Pencil Tests

[Bentfingers1]

Check out some of the pencil tests and Character sheet from a short I'm working on, Let me know what you guys think!
You can find them Here!

[Innermike]

Pretty classic 'lazy' drawing but im going to take off my NG hat and say that i actually like it .

It looks original and flexible

Good work , maybe put more of this on your UP though :)

[HonterGames]

i like the nipples, if you can call them that ;D

[Innermike]

I think what really sets it apart is the lips

These days people are so lazy with the lips, just ultra this black lines

His are filler , their shooptastic !

[inputfilms]

Word! look VERY orriginal!

im sorry for kinda hijacking this thread, but could you briefly explain how you did the last walking animation on the video? Ive always wanted to try pencil animation like that, but i never found out how.

[JKR]

At 11/6/09 11:47 AM, inputfilms wrote: Word! look VERY orriginal!

im sorry for kinda hijacking this thread, but could you briefly explain how you did the last walking animation on the video? Ive always wanted to try pencil animation like that, but i never found out how.

I didn't do the art here but have done a lot of pencil tests. What do you mean by "how"? You basically draw the character on a piece of paper and then put another on top and draw the next part of the movement. And so on and so forth. Then you string them all one after another and it looks like movement. Or did you mean how in some other way?

The character looks cool, nice job. As far as a character sheet, the image has too many fluctuations in size and shape to really be a traditional character model sheet (they are supposed to be very, very consistent), but it does provide some nice drawings of different expressions. Can't wait to see some more.

[PBass]

Excellent work so far! I'd like to see him a bit more proportional, or at least have movement limits set in. But then again, if you're going for more of a John Kricfalusi style, then you probably won't need much in model sheets.

Here's some good model sheet resources:
http://www.animationmeat.com/modelsheets /modelsheets.html
http://klangley.blogspot.com/

And then, if you want to try an audio test later, animation-meat has some good practice clips.
http://www.animationmeat.com/practice/pr actice.html

Good luck and great job!