Mecha Santa + Tutorial

Man I've had this video sitting around for a bit.
But I've been asked a few times to get a commentary done for the time lapse video.
I had a few hickups with the audio.
But I think I've gotten something now (going to take a while before I get better at this.

I threw the art on a 3d Box I did in 3d studio max.. quickly. I tried to keep it in style to those gundamn kits. I love building those things (although I hate painting models).

Oh and all the videos are in HD quality. so double click it if you want to see it with more clairty.

Mecha Santa from kidchuckle on Vimeo.

or if you prefer youtube (2 parts.. because youtube is lame and you can't go over 10 mins).

hope you've been good

I didn't want to do the usual type of holiday card
so I tried something different for the holiday season.
I squeezed this inbetween gigs.

Turbo: Short film

I saw this on Kotaku,
This short film is pretty kickass created by Jarrett Conaway.

A University of Southern California student film short Turbo, done with a 100,000 budget

TURBO from Jarrett Lee Conaway on Vimeo.

sleeplessly

Something a bit quick,
dedicating this to someone who needs more sleep!

One Eyed Yeti.

The One Eyed yeti... the idea came from Ryon Xavior http://www.htxbstudio.com/wordpress/ (go check him out.. you gotta check his sculpts.. some crazy stuff).

Unfortunately... I kind of put it off.. but Xavior was sooo patient. And it was in the back of my mind. I didn't want to give him JUST a one eyed yeti..
Tried of thinking of something I could throw on him to make the yeti seem different.

SoOooooooo.......
the little back story I made for this guy... He eats children.. but also hides among them by dressing up as them. *** Gasp *** that's why the Yeti is so hard to find.

good morning daddy

threw this together. I get antsy when waiting for feedback...
so I burn the extra energy by doing something productive.

Thought this one would be fun. A little kid seeing daddy off to work.

Dagonlily

boy insomnia keeps me pretty productive these days....
but I thought it might be fun to draw a character in cosplay... The design is my own...
But I figure if I say its cosplay.. it gives me some fun to mash stuff together.

I dream of

Well I would be dreaming of....
but I have a serious case of insominia tonite. So what I'm doing.. drawing of course.
I had all these little doodles of robots. so I thought I might make into something.
I sometimes do these little cute bots as a exercise for shapes.

Deviant art is also having a contest about dreams.. funny enough.... oh man I wish I could sleep!

Boy this animator sure likes...

The animation for this short is amazing.. all done by one guy.

You'll notice from watching... the animator sure likes ... (you'll find out when you hit play)
自主制作アニメ - フミコの告白　Independent production anime

I found a translation

girl- " um um... please go out with me!"
boy- " sorry, I want to focus on baseball now"
girl-" Takashi is stupid!"

-(end of first conversation) Crazy animation

"Takashi !?"
" ILL MAKE MISO SOUP FOR YOU EVERYDAY!"
boy(takashi)-" sorry, I want to focus on baseball now"
END



one more vid from Production IG (studio)
Beautifully done.. like a moving painting.

Kick Ass

I can't wait to see this movie.
Kick-ass!

If you havn't herd about the comic.. it's about a young teen who decides to become a super hero (in real world rules.. no powers no skills... The only thing he has that makes him stand out from anyone else, is that he has a metal plate in his head from a accident. Funny thing is I knew a kid like that in grade school. He used to take money people by betting who would pass out first from banging their head against the wall.

The comic series is still in production. I believe the last of the issue comes out dec.
It's funny how the comic isn't even finished and it's already been turned into a movie.

Oh yeah also it was filmed in Toronto. Gooooo TO!

Kick-Ass

Trailer Park | MySpace Video

Iron Giant Project

Last minute entry for the Iron Giant Project

Recommended Comics and stuff

Picked up American Born Chinese by Gene Yang the other day. (link has many mini reviews)
Has a story that I can relate to when I was growing up.


There's also a daily comic by Derek Kim. Check it out here. Check out his illustrator journals.. I practically pee my pants reading his work.

I picked up creature box volume 2.

and Travis Charest sketchbook 2009 which you can also get at http://animationroadshow.blogspot.com

Halloween invasion

A little something retroish for halloween.
I really love those old school posters. I finished this weeks ago.. but held off on posting this.
The lighting was fun to try out.

Halloween what to wear

I had this idea of mashing up a few costumes together.. that I couldn't get out of my head till I scribbled it down.
kind of a best of the "bargain bin of costumes"



If you're having trouble which movies these are from.
1 Starwars (thats DannyChoo.com also of tokyostormtrooper)


2 Game of Death (yes I know its from Kill Bill too.. but in Kill Bill did it in homage to
Bruce Lee's game of death. I'll be really upset if you've never herd of it!

Yellow Chucks are from


(thats where the foot print comes from! If there's someone out there that can make a shirt with a yellow stripes on the side and a Giant foot on the front.. I would be sold on getting that!)


3) Batman (notice the cape and ears)

Silicon+Zombies+Subway

It's almost Halloween. Probably my favorite theme to draw.
As a warm up... I thought I would do a exercise in lighting. Do something that's simple (rather then full on paint). But then it kind turned into something I could animate.
Mind you I would never call myself a animator. I tried it.. and I have no sense of timing.
But I took a shot and here's what I got.

Toronto: Videogame Industry + Ubisoft

Well the news of Ubisoft coming to Toronto is old news right now.
But it's interesting topic that I've had with friends in and out of the gaming industry.


On the news it seems very focused on Ubisoft alone. but I'm more interested what will happen because of Ubisoft's move here. Will more larger gaming companies come to Toronto? I just hope with Ubisoft coming into the picture, it will give that Fire Toronto needs to have a more healthy Gaming Development Industry. (more companies to start here, and business opportunities etc).

Well anyways the article below explains it way better then I could sum it up.

Article is from the Examiner

Michael Jackson vs Mr Bean

Patric Bovin.
The man who did the animated Ironman vs Bruce Lee,
has done another one of his Versus animation

symphony of science

I got this link from my friend Dave's youtube account.

symphonyofscience.com

I'm not really sure how to best describe this. A mix of science and music?

But.....
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
You must first invent the universe

sketch motel

Just today, I've been warmly welcomed to a collective called Sketch Motel.
Sketch Motel isn't a art rep, but a very cool group of illustrators.
I feel very lucky to be part of collective of such tallented people.

if you have time check them out at sketchmotel.com

Aaron Drath

Aaron McKinney

Alex Hadjiantoniou

Alice Carter

Anna Shipside

Charlene Chua

Geneviève Kote

Huan Tran - Leaking Faucet Studio

Jack Dylan

Liz Adams

Louise Ferguson

Nataly Kim

Rhonda Mulder

Vince Chui (er that would be me)

Atom Eve: Invincible

Atom Eve from INvincible. (one of the best comics out there... another favorite of mine Walking Dead and Y the lastman).

Franchesco last month talked to me about doing a collab(to colour his fantastic line work) All I can tell you I was felt so honoured and freaked out about it (well I love Franchesco's art.. so I was nervous as heck).

But last month I was swamped with work and wasn't able to touch it until yesterday.

Just a little back story.
I first layed eyes on Franchesco's art on She-Dragon special by Image comics. I think this might have been in 06 or 05.
After buying the comic, I jumped on my computer to find out who this guy was cause I wanted to see more of this fantastic work!
I found nothing... until 09, I had found him on DA.

After finding him and more of his work... I also found out how cool he is after sending a couple of message and notes.

But I'd like to Thank Franchesco for asking me to colour his work... It was a thrill!




Don't forget, if you want to watch the video in HIGH DEF (just double click the video)