Claymation

Here's a couple of claymation tests I created to refamiliarize myself with the grand art of stop-motion. I plan to make some that are much better soon, but I still like these ones. They hold a certain amount of charm, short and sweet.

Kodamas

This is a painting I did a couple years ago for my friend Ryan. It shows kodamas (which are japanese tree spirits) playing in the moonlight. Its painted with acrylics on a canvasboard. I really liked painting this one. I learned of kodamas from the 1997 Japanese animated film Princess Mononoke, which is really great, probably my favorite japanimation ever. My kodamas look quite a bit different from the ones in the movie, and thats okay, because if I painted them to look exactly like the ones from the movie, I'd be an unoriginal jerk who deserves some type of horrendous pain. Besides, kodamas are actually from Japanese folklore, not just the cartoon, so its really open to interpretation (although my kodamas were definitely based off of the Mononoke kodamas). ps. thanks ryan for sending me the pics.

Errol and his Demon

black marker drawing (with just a hint of photoshopped highlights on the little demon fellow).

Red Ned and his turtle

a colored pencil/pen sketch found in a heap of disheveled drawings. I think the next few posts will bear the fruit of this aforementioned heap.