Coddy & Little Flower Concept Art

Hello there!

 

Do you guys remember of my characters Coddy and Little Flower?

 

Well there might be a super awesome project coming with them! 

 

It's REALLY nothing official but anyway here are two concept images I did a few months ago. I'm still exploring the overall atmosphere of the universe those two kids will live in.

 

I'll tell you if there will be more to come!

 

Until then have a nice day!

 

-Franco :-)

Bear Walking Cycle

Here's another animation assignement. I had alot of fun animating this but there was a lot of stuff to care of. My teacher told me it is one of the hardest thing to animate because every parts of his body is moving with a different rythym. This isn't exacly what I want but I think I've improved a little bit more. 

Let's keep this up!

-Franco  

Character Design Assignment Tree: Tarzan

Hey guys!

After getting to know the cartoon and UPA type of designs, I had to get familiar with the one which I think is hardest. THE REALISTIC animation style! So as always I had to take a TV show or a animated feature film with characters who had realistic proportions and  without thinking I took my favorite Disney movie Tarzan. I have to admit this  really really hard! I didn't taught how much work I would had to put in this assignment but I think made it trough pretty well. 

I've decided to create a chubby variation of Tarzan or as some of my friends told me "Tarzan's older brother". His name is Karume witch means master in African.

Here is the final look and the first designs I've made.   

I wanted to create a character that had the same animal feeling that Tarzan had and  also that profound eye looking. This was what captivated me in that movie. I wanted those deep eyes that Glen Keane created perfectly in my character. I think the first sketch a the top shows that intention. But I haven't been able to reproduce that look again and that's whats I find  the most disappointing on this assignment...

Anyway, here's all the model stuff I've done after finding the character.

Even if I had a tough time creating that dude this assignment was crazy fun and made me learn and understand so much things! You guys should try this! 

To finish this post I drew up my character in that classic Tarzan pose! 

See you later!

-Franco

Stoned

Tried the greyscale painting method on that one! 

It was crazy fun! 

Character Design Assignment Two: Samurai Jack

My second character design assignment! I had to choose a feature film or a TV series that is really more graphic and inspired by the UPA (United Production of America) or as other people say, in a  "Cut out" style. Incredible artists such as Genndy Tartakovsky, Lauren Faust, Craig McCracken and Kevin Dart are known today for there animations in that kind of style. So I've chosen Samurai Jack one of the craziest TV show I've watched when I was a child. It was so incredibly good and it still is! I wish to work in a series that epic one day! 

So here is the final design. While searching for ideas of character, I thought what if Samurai Jack was a girl with a rebel personality just  like  Mulan or Merida? Below are some researches to find the right face and the whole model stuff.

As always designing that girl was really fun and to finish here are some sketches I've done to get into the style.

Have a nice day guys!

-Franco-

Doodles n' Sribbles

Character Design Assignment One: Gravity Falls

So here’s my first character design assignment!

The goal of this course was to make us explore all the different styles and designs that we could use for animated feature film or TV show. The first style to explore was cartoon! We had to take one cartoon movie or series and create a character in the same style. I took Gravity Falls cause it is seriously an awesome TV show!

Here are the first design and the final one.

I've decided to do a stereotyped french tourist who can transform himself in a werechicken! 

I really had so much fun designing this guy and I would really appreciate some feedback on this since it’s the first time I’ve done that kind of stuff. Tell me want you think about it! 

Anyway, next character design style to come will be inspired by the UPA Studio. 

Have a nice day! :-)

-Franco

Bird Flying Cycle

This is one of my animation class assignement . We had to design à tall bird and make a flying cycle with it.

So here is some research I did.

At first I want it to have a more goofy looking but then I decided to make a more of cute and skinny bird.

And after that I animated that little birdie. There is still ALOT of improvement that is needed here cause I'm REALLY NOT satisfied by the results. but I've made this blog to see my evolution over the years and compared to my animations of last year, this is a big step up. So I'm gonna keep on climbing those stears one step at the time and (hopefully) I'll get to want.

I guess that was all I had to say about this bird flying cycle

Have a nice day guys!;)