Secret Ninja Turtle

Last night my girlfriend told me that she is "a secret ninja turtle named Raphaella Lee" and that she would "hurt me with her weapons." She said this after coming off the dance floor and explained that her watch flew off and almost hit someone in the face.  So if Erin really were a secret ninja turtle, I'd like to think that she'd look a little something like this...

Coda

I mentioned a few posts back that I was working with the Iowa Filmmakers on a short martial arts film (Now titled "Coda"). Well, I unfortunately had to drop out of completing my work on it due to some other gigs but I've heard filming has started on it and all is well.  I really only worked on 2 scenes but it was a blast to do and hopefully I'll be able to collaborate with those guys again in the future.  Here's a few of my favorite boards from the opening:

 

Storyboarding Class-Week 4

Week 4 of CGMA's storyboarding class with Steven Macleod consisted of doing some film studies (at least10 consecutive drawings) and taking photos to replicate compositions found in movies.  For the film study I chose "True Grit" by Cinematographer Roger Deakins.  Deakins' stuff is flat out awesome.  He can use a wide angle lens like a boss and I love the ubiquitous feel in everything he shoots.  So have a look at my drawings for that below.  I'd show you the photos but they're nothing special.  Mostly just shots of my girlfriend and dog.  Mkay, see you guys back here for week 5!

Storyboarding Class Week 3

We're past the 3 week point in class and it's still going great.  This past assignment was to either write a short script between 2 characters OR draw beat boards for something you did last summer or a childhood memory.  I opted for the childhood memory route and handed these in.  They probably don't need the generic descriptions I put on them but I'm fairly happy with how they turned out (considering I cranked them out over 2 short nights.)  Enjoy.

*and here's a bonus sketch of my girlfriend, Erin.  she had a long day at work and...well, this happened...

Storyboarding class - Week 2

So as I mentioned before I'm currently taking Steven Macleod's Storyboarding for feature animation class over on CGMA.  We're 3 weeks in and I'm loving it.  Steven is a great guy and his class has so much information in it.  I haven't taken notes like this since I was in art history back at ISU.  Anyways I thought I'd share the homework assignment for week 2, in which we were tasked with creating five original "gag" drawings.  A lot of what we just covered in the lecture had to do with the power of a single image and what makes for an interesting gag drawing.  Awesome stuff.  Steven even went over some of the stuff he learned from Matthew Luhn while at Pixar.  Again, awesome stuff.  So take a look at these and stay tuned for my next update from class.
-B