Sequential image making - Gregg the underpants robot.

Sequential image making! Test subject

This is Hank the office dancer, he loves to dance at all times. 

Sequential image making - ideas and resources

Just looking at some examples of zoetrope animation, this Pixar one is pretty awesome, i love the attention to detail on every character, it really brings this piece to life.

I also had a quick look at flip book animations just to see how many frames were used for a smooth picture animation, this one is based on the matrix and it is simply incredible, the amount of time it must have taken to complete is unreal. 

Just some dancing ideas for my animation - the Flutterwacken from Alice in Wonderland 

Squidward Tenticles from Spongebob - giving it beans on stage! 

Fresh prince of Bell Air dance!!!

Gangnam style 

Self promo - various artist websites

Tom Gauld 

Tom Gauld's website is pretty simple in terms of the layout, the page scrolls whilst the side bar stays the same which is pretty cool because then you have full navigation of the page and no need need to head back to the top to click something. The part that scrolls just looks like a news feed for Tom, it contains updates covering his work and any upcoming events he may be a part of, from here you can also see any new publications he has been working on. The top half of the side bar works as a portfolio for clients as it lists the names of his best work which you can then click to view on the same page, this is good because then you are not drawn away from his site by external links. The side bar also features a shop where you can buy some of Tom's publications and it also provides external links for other places to get his items should his store become out of stock. Finally at the bottom of the side bar are some external links which link to his other pages such as his Flickr, Tumblr and Twitter. Over all a really professional website and very simple to navigate though the news feed has a lot of small text and it's a little too organized for my liking.

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        MCBESS 

Mcbess has such a simple home page it's unreal, each of the icons below his name represent a different page, one goes to his blog, another goes to contact information, the pencils link to his art work, the forth links to his music video's/tracks and the last one links to his store. Nice and simple, straight to the point. Again similar to Gauld's page as most of the links remain on the site and do not take you away from the page, good technique for easy accessibility and very professional.

I clicked on his art icon and i got this really nice show reel for his work and it allows me to scroll through most of his work, i like how everything is exclusively in black and white and it helps to stylize the page.

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MICHAEL SLACK

Micheal Slack is one of the most stylized artists i know, i can tell his work a mile off and i can do the same with his webpage. I love his custom header and i also like how simple his layout is in comparison to his bright and wonderful images. Under Slack's header you can see a bunch of links which help you navigate the site, there is a gallery for viewing his general work and there is a separate illustration link which i thought was useful because it helps to refine the search. This is one of the most professional sites i have seen, there is a really good "in print" icon which shows you everything slack has published and printed. I mentioned that Slack has a very stylized page and that shows through a variety of elements, the custom header being one, and FaceSlack being another witty pun for a link to his Facebook page. There are bunch of external links to his Twitter account and his blog etc. Over all a pretty awesome page.  

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SCOTTIE YOUNG 

Scottie Young is one of my favorite artists at the moment and like Slack he has a very stylized and simplistic page, every post has it's own little square and a little description underneath. Most of the posts on the main feed are one of his daily drawings which i think is good because it shows that he is constantly working and he is always adding to his huge portfolio, it's also good because it shows he is up to date with his site. The light paper texture in the background is also a nice touch as it helps to bring out his black and white drawings. Scottie is a big Twitter user and he has a feed on the side bar specifically for the recent related Twitter posts which is pretty cool, he manages his site in a professional way. Something else that is pretty handy is the little reminder that pops up and allows you to follow his blog so you can get updates whenever he posts something. Over all this site is very social savvy and is professionally managed,  nice and simple lay out though it has to be said that because he has so many posts it gets hard to find his professional prints among the doodles.

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CHRIS RIDDELL 

Riddell has probably the simplest page out of the ones that i have looked at, the front page has this awesome animation of a fish on a bike, the only site i have looked at which has an animation on it. All of his links are at the top of the page and they all link to internal pages which show the various publications he has been involved in. Riddell does not really like technology and there does not update his page too much, He shares another page with his friend and writer Paul Stewart and that one is a little more informative but i chose this page because you get to see a lot of Riddell's earlier work and his design process which is nice to see from such an influential illustrator.  

   

Lost in Ashburton - Comic summary

 I tried really hard with the layout of this comic making sure that the panels cross over nicely and conveyed the message i was going for. I was happy with my original black and white mock up but i was informed by my tutor that i lose my character in some scenes because of the busy line work, this wasn't much of  problem because i intended to colour the image later on. I wasn't really happy with the finished product, looks a little messy and i much preferred my black and white original, the inspiration for the colouring and pen work came from Neil Gaiman's "The Dangerous Alphabet" but it just went completely wrong.

I may want to revisit this idea and make another comic in this style because the last attempt was just poor, it has to be said that this style is very simplistic and works well with minimal text and colour, not to sure if it will work in comic book form but i would like to try it again. I covered everything when making this comic, the continuation of the images, the correct angels and the consistent style but the one thing i missed; the speech bubbles. I added the speech bubbles right at the very end and after looking back through the comic, the order that i added the text was wrong and now it doesn't read well. Over all it was very fun to work to the standard comic book restrictions and i am going to enjoy the rest of the module but i need to plan exactly what is going where before i even think of rushing into the final design.

Year two!!!!!

ON WARDS INTO THE SECOND YEAR!