tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315286352024-03-18T06:10:58.110-07:00A Fire Llama's Animation Blog!Current freelance for animation and story board companies with Flash CS3-4, Photoshop, Toonboom, and Traditional Animation. Freelance in San Fernando Valley: Burbank, Glendale, Granada Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, Panorama City.
Freelance for animation, storyboard, character design, and concept design in Hollywood, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice, Los Feliz, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Pasadena, and Malibu. Eventually, freelance to New York, San Francisco, San Deigo.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-58448967615761195782013-01-02T00:38:00.000-08:002013-01-02T00:38:26.131-08:00Night at the Museum Final Render + "Cheated" Whiteboard AnimationAfter a few weeks of lazy vacation time, I finally got around to re-rendering my 3D Fundamentals final. I'm quite proud of the results, and will be creating more tests as I build an Animation Reel. I learned A TON from creating this scene from scratch, a lot more than simply going through Digital Tutors tutorials (though, very informative and helpful). All the elements of animation production: modeling, rigging, lighting, texturing, animation, staging, rendering, forged themselves into a scene once a story was done and simplified. Keeping everything as simple as possible kept headache time pretty low. Click to view it, in all it's foreign film glory:<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="218" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/56615755?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=a00f0f" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/56615755">Night at the Museum - Animation Final</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3809132">Jesse Soto</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
<br />
<br />
(For specifics, please go to the Vimeo page)<br />
<br />
Over the break, I also created this Mickey Mouse Whiteboard Animation test. This one is "cheated" since there isn't a true whiteboard drawing. Instead, the drawing was handled on Flash. And, the hand was added while compositing in After Effects. <br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="334" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/56616488?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=a00f0f" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/56616488">Whiteboard Animation Test - Christmas Mickey</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3809132">Jesse Soto</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-59802953085299034412012-12-07T22:53:00.000-08:002012-12-07T22:54:50.552-08:00Night at the Museum - Breakdown Pass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZAa-IU6tPk?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
Things have been busy busy the last few weeks. I've taken up learning CGI Animation @ Santa Monica College in their Academy for Entertainment and Technology. The teaching there has been fantastic, easing any inhibitions of not being able to learn or continuing to self-educate about Maya. There's been a strong emphasis on storytelling that simplifies your projects and the clarity in instruction lets you hit the ground running.<br />
<br />
I'm taking ET24 - 3D Fundamentals with Chris Fria. It's a pretty fast paced class....one week it's modeling polygons/nurbs, the next animation, and finally culminating nicely into rendering while coming to the ends of our final projects.<br />
<br />
Here's a sample of the textures that are going into be assigned to the characters. More to come!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD60kAKWwg2cv7DXwjBoeYaoB1rGAYWij1KDNBZ31H3BQQkcpWL-F43QDMIyj5ISLiIkYD0YL8rYzM0Yno47d4HW91xqZf8f0jd9Gq5Tszn_wgfHb_8O757clst9dUBJukVlk7g/s1600/TextPlat_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD60kAKWwg2cv7DXwjBoeYaoB1rGAYWij1KDNBZ31H3BQQkcpWL-F43QDMIyj5ISLiIkYD0YL8rYzM0Yno47d4HW91xqZf8f0jd9Gq5Tszn_wgfHb_8O757clst9dUBJukVlk7g/s320/TextPlat_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-85945050907816081182012-10-30T19:07:00.001-07:002012-10-30T19:07:48.658-07:00Golden Banana - 01<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLud3ww0Ye2cVyKeU1Dhj54f9bRYFXO2b3kmpYa_AzgeuFRbH5s4Ulr5fESOGJNUDqPwCqoZaOGHeGKjBPr4usbX7s4lfURQLOTaFeLIdn0bNl7nj1ZLIVOYhUakRNGEBU9bz4DQ/s1600/Leonardo_Design_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLud3ww0Ye2cVyKeU1Dhj54f9bRYFXO2b3kmpYa_AzgeuFRbH5s4Ulr5fESOGJNUDqPwCqoZaOGHeGKjBPr4usbX7s4lfURQLOTaFeLIdn0bNl7nj1ZLIVOYhUakRNGEBU9bz4DQ/s320/Leonardo_Design_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgvca1EiPWxp-JN22QU52inaoej2bLNjd9CHUZGr-Z6zF0Dq1zqKZNI2WnTpi6wvAcgBzZEgICf7Af5-dln7y_PZGJaLhpVFLaXbsSSHjhYg5lyCbVqoURGf5V96NOLIrBrOuNg/s1600/GoBanana_Design_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgvca1EiPWxp-JN22QU52inaoej2bLNjd9CHUZGr-Z6zF0Dq1zqKZNI2WnTpi6wvAcgBzZEgICf7Af5-dln7y_PZGJaLhpVFLaXbsSSHjhYg5lyCbVqoURGf5V96NOLIrBrOuNg/s320/GoBanana_Design_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhpED8wWVtJ0AQb0J_NLSPdiFtWXMyEAW79IgJeQ3X1HaV2OK94Ud1C6nEyPD9n3fhkAGIUXCbMgZoHF7KUxdb_yy1GM0jaec41iCNZvauIxlNGur9Ruv2CoqcTpu6t3FBhM5EA/s1600/GoBanana_BG_09+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhpED8wWVtJ0AQb0J_NLSPdiFtWXMyEAW79IgJeQ3X1HaV2OK94Ud1C6nEyPD9n3fhkAGIUXCbMgZoHF7KUxdb_yy1GM0jaec41iCNZvauIxlNGur9Ruv2CoqcTpu6t3FBhM5EA/s320/GoBanana_BG_09+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXvguHmpavcoVi34SwmEhYIe2zROuKQAb8lMqlYvPK7AwHlaHUhAyuMQULcNSxMJc4qvcAnRBLA2SEaKwOIF4wqZNA2c_pMH2_ssSQI-aTzVKGHFYudEugZa_8u-KikzsI2JS3Q/s1600/GoBanana_BG_08+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXvguHmpavcoVi34SwmEhYIe2zROuKQAb8lMqlYvPK7AwHlaHUhAyuMQULcNSxMJc4qvcAnRBLA2SEaKwOIF4wqZNA2c_pMH2_ssSQI-aTzVKGHFYudEugZa_8u-KikzsI2JS3Q/s320/GoBanana_BG_08+copy.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
In a jungle, around one obscure location, in a time predictably set for treasure hunting, a quest will unfold!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Here are a few images of a new project I've been working on at Santa Monica College. Hoping to have an Animatic by the end of the semester. Must keep working with my nose to the grindstone!</div>
Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-41245653173999569382012-09-30T15:03:00.000-07:002012-10-30T19:07:59.272-07:00Sunday Doodles!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GOxxJDDfWgpZqcGK6XwMvr831St6fyf7RW0ynIV4rTOlTQ0LPFPhQ6DAF5ZlZmcgS2njZS0vugaBr9KvvcB5qT7tAsVRL2KVe84EzrzzsCunRpuft5hkfc5q86gBFEIpO-7ybg/s1600/Environ_Dino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GOxxJDDfWgpZqcGK6XwMvr831St6fyf7RW0ynIV4rTOlTQ0LPFPhQ6DAF5ZlZmcgS2njZS0vugaBr9KvvcB5qT7tAsVRL2KVe84EzrzzsCunRpuft5hkfc5q86gBFEIpO-7ybg/s320/Environ_Dino.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPZFz2dJXhp_D7xuyTXMOOCqJuVXVOK-D09lTgew71IEocsfSWCitdHBoGw5lEfMwrUGY2DCCdjKNYnWJ5VY_xS3H7_pw29ytoQCTCqVYHWRvq7HDAt2IrLgP-UAzeo7jSN5MlA/s1600/Environ_Train.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPZFz2dJXhp_D7xuyTXMOOCqJuVXVOK-D09lTgew71IEocsfSWCitdHBoGw5lEfMwrUGY2DCCdjKNYnWJ5VY_xS3H7_pw29ytoQCTCqVYHWRvq7HDAt2IrLgP-UAzeo7jSN5MlA/s320/Environ_Train.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwG_kE0JjGnHur0VqPlK4tuiHvR0-JGqrRHNMefcTNe5-ww39LlZAHgGG-fDT3Q-f2Dqfkv8jfY5Z_S0WMFqroS6A24oRgNVy3Zs5Nyox-dLbYNknADwwS-Fe_eZW6D5VgOBqWAA/s1600/BigNinja_Sketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwG_kE0JjGnHur0VqPlK4tuiHvR0-JGqrRHNMefcTNe5-ww39LlZAHgGG-fDT3Q-f2Dqfkv8jfY5Z_S0WMFqroS6A24oRgNVy3Zs5Nyox-dLbYNknADwwS-Fe_eZW6D5VgOBqWAA/s320/BigNinja_Sketch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Micron Pens and faded Copic Markers for the environments. Looking back, I should have bought a new marker for an even tone. The Buff Ninja drawing done on Photoshop with a 7 pt. brush. </div>
Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-71124510405654180312012-09-12T00:03:00.002-07:002012-09-12T00:03:38.154-07:00More Applejack Sketches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV30NCX23DxIeJHIh4U5IHvw5J5BmeoamWroQxGKudS0ur8Yba0RtQeWdvelIV-CDI8cGYBn-N_hyphenhyphenIiKx70ZMTxxrprIkJSGHZhM6DCM6WD4VmvoosCqY7LSYbVS9uZ8gDLxp7dQ/s1600/Applejacks_Mag01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV30NCX23DxIeJHIh4U5IHvw5J5BmeoamWroQxGKudS0ur8Yba0RtQeWdvelIV-CDI8cGYBn-N_hyphenhyphenIiKx70ZMTxxrprIkJSGHZhM6DCM6WD4VmvoosCqY7LSYbVS9uZ8gDLxp7dQ/s320/Applejacks_Mag01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1pETelFPQwcB2YsMqBb5Zf1IVK3jnOTCDC3cgcXZ0-vo4p8nKCUlVRjsLysZLm4iP8kABwNNTCTBwUUA4LPX3wKGw3fpl2SZSev7rnPZOjixTX3ffNvCyq7VzijVE3CUbmmy7A/s1600/ApplejackVin_02_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1pETelFPQwcB2YsMqBb5Zf1IVK3jnOTCDC3cgcXZ0-vo4p8nKCUlVRjsLysZLm4iP8kABwNNTCTBwUUA4LPX3wKGw3fpl2SZSev7rnPZOjixTX3ffNvCyq7VzijVE3CUbmmy7A/s320/ApplejackVin_02_blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjid2oGX-tBbtvRdCpm45wbnp1Yt8VO86_NHe8oKV2bPWpMUNCH9piIR_-VeHp-qvnCOH33qgFlfKzdZVtHo2zqjRPNSrFU3YwVqD1ArzzWgcfR1QbvpDVO0lQzFYSdkbUBh-i8g/s1600/ApplejackVin_03_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjid2oGX-tBbtvRdCpm45wbnp1Yt8VO86_NHe8oKV2bPWpMUNCH9piIR_-VeHp-qvnCOH33qgFlfKzdZVtHo2zqjRPNSrFU3YwVqD1ArzzWgcfR1QbvpDVO0lQzFYSdkbUBh-i8g/s320/ApplejackVin_03_blog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Exploring around the closed-off world that this talented band begins in.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Eventually they'll hit the road, starting at fun joints to make ends meet. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
First spending countless hours hanging out and making loud music, mixed in with food trips.</div>
Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-2218635201019671852012-07-30T03:52:00.001-07:002012-07-30T03:53:07.877-07:00It's all about the Dark Knight!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDwAP3VKdQgQPqM1h1y7f-QoPTSZhQA-NOua0gI7Z1wY09P4TPK-QotIeM4zG9fkfBKZLu7FsK6lN7a0aHHf2U87gSrlMrbKWyiXGuE-3rQl7aDySufil_9rUtLPAuSqc-xTUWg/s1600/BatmanMedieval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDwAP3VKdQgQPqM1h1y7f-QoPTSZhQA-NOua0gI7Z1wY09P4TPK-QotIeM4zG9fkfBKZLu7FsK6lN7a0aHHf2U87gSrlMrbKWyiXGuE-3rQl7aDySufil_9rUtLPAuSqc-xTUWg/s320/BatmanMedieval.jpg" width="274" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHPXSKvQD7ANjlmP4YA_C2cn4g9C3yrLHdT_i8WNDSdtOlKMNwGUlwCNkfUny_6AqCLp5wc11jbruNHAO88BzQUKhW8oBbP9ZPiqfR1KLb4C1fjq1S7apd1aOdALRTJ74uV32Gg/s1600/Awesome+Sketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHPXSKvQD7ANjlmP4YA_C2cn4g9C3yrLHdT_i8WNDSdtOlKMNwGUlwCNkfUny_6AqCLp5wc11jbruNHAO88BzQUKhW8oBbP9ZPiqfR1KLb4C1fjq1S7apd1aOdALRTJ74uV32Gg/s320/Awesome+Sketch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Over the weekend, I went to see Medieval Times + Batman Rises for my friend's birthday. The first sketch came about because our yellow knight was wickedly awesome, but got destroyed by a cheap knight on a horse. There were no other knights as wolverine-like a fighter as he was, so alas we were sorta rooting for the bad guys... The bottom one is fun doodle! Two kid bickering, because of a out of control rocket.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-90707168130973208112012-07-16T14:48:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:48:17.476-07:0035th and 36th Sketchcrawl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr32jpv74ZXtm7QrQx_vpIJ789cLO_Q2U0l_y01eIhFWj_DshtdpOgkKtiKnhyrRVe5Ob_G1SX4Ngy_A4mD9mLdd0eRLkS74dVmqauJ4ubXTwdq1JCtTWPpxRG_XnmYSij1m9YA/s1600/SketchCrawl_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmr32jpv74ZXtm7QrQx_vpIJ789cLO_Q2U0l_y01eIhFWj_DshtdpOgkKtiKnhyrRVe5Ob_G1SX4Ngy_A4mD9mLdd0eRLkS74dVmqauJ4ubXTwdq1JCtTWPpxRG_XnmYSij1m9YA/s320/SketchCrawl_01.jpg" width="211" /> </a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
July 14th was the 36th Worldwide Sketchcrawl, and the LA Sketchcrawl group decided to visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I didn't make it out there, but managed to sketch a bit from a coffee shop in Burbank. Some of their artwork (and fun experience) is posted: http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=7946</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91ZhNQEZ7HFVotH0ixvs_SXW-YbRpgvvvVhTKBQQPbS87O4f298UqRMSWGvsa20aOsV07mSdDq-ptJCX_EwhdnFXqa94LyMCflrLpM1bfFMZYqdUgKvmfdYbfg1_ZcYm5XBRPvA/s1600/SketchCrawl_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91ZhNQEZ7HFVotH0ixvs_SXW-YbRpgvvvVhTKBQQPbS87O4f298UqRMSWGvsa20aOsV07mSdDq-ptJCX_EwhdnFXqa94LyMCflrLpM1bfFMZYqdUgKvmfdYbfg1_ZcYm5XBRPvA/s320/SketchCrawl_02.jpg" width="315" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUCUrWSzcTYFr0ptjPN1KZ0YmUiFkRFyAyEA5YbXwAsV9_Hopk-zA0LOFEiqJ9lt0Bh3ahkeGjG_mvQ7EpbkuYwSkXKNWebantk-KReVA05K9wLi7FnFP7mZbs_jgRZsbfSYdsw/s1600/SketchCrawl_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUCUrWSzcTYFr0ptjPN1KZ0YmUiFkRFyAyEA5YbXwAsV9_Hopk-zA0LOFEiqJ9lt0Bh3ahkeGjG_mvQ7EpbkuYwSkXKNWebantk-KReVA05K9wLi7FnFP7mZbs_jgRZsbfSYdsw/s320/SketchCrawl_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
3 months prior was the 35th Sketchcrawl. I did a few sketches (above) at the Glendale Brand Library.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivefhNtF_44eGRuwRkoM4kO1BT3cVHSZ-LClpkqClDva1nuzZB8t80v1JNFZmxGD_vMCaewdnc_8HerJhi89ZqDvMw0RKI0hF9IC9Ku7zw_D6bZjnNirWE0obalwonLloRTfqP2w/s1600/SketchCrawl_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivefhNtF_44eGRuwRkoM4kO1BT3cVHSZ-LClpkqClDva1nuzZB8t80v1JNFZmxGD_vMCaewdnc_8HerJhi89ZqDvMw0RKI0hF9IC9Ku7zw_D6bZjnNirWE0obalwonLloRTfqP2w/s320/SketchCrawl_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0Bj7JnIphhN4uW6BCby1oztvWw9DvqA0r7jWk276XrAaV7tvQRV2Zp20uam_bN_fGGgbeo2_6iTyGQSdYBeYLEXW0kfqoPp-674OZcjA35kVbAeYq4xP_RCtq4iSMM0jXIgnFw/s1600/SketchCrawl_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0Bj7JnIphhN4uW6BCby1oztvWw9DvqA0r7jWk276XrAaV7tvQRV2Zp20uam_bN_fGGgbeo2_6iTyGQSdYBeYLEXW0kfqoPp-674OZcjA35kVbAeYq4xP_RCtq4iSMM0jXIgnFw/s400/SketchCrawl_05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Pages from the good ole Sketchbook!</div>
<br />
<br />Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-60119119655388704862012-07-03T02:52:00.001-07:002012-07-03T02:52:21.697-07:00Applejacks - Desert Stampede<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYn5UJKgHPh_SY8kNu_pxUGf-LWb3iVkmMFKG1dhrH_RQfWxoGOzDqYs5KbzI0ylZbTvZOCdoEh_jlQIfkfyIQAMorPd-YC05lwSh8QNNTi9ZlSBi91HE1goYAjgT992QvqVCng/s1600/AppleJacks+Vingette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYn5UJKgHPh_SY8kNu_pxUGf-LWb3iVkmMFKG1dhrH_RQfWxoGOzDqYs5KbzI0ylZbTvZOCdoEh_jlQIfkfyIQAMorPd-YC05lwSh8QNNTi9ZlSBi91HE1goYAjgT992QvqVCng/s400/AppleJacks+Vingette.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(Click to ENLARGE, much better in high resolution)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Done originally as what should have lead up to a portfolio piece, but had left it alone for months. Mostly because it was really busy with many dark lines, and equal lighting. It sort of looked a little dull! Played with the color overlay to get an atmospheric vibe with the canyon walls and giving a shade in the front helped out the composition. Really glad I came back to this and finished it!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
As far as the story of the Applejack's goes...they eventually leave their RC hometown in a fixed up shaggin wagon. Their poor sense of direction leads them into a misadventure, involving rounding up a herd of cattle (farm in a desert), who in turn, stampede them through desert canyons. Their make shift escape plane begins to fall apart upon take off. Mag (the machine) flings himself to hold the wing together. They redirect the stampede back home through flight! </div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-86322145208212584512012-06-26T03:04:00.000-07:002012-06-26T03:12:07.913-07:00AppleJacks - Hangout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DT0bPAwvrr56FOrqfCEzyT0TVSh_NzACItZhrIaxQPb-uYA6LoqUmr-eCeUV0zxUZmYp8uWGcKmc-5_NiZSk7M1s-pF7irbFKCX_qucy_muEpBfokI9MpgMov0f4tePIJuuSaw/s1600/Applejacks_oneafternoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DT0bPAwvrr56FOrqfCEzyT0TVSh_NzACItZhrIaxQPb-uYA6LoqUmr-eCeUV0zxUZmYp8uWGcKmc-5_NiZSk7M1s-pF7irbFKCX_qucy_muEpBfokI9MpgMov0f4tePIJuuSaw/s640/Applejacks_oneafternoon.jpg" width="433" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Two band-mates hanging out in the park, only one of them is like a battery. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Played around with some screening affects in Photoshop. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Definitely like the hipster retro photo effects. </div>
<br />Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-37074878272558661302012-06-23T19:25:00.000-07:002012-06-23T19:28:20.424-07:00Sketchies - 02<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu68C3x-RVhLrJ1J7-8OxdGo7Hf7bGG90l4kIB3Txbs8roSZnbwLspaK_sseU8ugucNJl564y66_Ocn7P85L-AAxoIxpDuHwsB4upuMvdGjeDauGWYFVaqV-NpjeB_qD32Z3gBqA/s1600/Sketch_Ninja_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu68C3x-RVhLrJ1J7-8OxdGo7Hf7bGG90l4kIB3Txbs8roSZnbwLspaK_sseU8ugucNJl564y66_Ocn7P85L-AAxoIxpDuHwsB4upuMvdGjeDauGWYFVaqV-NpjeB_qD32Z3gBqA/s320/Sketch_Ninja_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjT2GxYaJNpnm19Muw3aksfhevf7a4ul3138DaUtF-MmxmjMZqpv7I8wXj4Wp9UYN-hlg8YIt7ll2CS7985t3wxh8xwajuabSOHRPZpl8hPT92ET4HmYBVui_mgRrQ2ZiltNiEw/s1600/Sketch_Ninja_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjT2GxYaJNpnm19Muw3aksfhevf7a4ul3138DaUtF-MmxmjMZqpv7I8wXj4Wp9UYN-hlg8YIt7ll2CS7985t3wxh8xwajuabSOHRPZpl8hPT92ET4HmYBVui_mgRrQ2ZiltNiEw/s320/Sketch_Ninja_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCINarvyvU74BkHqaDj3d3HYMXv0Bg-mh04u8tV8SjZKM4ZMzsJX75yyIr64KN6n-vEbzMNkRyfyTvZPH7L4NZhnAyzDdadpj6hAA3BX-4qp_pBMr3_8xvAJsgYURDU84j-isuJg/s1600/Sketch_Ninja_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCINarvyvU74BkHqaDj3d3HYMXv0Bg-mh04u8tV8SjZKM4ZMzsJX75yyIr64KN6n-vEbzMNkRyfyTvZPH7L4NZhnAyzDdadpj6hAA3BX-4qp_pBMr3_8xvAJsgYURDU84j-isuJg/s320/Sketch_Ninja_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Fresh doodles drawn during lunch and breaks while at work. Colored and stuff on Photoshop!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Have been reading Trigun and a little of bit Assassin's Creed, so the ideas are filtering in here.</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0Burbank, CA, USA34.1808392 -118.308966134.1282957 -118.3879301 34.2333827 -118.23000210000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-10566702428552432382012-04-15T23:29:00.000-07:002012-04-15T23:29:20.088-07:00A Very Deadly Trap!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9LE9zeSaP8GCNJtO0DdXCaoADdlzFpwgJ1Goa2yd6hBR9mBTBAa2zppfloHC_5fx96Wv9C2WFqbbReFKEGCPXGA53v4LVKhXOAdHuJzvklrkeYyfXlOZcunDVm0vUq0IhN3SZQ/s1600/Sketch_Mousefood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9LE9zeSaP8GCNJtO0DdXCaoADdlzFpwgJ1Goa2yd6hBR9mBTBAa2zppfloHC_5fx96Wv9C2WFqbbReFKEGCPXGA53v4LVKhXOAdHuJzvklrkeYyfXlOZcunDVm0vUq0IhN3SZQ/s320/Sketch_Mousefood.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mouse likes to nom-nom</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nom-nomming leads to trap</div><div style="text-align: center;">Trap leads to death</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mouse will nom-nom no more :(</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tis a sad Mouse</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-64233169534950901502012-01-23T23:50:00.000-08:002012-01-23T23:52:19.177-08:00Link! Skyward Sword<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMXz5yoVRYTNdbyL2n8nK740mmoJQ0cnL0MIZ3CEPaplprgwWPtHGx-u3E_P_6jquTIZW1PiKH__bBHC3rX9zO7HkYQUPTgDNFiXfnLk-bwNL6NG3T1O4PnBSkeKiMEHtjoWloA/s1600/Skyward+Sword+Drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMXz5yoVRYTNdbyL2n8nK740mmoJQ0cnL0MIZ3CEPaplprgwWPtHGx-u3E_P_6jquTIZW1PiKH__bBHC3rX9zO7HkYQUPTgDNFiXfnLk-bwNL6NG3T1O4PnBSkeKiMEHtjoWloA/s320/Skyward+Sword+Drawing.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Death from above!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I've been playing Skyward Sword over the last few weeks. The game is like visual candy, there's a lot of neat textures and patterns throughout. I could walk around Faron Woods and stare at the ancient trees or the symbols on the temple walls for a long time while my heart meter drops to 0. Also, fighting like a crazed monkey seems to work out better than pretending to be a calculating samurai.</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com129tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-10315802955686504202012-01-05T02:01:00.000-08:002012-01-05T02:01:45.015-08:00Happy New Years 2012!?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IMd_cOehK8A/TwVyE9hz_tI/AAAAAAAAAsU/sWcJ4ejvORk/s1600/2012+Dragon+v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IMd_cOehK8A/TwVyE9hz_tI/AAAAAAAAAsU/sWcJ4ejvORk/s400/2012+Dragon+v2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Happy 2012 Everyone! Year of the Dragon! My main resolution is to draw/paint something everyday + continue work on Applejacks. I'm hoping to have a few sketchbooks by the years end and not stressing out after Thanksgiving dinner.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-13537745630179274322011-11-30T15:29:00.000-08:002011-11-30T15:29:25.878-08:00Dog Canyon Exercise :P<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbnbImERzNbknSCrSH8Gn3c_MrVCaIpVLuOuBbGCifL9WDZgGUp-YuJY0ln2HVpM_sJEooKnp6_Fv0P7M1RkY9tiF607MD0Puovuep83TpdLXLUqwnjZjSWKNuMlqCNoqkhsemw/s1600/Canyon+Dog+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbnbImERzNbknSCrSH8Gn3c_MrVCaIpVLuOuBbGCifL9WDZgGUp-YuJY0ln2HVpM_sJEooKnp6_Fv0P7M1RkY9tiF607MD0Puovuep83TpdLXLUqwnjZjSWKNuMlqCNoqkhsemw/s320/Canyon+Dog+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL1y1gcRFbK3PW81AF6q231C4OO2U9c6P7cIa0-89n20I0ABadOJ0A7eT6vWj3MZ1fCUoKQKA6n7pG5bmfBkEMACffJsboPAwbnAs6X5ZH5oE9rRz9pdGG0jy4nRSMB5AmaDmfw/s1600/Canyon+Dog+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicL1y1gcRFbK3PW81AF6q231C4OO2U9c6P7cIa0-89n20I0ABadOJ0A7eT6vWj3MZ1fCUoKQKA6n7pG5bmfBkEMACffJsboPAwbnAs6X5ZH5oE9rRz9pdGG0jy4nRSMB5AmaDmfw/s320/Canyon+Dog+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvWVdMycnZ4v-6wMGP5nZ5YXimIks3CbNxv16kNkfPvZEArXnAtAb_r7pnQkrt0b8NvG5gfzRPaFj609B73E9fO1M2Oe715_xeJxQTlNtj1E16aDDwNGwjQUxqXy2d4_ZlM7tvg/s1600/Canyon+Dog+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvWVdMycnZ4v-6wMGP5nZ5YXimIks3CbNxv16kNkfPvZEArXnAtAb_r7pnQkrt0b8NvG5gfzRPaFj609B73E9fO1M2Oe715_xeJxQTlNtj1E16aDDwNGwjQUxqXy2d4_ZlM7tvg/s320/Canyon+Dog+03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y7Acl-CaK4SSelrYuh4PkdDoiJZzhYkLn6UM_2kPLjgDgJW10ne1aPAYuX6-tc0RYwga-ybm_wj9us7eiYEuz_bixFV7Z2nwcIgjsfW0Br4O9XvQF632BEuyOHdK-tmC6i5IMQ/s1600/Canyon+Dog+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y7Acl-CaK4SSelrYuh4PkdDoiJZzhYkLn6UM_2kPLjgDgJW10ne1aPAYuX6-tc0RYwga-ybm_wj9us7eiYEuz_bixFV7Z2nwcIgjsfW0Br4O9XvQF632BEuyOHdK-tmC6i5IMQ/s320/Canyon+Dog+04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07eWZneJ8aPXiIFVDG_Lh3VqQva7dvsA1C3pEdWutY3EHIz6YM7H5edzB1_bzOQbJPUD7Wk3pzh3SSfT1uceuqe4KY6Kknt5Z3l0aZ4rn-_tMarN1vVVANjv6thwF15VE1SPQFA/s1600/Canyon+Dog+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07eWZneJ8aPXiIFVDG_Lh3VqQva7dvsA1C3pEdWutY3EHIz6YM7H5edzB1_bzOQbJPUD7Wk3pzh3SSfT1uceuqe4KY6Kknt5Z3l0aZ4rn-_tMarN1vVVANjv6thwF15VE1SPQFA/s320/Canyon+Dog+05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r_h5XIVJf_1cwoSTxalL6OJXBeheUvbW4Ib3ikKEpIXAC-pOqPvy5P3AvU7FPBbfeEK8jS00T8Xh8OQAbzZleL2qycqHbQJ73dxUdW5TFBwPOOpkg9s5IbFsWZByFtWYhhuKVw/s1600/Canyon+Dog+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r_h5XIVJf_1cwoSTxalL6OJXBeheUvbW4Ib3ikKEpIXAC-pOqPvy5P3AvU7FPBbfeEK8jS00T8Xh8OQAbzZleL2qycqHbQJ73dxUdW5TFBwPOOpkg9s5IbFsWZByFtWYhhuKVw/s320/Canyon+Dog+06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmMDJ_Q_EzMCwG-uU1VUPp3IcyBQZEtSU3lfa7wWiIo2hPXOdtZ6_LfA1xEWFfJt3N8Xwf7P_cMOMXQRCnfWjQQtSIKPlrfKV4fPJKxiNNygO9JE7k-OiDwb9tXvMnzs4cAx9vw/s1600/Canyon+Dog+07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmMDJ_Q_EzMCwG-uU1VUPp3IcyBQZEtSU3lfa7wWiIo2hPXOdtZ6_LfA1xEWFfJt3N8Xwf7P_cMOMXQRCnfWjQQtSIKPlrfKV4fPJKxiNNygO9JE7k-OiDwb9tXvMnzs4cAx9vw/s320/Canyon+Dog+07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wSkdoquIdzWQVWmH4zEa3BmnBRtm7NPnET5-MLvnnvwOEyP-Svc5Vg8-jQhnA2lXgyjnJ3-BL0Ax8xW9JfkkShurorsKgxicZZBXzthPEQ2mFRtqQuz4O3CSXSP0hvUxP6xcAg/s1600/Canyon+Dog+08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wSkdoquIdzWQVWmH4zEa3BmnBRtm7NPnET5-MLvnnvwOEyP-Svc5Vg8-jQhnA2lXgyjnJ3-BL0Ax8xW9JfkkShurorsKgxicZZBXzthPEQ2mFRtqQuz4O3CSXSP0hvUxP6xcAg/s320/Canyon+Dog+08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopHgBjhU2ekllbpOP21jOVleTuchMbxHH_cPxL9aP0Y_rAtVeKl9b6_EqZXaLojc_OH50cBWugWZY4qSjjAM58W4vuaIHiMOgmotTQu1dRxDYdAt8Txfmlvh_1BHeezNozM96TA/s1600/Canyon+Dog+09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopHgBjhU2ekllbpOP21jOVleTuchMbxHH_cPxL9aP0Y_rAtVeKl9b6_EqZXaLojc_OH50cBWugWZY4qSjjAM58W4vuaIHiMOgmotTQu1dRxDYdAt8Txfmlvh_1BHeezNozM96TA/s320/Canyon+Dog+09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
My storyboard teacher gave me a note to utilize the entire space to help my storyboards become more cinematic. Having the characters move toward/away from the screen is helping open up a lot more options for storytelling. Am pretty curious if using a long down shot of a barren desert underneath the dog's house would help to better sell that there's nothing to eat.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-48522752449517224972011-11-22T02:01:00.000-08:002011-11-22T02:01:50.537-08:00Plasma Arm Superheroine - Roxy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0J_xLyKUNHu27QmN_6M2e5pMi3enS2T5cCLDRqDT8n4H5-GMB9YWKNmxa5EsUQqz8nktJuHRiI-syBNQjQ-ROx_A5C_HJz0JnRfWqR8LC4QzlZzE03KQgqa690bGm-0x4PavrA/s1600/Random_008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0J_xLyKUNHu27QmN_6M2e5pMi3enS2T5cCLDRqDT8n4H5-GMB9YWKNmxa5EsUQqz8nktJuHRiI-syBNQjQ-ROx_A5C_HJz0JnRfWqR8LC4QzlZzE03KQgqa690bGm-0x4PavrA/s320/Random_008.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br />
Sketched her out to be a super heroine of sorts with an plasma arm that activates when in battle/protect civilians. I imagine her to be a swift as elves and somewhat a scout. I would love to see someone sketch out super heroes as friendly tags on allowable walls. This was inspired by the awesomeness of Avengers on Netflix.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-86514332857523661902011-11-05T17:45:00.000-07:002011-11-05T17:47:58.246-07:00Applejacks Exploration!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwEXiMqXhO13igoMMNUGjYlmnxtfdFjvebKb-XGSE1gX_CdF1rQJeTPKNDD_xhyphenhyphen_6cf6Mf-tfujBHfkZtoatovPCoWC1kNfTPnVrUQYBa9BGCh9_KuX1ha-dclDFFVjeEJRTx3Q/s1600/J-rock02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwEXiMqXhO13igoMMNUGjYlmnxtfdFjvebKb-XGSE1gX_CdF1rQJeTPKNDD_xhyphenhyphen_6cf6Mf-tfujBHfkZtoatovPCoWC1kNfTPnVrUQYBa9BGCh9_KuX1ha-dclDFFVjeEJRTx3Q/s320/J-rock02.jpg" width="176" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Exploring the Mood/Emotion for Japanese Rock (Jrock!). Some bands are very dark and flashy (Malice Mizer), while others are high energy and inspiring (L'arc~en~Ciel). I'm taking some time to research some well known Japanese bands, which turns out into watching some amazing concerts :) It's pretty amazing how far these bands go to dress and stage, it's almost like a musical. This piece is a mixture of both kinds of moods.</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-74783447693019500172011-10-26T13:30:00.000-07:002011-10-26T13:30:15.492-07:00Story Ideas for the Applejacks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxfxDfV8xnF36c8dBK3H3928tpzDmSQsqA84IOzK_3PedXx2VZlvnlq8LUtA2ONR9Glyzb2ZprF1VRjEwvWGWLqOvDU5khEkB_HnPN4vkObTUx36X_gZm89z4nEUiJYW1UKyJqA/s1600/Applejackshot02+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxfxDfV8xnF36c8dBK3H3928tpzDmSQsqA84IOzK_3PedXx2VZlvnlq8LUtA2ONR9Glyzb2ZprF1VRjEwvWGWLqOvDU5khEkB_HnPN4vkObTUx36X_gZm89z4nEUiJYW1UKyJqA/s320/Applejackshot02+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTHORwPnjoq0dkgVDxZ1TnEWj5r_o6AIKGoDrzyLmy6Ic4SEzQL6jFCuoGbcn82AafMsaRbsoYLhsPomBofEbA1m7Gltvs39PpgpVokZkcJ-1HI3BfUvHriWGuDcNGaUQAuukCA/s1600/Applejackshot01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTHORwPnjoq0dkgVDxZ1TnEWj5r_o6AIKGoDrzyLmy6Ic4SEzQL6jFCuoGbcn82AafMsaRbsoYLhsPomBofEbA1m7Gltvs39PpgpVokZkcJ-1HI3BfUvHriWGuDcNGaUQAuukCA/s320/Applejackshot01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3twol7Ma09qhNsARUS2TJuSlEhjmD-sgR7KOdLdFj6pe1pqT6gbGvtPbDxO0w6Tjbg1FsxiBeG9LQCNkgdtT_mOieGbC0DExgNeHLTrC37YN4u6HmU9UwJULJQENTM0YhgSe6AA/s1600/Applejackshot03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3twol7Ma09qhNsARUS2TJuSlEhjmD-sgR7KOdLdFj6pe1pqT6gbGvtPbDxO0w6Tjbg1FsxiBeG9LQCNkgdtT_mOieGbC0DExgNeHLTrC37YN4u6HmU9UwJULJQENTM0YhgSe6AA/s320/Applejackshot03.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, needed to play around with potential story ideas for the Applejacks for Story @ Concept Design Academy: (here's what I got)</div>1) established band on their first road trip tour.<br />
2) fighting giant monsters with music (and elemental creatures) to protect their RV park home.<br />
3) other band gets jealous of Applejack's awesomeness. They might sabotage them or just be a hurdle for every adventure they go on.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-61346119243771393362011-10-17T16:56:00.000-07:002011-10-17T16:56:52.630-07:00Character Exploration + The King's Speech Comp Studies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiePm11pHWE-Q2W7o14UYSDpbNDiOHD2uXubMalguZg5MnsNpmNOEaohVVT91wmYphPxtDFyWvJiERxulBynTnWd4ejvoXf9M3BzKzvDueeWd2DCGaMOvG6l0T_lOsKjeMjflPOA/s1600/Applejacks+Vinette+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiePm11pHWE-Q2W7o14UYSDpbNDiOHD2uXubMalguZg5MnsNpmNOEaohVVT91wmYphPxtDFyWvJiERxulBynTnWd4ejvoXf9M3BzKzvDueeWd2DCGaMOvG6l0T_lOsKjeMjflPOA/s320/Applejacks+Vinette+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title"></h3><div class="post-header"></div>I'm taking Story Development for Animation @ Concept Design Academy right now. Our assignment this week is to explore our characters a bit further. This is a vingette character exploration of the Applejacks (a band I made up). Mag, the robotic boy of the group has a talent for rebuilding himself as well as building other robots/machines. He does this in the basement of his parent's RV home. The RV community usually requests the strangest coffeemaker combination machines from him.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZBU81gvsmg3jWYDGge5y-sMjkXls8ChLRUhBVQYg2qskaNEj8jdQP7lWzYHmAEFBhkG49MG6HWqQO-bd5alZQOhnQx9gSIs7ujkpN4Iv8NnH3eaK1-mFoKNw6gf4OA0RQJbZbA/s1600/KingsSpeech+Thumbnails+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZBU81gvsmg3jWYDGge5y-sMjkXls8ChLRUhBVQYg2qskaNEj8jdQP7lWzYHmAEFBhkG49MG6HWqQO-bd5alZQOhnQx9gSIs7ujkpN4Iv8NnH3eaK1-mFoKNw6gf4OA0RQJbZbA/s320/KingsSpeech+Thumbnails+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8J_shDWypzbpun3KPTvuh7_wsyzbsO_py57tlhXyEijXN6VYOKZnZEGxc_1FCGQHtaPI6lRjEPj6RNBOed9dCGrec1yKCsJPzsappPiEoZ45b-2kFJegeyUuiPy0aPbSCcpcx5Q/s1600/KingsSpeech+Thumbnails+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8J_shDWypzbpun3KPTvuh7_wsyzbsO_py57tlhXyEijXN6VYOKZnZEGxc_1FCGQHtaPI6lRjEPj6RNBOed9dCGrec1yKCsJPzsappPiEoZ45b-2kFJegeyUuiPy0aPbSCcpcx5Q/s320/KingsSpeech+Thumbnails+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>These studies, taken from The King's Speech, were mostly for the lighting effects on storyboards. Also practicing foreground/middle ground/background elements. There's quiet a bit of depth of field camera work with conversations between characters, and the blurry lines look pretty cool on storyboards.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-61292931064955313032011-08-24T02:22:00.000-07:002011-08-24T02:24:31.517-07:00Archaeologist Mickey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoLUWlqO4yLSHLqQSWge8zwKkG-Vd-F2PEV4_CzWWVMPsbphbDbTbBq8mOCvRVbD8hE-CPdJETuokUZ922rsVlRUxl5M-QY3X7nOuV6BJOSa4QjX0XLg8yocY1lH_9Kt6BfbwrA/s1600/Mickey+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJoLUWlqO4yLSHLqQSWge8zwKkG-Vd-F2PEV4_CzWWVMPsbphbDbTbBq8mOCvRVbD8hE-CPdJETuokUZ922rsVlRUxl5M-QY3X7nOuV6BJOSa4QjX0XLg8yocY1lH_9Kt6BfbwrA/s320/Mickey+03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
A quick sketch in continuation of my lessons with Mickey Mouse. He's still a tough little fella and I feel that with great practice, makes him greatly difficult. Been having a few requests at work for a few Disney Characters, so I hope to be well practiced with them.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-30749241378054505082011-06-28T08:11:00.000-07:002011-06-28T08:12:28.480-07:00Mickey Mouse - Test AnimationAt Disney Consumer Products we've been shown how to draw Mickey and his friends once each week by <a href="http://jeffshelly.blogspot.com/">Jeff Shelly</a>. Mickey's surprisingly hard to draw because of the balance between design and draftsmenship needed. Most of which is achieved through a lot of drawing time with him. I've been tinkering around with this scene, finding different ways to make Mickey snooze, yet retain his likeliness. It's summer! so having a lazy summer laid back demeanor felt appropriate.<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="242" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25702858?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="460"></iframe><br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>As you can tell the staging is a little weird....I initially started out with the ground giving Mickey a good ground shake.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-w-aG0RIZiCFzqTiGs3RbW74mQphgv8nh_M9agtp1YenrczekbHrkxJy4Kd0-rQI7LQNWdDyJF8I8CJOTZvectsS3IU2QeVrYbpYe8lemFV4OtqpjvP4rwRAH18_XIhIE357-w/s1600/Mickey+Animation+ex+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-w-aG0RIZiCFzqTiGs3RbW74mQphgv8nh_M9agtp1YenrczekbHrkxJy4Kd0-rQI7LQNWdDyJF8I8CJOTZvectsS3IU2QeVrYbpYe8lemFV4OtqpjvP4rwRAH18_XIhIE357-w/s320/Mickey+Animation+ex+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Earth literally picking him up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgl13a_M6Jr8Bhngd1jpiXEY-8sQrw7-gKzF5fa6sqQbPbs8hXOJ8Bi-KPN6K6OyOz1a05blTWzOdYRU1twhYuxs0rgrVGkw-8vCKUA42ZNpsd5REnyNzqz8xkl2ojuO72WcasA/s1600/Mickey+Animation+ex+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgl13a_M6Jr8Bhngd1jpiXEY-8sQrw7-gKzF5fa6sqQbPbs8hXOJ8Bi-KPN6K6OyOz1a05blTWzOdYRU1twhYuxs0rgrVGkw-8vCKUA42ZNpsd5REnyNzqz8xkl2ojuO72WcasA/s320/Mickey+Animation+ex+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
It would frighten him, causing him to investigate and be on alert. He'd hold onto his suspicions until the last second when the ground launches him into the air.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9PwDYqUag-yhXn5FjyHjg9b0oQ0M4L9SeSCB8DmLMDb4v4n1QZCsUiBBnTiHmOUjPEzQ_uYQpuDMsVIi9yybIk0W0Djiyd01twpu2BCx3WLxiH_HzrQEVweWTctiFT9M4PZyOg/s1600/Mickey+Animation+ex+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9PwDYqUag-yhXn5FjyHjg9b0oQ0M4L9SeSCB8DmLMDb4v4n1QZCsUiBBnTiHmOUjPEzQ_uYQpuDMsVIi9yybIk0W0Djiyd01twpu2BCx3WLxiH_HzrQEVweWTctiFT9M4PZyOg/s320/Mickey+Animation+ex+03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-XAw6ebcAw1jZHHIGGH0A6k_mZNjBGImzlW_SuaYamE23kT8AvHNzgoSsZNln_5G6rpmUiqze_SGbWiXw6I_xREzZAl_GLLBniI6oO7FgYBgzPmG5feXbaTIfpv3pwjPiXM82g/s1600/Mickey+Animation+ex+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-XAw6ebcAw1jZHHIGGH0A6k_mZNjBGImzlW_SuaYamE23kT8AvHNzgoSsZNln_5G6rpmUiqze_SGbWiXw6I_xREzZAl_GLLBniI6oO7FgYBgzPmG5feXbaTIfpv3pwjPiXM82g/s320/Mickey+Animation+ex+04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDLuVBvFWcbGODPzgR9O6LsgKNDFWj3rsthwCjEFrh7V7OZMTyq5TDZnijBT0j6ThMoIRsDUrXFbvH94ugCA8z4tHLaiVhhb-vkAvtR0X5upkxSPEzqHRRoJQyEzblaViUQysQQ/s1600/Mickey+Animation+ex+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDLuVBvFWcbGODPzgR9O6LsgKNDFWj3rsthwCjEFrh7V7OZMTyq5TDZnijBT0j6ThMoIRsDUrXFbvH94ugCA8z4tHLaiVhhb-vkAvtR0X5upkxSPEzqHRRoJQyEzblaViUQysQQ/s320/Mickey+Animation+ex+05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
So close...<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The entire stage would have been used to get the idea across. Good staging lets characters roam freely across while still providing breathing room.</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-27057927704572429542011-06-27T01:07:00.000-07:002011-06-27T01:08:44.172-07:00A Mother's Day Rooster + ExperimentationSo every Mother's Day I typically like to custom-make my mother's card. It would be a pretty half-folded bristol card with a beautiful rooster drawing on the front and very meaningful writing inside. Previous years have been a pastel, impressionistic rooster, a watercolor version, and comic-looking drawings with frightened dogs. This year I realized I had an extra frame and was really inspired by the graphic japanese drawings that my Mom likes too. Lo and behold, I drew this for her :)<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOnyDerVTui8CmvoRVwQuHZJxqKduyEpGAr5d2DF7KusXhCioB22W-MfnASNcPZYmFRFnS0tozdkN4aIXv0IOo9RPGLOmWpFzNTyY_xfmDumhOOTLEjUva6zkOx_o82goRESv8Q/s1600/IMG_1564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOnyDerVTui8CmvoRVwQuHZJxqKduyEpGAr5d2DF7KusXhCioB22W-MfnASNcPZYmFRFnS0tozdkN4aIXv0IOo9RPGLOmWpFzNTyY_xfmDumhOOTLEjUva6zkOx_o82goRESv8Q/s320/IMG_1564.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">TADA!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_1oAMWK7l4g6Q0Sb7_ZwM-d2gBSsf-5uZa9VsY9_XAn0xqObq4Elg6k3K52Ca0vL60W8coCXtJsvg3YqbCpyGFHLSgr1yQmVjw0vDlHrxB8C_r7AwjAtxiOEjYmu7ASNbPM-EA/s1600/IMG_1559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_1oAMWK7l4g6Q0Sb7_ZwM-d2gBSsf-5uZa9VsY9_XAn0xqObq4Elg6k3K52Ca0vL60W8coCXtJsvg3YqbCpyGFHLSgr1yQmVjw0vDlHrxB8C_r7AwjAtxiOEjYmu7ASNbPM-EA/s320/IMG_1559.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Explored some different ideas with thumbnails. The Japanese style sorta came as an accident when wanting to make the rooster dynamic. Getting rid of the farm and background really helped par the idea down.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnDn3hul0imY6qgvOY-meODdW8JvRpHlxm0uVHa6Nn8KP5T-l3xq4dkq7LKbBNWK2LPdgCbQVyV9V06ek064IhT0-CiUUkHIsYTYERP01QKGZzyPih6qAkP_Icu8enlFt7BEREg/s1600/IMG_1560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnDn3hul0imY6qgvOY-meODdW8JvRpHlxm0uVHa6Nn8KP5T-l3xq4dkq7LKbBNWK2LPdgCbQVyV9V06ek064IhT0-CiUUkHIsYTYERP01QKGZzyPih6qAkP_Icu8enlFt7BEREg/s320/IMG_1560.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">60% completion : Was sorta debating on watercoloring, but still strong as black/white</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="305" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25651792?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="460"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is an experimentation for a animated piece that would have been a lot of fun to complete. The idea was to have the video feel like a comic book while still having decent animation and looking sorta modern. I have permission to show this is a self-promotion and this content belongs to it's respective owner. Enjoy!</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-14912462063275404532011-04-27T01:06:00.000-07:002011-04-27T01:06:00.521-07:00Gift to FedEx friends!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every day during my time as a costumer service and FedEx shipment handler, the same FedEx tag team duo would show up. As it was the last stop for them with FedEx being right across the street, sometimes they liked hanging out while I had panic attacks from learning to do my job. These two were particularly dynamic has you'd have a tall muscly Gaston-like guy followed by a tiny spunky fellow that loves to joke around. Half the time, I wasn't exactly sure where he was. I always appreciated their company and they heckled me to draw something for them before starting at DCP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7Oi6IC-4curuvwfQTrft7IEc1haYh4CNGR32AVYZhSrxRERD4QcYeXJz53NhAo4kDRsbBjnAPFGwlMFSE0OIrmrZKcO_jbohNIH5kHLjLk6tg-WTPyL2mJxCU2Vk9l4ZfuE4Kg/s1600/IMG_1528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7Oi6IC-4curuvwfQTrft7IEc1haYh4CNGR32AVYZhSrxRERD4QcYeXJz53NhAo4kDRsbBjnAPFGwlMFSE0OIrmrZKcO_jbohNIH5kHLjLk6tg-WTPyL2mJxCU2Vk9l4ZfuE4Kg/s320/IMG_1528.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4Ce8GZPv6jINCe0hZdjEyVJNVYQ3WLcGs9vGnvI634tEcR7r9ZBne7pNxR-raoMBMPo6EK1mXsZQAvAKgOJ2PlGccWF5bpt4xOZ7J1adCajo5IkkCqrH2RLykBVnzsZ130ms0w/s1600/IMG_1531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4Ce8GZPv6jINCe0hZdjEyVJNVYQ3WLcGs9vGnvI634tEcR7r9ZBne7pNxR-raoMBMPo6EK1mXsZQAvAKgOJ2PlGccWF5bpt4xOZ7J1adCajo5IkkCqrH2RLykBVnzsZ130ms0w/s320/IMG_1531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiZjQDhKZXLtvjXGyYpzHkXUZi7jqqsZSxckHu43k-OnN-icqKdqV8gUEzUAyhTMXjMjKTMNzuxyBOMoLACHIud33W1-XiMhA6IwXLkZHUGdLoCLV8m5G9e774CMxiTvb4mx0_A/s1600/IMG_1526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiZjQDhKZXLtvjXGyYpzHkXUZi7jqqsZSxckHu43k-OnN-icqKdqV8gUEzUAyhTMXjMjKTMNzuxyBOMoLACHIud33W1-XiMhA6IwXLkZHUGdLoCLV8m5G9e774CMxiTvb4mx0_A/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" width="180" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUIzEum5RPVPwJhvDdfXBaWgrDf51VrKNTQ80Rn6pY9FP6L-rFMi5t8fHM0eQqIy2fCbhVL6w8ovqi7axE17X8PSxmiwbrdj56lnFkpBlnKopsW4scp1D893W0-R41-S_cbeovQ/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUIzEum5RPVPwJhvDdfXBaWgrDf51VrKNTQ80Rn6pY9FP6L-rFMi5t8fHM0eQqIy2fCbhVL6w8ovqi7axE17X8PSxmiwbrdj56lnFkpBlnKopsW4scp1D893W0-R41-S_cbeovQ/s320/IMG_1532.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXx5FrL6QStSp-WT5c4bLD0-Y6YVQYGBv5hhdZKq8WFANtr62l-Cec0x7xUgHm2P8QjEBvMBpNEC7PghQvNe9YXOPhFATQiUvcMjKQ-EjQJP8FYNBccH02f694zNRa6Shnb6oDw/s1600/IMG_1527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXx5FrL6QStSp-WT5c4bLD0-Y6YVQYGBv5hhdZKq8WFANtr62l-Cec0x7xUgHm2P8QjEBvMBpNEC7PghQvNe9YXOPhFATQiUvcMjKQ-EjQJP8FYNBccH02f694zNRa6Shnb6oDw/s320/IMG_1527.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Each of them got a FedEx Truck variation!Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-11412251521344864432011-03-21T08:01:00.000-07:002011-03-21T08:01:03.109-07:00Star Fox Rough Animation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21286401" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/21286401">Star Fox Rough Animation Scenes</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3809132">Jesse Soto</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><br />
So during my internship at Titmouse, I would occasionally have some time to rough out animation here and there to become more familiar with Flash and the techniques practiced there. Symbols, scene organization, tweening, etc. Eventually production for TV shows became more demanding so scenes were carried out at home, on my spare-time. The idea was suppose to turn out as Star Fox crash landing and being tracked down by a persistent, yet animalistic machine that burdens atmospheric entry and mechanical failures. Fox would have the sharper instincts and fight back with his calm and cool foxyness.Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-24052516257414103772011-03-07T02:59:00.000-08:002011-03-07T03:01:14.530-08:00On the road to Storyboard Boot CampKeep in mind, it's made-up.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV6BfUbmlnF97dRCAUfOao94-3hNlS2O0Ve5DRtgshhDuFADNOobLTnskyr9iPP-mW7M0Il2SNHMdNP3tgR2wHGL_DsOcTqynrJ6xipuhUI_3acJSMGZCXwlD8xvw1r6pRoCr1w/s1600/BF+Boards+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV6BfUbmlnF97dRCAUfOao94-3hNlS2O0Ve5DRtgshhDuFADNOobLTnskyr9iPP-mW7M0Il2SNHMdNP3tgR2wHGL_DsOcTqynrJ6xipuhUI_3acJSMGZCXwlD8xvw1r6pRoCr1w/s320/BF+Boards+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I always went with my best friend to the movies throughout my teenage-hood. If I had an itchin' for "Over 9000 Zombees", she would always be with me. And usually, this was on a Tuesday night. Films like "Teamwork in the Spotlight" and "Hidden Secrets" was packed with enough pathos to have us watch it more than once.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS02StZHeSy_YKgNJ0xT0XX5rPUkFd-O-M5Mc3BTAKzmHw5gkrtv1pBQdD1Iun-3W6Jf6AU0ox2SSUlMYTpSvXZMkWjQ6jW0z5q645Ul8GADW_PoDJmNoavQ10eJ8jXXgtqbSNTg/s1600/BF+Boards+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS02StZHeSy_YKgNJ0xT0XX5rPUkFd-O-M5Mc3BTAKzmHw5gkrtv1pBQdD1Iun-3W6Jf6AU0ox2SSUlMYTpSvXZMkWjQ6jW0z5q645Ul8GADW_PoDJmNoavQ10eJ8jXXgtqbSNTg/s320/BF+Boards+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"We may have stitched arms and limped movements, but we can't be</div><div style="text-align: center;">ripped apart when united. Hands in, everyone!"</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgC3z1W8nDUPdXS8XKbgfBKMD8vvX5WmHYI5I89vRwG8osDCcd7cRehRhd0JKwwoLUJATeBhyyjCSC-67CR_3moqA7kZMfGrOe8dlMMs7kB3mTTogLFl0FLMXiB_ZQozYbG9pfQ/s1600/BF+Boards+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgC3z1W8nDUPdXS8XKbgfBKMD8vvX5WmHYI5I89vRwG8osDCcd7cRehRhd0JKwwoLUJATeBhyyjCSC-67CR_3moqA7kZMfGrOe8dlMMs7kB3mTTogLFl0FLMXiB_ZQozYbG9pfQ/s320/BF+Boards+03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Grandma carried that box through everything. And we needs </div><div style="text-align: center;">what's inside. Please stay focused for once."</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bt7Kg1NBtlBMPcv5P4lTwavyDvEaCjvq7_XfQzui8HyMn7rKrML8U4uPIcIh34HcWfIw6K9nqerXFv_kxdgi-Ds0-z-Ql6dHYDyQcxBz-KBMYNlVYJrVfkkt_VC5u5ECJEbmEQ/s1600/BF+Boards+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bt7Kg1NBtlBMPcv5P4lTwavyDvEaCjvq7_XfQzui8HyMn7rKrML8U4uPIcIh34HcWfIw6K9nqerXFv_kxdgi-Ds0-z-Ql6dHYDyQcxBz-KBMYNlVYJrVfkkt_VC5u5ECJEbmEQ/s320/BF+Boards+04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
While my best friend re-experienced the movie, I kinda started noticing patterns in the shapes during certain shots. Some shapes almost looking like a huge NFL-lineback next to a smaller track-and-fielder, even though they were of the same height and weight. Sometimes I felt a bit of apprehension, and sometimes I understood the moment a lot easier. At the time, it didn't occur to me why the filmmaker would do this, he must have been crazy.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSMrrQmJ9nfJ8AN0A5P374mw2OfNE6vvlT8Y83NmVwsFsGqhZii31AtApr8nde-0-Zc9P-QJAklR6CJac-qPdUnH51e8_kWmde_9kmNpqqw8c8zfg7fKeC1VIE86mMGMG5hZ3ZA/s1600/BF+Boards+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSMrrQmJ9nfJ8AN0A5P374mw2OfNE6vvlT8Y83NmVwsFsGqhZii31AtApr8nde-0-Zc9P-QJAklR6CJac-qPdUnH51e8_kWmde_9kmNpqqw8c8zfg7fKeC1VIE86mMGMG5hZ3ZA/s320/BF+Boards+05.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>But it drove me crazy to not know it when I was in storyboard boot camp many years later. While it wasn't the most important thing. It was damn important enough to seek everyone's advice, where the multitude of possible compositions confused me even more.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnno-oZyrDIAnJiOfRs35r3SFeLaCSe0B6ty0lxB46zbPqMD_wKCPMgRQQ-PVwmzULkEoQP7EhseZhHPxZbJqVg7HDKbwXKiU13_HQ83boRdbIvFuUyI7bdXjS4CXkFCb7km7K7g/s1600/BF+Boards+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnno-oZyrDIAnJiOfRs35r3SFeLaCSe0B6ty0lxB46zbPqMD_wKCPMgRQQ-PVwmzULkEoQP7EhseZhHPxZbJqVg7HDKbwXKiU13_HQ83boRdbIvFuUyI7bdXjS4CXkFCb7km7K7g/s320/BF+Boards+06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
With a hodgepodge of logical compositions selected, I loaded my boards and made way to the presentation room. Nighttime assured quiet "able-to-freak-out-as-I-thumbtack-my-boards" time. If I didn't select the right compositions, would I be caught red-handed?<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxd19aFOCp-82hybJc39Pj1OX5C1WhIUSZHUPvzq-XPwwPMylSsW9kEjFzUvualBLvFMurQ7O6ADyv5UOpMXEBYlQRXCtkVA2CV286kegGv1R544d2pWtvaFvygWC2E5dJIPPQg/s1600/BF+Boards+07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxd19aFOCp-82hybJc39Pj1OX5C1WhIUSZHUPvzq-XPwwPMylSsW9kEjFzUvualBLvFMurQ7O6ADyv5UOpMXEBYlQRXCtkVA2CV286kegGv1R544d2pWtvaFvygWC2E5dJIPPQg/s320/BF+Boards+07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Lucky for me everyone complemented on the pretty boards (YES!) and could mostly tell what was going on. I survived the pitch, and with hopes of less insanity in the boarding phase next week.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTJNAilh5s9BUsxIPdHI6Zbj496xP2aLQEkSPhDMK0Adt3ewlojVgmZqWLIxZrYlf5vxDCQ3xSnNtknPFhIgggSjNF1uFdljED_oDlbUVQSpN0RvvnRWiiqfjKJ9tS6OKA5xAvg/s1600/BF+Boards+08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTJNAilh5s9BUsxIPdHI6Zbj496xP2aLQEkSPhDMK0Adt3ewlojVgmZqWLIxZrYlf5vxDCQ3xSnNtknPFhIgggSjNF1uFdljED_oDlbUVQSpN0RvvnRWiiqfjKJ9tS6OKA5xAvg/s320/BF+Boards+08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gDjg5a26yLz9SEmQ07rmgAnAuGuCX5GeQltKGJRd8MDUPSoHIa3UrH1adii6ZHPdj45VpPEyGK6XObsESAAbua_qmjCP3YbzfzyFXetJqF0TJwHZND0utXHYEIpXDBojQqjrmw/s1600/BF+Boards+09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gDjg5a26yLz9SEmQ07rmgAnAuGuCX5GeQltKGJRd8MDUPSoHIa3UrH1adii6ZHPdj45VpPEyGK6XObsESAAbua_qmjCP3YbzfzyFXetJqF0TJwHZND0utXHYEIpXDBojQqjrmw/s320/BF+Boards+09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1W6gSYzg6vk3bzC11Ph9rbKnibPm31HyYkaVVUEFsp-gDFTNCxrMzjkedFMGrG4QYEIfSCDLicnNaGqOHp72-FxN1TYdv9ShdFw3DRhovYix5U-Rv0E-G8EIiF2jWovbKGyepg/s1600/BF+Boards+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1W6gSYzg6vk3bzC11Ph9rbKnibPm31HyYkaVVUEFsp-gDFTNCxrMzjkedFMGrG4QYEIfSCDLicnNaGqOHp72-FxN1TYdv9ShdFw3DRhovYix5U-Rv0E-G8EIiF2jWovbKGyepg/s320/BF+Boards+10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Xerox'ing storyboard drawings was the next step towards becoming a full fledged storyboard artist. The machine ambushed me with paper storm the night before the next pitch. Why must you be so hard!?!Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31528635.post-92194339392130522572011-01-27T18:41:00.000-08:002011-03-05T01:17:35.632-08:00Feng Shui - Pagoda with Tree of Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz-MZDOt4KDlgDo56v9XMIeql42ROskKBCiB8yY-xsVuBuklmFhnPc2R9f2EuJknqAXNZVMOrbB-gC3rEyPjmWA-lJ07bQMXUP9Vs_BEtGkEZthwp6utNyzoyQdVDDY-ZrsSVoA/s1600/Pagoda+-+Tree+of+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaz-MZDOt4KDlgDo56v9XMIeql42ROskKBCiB8yY-xsVuBuklmFhnPc2R9f2EuJknqAXNZVMOrbB-gC3rEyPjmWA-lJ07bQMXUP9Vs_BEtGkEZthwp6utNyzoyQdVDDY-ZrsSVoA/s320/Pagoda+-+Tree+of+life.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> (Click to enlarge)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">According to the Feng Shui books by Lillian Too, 2011's Rabbit year is suppose to not be so lucky for people with rabbit and rooster signs (I was totally looking forward to a good year too!) all in the name of unlucky stars flying into those year's charts. Turns out that will some imagination and will power you can turn that luck around! These Pagoda items (usually a solid gold miniature) with a combination of a growing tree, a community of birds, and gems are a good symbol of prosperity to counter the negativity. My Mom follows Feng Shui pretty deeply and our house will go through it's yearly re-arrangement with the addition of this image in various places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This took me a while to make through digital cut out/photo-manipulation. Abundance and wholesome-ness was the target theme, and was hoping you feel refreshed or something like that. Everything in here is 100% recycled google images :P! Enjoy!</div>Jesse Sotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672252262485537469noreply@blogger.com3