Back Cover

This is the back of the cover, because I think I'm witty.

Here's Bryan's side of the storyboard page.

This is the opposite page. I want it to be a splash image.

This post just has three images. Check 'em out!

Getting ready for Graduation

Hey all!  I'm getting ready for graduation, which means I'm working on graphic design for my flatbook.  Boy howdy, I'm glad that I'm not being graded on my layout.

This is the cover for the flatbook.  I'd love input on it.  Is it too busy?

This is the inked expressions for Neil.  My favorite is still the bottom-left one.

This is the inked expressions  for Bryan.  I like Neil's the best, but tap dancing Bryan still cracks me up.

 

More to come shortly.  I'm a perfectionist when it comes to turn arounds, and I discovered some tangents on Bryan's turnaround recently.  I'm going to fix them before they go off to print.

Rough Neil

Just wanted to post the rough expression sheet of neil.  I'm going to post the cleaned up version soon

I like doing mid body expressions, coz the hands speak, too.

Vampires

It's always been my motto that Vampires aren't sexy.  I mean, it'd be just as creepy and weird to me if most of the teenage population was in love with Edward Cullen, the Cannibal.

Sort of speed painting done in a little over an hour. I ended up spending so much time on those goofy teeth :(.

Tiny Post

I'll probably edit this post later, but here's a little picture i colored :3It's Neil, from Koo Koo Kangaroo. I'm not a fan at all...

*Edit:

Color tests for a Neil turnaround (heads only...testing glasses colors).I think I'm gonna go with the black glasses. Sight color differences, I know, but the black looks better to me. Tell me what you guys think.Here's a gradient line of bryan's front view

And here's two Neils. One has the gradient on it, and one is the final colors.

And finally:  A preview of a turnaround, animated :0

OMG CELEBRITIES!

Hey, so me and Geoff were drawing celebrities the other day. Here's my page:
You gotta click on the image and see the full screen. I love Locke's colors. Hope you can tell who everyone is.

Koo Koo Sketches

Some of you may be aware that I'm a fan of Koo Koo Kangaroo.  I've been doing a lot of sketches of them recently, because I want to do some animations of them.  They're so high energy that they can whip most of the audience up into a happy frenzy.

They have this great song called "AOA" that I just adore.  These were pen sketches done on tiny index cards.

A bunch of sketches put together from my small travel sketchbook.  My favorite is probably Neil in the bottom right, crouched down.  He looks furious.

I dunno how many people watch Adult Swim, but I caught that new Steve Bruhl show earlier this week/month.  It's awkwardly funny. (I made this joke picture based on the episode.  He interviews this doctor and says "I'm a doctor too, you dinghis".  So, since he was in that Vampire Apprentice movie...I couldn't resist.).

Now that the text heavy post is over, I'll stop.  More stuff to come!

New intro

I changed the audio on the fat cat animation. It's now an audio clip from one of my favorite characters from one of my favorite sci-fi shows.

Check it out

Pink Dog

Pink Dog Walk from Melissa Potts on Vimeo.

So, I cleaned up this walk cycle completely in Photoshop with the (gasp) pencil tool.  I just made the size a little bigger than double, so when I re-sized it to the correct aspect ratio it anti-aliased.  Worked much better than I had hoped, and I might end up doing this kind of clean up for everything else I animate.  It was faster than flash, and was more forgiving than the brush tool.

My, my, isn't he Mr. Posture?

New Inking

Just wanted to let my few followers (I sound like a cult leader) know that I'm experimenting with a new way to ink frames for animation.  I'll post the finished test later tonight (hopefully), and I'd love to know what you guys think.  If everything goes according to plan, I'll have a better, more efficient inking technique that looks cleaner too!

Current Reel

Hey Gang!

I've been compiling my demo reel for the year.  Right now I'm still working out the flow and timing, but it's coming along.  Check it out below!


Mel Potts - Demo Reel 2010 from Melissa Potts on Vimeo.

Fixing up the Blog

My professor showed me this awesome site called Blogger in Draft. You can use these editable templates and it's really user friendly. As you can see, I found a robot theme.

I'm going to be making a t-shirt for this band called Koo Koo Kangaroo. At the concert, Bryan really seemed to like all of our shirts. (Not like I'm getting paid or commissioned for it--don't want to be misleading).

Click here for an animation that I'm currently working on. Guess what? It's a fat cat!

Finished Aquabats

Finished! Can't wait until the concert, but I decided to post the finished art for the blog. More drawings to come tomorrow. I've been working on a fat cat animation :3.