Pool Schmool: Completion Status

Put your swimming cap on and get ready to wet your pants. The second episode of the Episode Wepisode series is on its way.

I've just finished animating Pool Schmool, the second episode in the series, and I'm now onto sound design. Here is a few screenshots for you.

See if you can guess the plot, and while that's happening, I'll get into sound design.


Later.

That Painter Film: Finally online

Barbouillageville: That Painter Film from Declan Byrne and Connor Johnston on Vimeo.

So it looks as if Barbouillageville is FINALLY  online. After almost a year of touring the globe's film and animation festivals, including Cannes, Bristol, and Melbourne, it's internet debut has arrived. Already featured on Newgrounds.com, the release is off to an overwhelming start. It's also available on Vimeo and YouTube in HD so, if your keen, go check them out.

In other news, Wok is still continuing on the second Episode Wepisode is almost out of production and will be released soon :) Here's a screenshot for you.

Keep your eyes peeled on Newgrounds, YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook for more info on the release :)

Later dudes :O

The animated return...

Sorry about the lack of posts lately. My hands have been kept busy releasing the first episode, Office Smoffice, from the series Episode Wepisode. The idea behind the short web series is to have work related humor with an emphasis on "not caring", hence the naming convention.

The first episode focuses around a typical office worker, punching the numbers and calculating the dividends within solitaire. Hard at work, he becomes distracted by hallucinogenic apparitions which appear when he interacts with his coffee. Is he chronically bored or is it LSD? Find out next time...maybe, though more likely not :)

You can view the episode here:

Episode Wepisode 1: Office Smoffice

I previously posted some concept art regarding this animated short and I'll try to do the same for the next.

So, now that I'm back from Cannes, I can properly focus on the animations coming up.
Next on the list: Ginja Ninja - Full episode

Delay...ugh

So due to some unforeseen circumstances, the deadline for my little animation has long since passed...sadly. However, I can confidently say that I will be completing it this week, so keep those eyes peeled and that beautiful clicking finger on the refresh button as I'll be uploading it later this week. On a side note, I've begun collaboration with a fabulous game designer, Ben Hartley, to make a game intended for IOS, Android, and other smart devices...possibly pc and Mac. The details of the game are still on the drawing board but I'll be happy to update you guys with details as it goes along. 

You can view that game "here" as it progresses.

To keep you tied over, I'm including a drawing of a dog...on a chair... racketeering. 

petite puppy piracy

Stay tuned folks...

Art I a Teaser

Hello again Internet.
Today I'm uploading some images from the short that I'll be completing this week. It's an office skit involving coffee and inanimate objects. The film is an experimentation in limited animation; one shot, minimal animation but the illusion of a lot, and limited character design that enhance the previous. So far it's going well, nearly 50% completed, and I hope to have it finished over the weekend.

Make sure you keep yourself glued to your wifi for updates.

Later

Ginja Ninja

Ginja Ninja from Connor Johnston on Vimeo.

So yeah...sorry. Total animation time was about 2 days but procrastination set back completion by about 2 weeks. I have another film coming, hopefully at the end of the week. Just as a teaser, it involves coffee and many many colours.

So here's the moment of truth....well truth be told, I never actually finished this work as more academic stuff got in the way but I decided that I didn't want to just leave it lying around so I threw this together.


...please don't leave...

Soundtrack: Is it worth it?

So I've recently been listening to the SimCity 5 Soundtrack and I have to say that it may be the one redeeming feature about this game. The score is amazing, except for the Spore song, and I was almost tempted to buy the game because of it. However I don't think it's quite enough to ignore terrible gameplay, unremarkable design, and an all round disastrous game just to here the pretty music in context. For all I know, all the good music is probably used up in an advertisement about the DLC that will ultimately follow this junk pile, but whatever. Guess I'll wait to spend my money on Pokemon.

Proof of my existence

So I've started a new little animated project. Nothing big as I completed most of it tonight, but I wanted to show you guys some stills...a still. I decided to only do one still as I didn't want to give any of the "story" away.

It's not much but it's better than nothing...

Hopefully I will be uploading the final version soon, proving once again that I'm not deceased (been doing a lot of that lately) and that I'm contributing to the internet society...sorta.

Well, I hope you like what you see and tune in for more.

Until tomorrow

Back from the dead...again

So I'm back...again. At least I have good reason this time. For starters, I've been working on refining my drawings, namely the way I do shading, so that it's a little bit more hand drawn-ish. I've been testing out new techniques with the drawing below :D

After some serious dungeon crawling, this little adventurer has found some sweet loot...it's a lute

So yeah, I managed to finish this drawing up over 3 days, which is fine, but now I really want to concentrate on refining my technique so that I can get it done in an hour or so.

Secondly, I've volunteered to do some pro bono work for some local musicians. One of them is an MC named Losty. He's got some pretty sweet stuff and I highly recommend checking out his works. My housemate actually pointed me in his direction (yay for contacts) and I'm helping him out to beef up my portfolio and also to gain some exposure.

If it's ok with him, I might end up posting some of the work I do on here, otherwise you'll just have to see in application :)

And Finally, I'm back at uni, starting my first semester of Honours at the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane. This being so, I really hope to upload a lot of the stuff I do this year on this blog, so keep yourselves posted.

Well, I apologise for the text WALL and hope you guys will stay tuned for more works.
Later

Well it's 2013 and I'm not dead

Hey again there internet. No i'm not dead, and as proof, here's some art...(I suppose that's what you'd call it). Trying to get back into drawing again, Did this one quickly tonight and hopefully some more to come.

It's a rat...

Show what?

Connor Johnston Showreel 2012 from Connor Johnston on Vimeo.

This is what has been taking up most of my time recently. My 2012 Graduation Showreel. In the end, I was quite happy with this. I'm pretty proud of what I've created over these past 3 years. I'm glad that I've got a record of it now.

Enjoy :)

FINISHED!!!!!!1

Well, I can officially say that the film is complete. No more animating, no more rendering, no more anything. Considering the hardships we went through to get this thing done, I'm really proud of our effort and accomplishment.

Looking forward no to my next project. Who knows what that will be...

Wave hello

Wave Completed from Connor Johnston on Vimeo.

As promised, here is the final version of the Wave in our film. It's nice and yellow and everything. As you can see, the keyframes are still there, just now there is inbetweens as well.

Feel free to check out the film blog as well. HERE is the link.

enjoy

Trailer

Barbouillageville Trailer from Declan Byrne on Vimeo.

After months of hardships, lost crew members, and possible scurvy (maybe not), our grad film is finished!! It's not publicly available at the moment as we will be releasing it at film festivals first but I'll post more on that later. Feel free to sate your appetite by feeding your eyes with this delicious trailer.

Enjoy

Film Poster

As the film is almost complete, I thought I wold release the film poster. For those wondering, it is pronounced BAR-BWEE-ARJ-VEEL.

Enjoy

Updates

Hellooo...

Here's a film update. It's a finished background for the film, complete with light rays. This background also involves dragons (not included) and a pirate ship (sold separately). Can't wait to get some more stuff up and ready.


Also, I've been doing some work with flash again and just whipped up these mouth shapes for fun. Not for anything particular but I'm sure I'll end up using them for something. Feel free to use as reference :)

Finally, here's a picture of what my hand looks like after Animating and Backgrounding all day...

Catch you later...

Connor

Wierd...

I've had THIS stuck in my head for like 2 days now. Only just realised that it's a TV show from my childhood.

Oh, and it has "Generic-Australian-Bad guy" in it, Mark Mitchell. I'm sure he wants to buy a lighthouse somewhere nearby. 

WDC #6

I kinda suck at this whole "WEEKLY" bit. Anyhoo, here is some monster thing I drew.

Kinda took inspiration form 2 places. Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Egoraptor. SPvW for the eye shape and Egoraptor for the shading. 

~Egomonster vs the World~

...enjoy?

hunting...

for a job unfortunately. I was asked not to come back until more work came in today. Great timing too, as I've only just moved house and need to pay rent and stuff.

...yay

Film Update

HEY LOOK. In the computer screen. It's a JPEG? It's a building? NO!! It's a...

~FILM UPDATE~

That's right folks. It's that time again. The time I share with the internets a piece of my film. It's not much, hence the huge title, but it's something. 

This background is for the previously posted wave shot. The wave will rise over these buildings ...once it's animated.

In other news, 

The film has just hit the 50% completion mark. So in celebration, here's a special picture...

...woohoo

In all seriousness though, it IS a pretty big achievement. We're actually quite surprised we've made it here. The film seems so massive and we're that one step closer to finishing it.

HERE is the legit film blog

Wish us luck :)