Dog House Studio

A little bit of animation

Finally got around to rendering this thing. I animated this in just under 5 weeks, last Christmas. While I wish I could take credit for all the neat designs and settings, I can’t. The whole thing was taken from scenes and designs out of the truly awesome Gunnerkrigg Court comic. It’s worth pointing out I’m not affiliated, endorsed or any such thing with the comic or its author – I’m just a fan – I made this thing entirely for my own education and amusement.

It’s also worth pointing out I never quite finished making this thing, hence why some shots seem incomplete, especially near the end.

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Note: There’s no sound on this one – never did get around to sorting that out.

I might try to throw together a page of storyboards/layouts/animation breakdowns later on. Though people should just read the comic. It’s really very good. Or better still, buy it. It’s Neil Gaiman approved. What more could anyone want?

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Some more stuff… from 4 months ago

These where a bunch of character ideas for a comic I’m never going to do. One day I might actually finish something, anything, I start. Some day, but not today or any time soon, but some day. Probably.

Been notising a bit of sameface while scanning these. I should get on that.

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With the end of exams comes new content – From 4 months ago

Not very timely (turns out the final year of a degree keeps you pretty busy), but here’s some drawings from a while back:

So I’m done with exams and done with my degree. I am no longer a student. I suppose I have to start being a real human being now.

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Some Crap

Some crap from the sketchbook.

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More Life Drawings

Some more life drawings done [fairly] recently.

I’ve got a backlog of stuff to post on account of being lazy and not updating often enough, so there should be some more posts soon. I hope.

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Life Drawings

Some life drawings from the past few weeks:

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11 Second Club; Maybe

A quick drawing for some animation I’m doing for the 11 Second Club. I’ve been following their competitions for a while and some really nice work comes out of it, both technically and conceptually. Hopefully I’ll be able to get this thing done in time.

The design work is a take from the awesome Lackadaisy Cats webcomic.

Yeah, cartoon animal heads on kinda realistic bodies. Because this has totally worked well before. It should be an interesting experiment anyway.

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Sketchbook Lectures

Wow, I haven’t updated this place in over a month. I’ve actually been working on animation recently, hence the lack of new posts.

Anyway, here’s some drawings compiled over the last 6-8 weeks, give or take. They’re reasonably large, so “Full Size” view may be in order.

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More Landscapes

Photo-ref again. I have no idea if this is actually a good way of learning, but I find it useful. And fun.

I need to add snow to my list of things to learn how to draw properly.

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I Fail at Titles

A couple of speed paintings from photo references:

Some so-so stuff from a while ago that I forgot about:

I think I need to learn how to do night scenes better.

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