tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70276681421472744772024-03-19T01:30:48.587-07:00Hardcore Pound PuppiesArt doodles by Danny MenDanny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-79369619123970260542014-10-11T23:36:00.001-07:002014-10-11T23:36:14.800-07:00Going to start posting on my tumblr site! :) <br />http://inukipachuki.tumblr.com/Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-65919422057170981122013-03-11T21:56:00.002-07:002013-03-11T21:56:33.755-07:00Edith and the BearA frame of a short film that I'm currently working on! :)<br />
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-31777528656107620702013-01-27T13:32:00.000-08:002013-01-27T14:27:53.202-08:00Cult 28 Christmas ExchangeIt was that time of the year again, and it called for the second annual Cult 28 Secret Santa. The theme was "Dinosaur Raven Liar" this time and all participants were told to create something that relates in some way to the theme. This year, I got Michelle Ikemoto, as my person to create something for. I took it and thought of bringing it to almost of a Nutcracker inspiration since it was winter time. It was done in watercolor with some small part which was done in color pencil. :)<br />
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This was the other design I was thinking of doing which was kind of
Godzilla inspired mixed with some art deco influences. I even had colors
picked out already for this design until I got the inspiration at the
last minute to change the whole thing...I might revisit this design one
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Poster concept. I changed the angle of the raven's head so it was more playful and less full-on evil.</div>
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-62236853932453802742012-11-21T19:42:00.000-08:002012-11-21T19:52:48.436-08:00FANARTZ!!!!During Fanime some friends and I like to get together and draw out some fanart for our booth: "Pokefinity". It originally started by a small group of us who enjoyed doing this for the fun of it. The only real guidelines was that it had to be fanart and done traditionally, usually in watercolor. Once a fanboy...always a fanboy. lol<br />
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Here are some of the ones that I liked the most that I did. :)<br />
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-20283240369694782642012-11-21T18:39:00.001-08:002012-11-21T19:16:34.316-08:00DMCA small while back a small group of friends did random animation tests just to have a chance to animate things that we wanted that wasn't part of the stuff assigned by our classes. I decided to animate this duck character that plays with a muddy puddle.<br />
I don't have the duck animation, but I recently found the rough puddle animation. There are some things I can still fix on it, but for now, it is what it is. :)<br />
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I had the pleasure of animating a scene for one of my teacher's (David Chai) short films. I think all of the time that I've been at school, I've always wanted to animated something in one of his shorts. I finally got my wish last summer and worked on a scene where Chai's family is going all crazy on the scene. A really fun scene to animate and I had a great time working on it. Thanks for letting me on the team Chai! :)<br />
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<i>Knock on My Door is about a man's journey to America and his struggles being a Korean-American in the land where dreams are suppose to come true. </i>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-18869466276019140042012-11-13T00:53:00.001-08:002012-11-13T00:53:10.180-08:00Tule LakeHeya!<br />
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The short film "Tule Lake" got first place in animation and best of show at CSU Media Arts Festival last weekend! <br />
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Go to the blog to find out what it's all about!<br />
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http://tulelakeproject.blogspot.com/ <br />
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Here are a couple of scenes that I animated. :)<br />
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-54533289772742534892012-11-04T12:43:00.002-08:002012-11-04T12:43:51.587-08:00The chairSo, one of the first assignments we were given for BFA was titled: "The Chair". We had to interpret what that quote meant to us. We could do anything we wanted as long as it wasn't shot in real time, was at the max 30 seconds, and was done in one week. I really wanted to explore more with stop motion so I decided to do something in that direction. Knowing full well how much time I had, I wanted to do something that felt complete in itself and being an animator, I thought how it would be fun to bring a chair to life. I remembered the wonderful animators at Aardman did something called Creature Comforts. I really like how it was like little snippets of what each creature was like in their life and how creative it was that they put random interviews they had with people on the street and instill that into the animation. So I know full on the direction I wanted to go in.<br />
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So I knew I wanted to do something within this in limit, but knowing that I would be spending a lot more time making everything than animating it, I made sure I gave myself enough time so everything would be ready by the time I get to animating.<br />
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I interviewed one of my friends and asked her random questions. Picked the one that I liked the most. Meanwhile, I would go research on chairs and picked the one that I felt best fit this character that I had in mind after hearing JUST her voice. Now the fun part, making the character and props. :)<br />
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I picked a design that felt a little Southern to reflect this friendly warm feel I wanted with this character. I wrapped some cord around some of the clay making it seem like the cushion was made from a straw-like material. I think one of the hardest things for me to deciding where to place to eyes. I ended up putting them in front of the cushion next to the mouth so the viewer would have less space to look from the eyes to the mouth since that is what is moving for the majority of the time.<br />
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Here she is in all her glory! Her legs were made from white paintbrushes attached to the top of this white jewelry box I kept from many years back. On top of that was the cushion seat. And the top of the chair was made out of white cardboard. Even with all of this...something was missing that she felt incomplete! <br />
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I made a little sunhat left off in an angle so it looked like someone left it there for the day. Now she's complete! :) <br />
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I bought a ton of colored cloth from a previous black friday at a fabric shop thinking I could one day use it for something. Good thing I did cuz now I needed to make the curtains. What was important to me was that everything in the background supported the scene with the character. So after a while, I narrowed it down to these fabrics. <br />
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This felt too busy and I felt it would detract from the character. <br />
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I felt that this color didn't work, it made it too mellow for me and for some reason, it felt a little sad. <br />
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The red felt too bold and romantic for the character. Even though she
was talking about what love means to her, I didn't want it to be
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This was the color I ended up going with. It had a very nature-like and friendly feeling with this shade of green and the patterns was fun without being too distracting. </div>
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For the back wall, I painted it all with gesso and layered it thickly with a palate knife giving this stucco feeling I wanted. <br />
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Here is the character with the back wall. The blinds were actually part of this toy picket fence that I folded in together. <br />
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The set with the curtain and a clear plastic over the window. <br />
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After listening to the audio that I picked for a number of times, I knew that when she was answering this question about what is love, I wanted her to be thinking about the cat. So I called the same friend up and asked her to take a picture of one of her cats. <br />
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And viola! Kitty cat! <br />
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Here is the kitty in the scene. I also added a cloth behind the window with a pattern that reminded me of clouds. I also added that other green cloth with the vine patterns behind the window to make it look like part of a bush. I also added a photo frame with a little drawing of the cat.<br />
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One of the things I also did was made an X-sheet of the dialog to make sure by the time I put everything together, things synced up. Literally everything that I could think of was written or drawn out on those X-sheets. From mouth shapes to when the cat moves, eye darts, blinks, everything I could think of. Since I never did this before, I wanted to make sure I could control as much a possible.<br />
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Here is the set in relation with the camera, which was borrowed from one of my other friends. I also added a microphone by this point. What was interesting was that I did not account for the fact that the battery in the camera only last me at most for around 2 to 3 hours. It also took a really long long LONG time for that battery to be recharged. So here I was, wondering how I was going to adjust. I went back to the audio clip and cut it even more to make sure I would have time to edit everything. Went back to animating after the batteries were recharged. So the little jumps in the frame is actually because I had to unscrew the camera from the tripod and then put it back on trying to match it back to how it originally was as much as possible. I think it took me in total around 4 to 5 hours to animate the whole thing.</div>
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-84916076406444697872012-06-16T05:15:00.002-07:002012-06-16T05:15:32.969-07:00New Project!Hey everyone!<br />
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Long time no see! Sorry for the lack of posts, I'm not really good at blogging. Lately, I've been involved in two projects! One is the second ever short film done in 3D titled Tamara. I don't want to give too much away, but it looks very promising thus far and I am excited to be a part of it. :)<br />
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But Danny, you're an animator! Why are you doing a vis-dev project? I believe that in order to grow as an artist and animator, I need to experience different parts of this industry as well as improve myself in both confidence and experience. Not to say I'm done from animating, far from it. It's just another turn in my life I wish to experiment with. :)<br />
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<br />The first story from this project I chosen to draw from was from a Japanese story titled <b>Urashima Taro</b>. Urashima Taro is about a young fisherman who saves a turtle and in reward, gets to marry the princess of the sea. After a while, the fisherman becomes home sick and wishes to return above ground. Much to her dismay, the princess allows him to resurface and gives him a box with the exception to never open it. When the young man comes back up, he finds himself 300 years into the future, with nothing but a legend from the village that he came from about himself. Desperate to find a way back to the underwater palace, he opens the box, but there is only death awaiting for him there. The story ends with the young man dead.<br />
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-19768887026265393152012-04-15T00:01:00.002-07:002012-04-15T00:02:12.247-07:00LinezzzzzzI love artist who does caricatures with a selected number of lines, or uses texture to create the likeness of the person. I was given some random small black pieces of construction paper and thought how fun it would be to draw some people. I tried to use the shape of the pieces I were given and some selected lines to draw my caricatures. Here are my results. :)<br />
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<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-45074632116485585692011-10-06T20:02:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:10:43.322-07:00Animal Circus redux!Part 2 of the animal sketches were to take 5 of the sketches we did of either the humans or the animals and to push the poses. I had such a great time drawing them as animals that I drew ALL 5 sketches as the animals. I was really surprised in the improvement with a lot of them! Tell me what you think! :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u8MKXLM0s4FKRz7asEj0vvmR9-Oq3A2gkMpxdRUM3kZk8GRh67IQDWXdNkNIMZk5eIkP4LB4fXm2p8b8aJq-J8Qc_fX73HWa5e75V7pUcIL_o5jrmm-sucrt208LHQyyX325tshOEkgx/s1600/four.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u8MKXLM0s4FKRz7asEj0vvmR9-Oq3A2gkMpxdRUM3kZk8GRh67IQDWXdNkNIMZk5eIkP4LB4fXm2p8b8aJq-J8Qc_fX73HWa5e75V7pUcIL_o5jrmm-sucrt208LHQyyX325tshOEkgx/s320/four.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660581889824352130" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySARs5QmqjumB6eXlDFBDVoh06U9BGNG4HU2_P3GN8TxGWqY3t_USz-_7cxjRKDAm25brm8vcCfoKNkODg-P3ACbj7HsKhTvdb_KnbpIavdWEMsVeyAtVATIJW-Hxu031rmHTJtgErdQO/s1600/five.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySARs5QmqjumB6eXlDFBDVoh06U9BGNG4HU2_P3GN8TxGWqY3t_USz-_7cxjRKDAm25brm8vcCfoKNkODg-P3ACbj7HsKhTvdb_KnbpIavdWEMsVeyAtVATIJW-Hxu031rmHTJtgErdQO/s320/five.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660581882579011714" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpN7eTyRxaPWUZfqJpvEqc0m3KY_PH4OHHFyDIY1fHZFcgqiMfZ4kIQYVseHLf5rt2V4ExfjpIPraWhaYBDEh3bcPWkWlTNwNZY5yOk_b7SteYO_LLzEXx0kLRaDSvVW803TAyFE4lG4Dx/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpN7eTyRxaPWUZfqJpvEqc0m3KY_PH4OHHFyDIY1fHZFcgqiMfZ4kIQYVseHLf5rt2V4ExfjpIPraWhaYBDEh3bcPWkWlTNwNZY5yOk_b7SteYO_LLzEXx0kLRaDSvVW803TAyFE4lG4Dx/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660581881874087938" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6WncdkL1-Pe3u3_fQ7ACHfCyWhVvLJPPZ25W28jAsnrtwlPjdh-8oRSi-vr58dRglGXZtnXc9z9IBKJh-krZQLsiOzY6OaZDmRxEU194EcOto9VCd-NB3qaWqfzorzNbRx68YEz3Az-w/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6WncdkL1-Pe3u3_fQ7ACHfCyWhVvLJPPZ25W28jAsnrtwlPjdh-8oRSi-vr58dRglGXZtnXc9z9IBKJh-krZQLsiOzY6OaZDmRxEU194EcOto9VCd-NB3qaWqfzorzNbRx68YEz3Az-w/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660581878248435250" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae2ubBXPf2JtKAOOb5l_0XTsMPAuGRFXWvi5nDY84yjL-Wq7yJ_tjdGAc2EK7srBkAsH_pgeF0Fy_vY57gRjanj-Go1_hyphenhyphenFeTZ73QUWax3UJao33KHolJbdxr3wHrsz84Hh3FoJ2h5OkC/s1600/three.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiae2ubBXPf2JtKAOOb5l_0XTsMPAuGRFXWvi5nDY84yjL-Wq7yJ_tjdGAc2EK7srBkAsH_pgeF0Fy_vY57gRjanj-Go1_hyphenhyphenFeTZ73QUWax3UJao33KHolJbdxr3wHrsz84Hh3FoJ2h5OkC/s320/three.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660581888571029330" /></a>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-11414493359549053762011-10-05T09:20:00.000-07:002011-10-05T09:32:21.583-07:00BloomDuring the winter and near the start of summer break, I was given the opportunity to animate on this short co-directed by the talented Emily Johnstone and Brian Kistler. They were pretty fun and encouraging to work with and I had a good time working with them on this project. Thanks guys!<br /><br />Here is the description of the short:<br /><br />Nadine, depressed and alone, has been living her life in the dark. A gift from a friendly neighbor gives Nadine something to live for. With a new life, Nadine has a chance to pay it forward.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29865151?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/29865151">Bloom</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8738471">Emily Johnstone</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-75909870301959242052011-09-10T10:39:00.000-07:002011-09-10T10:53:44.376-07:00Animal CircusA recent assignment that we had to do in BFA was to draw ten people out in the real world in conversations. Then we had to draw them as animals. After that, we had to draw the same situation, but 20 min later! On this part, we were given the choice of having them as people or animals. This was such an awesome assignment and I was almost jumping in my seat when they mentioned it! I couldn't wait to get my hands dirty.<br /><br />I think I had a lot more fun drawing the animals than drawing the humans...<br />Hope you guys enjoy! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMpNAjVR0f7VqCJLhKOuWs62M5XSQwFoNDOnQrFlrSxy4mLTsGJUw2jd4bEJgb_HuqyPe68aCG9sFlcgRzCXZ0cQGt-srdP_fttmluBkbkLc6n7NkDt2luRPBIYWX918qM6n4fFnr7iW8/s1600/a10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMpNAjVR0f7VqCJLhKOuWs62M5XSQwFoNDOnQrFlrSxy4mLTsGJUw2jd4bEJgb_HuqyPe68aCG9sFlcgRzCXZ0cQGt-srdP_fttmluBkbkLc6n7NkDt2luRPBIYWX918qM6n4fFnr7iW8/s320/a10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650789230733851746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmdGCGa1JXPiweHIAAuPX8eafdSGrtVB9oq1ZmaanhYlhjelBrjstIEjaBgDVopF9FLQob8PKHhmHJEq4NBVs3n_N90vioHwTYpJD5-9lNatNsSqSbMJVZyQQCQW-FqsIYc7TNTKkCWTB/s1600/a9.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPaaEmX8qk7Lw2lcY5P3YwAFChANi5HLVUT1kViFSv4Vd8t5adSviJGfhSAHFinG0fMibDnSzLilKSKpyYjy3BiYy_tsRL4D00WIRgy629oUM_mcGbmdjOp2-ISheCQsJ7bxdi1siMubw/s320/a1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650788877396422690" /></a>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-41279650779581857552011-09-06T22:32:00.000-07:002011-09-06T22:34:42.195-07:00129b advance reelMy 129b advance Maya animation class reel. We worked on a climbing test, a balance test, and a change of emotion during last semester. :)<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dyreRRnNI_I" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="345"></iframe><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-58601164602250473012011-09-05T22:50:00.001-07:002011-09-05T23:04:31.459-07:00Wolf TurnaroundI forgot to post the wolf character design that I went with last semester! Oops...here she is, in all her silly glory.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgancWflYnmGr1tnpb-tB5ZZyZSACJOkw9hW3G8y9OzJ5iMT25DVRJbHiNbBJhTuOz51hiF_OHP8rSYhYOLtnIR0GI3PdI2zp95P3ruR9kyW89HJL7adimuzpEZe6bwu1HeLqcb8Nb95qdE/s1600/wolf_turnaround.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgancWflYnmGr1tnpb-tB5ZZyZSACJOkw9hW3G8y9OzJ5iMT25DVRJbHiNbBJhTuOz51hiF_OHP8rSYhYOLtnIR0GI3PdI2zp95P3ruR9kyW89HJL7adimuzpEZe6bwu1HeLqcb8Nb95qdE/s320/wolf_turnaround.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649120844112597154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To my surprise, I also got a good response of the diva in the huge sheep coat and the wolf nun. It was such a great and wonderful oppertunity in working on this project. I learned so much about character design that I can use in my future works.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc-D8Nmo5XFpABnsz-3oXgFuokbnBSSt5yMLLdr_k1CO8YOGDiiQby7ZXso4gcuao3ox3UsHtWlSE__-DVe9ekSx99GZFqFW74ahpa9cp0cWehsQTHdshMpCOIb-dpUt6w-8NumWZdVTA/s1600/otherwolves_danny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc-D8Nmo5XFpABnsz-3oXgFuokbnBSSt5yMLLdr_k1CO8YOGDiiQby7ZXso4gcuao3ox3UsHtWlSE__-DVe9ekSx99GZFqFW74ahpa9cp0cWehsQTHdshMpCOIb-dpUt6w-8NumWZdVTA/s320/otherwolves_danny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649122345371659234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-27030783654423423452011-09-04T21:49:00.000-07:002011-09-04T22:36:22.971-07:00Zoo Trip!Today, me and my friends were able to go to the Oakland Zoo! Boy, have I missed going...it was tons of fun going and drawing the animals, but I think one of the highlights is hearing some of the funniest things a parent could say to their kids about how much they think they know about animals.
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<br />Some drawings of Lilford Cranes, two Hamerkops on the top, and some drawings of meerkats...how that gesture of some kids ended up on this page is anyone's guess...
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<br />Next up are some bats! They're pretty cool to study up close and the way they climb around upside-down is fascinating to watch.
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<br />A couple of zebras and green monkeys that were fed some fruit during feeding time...those things they ate were almost as big as their heads!
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<br />I love goats...except when they try to chew on your things...
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<br />PIGS!!! I was excited by these smelly beasts for some reason that escapes me...
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<br />Crocs...barely move when they're basking in the sun...or floating on the water's surface. It's really interesting to see how the water makes them look smaller than they really are on the surface, but when you look under the water...they are HUGE!
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<br />And the noisy stars of this year...those chimpanzees!
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<br />Our first assignment for BFA was to make an intro video. A large group of us got together and decided to work on a group intro video as well. Here is the video in all it's glory. Many thanks to the people that let me join in this fun and exciting music video.
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<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28529317?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="265" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28529317">BFA 2012 Bollywood</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3682697">Paul Yula</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<br />Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-60674203418729569512011-04-18T19:33:00.000-07:002011-04-18T19:54:43.082-07:00Mary had a little lamb...Some of the wolves done for the Nickelodeon Studios challange. I really enjoyed drawing these kooky characters. A lot of fun discovering things along the way...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qR2yYbLU1CuItWrjqfzAkFyE1w5HJivSCVWHytS7RVjAmNP8e2Me7SgVzozYsza2mMtYGH8GA3i-yB0DNvgtR_1bIl3pjhSEiGcB_y1Hup6Z2i7DTGBRqRdh2jgoA4aIL84SrsPAP6Kj/s1600/wolf+11.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qR2yYbLU1CuItWrjqfzAkFyE1w5HJivSCVWHytS7RVjAmNP8e2Me7SgVzozYsza2mMtYGH8GA3i-yB0DNvgtR_1bIl3pjhSEiGcB_y1Hup6Z2i7DTGBRqRdh2jgoA4aIL84SrsPAP6Kj/s320/wolf+11.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597122175330959218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb9A6Bm_MDJKziOugW5JqnMr8LCTee23-h8o6T4XjJgqDsv57It1TFq9mCYYNsTEfJh4jiw07iByy9EdSrCgYNLRPsiGzio5A_9rxNzhWEwyKzDDH84LVVmfCKhMvQ7STqc4p1DdgiA0U/s1600/other_ideas_danny.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb9A6Bm_MDJKziOugW5JqnMr8LCTee23-h8o6T4XjJgqDsv57It1TFq9mCYYNsTEfJh4jiw07iByy9EdSrCgYNLRPsiGzio5A_9rxNzhWEwyKzDDH84LVVmfCKhMvQ7STqc4p1DdgiA0U/s320/other_ideas_danny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597120517791568994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-16844638885142172012011-03-28T21:31:00.000-07:002011-03-28T21:44:33.250-07:00Nice day for a BBQToday was a really nice day to be out. I was afraid that it wouldn't be so great to be out since I was invited to a small BBQ with some friends in the park today. It's been so rainy lately. We really got off lucky and had a great time in the sun. :)<br /><br />Didn't sketch too much today, was too busy stuffing my face with the glorious food.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The two lovebirds<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ8gj1w0M-qKR8xc8W3I3WbdTGe1LJHmh4dpD-p7RSltojPO47GeCVdKBwjnUE_0_gozXfG1vdAMT211lxOqif3LptlroDBJDHyONnIBW1kdk5EhqhG1UXjnAu8XDVBs7TWPzsBW4LJ8n/s1600/lovebirds.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ8gj1w0M-qKR8xc8W3I3WbdTGe1LJHmh4dpD-p7RSltojPO47GeCVdKBwjnUE_0_gozXfG1vdAMT211lxOqif3LptlroDBJDHyONnIBW1kdk5EhqhG1UXjnAu8XDVBs7TWPzsBW4LJ8n/s320/lovebirds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589357131111667106" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Girl in the polka-dotted dress<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q0k10WJV7MD0bx_Ki5FuPUgihEcGutz0XjkFNzFqt165bjoyPLZyH-AwhqgcdxBzCYs-m_TZoprozlsQ9y04h3UiBRv-2RjPmi4owuPKOkw-H79hic6Sj-bWn0txkqYB7xzEH3XWNexp/s1600/polkadotted_girl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q0k10WJV7MD0bx_Ki5FuPUgihEcGutz0XjkFNzFqt165bjoyPLZyH-AwhqgcdxBzCYs-m_TZoprozlsQ9y04h3UiBRv-2RjPmi4owuPKOkw-H79hic6Sj-bWn0txkqYB7xzEH3XWNexp/s320/polkadotted_girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589357137315545426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ8gj1w0M-qKR8xc8W3I3WbdTGe1LJHmh4dpD-p7RSltojPO47GeCVdKBwjnUE_0_gozXfG1vdAMT211lxOqif3LptlroDBJDHyONnIBW1kdk5EhqhG1UXjnAu8XDVBs7TWPzsBW4LJ8n/s1600/lovebirds.jpg"><br /></a>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-68497104419638201852011-03-22T04:59:00.000-07:002011-03-22T05:23:38.840-07:00Old 115 clipHeya everyone! Here is my old 115 clip now with music done by the talented Gabriel Sickel!<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wXLzszqgjc?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wXLzszqgjc?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027668142147274477.post-51822834154979789632011-02-07T11:58:00.000-08:002011-02-12T06:47:03.845-08:00Congratulations! It's a bouncing baby puppy!This is kind of old, but there were some good memories while animating this short. It was done for 115's animation "sketchbook" animation. We were given free rein to animate anything we wanted in what I think was a week or two (I think it was a week...forgot). Within that week,all of us busted our butts and some produced really cool animated scenes.<br /><br />I think the idea of this one started with the idea of a character interacting with its creator. At least that's what I remembered...everything else was a blur of paper and pencil shavings...<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NDrBzp8z0S0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Danny Menhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06185321083635415734noreply@blogger.com0