This town ain't big enough...

(Disclaimer: The internet makes it look less vibrant than it really is) 

Hey everyone! End of the semester is here and that means I have time to bombard my blog with new stuff. This final painting for DFA was tons of fun, and I certainty learned a lot about color and mood. Plus westerns are tons of fun overall. I'd like to render out a bit more when I have some free time over break, but for now, this is the finished piece. 

...And some progress

Yay, thumbnails

Gross, rough progress.

Final value study

Final-ish linework. 

Fire hair and snow

 This was my first time doing an environment heavy painting and although it was a challenge, it was also loads of fun. Also, I don't know how snow works, so that was interesting to research.

And below, some progress!

Lighting Shenanigans

Cemetery Lighting from Millie González on Vimeo.

Lighting was significantly funner than I expected it to be! There's still things I want to revisit on this, but I have to move on for now. The models were provided by Ringling College and I am responsible for all the texturing, lighting, and compositing. 

Animation Reel - Fall 2012

Animation Demo Reel - Fall 2012 from Millie González on Vimeo.

Hey guys! This is my animation demo reel and it contains my best work from the Fall 2012 semester (both in  Computer and Traditional animation). I definitely can't wait to whip out more animations this semester! 

Winter Doodle Dump

Quick caricature of my friend Kevin

Character doodles based on shapes done in Alchemy

Exploration for a jazzy character I want to work on

More character sketches.

Happy New Year's everyone! Let's see what 2013 has in store for us!

Christmas Doodle

This merry holiday season I thought about getting my dog an ugly Christmas sweater. Above is what I suspect his reaction would have been. I thought better of said idea and got him a giant bone instead. Below is what his Christmas actually looked like. 

Happy Holidays! 

Simple Poly Trifecta

 I modeled, textured, and rigged this vegan-milk-carton dude for our sophomore simple poly assignment. Spent around three weeks animating this guy and it was a blast! Here's a compilation of his jump, walk, and turn.

Simple Poly Trifecta from Millie González on Vimeo.

On a non-animation related note, expect a huge concept post this next week! 

Primitive Theater

Primitive Theater from Millie González on Vimeo.

Hur, hur, hur, it's primitive theater time! I animated some bunnies and lightsabers, because I could.

Ball Bouncing

Here's my first Computer Animation I assignment and my first animation in Maya. So far, animation is pretty fun. I dig it.

Rats, Owls, and the End of the Semester

This is officially the last day of my Freshman year at Ringling. It's been a pretty weird day, but satisfying nonetheless. I feel like I have accomplished and learned a lot, even if I haven't slept much. Ringling is where I've always wanted to be and it's great to be surrounded by people that are so talented and passionate. Here's my Drawing II final, which coincidentally was the last one to be finished and the first one to be posted.

The assignment was to reinterpret the Trojan Horse story. So, I chose rats, owls and a giant piece of cheese do the job! And this is the result.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle...

Jungle Gardens might be a small little zoo in Sarasota, FL, but it sure is fun to bike over there and draw their animals. They don't have a very big collection, but they have a lot of loud birds and some interesting reptiles and lemurs. Oh! and one single spider monkey.

Here are some gestural drawings from my two visits to Jungle Gardens the past week.

 And here are some squematic drawings that are based more on construction.

By the way, flamingos are far scarier than they seem. Especially when they are nibbling on your sketchbooks and looking at you with their beady eyes.

Don't Mess with my Bubble Gun!

Monster in the bedroom perspective assignment.

In which a girl imagines her stuffed animal has grown to massive proportions as she, playfully, tries to fight him off with a bubble gun. Will she be able to defeat him?

And now, for process:

First crappy thumbnail

Second pass. 

Final linework

Work-in-progress. Much experimentation with a "chalky" brush. 

A New Approach to Figure

In Figure Drawing II, we have been turning observational drawings into different characters. In this assignment, we had to incorporate the character into an environment that fit the mood and the person's personality. This is the end result.

Also, Cintiqs are amazing. I missed them so much.

Oh, hey, a character sheet!

As part of our Traditional Animation I class, we had to create an animal character that we are later going to animate. I was assigned a badger, so I created a rather naïve young badger that thinks he is as strong as the rest  of the badgers.

And here's the result!

Digital Still Lifes.

Remember when I noticed I didn't know how to properly paint digitally? It was cool. Well I've been practicing during break with simple still lifes, and here they are.

In other news, Happy Holidays! :D

Perspective Work

I just scanned absolutely  almost everything I have done at Ringling, so expect many pictures.

This is just some of my major assignments from my Drawing I course

 Two Point Inventive Exterior. We had to make a figure destroying a building, so I made a chain reaction that started with a bird pooping and ended with a car crash.

A two point inventive interior. A Samurai exile living in a Caribbean island; just because I miss my home. This actually got submitted to a class-contest my perspective teacher did, so this here image got sent to some guy named Doug from Disney and he picked a winning piece. 

Last perspective assignment: an inventive exterior done using three point perspective. A Star Wars themed roller coaster collapses when the AT-AT that supports it moves. Done in ink wash and pens. We picked the best in the class and mine got tied in for third place. It was cool. 

So many figures! And a self-portrait

Emphasis Project

Oh, look, some 2-D Design! I really liked the lamp-climbing idea, even if I wasn't able to execute it the way I wanted to. I might continue working on the original sketch and eventually make it a shirt or something.