Why the Japanese scare me.

Okay, so it's just a stop motion animation made with some Figma toys and Gundam mechs, but it's done so well, that it scares me. The girls look especially creepy when they move all around all girly like. (I think what really scares me is the room filled only with boxes and toys.)

Maybe this kid had to much time on his hands...but I do have to admit, he did a really good job with the stop motion. I do like it a lot. Reminds me of the good ol days when I was able to do so much with my time. Ah youth.... I shall use it as inspiration to continue my hobbies! ..though less creepy. :-)

Btw, he has about a dozen of these made.

Cats that Play

When I don't have time to play with my cats, I give them my handheld games to play on. Leon is on the DS and Jasper, my sister's cat, is on the PSP. I don't know what they're playing, I was too busy taking the picture. :-)

Back to basics? :-(

Here's a scene I decided to "pencil test," though the scene is already complete. It's a good thing I did, I was really rusty and it took me a while to relearn the program again. I used an updated After Effects and even the most simplest tasks gave me trouble to figure out. It's only been about 2 years since I've used it....so I guess it's enough to drive me crazy. The scene does need some fixing, so I'll go back and correct the timing a bit, but the actual drawings in the frames are going to stay the way they are. It would be great to go back and smooth out the animation but I have to move on to other scenes. Practice makes perfect!

Dracula vs Santa Animation

I finally started on the DvS animation and, boy, do I have a long month ahead of me. What I decided to work on first are the scenes that were not in the original comic. This included Dracula, who didn't appear in the first 8 pages of the comic. Good thing is, since this is Dracula's first appearance, I've put some good effort and his scenes will look the best, cuz when I get closer to the end I know I won't be able to keep up with the quality. Lol, God help me, I haven't pencil tested.

Doesn't take much to have a dirty mind.

I remember seeing this when I was younger. Thought it was catchy. Now that I'm an adult, and the word "count" is censored, things appear so much more clearly now. Good Lord....

Back to Animation

Ed Power and myself worked on Santa vs Dracula (or Dracula vs Santa) for Zuda a few months back. Read it here if you haven't done so already. Though we only came in 4th place we still have plans to finish it. There's a lot to be worked on it but for the rest of the summer we're going to be doing an animated promo for the comic. Here is an initial design for Dracula that many readers of the original 8 pages wanted to see, and a redesign of Nick Fury. More work to be done!

Wedding Gift Art!

Illustration by Robin Ha.

I'm celebrating my first anniversary! Boy does time does fly. I got some great gifts that I still use today but the most special ones to me, where the ones made by my friends. I don't like getting mushy but it did bring a tear to my eye. Many tears. Of joy!

These comic strips were made by my bestest of friends, who have known Rob and myself for a long time as a couple. They actually represent true incidents. Atleast the ones that involved me. Heh.

To Robin, Becky, Risa, Vanessa, Eve, and Vasilis: Thanks guys, love you all!

Comics by Becky:

Comics by Hwan:

Comic by Vanessa:

Comic by Eve:
Comic by Vasilis:

More coloring fun

So I'm working on a project with my Estrigious girls and this was a sketch I drew for that. It's a really small sketch but I inked it digitally and decided to practice some coloring on it. I think no matter what medium I use, all my color works tend to look the same. Hmm...the color here appears to be a bit different than how they looked while I was working on it. o__O