Friday, July 17, 2009

Won't... you be.. my neighbor.

I was getting ready to paint Moe last night when I realized I didn't know what color I wanted him to be. I went back and searched some sweater vest models to see what colors looked well. I knew the shoes were going to be black and the pants dark grey. Initially I was going to go with a black sweater vest via that Ryan Seacrest picture... but after putting it on paper it didn't seem to flow right. It was like he was trying to hide himself in darkness. I was thinking maybe Pink sweater vest to really go bold, with white dress shirt... looked off. Tried green sweater vest, white shirt, red tie - looked like Wallace's long lost brother. Tried brown, red (which was okay but a little over the top), and many others. I ended up going the calm Mr. Rogers route but I'm not sure if I'm happy with it. The colors look fine (though I think the tie is a mistake... maybe a red tie to complete the Mr. Rogers look. I always do this to myself, mess with colors at the last minute. Here it is:



I've yet to do the skin, pondering what his tone should be still. This of course is just a test puppet so maybe I should give myself some lee-way in terms of taking chances and making mistakes. I really think a red stripe on the tie would look better haha. But I have a bigger problem:

Don't know if you can see it but I'm still blotching the paint job too much. I had to use flash to get the details but my paint doesn't come out as smooth as I want it to. It could be the foam I'm using to do the coats. It doesn't do a really great job so I end up using the brush a lot - which I believe creates the blotchi-ness. It's definitely a step up from the Vanni doll though. Next time I may give his sweater vest a tri-diamond design across the belly.

My sister is getting ready to turn our house into an alchy-fest. Her going away party. Had to clean up my mess (which was huge) and won't be able to break it out for 2 days. All dandy though I could use the rest and draw a few doodles for a short animation. Gives me time to think about the colors too. I'll try a crazier color combo next time! Till then~
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  1. DarkmattersJuly 18, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    Hey... if the paint problems don't show up in pictures, then they shouldn't show up in the animation, assuming you're using the same camera you'll be shooting with? All that matters is what it looks like in pictures....

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  2. tonychauzerJuly 19, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    Good point Mike! Though I'm using a regular point/shoot camera for the blog photos. Still though I've tested it on the D70 and it's okay. I know what I did wrong with the shoes and very very slightly does it show - but the rest of the outfit works just fine. Maybe I should give up the trek of perfection and work with what already works :)

    Thanks again for clarifying the pros-aide / paint ratio it saved the wrinkles in my puppet as well as the wrinkles that would form on my forehead.

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