Sketch Creep

It has come to my attention the difficulty that comes when drawing children and parents. It is hard enough drawing children, one they never stop moving, two they always end up looking like freaky dwarfs on your paper, and three it feels down-right creepy. However, it's even worst when the parents are there too because it basically amplifies the "creep" factor on your part. Either you have to draw them from a million miles away and at that point you can really only make out their basic shape, or you have to draw their back so they won't see you.

These series of drawings were to depict a short story of parents and children interacting.  I will say that on average, parents usually sit or stand in one place while the children run around.

And here is a lonely figure drawing.

Still Shot Surgery

The stop motion project continues forward.  This break was intensively productive!  We are about ready to wrap up animation in a couple weeks.  It is again getting challenging because of school and this semester, recruiters!  Just wanted to update everyone with a story while we anticipate the film's completion!

Recently, our puppets underwent an intense surgery to recover from over-usage by yours turely.  This required their clothing to be removed to repair the damage underneath where the sun don't shine!  If you are under the age of 18 years, please leave this page now!

 AAAAAAA!!!!  Yah she is naked, but even worst she cracked!

 We also had to remove the giant screws placed in their backs that kept them planted to the couch.

This was for a specific reason and for the best.

Here is another look at the workstation, the Batcave!  What's that?  Oh yes, our puppets stand now!!! DUN DUN DUN!!!

Yet another of the many hurdles to overcome in stop-motion.  Please keep rooting for us!  Your support means everything!

Waiting For Time to Stop

This is the aftermath of overworking my employees today...

This is where the magic happens, we like to call it the bat cave.

I shall remain pasty for the rest of the break. On average I am completing around one second of footage for every hour. With delays such as fractured limbs, it does hold the progress back but it is one of the many hurdles that we deal with on a daily basis. However big the delay, we still manage to get through and as soon as the adhesive dries, it's back to shooting. Oh, better charge the camera battery while I'm waiting, duh!

Goodbye, See Ya Next Year

I watched the Korean movie The Bow Steve Hickner showed during his presentation at SJSU. Following the movie when reading about it online, I did this quick sketch for fun.

Update: Eunsoo and I have began production on our stop=motion project! We are not going to rush anything but based on our progress we should be finishing production by the end of winter break, leaving us a little more than three weeks left. I feel weird being in the dark again all day, but I guess it's not as bad compared to summer when the sunlight is just begging you to come play outside. I do say it is easy to start from where you left off; just a bit of dusting and voila! Wish us luck! Happy New Years!

Hai-ena

I went to eat at Mitsuwa today and watched Eternal Enemies, the documentary that inspired The Lion King... tahdah, quick sketch for the night!

Bitty Winter

Merry Christmas! This I did for Eunsoo, Haha! sorry for the poor photo quality. I didn't manage to get a copy of the pictures I made for my family, so maybe next time.

Tule Lake coming soon! A few members of the crew are putting the final scenes together for the semester premiere. This is my favorite frame from the short film! I will be switching gears to finish the stop-motion project Eunsoo and I started last summer.

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