John Howard’s Knees – facial animation test from David Blumenstein on Vimeo. A short facial animation test for John Howard’s Knees! I’ve gone through a few different designs for Howard; this one is the simplest, but I wasn’t sure if it would work with the voice. I built a set of standard “sad” mouths…
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John Howard’s Knees: design redux
Been having more thoughts about the look and style of John Howard’s Knees (a cartoon I’m making about the former PM and his smashable knees). I quite like this version of him, as far as the balance between cartoon character and actual resemblance goes, but the style feels like a rip-off of something, not sure…
John Howard’s Knees: recording session 01
So I’ve mentioned that I’m working on a new music short film called John Howard’s Knees, about the ex-PM and his bewitching patellas. Everybody wants to smash ’em! We had our very first proper recording session last month. Prior to this, I’d recorded a fairly crap demo track featuring me singing the song over a…
Precinct is kicking goals in Opera House animation comp
Haven’t had time to post properly lately as I’ve been extra busy. Hopefully the Tweeting makes up for that. The good news is that things are going splendidly on all fronts! I’ve been doing new Precinct animation (well… really a jumped-up animatic with some colour) for the Sydney Opera House’s GRAPHIC animation competition, and it’s…
John Howard’s Knees: hammer man
This man is the first person to try to smash John Howard’s knees, moments after his birth in 1939.
John Howard’s Knees: singer character design
The Singer character appears throughout the fillum, singing the song it’s set to. This is my first go at designing him.