Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

This children's music video wrapped up end of last month. I was the main animator, responsible for about 80-90% of the character animation. Considering our schedule and budget I am really happy with the results. The software used was Blender. The project was coordinated by Fuzz Studios.

Illustration - "Stowaway Adventurer"

Character illustration

Now let's see if I can colour it..

Character designs

Character design - Shepherd boy

I should be back to regular posts now that the animation project is finished. More on that later. Here's a new folio piece, from concept sketch to clean. I prefer the rough one personally. Preserving the vitality of loose sketches in a clean up is something I'm yet to master!

Update

Just an update for anyone viewing regularly, or wondering when I will post again. I'm about to start on a largish animation project, so posts will be a little sparse over the next month or so, but I will try and put some quicker things up. Thanks for visiting, and please feel free to say hi and leave a comment!

cheers,
Christian

"Blimping Together"

My new web site!

www.christianbocquee.com

This blog however is still the place to see regular postings of my latest work.

Caricature

Another quick caricature / character design. Will try to keep these coming, I'm having fun!

Caricature

A quick caricature from a photo reference. Will be posting a lot more of these since they are really quick to do, and fun, both to make and look at I think. This is also how I like to start character designs, using photo references, and then exaggerating etc.

digital painting "Curiosity"

Originally meant to only be a banner for my new website, I decided to turn it into a full-blown painting. I thought by making it black and white, I could focus on tone, at the same time making it less overbearing as a banner.

It's very much inspired by the 'Pixar look'. It depicts the idea of curiosity. A grandfather peers down a well with as much enthusiasm as his grandchildren. Or is he just feigning curiosity to spark theirs?

Speed painting

A quick digital painting - about one and a half hours. I used a photo reference of the Japanese actress Horikita Maki. The likeness is not perfect. My main objective was to practice painting light and shade for skin tones.