Here's to the Festive Season :)

                                                                                                                                                                           
Here's the short I helped to direct at Bugbox Animation earlier this year :) It was a project that was done almost entirely by the interns (of which I was one of them :)) at the studio. It was definitely a learning and growing experience for me on just about every level (directing, animation, storyboarding, etc.), and I'm very grateful for it :) Especially as my first ever animation directorial gig! There's definitely still room for some more growth, though...

Oh, just a quick synopsis of the story: it's about a kid named Toby whose best buddy is Jesus. The story is part of 'The Adventures of Toby'   series of short films, and for those unfamiliar with the premise of the films, Jesus lives in Toby's heart, and as his best friend he's always there for Toby during the tough times. In this particular story, Jesus shows Toby the true meaning of Christmas in a very upbeat and unconventional way! Enjoy! Any feedback is appreciated :)

Well done to the team! :) 

The Man and the Monster

The Big Three

Thunder!!

Some X-Men!

And some more Hand-Drawn Animation :)

critic end of storm from kwabena sarfo on Vimeo.

There's another technical issue with this that wasn't really apparent to me when I was working on it. Once my Mac get's fixed, I intend on fixing it ASAP. But for now, here it is

More Hand-Drawn Animation

critic hat pick-up from kwabena sarfo on Vimeo.

There are technical issues with this but, again, I was still pretty green as an animator when I did this :)

2D Animation Debut!

critic book search from kwabena sarfo on Vimeo.


sweeper sweep up from kwabena sarfo on Vimeo.

You wouldn't know it by looking at this blog up until now, but I am actually also a 2D animator! I've just been very precious over a lot of the stuff I've done thus far. But alas, as I've finally accepted that I'll probably never be able to complete this short film that I'd planned (after two years!), I've decided to post most of the animation that I managed to complete for it. But only the good stuff ;) It was only my second year of animating when I did these shots, so technically most of it still isn't quite up to scratch. The newer stuff will almost definitely be better! :) Enjoy!

'Young Justice' Tributes: Superboy

Oh Captain, my Captain

Got super inspired to try this after checking out the trailer for the new movie :)

What a Playa!

Diana Again...

Jason Todd Head Shots

Fascinated with this guy at the moment! The symmetry with the second sketch is kinda off, but otherwise I'm happy with it

Little Red

Thought I'd make a contribution to the ubiquitous Red Riding Hood fan art out there :)

'Young Justice' Tributes: Miss Martian

Not too convinced with how this turned out...

Supergals

Not entirely Young Justice related, but it's still in the same spirit :)

Young Justice!! :)

In honour of the AWESOME 'Young Justice' series that sadly ended recently. Lots more to come! :)

Turtle Power

It's been a while...

Aielman

For Wheel of Time fans :)

Hal Jordan

 

Robin - After Bourassa

 

Got really inspired to draw this after wasting away a whole weekend watching 'Young Justice' over the festive season. It's modeled on Phil Bourassa's (the show's lead character designer) design of Tim Drake's incarnation of the Boy Wonder.

Staying in the Groove

Another sketch based on Elegy Ellem.

Spidey

Love this character

Thor's Day

Comic Stuff

Been thinking a lot about comic book illustration lately. Here's just a small sample of what those thoughts have resulted in. More to come...

Back into the Groove

I've had a long, restive break from the grind, and am slowly getting back into artmaking mode.  Here's one of my first attempts at stretching the old muscles. It's based on a photograph I came across of glamour model Elegy Ellem. Hope everyone's had a great Festive Season :)