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The more things change...

It's been over a year since I last posted here. There's not much art stuff to show for my efforts (or lack thereof?) over these months. The dream is not completely axed. Just have to lower my expectations. Lower, lower, keep going...

(I'd like to stream a drawing session some time, using Hangout. But I haven't found the best setup. The video shown is done with a light-weight webcam strapped to my forehead - together with 2x playback speed - may cause headache/seizure for the viewer. Caution.)

To end on a positive note? According to Sycra, one's drawing ability and one's critical eye progress at different rates; so an art-slump tend to occur when the critical eye overtakes the drawing ability in terms of improvement.

The Meek trailer, fan-made

The Meek (c) Der-shing Helmer
voice over by Ty Konzak
music by Kevin McLeod
trailer by me

Software: Toon Boom Studio 4.5, Pencil (pencil-animation.org), Anime Studio Pro 7, Adobe Premiere Pro

No feedback regarding errors, so public it goes. >:P

Gunnerkrigg Court 1 trailer, fan-made

Gunnerkrigg Court (c) Tom Siddell
Ghost Dance (c) Kevin McLeod

Made in Toon Boom Studio 4.5 (I re-learned its basics, and figured out during the process how to do certain things better, making it a productive use of my "spare time")

From 8am to midnight, for 2 weeks... OY. But it's here.

Apologies for the garish colors. I eyeballed them all (except the title page, which was scanned from the comic), and without overlaying a color layer to unify the color scheme it is rough on the eyes.

(would love to hire semi-pro British voice actors to do the voice over, but I can't justify the expense right now, if you know what I mean)

SPX, 2010


Another year, another set of badges! :D

Welcome to the first, ever, InterventionCon!

Kiz Looking Up

Kiz (c) Der-shing Helmer

Huff Meets Rice Boy

Huff and Rice Boy (c) Evan Dahm

Fallen Friend

T-O-E (c) Evan Dahm

page 1 draft pencil test

wen (c) Der-shing Helmer

~62 drawings

This is just a draft version (much fewer frames than ideal).

Don't be fooled by that stack...

Most frames are only the moving parts within a shot. Scene setup can take some time to do, but a simple frame can be VERY simple (taking hints from master Miyazaki's "pencil tests"). ;)

Not Attracting Attention

Twin Stars (c) Robyn Paterson

Rob was eager to see the pictures in video format. So here is a test clip. The comic version doesn't match the original audio drama version because I made changes to the acting and presentation. The whole chapter is not going to be a perfect match unless I redraw some things.

Pinter: That's It! (rough)

Wen And Pear

Looks a bit like Wile E Coyote. XD
Made in Pencil.

The Meek chapter 2 animatic

There are some mistakes in this uploaded version. I will fix the local copy instead.

Apparently there are already other people embedding this in their blogger/livejournal. Not sure if that will help or hurt you, D. ^^;

Storyboarding The Meek (chapter 2)

It is based on draft version chapter 2 of Der-shing Helmer's webcomic, The Meek. I'm drawing the storyboard frames on index cards, then scan them, and finally assemble them together as a quick test run using iMovie HD. In the future I want to reassemble the frames with Adobe Premiere Pro (more features to deal with overlapping images and sound).

Copyright: All rights reserved to Der-shing Helmer, the creator.

Storyboard:
scene 1-2 (~40 cards)

scene 3-4 (~56 cards)

scene 5-6 (~37 cards)

scene 7 (~76 cards)

scene 8-9 (~36 cards)

scene 10 (~67 cards)

scene 11-12 (~39 cards)

Small Press Expo 2007

I volunteered (a bit) at this small convention on Saturday. Took the opportunity to practice what I learned from Digital Video Editing class.

Spent about 100 bucks. Got to see some cool series.