Wednesday 26 November 2014

Animation: Back to Basics

It seems that no matter how much I think I know about animation, one review from the resident pro and I'm heading back to the drawing board. The funny thing is that I'm happy to do so; excited even. There's always something new to learn about so much so that it literally(figuratively) blows my mind! It is a challenge... but a challenge I am all too thrilled to take on.

And so the conquest of animation commences....
*Please note that these are works in progress and finals are on the way.


Clyde and Gene models belong to South Seas Animation School.


Jumping the Fence


This was real fun to plan. Adding to that, with the abundance of parkour videos out the, I kinda lost my head; turning a simple wall jump into a gauntlet packed with towers, swinging axes, spikes and arrows. In the end, as is often the case, it was decided that less means more, resulting in this simple piece.




Get Up

Ignore the elbow deformation; as i somehow broke the rig. 




Monday 17 November 2014

Life Drawing

Life Drawing







Found this artist whilst researching on Pinterest and really loved the line work and idea. So i gave it the good old try and this is what i came up with. Here's a link to it on my Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/379076493609214275/



Sunday 2 November 2014

Life Drawing, Modelling and Concepts


3D Models

Wasn't a fan of hard surface modelling till i built this guy. Who knew simple geometry could construct such a dynamic design.



















Life. Not quite there yet but improvement has graced me with its presence. I include Henry Yang, Nathan Hawkes, Jason Hong, Ryan Woodward and Alexey Morosov as my influences.


CONCEPTS AND DOODLES










Monday 5 May 2014

Animation

Blake Jones Animation
Abandon all hope, all ye who enter...
        And welcome to my to my imagination.

Animation: Traditional, Digital and everything in between. This blog will showcase the best of all that is my work. From its humble beginnings tracing old superman covers to the ever expansive Maya universe.


Life Drawing

Hard surface Modelling


Based on South Sea's Robot design


Texturing






Life Drawing






South Seas Robot Textured


Soft surface modeling: Characters