Jesus Walks On Water

Here is a little test I did today. I've been learning a lot in my Flash class, and have been itching to work on this project since last year when I did the first sketches. There's a lot to be done to this, including a walk cycle for Jesus, a boat, and the apostles, and a much better/richer painting for the background. Be sure to leave a comment on the blog here, and thank you for stopping by.

Click on the image to go see the animation, click on the "Jesus Walks On Water" title to leave a comment.

Update: Yesterday monring I went back and added a few more clouds, and a lightening strike to add to the stormy feel. It's my first "effect" in Flash, I think it came out okay.

Gus-bot exits stage left

This was done for my Flash class. The models were built by my teacher Gus Torres, hence the name Gus-bot. The assignment was to animate the robot leaving the screen, any way you want, just get him off the screen. So I decided to have the trolley from a previous assignment blast through, and knock him off the screen. Click on the image above to be taken to a page on my site where you can view the movie. Enjoy!

The Searcher

After a few years of hard work, many, many lessons learned, I am finally self-publishing "The Searcher". I wrote and illustrated this story. It's about a boy who loses his imagination, and spends the day tracking it down. It's an eclectic story, with many bizarre characters. I learned a lot about creating a book. Valuable lessons that will make my next book that much better. You can go see a preview of it here: blurb.com.

I'm also building a companion website for The Searcher at: TheSearchersWorld.com. Right now it's just a place holder image, with a link to the online store where you can purchase. But soon there will be pages with puzzles, mazes, coloring book pages you can download, and a book trailer to watch.

Sketches

Here are a couple more sketch exercises. One is a stork-like bird in a baseball cap, and the other a bald black guy. It's important to be versatile.

Old sketches

Another post in my Sketches From the Past series. I did all of these sketches while working at HP. We would have down time, and production line meetings, and I drew these sketches while sitting and waiting. The excersise was a favorite of mine at the time, scribble on the page, then find objects in the scribble to turn into characters, or things.


In this sketch I spotted a man in a baseball cap, a witch, a woman in a hat, an elephant, an old car, and a dinosaur.


I have no idea what this is. ?

Scheming Monk

Here's another pencil sketch. This monk is plotting how he can get out of KP duty tonight.

Cowpoke sketch

Here is a cowboy, a gunslinger really. Don't cross him. He's a surly cuss. Especially just before naptime.