It is strange to draw at the Zoo you know….as soon as someone sees you drawing, you become the new attraction!

Definitively, next time,  I’ll put a sign on my back  saying….”don’t feed the artist!”

Hope you all enjoy the drawings!

I worked animating  in this film collaborating with Sergio Pablos The Spa Studios.

Neomis Animation studio based in Paris was the main studio.

here is some scenes I animate for the film, hope y’all enjoy!

A few years back, the blogger Ruth, made me a interview for her site Compania Perfecta, A blog dedicated to animation.

We spend 4 hours talking about animation and life…….is hard to come to me and ask a question about animation……you know….you should have in mind that I’m gonna talk for hours about the subject

Anyways, Ruth had managed to resume those 4 hours in a interesting interview, I invite you all to take a look to Her blog and website, she’s a great artist too!

For the English speaking people:

Sorry, the interview was made and writen in Spanish….maybe with auto translation may work for you guys.

Interview Link

Compania Perfecta

Ruth2m Blog

I hope ya’ll enjoy the read!

It was a great experience to be there, and now I can share it with you all.

Many interesting things had been said over there, I hope you enjoy it!

Only one thing can I say……OMG! Is that my voice?! why I sound like that!!!!

For more info on the pannel, follow this link:

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/animation-insiders/

Or if you’re interested in CTN or CTNX follow this links:

http://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/

And I will like to share with y’all too a couple of videos from CTNX 2010, from very good friends of mine, they gave panels too, and I find what they had said interesting, I hope you find it interesting too!

Headless productions Panel:

http://headlessproductions.blogspot.com/

http://www.headless.es/HEADLESS_PRODUCTIONS.html

Sergio Pablos Talking about Animation:

http://www.thespastudios.com/

Like I promised in a past post,as soon as I can I’ll upload some rough animation from the short film Venus and the Sun.

What you’re about to see here is rough animation and tie-down animation, all done digitally and with the fantastic WACOM CINTIQ 21x tablet.

The perfect tool to keep 2d traditional animation alive and well!

I’ll like to remind that the short film was the first short film to be released has a APP (application) for the iphone, ipod and Ipad. Available for download at Itunes APPS store since 14th March!

Soooooo here we go!

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And finally, the whole bunch of scenes put together in a WIP file

And that’s all folks!

I hope you enjoy watching, and don’t forget to pay a visit to the itunes store and get your copy of the short film, with the final colors and integration of the image looks amazing!

Visit too the web site:

http://www.venusandthesun.com/

In this  upcoming edition of ANNECY Animation Festival, TigoboANIMATION STUDIO Renaud Armanet and I will give a 4 days Masterclass since 13th to 16th June 2011.

If happens that yo’re around in the festival, and you’ll like to share 4 days of passion for animation, this is your chance.

We will be talking about:

Animation and experimental full animation.

Visual development.

Prepparing your portfolio and demo for school or job applyances.

Review and advice of Personal Projects.

If you want to apply please reffer to :

tigobomasterclass@hotmail.fr

or if you need more info relate to the original masterclass website.

Hope to see you there!

After a long month of hard work, coffe, and afterhours, the great team of artists had finished a nice piece of live action and animation!

Venus and the Sun is a short film starring the beautifull model Kelley Hazel in her first step into her new career as an actress. She stars alongside comedian and comedy actor Will Smith (THE THICK OF IT) and Ukweli Roach (STREETDANCE 3D).

Based on myths from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the film was written by Reuben Grove, produced by Andy Brunskill and directed by Adam Randall.

Animation Direction done by Pablo Navarro.

Animation producer Lottie Hope.

The film premieres in London on the 10th March, 2011 at the Rich Mix Cinema, Shoreditch with after party at CONCRETE.

On 14th March 2011 Venus & The Sun will be available worldwide online from venusandthesun.com and as part of an App from the App Store.

You guys can check on some old posts some of the character design I’ve made for the short film.

Soon, once the film is released I’m gonna upload some of the rough animation, so ya’ll can enjoy some rough lines creating the “illusion of life”

Follow the link bellow for more info on the short film.

http://www.venusandthesun.com

You’ll see some work done for TigoboAnimation Short film OA, directed by Renaud Armanet.

Plus some scenes from the trailer of Strange Case of Dad’s Missing Head, from Headless studios.

The only stuff that I could keep from Planet 51……..

And some of the usual suspects, El cid the Legend and Nocturna.

Well, hope you like it!

Enjoy!

The company was Boolab, based on Barcelona,  the commercials were made for a Bank in Portugal, the Millennium BCP, and the other one was for the Catalonian Government, some institutional advertisement.

Well, hope you like it.

Animated digitally, with a Cintiq 21x from Wacom

It is  confirmed, I’m gonna be talking animation with two great Animation Masters, Andreas Deja and Tony Derosa.

The Panel is called Animation Insiders and it will take place on Sunday November 21th at the Academy Room 2 at 10:00Am.

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/animation-insiders/

And on Sunday 21th too, I’ll be signing Animation Insiders book copies, sponsored by Nucleus Gallery, at the Special Events room, at 1:30Pm.

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/spotlight-signing-sessions-sponsored-by-nucleus-gallery/

Here you’ll find a link to the schedule of events within the Creative Talent Network Expo.

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/stores/schedule/

Don’t miss either the participation of Renaud Armanet from TigoboAnimation Studios!.

tigoboANIMATION_CTN2010

Hope to see you all over there!