My Twisted Little Visions

The Hoard: Character Sheets

2011-05-19T23:28:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks!

For today's post, here are the two main characters of my short film "The Hoard"! Hope you dig 'em!

Characters & Artwork © by George J. Fleming

Countin' on Sheep Character Clean-Up Samples

2011-05-10T23:38:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

Sorry for the absence, the last month has been bananas! Here are some clean-up samples of the main character from Aubry Mintz's "Countin' on Sheep". Hope you dig 'em!

Artwork by George Fleming
Countin' on Sheep" and its characters © by Aubry Mintz

Paperbag Head Man

2011-03-18T23:18:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

This commissioned piece is going to be used a cover for an independent comic book by Jeremy Carpenter. The character is called Paperbag Head Man... and lets just say he's a fan of the Soylent Green. ;-)

Here's the original sketch:

Artwork by George J. Fleming
Paperbag Head Man © by Jeremy Carpenter

Juliette Poster

2011-03-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

Here's an assignment from the Costume Figure Drawing class I took about a year ago. We had to take one of our life drawings and make it into a poster/book cover.

Here's the original artwork:

And here's the poster:

Artwork © by George J. Fleming

Dragon!

2011-03-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks!

Here's another scene from The Hoard, this time featuring a dragon! Thanks to Whitney Brown & Jo Jamison for helping me with the inbetweens & clean up!

Character & Animation © by George J. Fleming

Supastahhh!

2011-03-15T21:20:00.000-07:00

Today's piece is dedicated to my friend Lisa Nguyen who passed away this year. She was an awesome ball of energy and a true superstar. We all miss you Lil' Lisa!

Artwork © by George J. Fleming

Trudgin' Along

2011-03-14T22:48:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

Last week was pretty bananas, but I'm back! Here's another scene from Aubry Mintz's "Countin' on Sheep." This scene features a back shot of the main character walking into his room. The hair was pretty tricky, but I think it came out pretty good.

The rough drawings were done by Aubry, while I cleaned them up and added the inbetweens.

Countin' on Sheep" and its characters © by Aubry Mintz

Sketchbook gestures

2011-03-07T20:54:00.000-08:00

Artwork © by George J. Fleming

Great Creature Oni Bloodsucka

2011-03-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

Artwork © by George J. Fleming

hiccup

2011-02-28T22:33:00.000-08:00

Hey folks!

For today's update, here's a scene from Aubry Mintz's "Sloppy Joe", an animated commercial that promotes responsible drinking. It will be airing on Canada's Much Music very soon, so keep an eye open for it!

Aubry did the rough animation, and I did the clean up drawings and inbetweens:

And here's the completed scene with the character colored by the awesome Frank Lima:

"Sloppy Joe" and its characters are © by Aubry Mintz

Another clean Countin' on Sheep scene

2011-02-25T18:40:00.000-08:00

Hey folks, here's another scene from Aubry Mintz's film, "Countin' on Sheep":

Aubry did the rough keys & timing, Dori Littel-Herrick cleaned the keys, and I did the final clean up and inbetweens.

Countin' on Sheep" and its characters © by Aubry Mintz

Bipolar King

2011-02-23T21:32:00.000-08:00

Hey Folks!

Its 'bout time for another Hoard update. Here's my King character looking quite content with himself...

... until he remembers something quite troubling...

He's probably wondering if he left the stove on...

Character & Animation © by George J. Fleming

Sleepy Boy Walkin'

2011-01-27T13:16:00.000-08:00

Here's another scene from Aubry Mintz's "Countin' on Sheep"!

Here, the main character sits up, puts on his slippers and walk towards the screen. This scene was pretty tricky, but I think we got it!

Aubry did the rough keys & timing, Dori Littel-Herrick cleaned the keys, and I did the final clean up and inbetweens.

"Countin' on Sheep" and its characters © by Aubry Mintz

Grit & Dillon

2011-01-27T13:09:00.000-08:00

Here's Grit & Dillon from the character design class I took a few years ago. I wish I had Dil's chin... XD

Characters © by George J. Fleming

Wake Up, Granny!

2011-01-27T12:50:00.000-08:00

Here is a scene from Aubry Mintz's short film "Countin' on Sheep".

This scene has the main character trying to wake up his sleeping grandmother, with little success. Poor lil' fella!

The rough animation was done by Aubry, the keys were cleaned up by Dori Littel-Herrick, and I cleaned up the breakdowns added the inbetweens.

The final scene will have the grandmother in the foreground.

"Countin' on Sheep" and its characters © by Aubry Mintz

Big Decision

2011-01-27T12:41:00.000-08:00

Here's a scene where my knight is making a very difficult choice. Looks like his final decision isn't the "light & fluffy" variety...

Rough Scene:

Clean Scene:

GOLD!!!

2011-01-27T12:35:00.000-08:00

Here's a scene where the Knight celebrates after winning the medieval-lottery.

Rough Stage:

Clean scene, with inbetweens added by Monica Kozlowski & Jo Jamison:

The final scene will feature computer generated gold coins flying up in the air.

Character & Animation © by George J. Fleming

Knight Sheaths Sword & Sees Something

2011-01-27T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hi folks!

Its been awhile! Here's a long overdue update, lets start with some scenes from my upcoming animated short based on J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "The Hoard".

In this scene, the Knight has just slayed the dragon and notices something after sheathing his sword.

Here's the scene at its rough stage:

Here's the scene all cleaned up and inbetweened:

Ruthie the Firecracker

2008-11-28T01:34:00.000-08:00

Hey folks!

Its been awhile, but school is almost done... two weeks to go, baby! Here's Ruthie, the spunky redhead from my little project tentatively titled "Fool's Gold Rush."

Feel free to comment and Happy Late Thanksgivin'!
-G.J.

We're All Pissed Here...

2008-10-30T00:43:00.000-07:00

Hey folks!

Here's my first attempt at a lip-synch for my animation class:

Not perfect, but it was a lot of fun. I guess this is what happens when the Wonderland doorknob gets too many visitors...

Dem Bones

2008-10-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, welcome to my twisted little visions! Hope you enjoy the stay.

For my first entry, I decided to post some skeleton sketches I did at the La Brea Tar Pits. The date reminds me that I gotta get back there soon...

Feel free to critique & comment!

'Till next time!