Dirty Darryl's Blog

Sketches

2011-07-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

Security Guard

2011-06-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

I walked past this security guard hard at work.

GO Train Sketches

2011-06-20T19:59:00.000-07:00

Sketches!

2011-01-21T21:36:00.001-08:00

First Post For 2011

2011-01-01T10:02:00.001-08:00

Windy Day

2010-08-09T09:16:00.002-07:00

Road Rage

2010-02-08T15:38:00.001-08:00

January 11 Second Club

2010-02-01T04:02:00.001-08:00

This was my entry for January's 11 second club. I feel this is more of a first draft than the final product. There are a few things that need to be tweaked, and added. I'll do that soon, and have the final animation posted sometime this month.

Cool Blog

2009-12-23T08:25:00.001-08:00

I came across this cool blog today. Bobby Pontillas just got hired at Blue Sky Animation Studios and he has been blogging his experiences and encounters with people. He has also posted some photos. Check them out here!

http://bobbyinnewyork.blogspot.com/

You can also check out his cool artwork and animation here.

Enjoy!

2009-12-10T16:26:00.000-08:00

11 second Animation Entry

2009-11-30T21:15:00.000-08:00

This was my 11 second animation entry for November!

Cheers!

Rollergirl

2009-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

I'll prob go back to this drawing later on and put in some more details. I thought I would post it now, since I haven't really posted anything for a while.

Winter Girl

2009-03-19T23:51:00.000-07:00

Happy New Year!!

2009-01-06T17:21:00.000-08:00

Hopefully I find myself drawing more this year, and reaching for new goals. Let's all hope that 2009 is a year for good changes. Happy New Year everybody!

2008-09-28T08:04:00.001-07:00

Yee-Ha!

2008-09-28T07:59:00.000-07:00

2008-08-21T08:49:00.001-07:00

Superhero-Rough

2008-08-11T17:49:00.000-07:00

Inspiration Monday- The Art Of Walt Disney

2008-05-05T11:01:00.001-07:00

I really enjoy this site. It's filled with concept designs and sketches from various disney features. Although it's done in french, its filled with incrediable images, plus clips from the animation tour in paris.

http://artofdisney.canalblog.com/

2008 Animation Demo Reel

2008-05-02T05:45:00.000-07:00

This is the updated version of my animation demo reel. I didnt put any sound in because it was drowning out the dialogue. Cheers!

Inspiration Monday

2008-04-28T06:41:00.000-07:00

Its been quite some time since I posted images and video for inspiration mondays, but I'm going to try and post these up again for those lazy Mondays. Check out this blog by a young Pixar artist by the name of Chris Chua. Chris has some really nice drawings and quick sketches. When you have a chance, check out his animation, which you'll find a link at the right side of his blog. His animation shows why he now works at Pixar. Great storytelling, and acting...in 2d.

http://www.cchua001.blogspot.com/

Farewell Ollie Johnson (1912-2008)

2008-04-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

Chaotic Animation

2008-04-08T03:49:00.000-07:00

This is a scene that I animated on a show called "Chaotic".

Frog Sketch

2008-03-16T13:37:00.001-07:00

After I sketched this, I noticed it looks a little similar to Sebastian the crab from the Little Mermaid. Back to the drawing board I guess.

Family Portrait

2008-03-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

New Indiana Jones Poster!

2008-03-12T15:18:00.000-07:00

Conversations With Other Women

2008-03-11T09:46:00.000-07:00

I just happened to see this movie on the movie network, and thought that it was very cool. The movie is done with a split screen, so that you get to see the character and their reactions during their entire conversations. I dont know how many movies have done this before, but I thought it was a very clever idea.

Le Building

2008-03-03T11:02:00.000-08:00

I know that this clip is a few years old, but it's so friggin good! I loved the character designs and the story idea. So good!

Sweeney Todd Designs

2008-03-03T09:58:00.000-08:00

I did some quick sketches while watching the movie.

Heads

2008-03-02T11:32:00.001-08:00

Animation Area.

2008-01-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

Thought I would share a few photos of what my work area looks like. I've been working at a small studio called Huminah Huminah Animation over in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. There are only 21 guys working there in a studio thats 20 000 square feet. Things have been very steady with work lately, but the hours has been long and tiring. Having a desk like this really motivates you. Did you realize I was a Disney fan?

The Art of Bee Movie

2008-01-07T18:43:00.001-08:00

There seems to be a lot of times when a new animation book hits the shelves, and inside is nothing but colour frames, watercolours, and storyboards. Not to say that colour frames and storyboards are not important, but for someone like myself, (who is an animator/character designer), we love seeing the rough designs!! Thats why I highly recommend this book. If you either love this movie or hate it, this book is full of awesome rough character sketches. Its worth the buy.

Old Christmas Cards

2008-01-06T13:56:00.000-08:00

I found these old drawings while flipping thru one of my old sketchbooks. These were placed inside christmas cards and given to family and friends.

Cooking 101

2007-09-22T08:41:00.001-07:00

My girlfriend went to China with her mom for a few weeks, which means I have to cook for myself again. Its not that I make her cook for me, she just enjoys doing it, and the food tastes so much better.

Bear

2007-08-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

We had a power outage at work today! This is a small sketch I did during the 40 minutes without power.

BUDDIES

2007-07-27T09:00:00.001-07:00

So, I was on my way to work the other day when I looked over and and saw a kid making all these expressions and emotions. I had no idea why he was making those faces until I stopped at the red light, and noticed that the two kids were playing on one of those Nintendo DS consoles. I kinda figured they were both playing the same game when the one kid would lean over to the other to see how he was doing and to see what his score was. I bet you can get a lot of facial expressions from kids playing video games.

HBO Shows Rock!

2007-07-24T20:45:00.000-07:00

If you ever want to see some really good shows on tv, watch any HBO Show, they are so amazing! Not just one, but all of them. You'll find that each show is filled with awesome characters, great performances, and amazing story writing. The ideas are original and clever, and you cant help but get drawn in. With television being swarmed with cheesy sitcoms and god awful reality shows, these HBO shows are all a breath of fresh air.

The Tourist Arrive!

2007-07-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Swarms of tourists have come down last weekend to see the tall ships. You start to notice the small things they pack with them. The front stomach pouch, the colourful shirt, the backpack, the camera. I actually saw one with binoculars.

Tall Ships Weekend

2007-07-15T19:43:00.000-07:00

This is a quick sketch of someone promoting a ship tour from the boardwalk. She and another girl were wearing giant hats looking like the ship. It was funny....I laughed, and then I went to get a hot dog.

2007-07-10T09:27:00.000-07:00

Just something I did while eating my tuna sandwhich.

2007-07-08T19:18:00.000-07:00

I finally got my hands on Sketchbook Pro, and thought I would do a very quick piece. Just playing around with all the tools and functions so far. Im sure you'll see more soon.

1 LITTLE.. 2 LITTLE...3 LITTLE INDIANS

2007-03-29T16:11:00.000-07:00

Employees That Work The Week-ends

2007-03-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

So I went to the nearest fast food restaurant today, and the person who served me at drive-thru, gave me the indication that she would rather be someplace else. No smiles, no personality, bad service. No care what so ever. My burger was yummy though.

Rough Animation from the Past

2007-02-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

A little bit of rough animation on paper i did three years ago. Cheers!

2007-02-20T16:00:00.000-08:00

Christmas Animation

2006-12-07T12:12:00.000-08:00

I love this animation at the beginning of the movie. Probably will happen if Santa went to my house.

Shopping!

2006-12-03T16:01:00.000-08:00

Ever look around the mall and see some guy tagging behind his girlfriend while she looks at every single piece of clothing in the entire women section? They need more pubs and bars in malls for guys to chill out while they shop.

Rough Animation by the Masters

2006-11-28T15:12:00.000-08:00

I got this little bit of info from the Victor Ens blog. It has some really cool rough animation from some of the great animators. Glen Keane, Milt Kahl, and Ollie Johnson, just to name a few.

http://1on1animation.com/inspiration-flip.htm

DAN AYKROYD IN HALIFAX

2006-11-20T21:09:00.000-08:00

These are just a few pics taken from Paul, of Dan Aykroyd making a guest appearance last week at a small blues bar here in Halifax. A few of us went there for 7 to have some awesome ribs and beer and to chill out until the dan showed up. When he did (around 11), people went nuts and camera flashes were going all over the place. He went right up on stage, played one song, and then scooted out in the back. That was it?? One friggin song??? Oh well, at least we saw him, and his blues brothers car parked out front.

My Poncho Animation Short #2

2006-11-04T03:57:00.000-08:00

This is the second short that I had to animate over at copernicus studios. Again, the bg's, special effects and sounds were all being done in Mexico at the time. I apologize for the sound being off. It happens sometimes when it goes thru YouTube and Im still trying to find a way of fixing it. I'll try and post the third short next week. Cheers!

GLEN KEANE LECTURE AT CAL ARTS

2006-11-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

I found these on youtube of Glen Keane giving a lecture to students way back when Aladin was being made. He covers a lot of material that I found interesting, and useful. Just wanted to give the heads up that its really hard to see the images on the overhead projector because the filming was very old. Ahhh the classic VHS. Also, there are 13 parts to this lecture, about 4-5 minutes each, so I had no way to post them all up. If you want to see the rest of them, just type in glen keane in your search. On that note...enjoy!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!

2006-10-31T03:32:00.000-08:00

Inspiration MONDAYS #3

2006-10-30T05:07:00.000-08:00

Lion King Pencil Test

Free Time

2006-10-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

When you draw on a wacom tablet seven days a week, 10 hours a day, it can be very difficult to find time to draw your own stuff on paper. Thats why, if you have any time at all, you take it. These are just a few doodles I did with the 5-10 minutes I had free from my busy schedule. No real thought process with these, I just let the pencil do all the work.

Asterix and the Vikings Rough Animation

2006-10-25T03:31:00.000-07:00

I dont know how long these clips were around, but I just found them on the web a couple of days ago. You can tell that the big guy is voiced by Brad Garrett from Everyone loves Raymond. Cant wait to see this

INSPIRATION MONDAYS #2

2006-10-23T05:05:00.000-07:00

After doing almost 3 years of both classical and symbol animation for flash, I wonder how it would feel going back to animating with paper and pencil. I know that flash makes it easier, and faster, but I miss the flipping of paper between my fingers and the overall look on a line test. Oh well, maybe I'll try it again some time. Heres a collection of rough animation from the Emperors New Groove DVD. Cheers!

Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Short

2006-10-20T09:18:00.001-07:00

Here is the short found on the "Over The Hedge" DVD, which I believe came out onTuesday. I must say that I like the snappy animation of the squirrel, but its still a little too cutesy for me. I still havent seen the actual movie yet, but I hear its pretty good. Maybe I'll just save my pennies to buy it for that rainy day.

Beer and pizza tonght! TGIF!!

Inside Pixar!

2006-10-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder what it looks like inside one (if not..THE) most popular animation studio? These are pics taken from someone on the Pixar Tour, and they're amazing. Check out the games room!! I know it looks cool inside, but I've heard that animators work their asses off night and day. But still, come on...Its Pixar.

http://www.micechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40678

MY PONCHO ANIMATION

2006-10-18T04:18:00.000-07:00

Here is the project I did while working at Copernicus Studios, and done completly in flash. Each person in the studio was given one short to do, of Poncho the Football trying to do whatever it takes to play in the soccer finals in Germany. All the animation was done by myself, and all the special effects and backgrounds were done in Mexico. I was pretty happy with how this turned out, except for a few small changes the producers wanted. 1) They had the pilot shake his fist and 2) the bird was changed to climb the planes wing on the left side, rather than the right. Oh, and it was for Spanish television. But this is what is said:

Poncho: C'mon Duck, we got to go where the planes is!
Duck: Bah-k
Poncho-Quit yer back wackin Duck, nothin is going to happen to us!

Poncho: Hey open up!!!
Pilot: Hey!!!
Pilot:Here try this!!
Poncho:Ye-haw!!
Pilot:Bah!
Poncho: Germany Here I come!!!

Poncho: Hey Ducky, wheres your feathers??
Poncho: No,No,No, Dont...Yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Duck: Germany...Here I Come...HaHaHaHa

Poncho:Look out Below!!!!
Poncho: Donkey..This is your lucky day..We'sa going to Germany...YEEEHAAA!!!

If I can find more episodes I did..I'll try and post them up later..until then..enjoy PONCHO THE FOOTBALL.

Cheers!

Line Of Action

2006-10-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

Noticed this in the local paper. This is a young kid doing the Micheal Jackson dance on the waterfront. This is a great example of silouette and line of action. Great poses!!

INSPIRATION MONDAYS

2006-10-16T09:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, the weekend is over and its time again for another long week. So I thought I would start posting every Monday a kind of motive to get out of that slump and back into action. These clips are from a graduating class from Paris, France. If this is the talent that is coming into the animation world...we're in trouble. These guys are unbelievable!!!

Now start animating!!!
Cheers!

The Paul Caron Movie

2006-10-16T05:45:00.000-07:00

Made by yours truly!

Back to Bloggin!

2006-10-15T18:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! After a long, (I mean loooonnggg)time of not posting anything, I finally got my blog working again. Dont ask me how it happened, but its fixed now, and Im back to putting up some stuff. Still trying to figure out how to put videos on, but Im sure I'll figure that out too. In the meantime, enjoy the blog again!!
Cheers!!

Apollo Character Designs

2006-06-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few characters I designed for a project at Copernicus Studios. Nothing too special, Murray asked me if I wanted to design some background characters. All this week i have been plugging away at my website, and if everything goes well, it should be up and running by Monday. Lets cross our fingers!

Character Design Line-Up!

2006-05-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

Here is the line-up of the characters I just added before. Not too sure if I want to keep the colours, but theres always time to change it.

Enjoy!

2006-05-25T07:23:00.000-07:00

More Designs!

2006-05-25T07:17:00.000-07:00

Character designs!

2006-05-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Just playing around with some character designs. Trying to figure out what kind of colours to use. Still have to make a line up for these guys.

2006-05-05T08:52:00.000-07:00

I've always been a huge fan of artists that work their way up to the top, and find a place in major animation studios. One of them is an artist that I've really respected, enjoyed and inspired me to try and do better. His name is Victor Navone, and he's an animator at Pixar. Have a look at his website, and check out his photo's. There you'll see many things that go on at Pixar..really cool stuff. Also Victor JUST started his own blog...double cool!!!

www. navone.org

2006-05-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

Nothing too new at the moment. Just decided to clean up and colour the animals I did a few posts back in April. Cheers!

2006-05-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

May is finally here, and its about time!! As much as I enjoy winter, (which really wasnt all that bad here in the maritimes), I couldn't wait for the nice weather, and being able to sit on a patio with a nice tall glass of alexanders keiths beer. Took me a few days to work on this one. I coloured it in flash and added shadows in photoshop. Cheers!!

2006-05-04T05:30:00.000-07:00

While I'm still working on my own piece, I want to introduce you all to one of my favorite and very talented artist....Arthur de Pins. His work is so amazing and pulls you right in. His detail with characters are breathtaking, and his use of colour is unbelievable. When you have some free time, please please please check out his stuff. Its all in french but I managed to work my way around it. His animation is really cool too.

www.arthurdepins.com

2006-04-30T07:41:00.000-07:00

Thought I would try and draw some animals for a change. More to come soon!

2006-04-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

We just got one of those expresso makers. Joy!

2006-04-24T14:13:00.000-07:00

Just a few pages from the sketchbook from last night. Nothing new to report..that is all!

2006-04-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, you've seen this before many times. The old try-and-hit-the pest-with-a-mallet-while-he's-on-your-friends-head....routine. Thought I would try and draw a little slapstick today, and maybe introduce a few new characters....hmmm? Still getting used to coming up with some interesting colours rather than the plain purple, blue, green, brown they supply you in the paint pallet.
Cheers!

2006-04-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

Did some sketches at work, thought i would post them.

2006-04-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

This is just a design of a girl that I did for a friend of mine. He's using it to try and get a project from a client, which means that there might be a small side project coming my way. Lets hope. Again I cleaned it and coloured it in flash mx.

2006-04-17T05:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everybody!
Well..... actually, its the next day. I spent yesterday working on the rough, and finished it up with colour this morning. I tried something different this time, which was importing the jpeg into my flash mx, and then cleaning it up, and then adding colour.

Enjoy!

2006-04-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

Just finished another project at Copernicus. We did this Kids Save Kids three minute short , about being bullied at school. Really looking forward on working on the next project. Its kind of hush hush at the moment but im sure you'll be hearing something out of me later on. Its the kind of project where its more warner brothers and not realistic. But until then, I have a few days off to draw. That and maybe sit on the couch and watch cartoons all day..fun!

2006-04-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

I just found a site that allows to me listen to any radio station in canada online. So since I've been homesick the last couple of days, I thought that I would listen to some of the radio stations I used to listen to while living or visiting back in Ontario. It was great to hear 99.9 again, as well as 102.9 "the edge", and 96.9 Brantford. But after hearing those stations for a good 5-6 hours, I came to realize that I was even more depressed and more home-sick than before. Oh well...May will come soon! On another note, work has been very busy, and finding time to do my own drawings has been scarce, but I did find some time yesterday to do these drawings. Just a fat mouse I playe around with.
Enjoy!!

2006-03-15T16:05:00.000-08:00

Thought I would try and do some drawings away fom the Disney style....which is so hard after doing it for so long! I've also been looking at more John K stuff, his animation and characters. I enjoyed them before but wasn't really into them, (if that makes any sense). He spoke at a function that I attended here in Halifax, and he explained how sad it is that everyone has to follow the "model sheet". Go crazy, push the drawings and have fun with it. That was four years ago. So last night, after consideration (and quite a few beers I might add), I thought...hey, why not at least try it. You know what? It was fun! Although I still see a little Disney in it. Now all I need is more practice.....and more beers!

2006-02-12T16:50:00.000-08:00

It's really hard to get away from a style that everyone is drawing. Thats why im trying to come up with interesting characters to kinda stand out. I also need to start drawing smaller. This damn scanner keeps cutting off stuff and it doesnt really look professional.

Cheers!

2006-02-01T05:44:00.000-08:00

A Bunny...not Bugs Bunny by all means. Maybe a distant cousin.....maybe, just maybe!
By the way....I'm snowed in. We just got hit with 30 cm of snow with 15 cm still coming. I love Canada!

2006-02-01T05:33:00.000-08:00

I find that I get bored very easily! So while I was waiting in the car for my girlfriends chiropractor appointment to finish, I found a small pad of orange paper stuck between the seats. Well, ever since I was a kid, if there was a pencil, pencil, crayon, anything around, I would keep myself occupied. So here are a few quick sketches I did. I kept them because I thought they were neat....enjoy!

2006-01-31T13:46:00.000-08:00

I came up with this joke (if it hasn't been taken already) while my girlfriend was watching "The Bachelor" on t.v last week. Its taken me almost a week (here and there) to get it right. I was either very brave or very, very stupid to use a charcol pencil, especially one that smudges easily. Im sorry if the feet are cut off. Im hoping to shrink it down, when it comes time to colour it.

2006-01-14T17:58:00.000-08:00

I cant believe how fast the week went already! Things are pretty busy at the studio, so I only had time to do a few more drawings. I didnt know what to draw so i came up with a superhero wearing a strainer for a hat. Still have to figure out what powers he can have. The other..well is a wench.
Hopefully tonight I can sketch a bit.

2006-01-10T17:51:00.000-08:00

The next couple of pieces was a small christmas gift to my step-brother and his wife, who is expecting this spring. They dont know the sex yet, which is why the blanket is purple. I also included the rough drawing of it to show the "work-in-progress" stage. Also. there are a couple of sketches I did while watching "The Brother's Grimm". Good movie!

2006-01-08T14:08:00.000-08:00

Well, here it is...my first blog. The following are a few pieces to get things started!
More to come! Enjoy!