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Walk cycle studyNovember 13

A quick little frame-by-frame animation with the help of the Cintiq.

We’re finally here.November 5

Allow me to put art and animation aside for a moment. There’s a different feeling shared across this country today. It is palpable. It’s inspiring. Last night America came together as one and elected Barack Obama as our next President. I don’t know what to be excited about first. On a fundamental level, i am [...]

It’s gonna be a Cintiq dayNovember 3

After years of wanting a Cintiq, today Christmas comes early for me. My Cintiq arrives via UPS and their tracking application says it is on time for delivery. My first experience actually using one was about 5 years ago at a Flash Forward in San Francisco where I sampled one at the Wacom booth. The [...]

HTCIF has an official forum…November 3

When HTCIF was released in August of 2007, the companion website was supposed to have a community forum for anyone to post questions and comments about the book. For various reasons the forum was never launched and I’ll admit I dropped the ball with my publisher on this small but important detail. So this is [...]

Flash CS4 Bones tool sampleOctober 28

Just playing around with CS4’s Bones tool. This is a basic example I am currently adding to the book using a character design by SUNCHIRP from the keyframer forums