No More Mr.Sadman

I could hardly believe it. It was only my second week back at KCAI and I had already threw myself into a phunk. I had all these drawings finished at the end of the summer and thought I'd have them colored by now. I was letting it get me down. I was bumming because I also hadn't found any time to dig back into hand drawn animation.

Then amidst my self-induced suffering, a savior spoke these words, "Loosen Up Man". Studio truly is the greatest place on earth. I figured I had to take the time to draw, because I just wasn't enjoying my 3D-Modeling stuff.

VIOLA!! I let my pencil fly and something wonderful happened. I began drawing rough sketches that had more life to them then my neat and clean illustrations. You'll be seeing a lot more of these speedy "fun" drawings. I think I finally found my niche with drawing.

About time I beat that bad attitude. I'm no fun to be around when I get sulky.

Stop Motion Break Through

Daybreaks from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

Alright! I have had some considerable progression with animation. While there are a lot of things happening here that I'm proud of there's still room for obvious improvement:
1) LIGHTING!! (apparently it doesn't help if all your light sources are behind the camera.)
2) After Effects Post Comp
3) Camera Moves (probably can't do a smooth one without some kind of stable rigging)


Here is the complete video after all our films were edited together. CHEERS!!

Exquisite Corpse from Matthew Lloyd on Vimeo.

2010-11 Demo Reel

Just realized I hadn't posted my Demo Reel from last semester. This collectively allows me to assess my strengths, weaknesses, and which pieces have the potential to become portfolio grade quality.

Getting My Feet Wet

Okay, I've begun playing around with Illustrator, and . . . I LOVE IT! Oh Vectors, how you amaze and perplex me. This portrait is part of a small series of a few of my friends back home.

Issues I'm still working on:

Figuring out the Layering System

Brush & Pen Tools

Exporting an image to a specific size and file type

Roger Evans, So Totally The Man

I know he's already taken Cartoon Brew by storm, but I just HAD to share the latest about his epic "Quest".

Being a fan of the Hanna Barbara animated series, "Johnny Quest", Roger Evans has set out to reproduce the show's popular intro sequence in Stop-Motion. His puppets are incredible and he offers valuable post-production tips.

Check out his website (do it, DO IT NOW!) http://www.rogerevans.tv/jq_page2.html

Big Plans

Alright! After a week of recharging my batteries and regrouping with the family (good times, WOOT).
I am digging back into my final and prepping it for Ottawa 2011. I have a few adjustments I'd like to make and I already submitted all my entry form paperwork. Here's a link to the festival site.
http://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php

I also have restarted my deviantart account, some little goodies there: http://drmeloche.deviantart.com/

These are the concept sketches for my elemental character I am hoping to get some tests animated for within the next month.

Finally, I am also working on a music video for the Stone Throw Records "Code Emphasis" competition. http://codeemphasis.blogspot.com/

"Dive In' Spring 2011 Final

Dive In from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.

Hooray, it's...not quite done yet.
There are a few actions I need to add/improve. I plan to have everything polished in time for the Ottawa Film Festival.