The Kneelsun Kids

Here are preliminary/discovery sketches of two stop-motion characters. They are two alien kids who sit in front of the television set and make funny comments between segments of the show. They inadvertently help to introduce a new segment or tie up a finished one. 

The older sibling is Arbed. I've got the basic body structure but still not sure about the hair.

Next is her little brother Eel.

 

 Maybe you can see there is some Chuck Jones influence. In fact I want these two to be very much like the two boys in the Looney Tunes short Zip, Zip Hooray... just an alien stop-mo version of them.

  

Here's some idea/self-direction on how to make the eye pods so they can be more animatable with less construction worries. 

 

Updated Design - Bleeph

Here's "The Bleeph" or as most just call him Bleeph. This is his form for Flash Animation - which will be used in the shorts we are producing before the main film. Here is a link to the preliminary sketches and some more information about the character and his place in The Ultra Galactic Gung-ho Gurus. .http://process742.blogspot.com/2010/04/introducing-characters-blepharon-aka.html

Rough Demo Reel

I've been spending much of my time the last few days updating my resume and demo reel. Here's a rough version of it. I should have more project stuff up in the next day or so.

Updated Design - Fang

This is Brizzle Batterfang - the new version. In the main film she will be in hand puppet form this is the Flash version for a set of shorts we're making to test out the characters and format. To read more about Fang and see here early concept designs go here http://process742.blogspot.com/search/label/Fang .

Updated Design - Screever

Here's an updated design for Screever. This turn around will be the basis for his Flash animation version. For the main film he will be in hand puppet and stop-mo animation form, but this will be used in a set of shorts we are working on to test out the characters and writing before we get too deep into the production of the main film.

Here's a link to the post that contains his preliminary designs.  http://process742.blogspot.com/search/label/Screever

Slightly New Name

Okay, we've decided to change the name of the series, cast of characters, overall title of this project. Instead of Intergalactic Gung-ho Gurus we're going with Ultra Galactic Gung-ho Gurus. I know, normally ultra is a prefix and not a word unto itself but here it was just cooler to make it it's own word. This way we can shorten the title to UG3 - the three meaning to the third power - as in 3 "G"s in the title. I'll be referring to the project by the new title but you may see the old one in previous posts. I don't plan on going back and updating everything. Here's a temporary logo I put together today using Flash.

Roman Soldier - Turn Around and Walk Cycle

While working on the 30 minute film we are also creating some short films staring the same host characters. These shorts won't focus on "Mankind's Endeavor Into Space" but will give short bytes of information from history, science, literature, etc. One segment calls for an Ancient Roman Army. Here's the beginning tests for it.

This is a basic turn around sketch. There are a few problems with the alignment of certain parts, but it's just to test out the look of the character.

 

This is a walk cycle created with Flash. I guess I should call it a "march cycle" instead. 

By the way, the title of this short will be "The Earth's Greatest Army Conquered by Half-Naked Snowboarders". It should be fun.