Old Stuff: Various Pencil Tests

[pigminplayer]

1:26 looks like mulan

[raccooninabox]

This is pretty interesting. I really like the processes and whatnot.

[smellslikevin]

i want so bad to be an anamator im going to high school next year and good thing its a trade school whitch im gonna learn

[pbkou]

i always wanted to make animations,but my skill sucked so,i stopped trying...it's bad that something you want sometimes isn't reachable...btw i believe too that the animations really give you the opportunity to see and feel things you won't in real life.

[Zuniis]

Never give up.

Belive in yourself!

[volcano798]

dude ur pics r awesome...in ur questing reviews...do u draw the hand puppet?

[ChristmasCarolyn]

Oh gosh, your senior work looks pretty heavy stuff. And yeah, can see that the animation is better than your junior year work. Interesting to see how pencil tests look like for study, being an animation student.

[VilleCoeur]

Dude, this is so intense... awesome!

[MichelsenProductions]

how do you save the movie in pencil, and then upload it on youtube ??

Please awnser :D

[togarda]

he takes pictures with a camera and then puts them together?

[xartux]

so he make like 100 pictures for one " dialog " omg... rispect :P 10/5 and CirrusEpix they arent so boring than u think :P

[broeder6x6]

very nice amniation

do you have talent or did you learn it all??

[sircrazyhead]

how do you animate this stuff!!!! plz someone tell me

[LNK1997]

how do u animate?

[Shahee]

I watched a lot of your movies, you're amazing dude.

[sircrazyhead]

are you doing all of this on the same piece of paper???

[Mystrym]

u a kick ass animator ^ ^

[DeadlyBOONKIN]

Wish i could draw like that my hands get to shakey to draw deeply plus its hard to learn on a notebook of notes and drool from naps in class xD

[laviathinguy]

dude, loosen up about it your a freakin genius! i love animation and cartoon art! hmm... although not everybody...

[The1989Hitchhikers]

They look like snorks at the start! ^^ Man this is neato!

[JackKuchiki]

Wow... those animations are really impressive!!

I think the design of the characters are brilliant! Especially the god with four arms!! Even though you said you didn't know what to do with the arms, it really looked good, and full of personality!!

I wish to work with animation, but character design is one of my weaker sides.. I'm trying to build on it.

Any advice you have for steps I should take while learning to animate? I apologise for the long comment!! You can pm me, if you wish to reply

[undefinedrandomness]

it may be boring, but it is WAY better than ANYTHING i could make. Ganesha and the mango is my favorite :D

[Justin13L]

I'm the best in my school in the Orchestra, and in Select Strings made for 2 rgades higher than me. But damn I wish I could draw.

[CirrusEpix]

We all have our talents. I was 2nd string trumpet all through High School. Haven't picked it up since.

[Ganxiba]

Wow, 3 months to make 3/4 minute film. that's amazing.

[drewman54619]

i love it

[inimalian]

These are great insights into animation and film for anyone thinking about the career. Thank you.

[sackTizzle]

ahh i wish i could animate and draw, tried to couple years back, but im just not and drawer, i cant get the shapes or the angles, oh well at least i found out what im good at, and thats music~

[crystalkirby]

These are very nice little snipits. I'm glad you decided to share them ^_^ I'm thinking of taking a 2D animations course in university in 2-3 years time (if my current course goes well).

[DaFakeG]

boring? i thought it was coo wish i could draw like that but im more of a music guy

[m0nit0ria]

Do you work as animator for a company orso ? or what do u work with ? Just curious =D ^^ xD

[CirrusEpix]

Yes and no. I worked for a little less than a year for Camp Chaos working on a flash show called VH1 Ill-ustrated. And then I worked for a very short time on the Classical Baby series for HBO. But in all, that was only about a year and a half total. Then when I couldn't find any more work, I became a teacher.

[Standardname1234]

Not many video's keep me entertained for more then 6 minutes, u just did :)

I never saw anthing like this before

[CirrusEpix]

Thanks!

[Daswede92]

do you still use this technique or do you flash?

[CirrusEpix]

frame-by-frame animation is very time consuming. I haven't done any since school. Since then everything I've done has been in flash.

[Daswede92]

Okay, neat :)

[xGamerSkax]

I love your work so much! Both reviewing and drawing and animating... your so amazing!

[CheshireShade]

These are awesome! =D

I love these, they remind me of the oldy days when the cirrus epix forums where still prime and sort of full of activity.

[CirrusEpix]

Well, times change. My hope is to get back into making more films. Probably not on this level though.

[CheshireShade]

They where good times though non the less =)

[Alexandraghost]

This is amazing.

[xkennyPLx]

these are amazing, well drawn and greatly animated

[bonjoviisdaking]

8th Comment

[GalantFate]

wow... your really good

[CirrusEpix]

I did, years ago. But the industry changed and I never got lucky. Instead I am now an art teacher and I rarely look back at what could have been.

[ike582582]

woot

[gamermad]

cool

[WashyMaru]

Thats great the only question i have is that how do you keep from resizing or misplace your characters when you have to draw every frame?

[CirrusEpix]

A light board is the best friend of an animator. It lets you see through 3-4 layers of paper at a time. To keep it simple, you draw the most important key frames first, then fill in the drawings in between. The darker, more messy drawings were the key frames. The rest is just math.

[WashyMaru]

Thats cool but around how much does a light board cost?

You see ive been wanting and practicing to be an animator for 3 years now and i've been using a tablet and macromedia flash 8

[CirrusEpix]

I just have a tiny one, but a full rotating animators table costs hundreds. To be honest, a digital tablet is the way to go. I just never got the hang of drawing on one yet.

[WashyMaru]

I have a tablet and im not too good at it either

[samplepie]

Good drawings :D

[dxkakash1xb]

those drawings aren't that bad, beats me by a long shot

[katanaboy4]

I care about them! :D

[CirrusEpix]

well thank you! =)