I have recently setup 2 channels, one on Vimeo and another on Youtube which I will update every Tuesday with new shots from my film.
YouTube Kohrtoons Studio Channel
Vimeo Kohrtoons Studio Channel
This week I created an almost 7 minute tutorial showing my process of developing a shot from the animatic to the final video. I demonstrated how I use Flash to create the animation and color the frames, Blender to generate the 3D scenes and After Effects for composting.
On another note the film is currently called “Once and Never Again” though I am considering changing it to “The Lift”. The premise of the film is an elevator experience gone wrong, a cautionary tale about holding the elevator door for people (though you wouldn’t know it from this shot :P)
I recently downloaded the latest drawing app available for the iPhone. I have not been a huge fan of the others as they never felt quite right. Autodesk seems to have offered up something truly good, Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile.
The main difference I felt between Autodesk’s offering and Brushes was that Sketchbook lacked the ‘vector-esc’ functionality which brushes relies on and instead implemented a system where the data is all bitmap. Brushes uses XML data to draw, though it works well it doesn’t feel all that natural or responsive. Also Sketchbook carried over its rather intuitive tool set from its desktop offering Sketchbook Pro. Over all Sketch book is a really solid offering and definitely worth the $2.99 cost.
Check out the painting I did in Sketchbook Mobile (click to view the full res).
Ever heard of the 11 Second Club? If you are an animator you should have. Its a website where an audio clip is posted on the first of the month, usually something from an old movie. Then those who choose to participate have about 30 days to complete their interpretation of the animation.
I decided to submit this past month. Below is my submission for August. If you can’t tell the clip was hand drawn, in flash.
So I can’t help a little corperate pandering to the company that pays my Bills, but I do feel a little proud to work here especially when I look at Pinwheel, the Canadian show that was Nick before nick when I was like 4 years old. Here is a Clip:
For a little more retro-fiction here is the original logo.
Do you have a cintiq or other drawing device and ever though, hey wouldn’t it be cool to draw in 3D? Well here is an interesting conceptual application that will let you do just that. I think that this has so much potential as a way to start modeling to get your thoughts into maya in a way that is nearly completely usable.
ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo.
Above is a test shot that I have made for my film “Automatic Doors”. In the shot the main character is preparing to leave her apartment. I have the camera pan with her as she leaves the room and heads out into the hall. I wanted to do something different that would be more interesting than the usual static background, yet something more interesting than the common 3d background.
This was such a blatant lie on Vice President Cheney’s part that I had to post something. In the debate on October 5th with Senator John Edwards Cheney said “Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I’m up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they’re in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.” Which is amazing because they met in February 1, 2001 at a Senate prayer breakfast.
Here is the pic from CNN:
I added a four new pieces of art work in the PORTFOLIO section. I keep wondering whether it is worth writing stuff here or not. I figure that I should do it for myself rather then for others.
Sorry to get political but I got an email about the Texas issue, I know that there is a recall going on in California, but there is also a large issue going on about senate in Texas. The basic gist is that the Republicans want to redistrict the state in there favor. Redistricting should only occur after a census, ever 10 years… So what the hell is going on! Any way here is a link to the info MoveOn.org.
“The rats have taken over!”, or at least that is what one of the signs said when I was checking out the subway this evening. Their calling it the Blackout of ‘03… makes it sound rougher then it was. I mean don’t get me wrong I hated it. Hell I am still recovering from a tough night sleep, many many miles of walking in sandals and a vicious attack from a cockroach.
So I am running late for the train and i am stopped by one of those guys who sells newspapers. I never buy the newspaper for the train, motioned that I was not interested. He said that it is a promotional copy of The Daily News. So I took it figuring that I might be able to find something half way descent to read on the way in. I was sorely disappointed, I am so surprised at how someone can spend 50 cents for this piece of dribble. I mean the Times is no where near perfect, but at least it has some content… more then who won the local spelling bee. God!
I left it on the train…