Dustbunny Pictures

Popoki Comic

2010-09-29T13:36:00.003-07:00

I like the fact that now that I'm done with my homepage updates, I can now move on back to the realm of creativity, more specifically, my comics. Which have been in the deep freeze during the last two years of college.
Now that I've got 4 comic series, I've arranged for a weekly rotation cycle on my comic serials (maybe more, maybe less, but I'll try to stick to at least one a week), and "Popoki's Island" is the newest addition to the list. This is the first page:

Of course, I only really draw comics for fun, but if I get enough together, I'll publish them.

Homepage Update

2010-09-10T00:27:00.002-07:00

Shiny new graphics adorn my homepage, after a much needed and long overdue update.

http://www.dustbunnypictures.com

More to come, and more regular updates.

Graduating! And making plans.

2010-04-15T13:51:00.007-07:00

So it's been 4 months since my last post, a pretty grueling, dukes-up, slave away on art project after art project back to back without a moment to think clearly to myself 4 months, but all that hard work is about to pay off.

I'll be graduating from BYU next week. Pretty cool. :)

So here's a little bit of art. I'm really rather proud of these pieces, more ideas forming for the Maggie and Mitch project from my character design class, expansion of the cast.

Maggie Matilla and Sticky Mitch
A Mayjo girl from the US, with emotional-based magic powers she can't control, and her enchanted teddy bear sidekick.

Pepper Oni and Bunba
A half-human/half-oni exchange student from London, and her nitwit Kasabake companion inherited from her family.

Miya Poko and Nyatto
A airheaded Tanuki girl and her lecherous old Maneki Neko "uncle".

Hanako and Amber
An extremely scary and enigmatic Onryou girl, and her bubbly upbeat spirit-wisp half sister.

Daisho and Mochi
A Kitsune from an aristocratic family. The token male of the group. Suave, overly cool demeanor and object of all girls affections (and occasional fights). His servant is a Kappa with a life debt to him.

So now I have a cast of 5, and if I plan on making it, which I do, it'll be an anime parody-ish animated series, or manga-genre spoofing graphic novel, or both. Either way it should be both cute and funny.

(edit) Just thinking, these also kind of say "action figure merchandise" to me as well. I can see them packaged in plastic with their little friends by their sides ready for adventures. I dream big. :)

Whew...dusty....

2010-01-22T21:25:00.004-07:00

2010, think I should post something? Nah....

Oh, what the hey, just for fun:

So it's My last semester at BYU, I've changed from Animation to Illustration, which feels much more my tempo, more creative minded, and I'm actually having fun while I'm in classes. (I know, right?)

We'll see if the blog holds up, I really should update it more. Poor thing, been gathering dustbunnies in a dark corner of the internet.

Moving on up!

2008-07-19T19:03:00.006-07:00

It's summer in AZ (that's hot), but soon I move to colder climbs. Utah. Provo.

By sheer luck and a lot of determination I got into BYU, meaning I'm a shoe in for the animation dept, so I can finish my BFA.

ASU was mostly a waste of my time, OK studio art classes, but a crap animation program, I was VERY disappointed. At least in Utah I'll have some people who actually WORKED in the industry to teach me the ropes, thank goodness.

As a little Summer treat, I offer a two shot: first the crap 3D animation I made well past expectations of the ASU curriculum, not learning a DAMN thing new, and having to use my own equipment, even added music (some creative commons from NIN's Ghosts...good tunes) and sound effects. I feel gypped by the class, but at least I got a 30 second mild snicker to use in my growing portfolio.

High quality version on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvxVNw-RwSI

Then in kind of a huff, and pissed I didn't learn anything at ASU, I resolved to finish my "Cookies and Milk" Maggie & Mitch piece this Summer before I have to move. Cleaned and colored, even wrote the music myself in Garageband.

Better link here: http://www.dustbunnypictures.com/Maggie/MaggieCookiesHR.mov

I like the blog even if there's not much to say during a busy school year, college keeps me REAL busy too. So maybe another update in another 6 months we'll see, maybe I'll have better news more frequently.

Till Next time.

I have a BLOG?

2007-12-08T17:50:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah that's right I do...

So maybe I should use it. Why so long a delay? Well long story short I graduated from Mesa CC and transferred to ASU. I planned on BYU, but they weren't going to accept all my credits and the animation portfolio review came up as a negative for go. So ASU it was. So I spent the last semester playing catch up on a few of the Req classes which meant a lot of studio time. It's holidays now so I have a bit of a break in the busy schedule.

I plan to use the blog more and keep up to date on projects and doings in the work, or any other news.

So let's see, upcoming and stuff in the works:

1. Maggie and Mitch (aka Murasaki Majo Maggie Matilla)
The one with the cute little purple girl and her enchanted, yet slighty creepy but adorable teddy bear. Besides a slew of concept and design art I have floating around, this one's
gone through several revisions. The now held plan is: First, an introductory illustration comic book of sorts. It's actually a lot of illustrations detailing Maggie and Mitch's origins. This too is getting the short animation treatment to coincide with the book, in a traditionally animated sense, or kind of like an animated storybook. (the plan being to sell the comic and DVD together. Slow going now, but at least I have all the pages/pictures ready. Now to find a good printer.

2. Shane Gun - Storyboarded, good idea for a sci-fi cowboy short animated film. I just CAN'T decide on a final "look" for Shane himself.

3. Captain Kelly - A little tricky here, Issue 2 is done and inked, BUT the WHOLE series is undergoing a little change, Issue 1 is getting a few added pages a few minor rewrites and a deeper storyline. and ALL PAGES will be colored, and online. If I can publish this one it'll be a miracle, and I'm already moving into Issue 3 as far as drawing and inking.

4. Popoki - Stirring from it's long abscence, and getting a new look (think old Looney Tunes-ish) a new story, a new Locale, new characters, and more in the works.

That's it for now, maybe 6 months from now I'll post another update.

DUEL Premiere!!!

2006-12-03T11:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.dustbunnypictures.com/Gallery/Movies/Duel/duel.html

After about 2 months of Hard Work, I present my latest 5 Minute masterpiece, "Duel".

This one I pulled out all the stops for taking everything I'd learned to date, and combining my knowledge and talents into one project.

So for a final project in a film class, I think I did a pretty darn good job, this looks and feels like pro work to me.

So Follow the link, Hope you enjoy it!

The Sphinx has landed

2006-11-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

The Sphinx has landed! Well all the principal filming on "Duel" is Complete, and I'm spending Thanksgiving weekend workin on effects shots, sound editing, music, titles and everything else that goes into a movie. If I'm lucky I'll finish the whole piece this week end, even though I have 2 more weeks to work on it, (and all my other finals) so I'm hopeful I'll get it done in a timely manner. But the composite shots are looking REALLY GOOD:

Here's Sphinx landing in front of yours truly, minus sound FX and music:
http://www.dustbunnypictures.com/temp/SphinxLandWeb.mov

Most of the effects shots are easy on this piece, (thank goodness) which is why I'm able to finish it so rapidly. I hope the final piece looks as good as this (or better?)

Wonderful Time

2006-11-13T23:51:00.000-07:00

It's short and sweet, a Music video project made for Film class. Me doing that wacky stuff i do everyday to the tun of "Having a wonderful time" by Tiny Tim.

Click Here:
Having a Wonderful Time!

Maybe I'll upload it to Youtube or something.

Kitty!

2006-11-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Playing with brushes and swatches in Photoshop to achieve a more painterly look.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. Kitty!

Yesterday...uh...

2006-11-08T22:34:00.000-07:00

Yes I realize I missed a Day, but to make up for it a post and a half. The Demo Reel is almost ready. I've shortened it in some areas to keep it to about 3 Min (which includes many of my upcoming projects), and decided to put in a "various/other"category at the end which has not only some good but unused (yet) pieces in 3D animation, but to include some traditional 2D style examples too)

AND to explain my absence of yesterday's post: MOVIE TIME!!

Film class is gaining momentum. Here are links to some work from the class so far:

Digital Story, "Turning Japanese" (8 MB):

http://www.dustbunnypictures.com/Gallery/Movies/DS-TJ.mov

and a class exercise in "editing in the camera" or getting a series of shots/edits to tell a story Ironically named "Under the Gun" because we had only two hours to shoot it, import, add a soundtrack and compress, and by the end of class 2 teams of 4 each had made a short film.

Under The Gun:

http://www.dustbunnypictures.com/Gallery/Movies/UndertheGun.mov

and here's a pic to tide you over (click to open larger ANIMATED gif):

Bat-o-lantern

2006-11-06T23:36:00.000-07:00

Batman Pumpkin. It took me about an hour to carve, and won me first prize and a gift basket full of goodies. :)

Venus as a Boy

2006-11-05T22:14:00.000-07:00

Adrienne before the incident:

See the Pretty Girl in the mirror there...

2006-11-04T23:52:00.000-07:00

What Mirror, Where? Yes, yet another scene going into the Ol' Demo Reel. Took a while to get the reflection just right.

The SS Torrent

2006-11-03T23:34:00.000-07:00

Now for a little boat work:

Kelly's Ship, the Torrent

And HMS Deluge - The Ship Kelly and Crew take from J.S. Merrywhether in repayment (later in the plotline).

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My first attempt seemed a little TOO cartoony, (even though the characters are), and SMALL which is OK, because Kelly does fast trade runs, and has a crew of only 15-20, This new version improves on the old design, allotting to a bit of study on real ships, it's not exactly a photoreal ship, but it has enough elements. Borrowing on the idea of a Brig ship, 2 Master, even have a full ship's layout now, 3 levels inside. Though, I like the ocean on the first.

ODJ

2006-11-02T20:53:00.000-07:00

ODJ render from DUEL, POWER UP!!

Dustbunny Pictures - Pic Post

2006-11-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

I've made a resolve, even though my main site and my deviantart site get occasional updates, I get the distinct impression, being in college, people think I'm not being creative as an artist. In truth, I've never been more productive, to quell this I'll be posting a pic as daily as I can, showing what I'm working on that day, so this blog will from this point on contain a daily pic/sketch/scan or whatever of artistic significance I did that day. (This means exclusive pics and stuff too...) So be on the watch.

To Start:
Today I rendered out yet another in a series of scenes for my demo reel, this one from Captain Kelly:

Welcome to the Dustbunny Pictures Weblog

2006-02-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

I figured every other human in the world seems to have a Blog nowadays...why not me?

At least this way it'll be easier to keep folks up to date on the occurances going on with my art, animation, and everything else on my page, rather than my forum, which is more like a virtual ghost town as far as regular update and info.

So from here on out I'll try and keep my update via weblog. We'll see how it goes.