Learning Experience

Good news. Bad News. I have progressed rather nicely with the construction of my puppets. They are ready for paint detailing, clothing, hair, etc. The basic set is also complete. Unfortunately, there is not going to be any space available for me to shoot the actual stop-motion animation with a set this size. So, this project will have to be put on hold until the summer. This certainly wasn't a wasted effort, but it's unfavorable that I now need to take the time to develop a different idea for my final this semester.

Animatic - alter ego (pilot)

Animatic from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

There's still some timing issues that need to be addressed. I also plan to hash out more detail and perspective from the backgrounds. I want to thank my voice actors for taking this seriously and producing some enjoyable dialogue for these characters.

PLEASE - feel free to comment (critique) camera angles, facial expressions, gesture poses, plot structure, etc. I appreciate the feedback.

Puppet Progress #1

The head of the first puppet is near completion for my next film. I want t touch up the lips and I may end up making eyes separately. After that, this guy's going into the oven so I can paint it.

 

Stop-Motion Studies

Some exercises I did for stop-motion animation...

PICK UP DAT PHONE, FOO!! from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

Claymation Study from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

Freeform

Freeform from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.
This project was nothing but fun times (as is all animation). Here I expanded on a project I started for Valentine's Day (there IS sound). I also threw in some nifty transitions and just had fun with it. Sorry, no title though. I've had some difficulty coming up with those lately.

Digitally Painted Energy Cycle

Digital Paint Energy Cycle from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

This is still VERY MUCH a work in progress. A few frames are not fully colored, I need to add blurs, glows, and shading, AND there's a secondary animation that be placed as a background element. It'll be good stuff once it's done. You'll have to settle for this right now.  (-;

Super Sculpy Baking Instructions

Alright, might come in handy to have this up online. This is the baking instructions for super sculpy. If you use a different sculpy, then the instructions ARE DIFFERENT. Do not mix different scuply together. They have different consistencies of synthetics that will bake at different temperatures.