Steve Sloan's "Silver" age.

Harmony 9 OH MY GOD!

2011-10-05T23:53:00.001-07:00

New Deform Test a video by sloan_man69 on Flickr.

Okay, so check out this little vid I threw together tonight.

I spent the day getting cozy with my new copy of Toon Boom Harmony 9 Stand Alone and its nifty new features. The one being put to work here is the new "Deformation Tools" which allow you to animate a single vector shape as if it had joints.

Check out his arms legs and torso, each have a deformation module.

Legs: NOODLE LEGS! Do you know how long I've been waiting for NOODLE LEGS? My designs lend themselves to smooth organic motions like this, not the sharp knees and elbows I've had to settle for.

Arms: Check out those bends, use to be, if I wanted to go from straight arms to curved arms I'd have to switch out shapes during the middle of an action. Now I can make slow definite motions and have the arms move fluidly. And check out the folds in the elbow when the arm bends, that was easy peasy to set up, fire and forget seriously.

Torso: GUYS, I can't stress how aggravating it's been whenever I wanted a slight torso bend. Again, I'd have to swap out a whole new drawing and it'd look choppy as hell. But now, now I can lean and bend all I want.

This is a REALLY basic build, It's got some issues, but the arms/legs/torso help to keep it from looking "Flashy" and the entire build is tiny compared to some of my older TB characters.

DUDES, I flew through this animation. I spent most of the time wrapping my head around the tech but now that It's there I've literally cut future anim time in half. And it looks twice as good.

A "No Prize" to anyone who knows the audio.

2011-10-03T18:43:00.001-07:00

A little animated sprite for

theblackmarketlibrarian.blogspot.com

Sexy Lady Practice!

2010-11-23T20:42:00.001-08:00

sexywalk2
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Some actual spoiler free animation from the documentary I'm working on.
Dig on that dress action.

Films of Fury Screencap

2010-10-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

This is a capture from a lowish rez quicktime movie of the "Films of Fury" intro I just uploaded to the clients for review. I like it because it looks like a TV screencap. Like from a cartoon of my youth or something. all fuzzy and pre hi-def.

Also, have you checked out my special lady friend Andrea's art blog? she is a legitimate artist, not some punk animator like me. check it:
http://theblackmarketlibrarian.blogspot.com/

I'm so busy with stuff you can't see right now.

2010-08-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

I'm basically working two full time jobs. Working on the Films of Fury Documentary, and doing Key animation for season 1.5 of "Ugly Americans." and then squeezing in some Jesse Dangerously development whenever I can. SO, it might be a while till there's any new art here.

Mud Puddle

2010-07-03T09:06:00.001-07:00

Soldier screen cap

2010-06-11T08:25:00.001-07:00

Bamboo Look

2010-05-26T09:49:00.001-07:00

2010-05-12T08:45:00.001-07:00

And now for something completely different.

2010-05-02T15:29:00.001-07:00

Here's a panel I drew today for a personal project. It's rough but I think it's got a lot of life!

Films of Fury Backgrounds

2010-04-28T10:51:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple more backgrounds from "Films of Fury"
there's a website for the documentary located at http://filmsoffury.com/

there ain't much there except a header image by yours truly, but I'm sure more info will be going up soon.

2010-04-23T13:39:00.001-07:00

Here are some props from the "Films of Fury" documentary I'm doing some animation for.

Behold my failure!

2010-03-31T06:52:00.000-07:00

Sometimes a contract just doesn't work out. And your left with little orphan artwork that you adore, but can't really do anything with. You just kind of hope that you'll be able to cannibalize the designs for something else in the future.

Chinese Ghost

2010-03-12T14:55:00.000-08:00

So this freelance gig I'm working on, there's a ghost at one point... OR IS THERE!? mystery time gang.

Click for bigger pic.

Valley Design

2010-03-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

Wow, semi-regular updates. I guess it helps that I'm working on something that I'm allowed to show stuff from.This is the first location design for "Kung Fu Confidential" a documentary by Lux Digital Pictures that I'm doing some animation for.

designtemplate.han.soldier

2010-02-17T09:26:00.003-08:00

designtemplate.han.soldier
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

designtemplate.tiger01

2010-02-17T09:26:00.001-08:00

designtemplate.tiger01
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Once a month is not often enough.

2009-11-30T03:52:00.000-08:00

I'm drawing, it's just a bunch of drawing that I shouldn't be posting. I'm a firm believer that the more you talk about something, the less likely it is to get finished.

But I also have crazy guilt about not posting stuff here, which is ostensibly my like, diary or journal or
whatever.

Radio Personality

2009-10-20T06:36:00.001-07:00

Radio Personality
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Been a long time between posts. Waiting on the judgment of my St. Patrick's day short, and working on some other stuff that's not able to be seen just yet. So here's a random design.

Doodling while listening to a podcast, this is what I imagined the guy looked like. (I was way off, no FBI profiler am I.)

My So Called Saint

2009-08-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

It's done, check the short out at aniboom.com and be sure to watch some of the other great entries!
http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/391740/My-So-Called-Saint/

TitleCard

2009-08-25T04:11:00.001-07:00

TitleCard
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

I guess this is kind of a preview? because I technically haven't loaded the short to aniboom yet, but I will be in a matter of hours. Just tweaking a few final bits and pieces. Here's the Title Card for the short, designed by Andrea Sloan.

groupshot

2009-08-20T06:50:00.001-07:00

groupshot
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Probably the last preview before I put up the finished Movie early next week. Things are looking grim for our hero's at this point in the story.

Dude Runs

2009-08-10T07:20:00.001-07:00

Dude Runs
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Another spoiler free sample from my entry for www.aniboom.com 's FOX Holiday compitition. This dude, he does some running.

Leader

2009-07-29T05:11:00.001-07:00

Leader
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Leader snake is shocked by something or other. Featuring more of Andrea Sloan's awesome colour design.

Fox Contest Preview

2009-07-20T05:20:00.001-07:00

Fox Contest Preview
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Here's a spoiler free preview of the entry I'm working on for Aniboom.com's latest contest.

Colour Girl

2009-07-10T03:32:00.001-07:00

coloursample01
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Andrea is providing colour design for this project. Here's some of her work.

Lineup

2009-06-30T07:21:00.001-07:00

Lineup
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Here are the characters cleaned up with some revisions.

Group

2009-06-23T06:40:00.001-07:00

Group
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Some roughs for a little project I'm working on with my wife.

Travis Touchdown.

2009-06-07T07:06:00.001-07:00

Travis Touchdown.
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Entry for my first facebookart jam.

The Problem With Big Boots

2009-01-28T12:51:00.001-08:00

The Problem With Big Boots
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

A recent short, to help cleanse the pallet of the 'Point'.

Animated point

2008-12-17T04:55:00.001-08:00

Animated point
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

One of the first pieces of animation I ever did, first year of college. Circa 1999-2000. It's pretty horrible, the timing is WAY off, there's some volume changes and the silhouette is for shit. But I'm glad I stuck with it, and it's nice to look back and see how things have improved.

Chip 'n' Iggy

2008-12-02T07:12:00.001-08:00

ChipnIggyCover
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

The cover for my Animax script writing competition entry.

24 hour comic 2008

2008-10-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

Here's my entry for the 2008 24 hour comic. Chock full of inside jokes that'll only be funny to the guys who were there. I only got 10 pages done, but I think they look pretty darn good! Ten pages I'm not ashamed of in 24 hours? not too shabby.

Something new to look at.

2008-09-16T03:06:00.001-07:00

Some initial designs for a freelance gig I'm working on with some animation buds.

Favour1

2008-07-14T05:44:00.007-07:00

Favour1
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Favour2

2008-07-14T05:44:00.005-07:00

Favour2
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Favour5

2008-07-14T05:44:00.003-07:00

Favour5
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Favour4

2008-07-14T05:44:00.001-07:00

Favour4
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Favour3

2008-07-14T05:43:00.001-07:00

Favour3
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

John

2008-01-15T06:38:00.003-08:00

03
Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Here's John Mclane from Die Hard.
There's a fledgling drawing club happening at the studio and this was part of the first assignment.

Hans

2008-01-15T06:38:00.001-08:00

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Originally uploaded by sloan_man69

Here's Hans Gruber from Die Hard.
There's a fledgling drawing club happening at the studio and this was part of the first assignment.

The aftermath.

2007-12-14T10:42:00.000-08:00

Here's some pics I've done after the course ended. I'm feeling pretty good about stuff in general.

Uh oh, it's a gang of fun loving kids that like to have fun!

Done and done.

2007-12-06T08:24:00.000-08:00

Hey, so the Silver course is over. I learned SO much, it was the best money I've ever spent.

Week 5 and 6

2007-11-18T08:37:00.000-08:00

Catching up. (Week 3 and 4)

2007-10-28T22:22:00.000-07:00

Week 2.

2007-10-12T09:34:00.000-07:00

Here's my assignments from week 2 of Steve Silvers schoolism.com class. This week we focused on shape variation, and had to create a series of silhouettes based off of assigned characters.

2007-10-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

The first week's lesson was Silver telling us about his history as an artist, his influances and his general outlook on the life of a professional artist. It was all very inspireing, there were a few of his influances that I'd heard of before, and a couple who've slipped under my radar, I'll need to do some research once I get some free time.

The first assignment was a character design based on a supplied discription. I'll be submitting these three drawings.