB. The animation is very South Parkish. So I should be able to finish it in a week. There are several other posts in this blog about this project. If you go through the archives of the past 3 or so months, you'll see other screen shots, some of which were just tests and experiments. The screen shots above are not tests. That is the final look of the pilot.

PAINTER experiment #2

Still playing with PAINTER. I love this program. This is only my second pic using painter. I am discovering new techniques already. And I accidently found the rotate canvas function, very handy function indeed.

FOOD AND FALLOUT rough sketches

My personal favorite of the 4 episodes of the Z-FILES, is the 4th one. I am really hoping to get started on some new episodes in the new year.

WIND DIRECTION rough sketches

Episode 3 of THE Z-FILES was the most complex. It had the most cuts, the most scenes, the most BG's, and the most characters.

WONDERFUL SIGHT rough sketches

Yep, this is all the sketches for episode 2 of my animated shorts. All I needed was this to go ahead and start animating. The whole episode is one single medium shot, with very understated animation and lip sync.