The last two were commissions, the first and third part of the roleplay I run, and the second some TMNT fanart done on Facebook’s graffiti program. I’m also horribly addicted to tegaki, so if you want to check out my sketches on there, here is the link!

I also had the pleasure of teaching two classes for grade twos on motion/movement in art. The first lesson we did, we made flipbooks! It was such a success, the children took to it SO well. Like, there was a girl who made a bunny disappear in the distance, and a boy who had a tiger chase bees who turned around and chased him instead, hahaha. SO CUTE.

The time I came back, I showed them my animations, and by that point they understood how much effort goes into their favourite shows. I think a little too well, actually. One girl told me she can’t watch cartoons anymore because it makes her sad to know all the time that went into them. I was like, D: D: D: Nooo, appreciate the effort and DO watch them! Whoops, hahaha. But we did sequential art, so basically comics. A lot of duds there, they had a tough time thinking of stories and just wanted me to draw Pikachu and stuff, but one hearing impaired boy drew a Spiderman comic, and another boy an Indiana Jones comic, so I thought those were adorable and totally worth it, hehe!

Plus, I got a million little kid hugs, I’m supposedly the best artist in the world in their eyes, and they scream my name like I’m a celebrity whenever I’m at that school. Geeeez, this ego needs to be taken down a peg! I was invited back for next year, which I’m thrilled about. Looks great on the resume, ;D.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Hey everyone. I might not seem all that chipper, and that’s because it’s summer. Booo-urns. September come naow plz kthx, :/. Anyway, lots to do, now that first year’s over, like redo this site [I already have a sketch I’m inking!] and find a job; contribute to society, and the like.

Is anyone interested in commissioning me? I know comments are scarce on this blog in general, which is super saddening for me [guiltguilt], but if you would, perchance, like some Phooarts, comment here and we’ll negotiate, (:.

Some art I’ve completed in the last little bit. As usual, click the thumbnails to view:

Also! Throughout the year, or at least the latter half of it, our classes contributed to themed wall drawings. Derek and I scanned in this year’s haul, which can be seen at the spifftastic though really cruddy gallery seen here: http://quietsnooze.com/wall Enjoy, comment, vote, whateverrrr.

I miss everyone, and it’s been what, a week? Sighhh.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Regardless, here’s what you’ve been missing out on:

Raccoon walk! View it on my youtube account to read the credits that are very very due in the completion of this assignment.

More Hiccups related artses, and expect more to come:

That’s all you get for now. I’m planning a new layout for second year sometime this summer, as well as a looot of personal art. We’ll see how much of this so called planning will twist into the realm of reality, hmm? Hehehe.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

First, make sure you check out my gallery. I’ll post’m here later in the week as a full feature but I figured my animations deserve a post in and of themselves. Lo and behold, if the coding behaves properly, my second semester animations thus far:

Pink Panther walk cycle:

Little Tarzan head turn around, expression change, and lip sync:

Our next assignment: animal walk cycle! I’m doing a RACCOON. So I’m absolutely thrilled. I’ve been ravaging youtube for any and all videos containing them with the possibility of revealing clues as to their unique method of walking. With a bit more research and a whole lot of trial and error, I hope I can do raccoons justice!

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Instead, I’ll tide you over with a crapload of CG work I’ve been keeping busy with. My latest homework assignments are nothing to behold, nor do I care to taint my site with my gouache paintings or storyboarding bullcrap, soooo, CGs you shall get! Even though I should prolly post sketchbook stoofs from winter break, too. Why do I remember these things after the fact? I think that’s why I put off posting here for so long!

Note: The above images are just thumbnails! Click them for full sizes!

I suppose that’s all for now, folks. I should be hacking away at my head turn around/expression change/lip sync animation of young Tarzan, to make sure I can keep up with the demand, but this past Friday was a snow day and it totally threw me for a loop. Blah. I managed to not complete anything of value this weekend..

.. besides laughing my ass off at four sketchbooks from when I was in grade six! OMG WIN.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

All I want for Christmas.. by ~ph00 on deviantART

I joined an art exchange on deviantArt, and this was the result of my half:

Gift for Garagos by ~ph00 on deviantART

Aaaand lastly, here’s a teeny doodle of two of my characters writing to Santa. Cuties!

Dear Santa.. by ~ph00 on deviantART

Take care during this holiday season, everyone!

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Expressions: Nikolai Krauss by ~ph00 on deviantART

Vampire character expression sheet for character design class. I’ve been told he looks like the result of Logurt [Logan and Kurt, aka Wolverine and Nightcrawler, the sexiest X-Men by far] but I didn’t mean for that!

Feeling blah by ~ph00 on deviantART

Droodled this in the computer lab at school once everything was all coming together at the end of the year. Pretty much self explanatory to how I felt by then!

But the break is only three days in and I’m bored bored bored. But the art’s a-coming in parades~! I’ve been cafe sketching like craaaazy so once I find myself near a scanner I’ll post that, as well.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Also, I can’t recall mentioning this, at least not here on the front page, but I’ve added a new page to exhibit my animations. It’s linked up at the top alongside the other navigational buttons.

Other recent assignments:

Princess Alexandria Pose Sheet by ~ph00 on deviantART

Royal Winter Fair by ~ph00 on deviantART

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

I’ve bit my cheek and mulled this question over in my head, gaining nothing but a headache from it. Catherine posted the same thing a number of entries ago on the topic. “Why are you interested in animation?” And, synonymously, what got you interested in it? Why do you do it? Why? Whyyyy?

I don’t think I can come up with a solid answer besides.. what else would I be doing? Certainly, I could have fallen back on something with English, or general university courses, with my marks. But that, I know, would not have satisfied me. No, I have felt more personally connected to the characters I’ve created, the ones who live in my head and evolve into more complex beings, more so than I did anyone in high school. It was college that brought me out of my metaphorical shell - perhaps a TMNT-esque one, hehe - and revealed the person I might have written or drawn, but never imagined I could be.

I essentially taught myself how to draw humans after drawing animals for years. I just felt them easier to formulate. It didn’t hurt that Neopets was my main source of entertainment. I was awful at humans. Not that I was much better at animals, but at least I could fudge their anatomy. Humans.. we’re used to looking at them every day and therefore know all the flaws associated with them. I could imagine them fine in my head, but the biggest heartache, one that remains to this day, is that I can’t put them to paper as beautifully as I can picture them and their scenes in my head.

I’ve strayed from my point, and into a self-demeaning rant. How like me to do that.

Animation. It’s bringing life to still images. It’s putting me on the same playing field with others who supposedly strive for a similar goal as mine: to bring to life the images in one’s head, to share with others what is wonderful, what is perplexing, what is downright strange.. that which is art come to life. Living, breathing imagination.

I suppose that is my driving force. I’m disheartened that I don’t have an epic spiel of the life altering events that led me down the path of becoming an animator. Perhaps the actual animating isn’t even what I’ll end up being best at, and instead I’ll find a calling as a storyboard artist, layout artist, design, lighting, or, hilariously, a concept artist. Whatever happens, I’ll never forget those who were with me in those darker days, the ones who are, for the time being, nudged into the shadows of my thoughts, cast aside in favour of school work and all that entails. I speak of my beloved characters, from the tips of April’s skull-pinned black and orange hair to the scuffed bottoms of Ink’s boots to Dare’s stickered guitar case and Suds’s ever cheerful laughter.

I’m not sure what else there is to say. Have I answered my own question? No, I feel as I did before; confused and slightly disheartened. But, mayhaps, a faint bit lighter.

[Crossposted from my LJ, but I figured it was relevant.]

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Ooh, ahh. For more of this sort of rubbish, my youtube account, created specifically for said rubbish, is Phoo Animates! Ouahaha.Tomorrow I set off with the rest of my classmates to the Royal Winter Fair. My lovely friend Dee exposed me to ink pencils and watercolour pencils and I’ll be trying out many sorts of mediums on this venture. We’ll see if any of it works out the way I envision it! But, then again, how often does that happen, hm?

P.S. The visitor map amuses me immensely, <3.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!