HarveyRothman

Rough character blocking

These three bits of paper are me figuring out how to get a character to run from one side of a panned layout to the other. 

I wonder if anyone sells " •  -  • " animation paper, o...

Layout practice

I was reading up on how layouts work 'cause that's the one bit that still really confuses me, and also because I'm beginning to incorporate traditional animation more and more into my cartoons.

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Jasperockabilly

Quick daft song featuring the Jasper synth and the free Synth1 VST.

Reject drawing

Here's a drawing that didn't make it into the final cartoon. The problem with straight ahead animation is that it's easy to draw yourself into a corner, so often I end up having to scrap some drawings...

A Cracking Calamity

Here's the final result of those previous bits and bobs I've posted here. Thank you everyone, and have a merry Christmas! 

End with a bang

Dazed by the overzealous revolver

Scene 5

Decided to go all out scribbly and straight ahead for this scene just to see how the stream of consciousness would turn out. The perspective changes and such weren't even in the storyboard. Fun stuff ...

Scene 8 clean up

Talking with Ghosts

Morsel of a bangin' remix of a track from Luigi's Mansion.

Scene 8 rough drawing

Not entirely convinced by the perspective of this drawing, but should do the job! 

Scene 8 pencil test

Another case of the scene looking a lot simpler to animate from the storyboard than when animating. I'll invest in a better webcam for pencil testing one day!

Scene 2 done!

I always like to do the first scene I animate from start to finish just to check if there will be any complications along the way. Seems to be alright with the anamorphic lens and such, so I'll get to...

Xmas Scene 2 pencil test

It gets a little hard to read at points. This is just how I get a quick grasp of what the scene I'm animating's like in motion, with a old webcam and MonkeyJam.

Christmas rush

I'm going to take the challenge of rushing a 1 minute Christmas short out. I  wonder if it can be done? It's being done the Bob Godfrey way, with paper and the odd cutout since that's how you giv...

Daft trumpet tune

Further playing about with Reaper. Not been very musical for a while now, but I'm having fun with Reaper's mixer and such. Seems more logical than FL Studio even if it's quite different. The fundament...

Dramatic look

I like animation nonsense that doesn't mimic life but still has a sense of solidity. Here's an example of nonsense, with the snout entering the frame long before the rest of the character.

Not many ...

More sounds

More playing about with sounds.

First one is the Jasper kit synth plugged into a guitar amp facing the piano strings to create a reverberant electricity spark sound. Processed with an Aphex Exciter ...

Scribbles

Done during Cornwall holiday.

XP-PEN Storyboard

During the final rush to get shots done before the holiday, I ended up doing a storyboard and just ticking off all the shots as I did them. Here's a page.

(NEW VIDEO) XP-PEN Artist16 Review

As per usual, given the opportunity to do this meant I put all I got into it and totally knackered myself and was almost 3 months past the deadline, but it's done! Not done the thumbnail, end cards, o...

Happy pen

God, my computer's dusty.

Daft chemistry set noises

Was in another sound designy mood, so mucked about with recordings of sinks, bubbles and Dandelion and Burdock to bring forth this racket.

Also handy practice with Reaper.

Dick Hyman - Stompin' At The Savoy (Remix)

There's one bit in this song https://youtu.be/4Eea1i9KqHU?t=2m9s that I liked so much I had to extend it. There's the Stylop...

Stylophone Gen X-1 Demo

The thing I like most about this synth is how it sounds like nothing today, but more like an experimental early synth from the early 60's. The thing I like least is that it wasn't released 10 years ag...

Tatsuo Ryuno Reel

Decided to plonk together some Sherlock Hound scenes that were animated by the delightfully funny Tatsuo Ryuno.

MS-10 Bass Tune

Ended up sampling those noises in that last post and making a tune out of them.

Bunch of noises done as of late

Compilation of recently made sound effects. I just stockpile these things hoping they'll be useful some point in the future.

I can recall recording filing some wood, peeling sellotape, some plaster ...

Silly sirens

Couple storyboards, which involve Wolf's clunker of a ship misbehaving,  for the Starfox cartoon  

MACINTOSH PLUS - 花の専門店 Remix

Thought I'd sample the sample of 'If I Saw You Again' and put it to a Hip-hop beat. The bass is a bit messy but I can sort that out another day.

Used a Technics SX-U90, Early Learning Centre tambour...