April 30, 2010

Fun Art Fridays: John Locke Lost


Here's another fun exercised I did for the Design-A-Character group over on Deviant Art. (I've been doing a lot of these challenges latley, huh? ;)

Anyway, the idea of this challenge was to focus on faces and try to design a character based off of a photo. So, I tried my hand a one of my favorite characters currently on TV… Lost’s John Locke. I know a lot of people complain that the series is too slow and complex, but I dig it. It’s all about the characters, and the more I know about them the more I like it. I'm definitely bummed that this is the last season… :(


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April 29, 2010

Animation: Birthday Surprise!


This week's SweetIM animation is titled "Birthday Surprise!" In it, we get our final visit from an old friend of past weeks. I don't want to ruin it for you, but if someone gave me this as a birthday present, I'd have to end our friendship. ;)



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April 28, 2010

Future Incite Interviews 2A!


2A! sits down to talk animation with Future Incite!

Future Incite is a video and post production studio located in Freehold, NJ, and owned by the totally cool Sundiata Cowels. Aside from doing some pretty sweet production work, Sundiata also does some really great interviews with local artists, producers, and directors. Plus, he’s a super-nice guy who makes you feel completely comfortable during the interview process. Thanks again Sundiata! ;)

Joe and I agreed to do an interview with him back in February when he stopped by our booth at the Engage! Expo. The interview is now posted on his website and we’re very happy with how it turned out!

Check out his article and listen to the audio interview here!






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April 27, 2010

Character Design: Ostrich Jeweler


Here’s another Sifaka World character design!

This time I present the Ostrich Jeweler. She can be found selling gems at the "Meerkat Mines Jewelry Store" located on the African continent of Sifaka World. Not much else to say other than I think she’s a pretty good looking Ostrich. ;)

Hope you like her!


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April 26, 2010

MMMs: "O" is for Ocelots

We like to draw.
We draw lots and lots.
What we like to draw
Are lots of Ocelots!

Haha! Sorry, I’ve been reading lots of Dr. Seuss books to my son lately. The man was a genius! Anyway… a big THANK YOU to our pal Kelly Crisci for today’s Monday Morning Motivators suggestion. ;)

Next week's theme is anything that starts with the letter "P," so anyone interested in making a suggestion can drop us a line here or on our Facebook page. Become a fan, suggest a theme, and if we dig it we’ll draw it.

For those that don’t know… MMMs is our weekly exercise where we pick a theme and spend the first hour of each week sketching. The sketches can be loose or tight, but the point is to work out the weekend stiffness and draw something new.

Now without further ado, we present... "O" is for Ocelots!







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