Ghost Digits

Nun

2011-09-30T02:01:00.000-05:00

Goofing off in Photoshop.

Sketch Update - September 2010 (in 2011)

2011-09-21T00:18:00.000-05:00

Quick update before I head to Ottawa. These drawings are a year old! They're also the last pages of my Moleskine. Rest in peace, bro.

Shilo - Smart Car

2011-09-05T17:29:00.000-05:00

smart fortwo "A big idea for two" from Shilo on Vimeo.

Here's a commercial I helped animate over at Moving Colour last year. It was a cool studio to work at, and I had a lot of fun animating again after storyboarding on Regular Show for ten months straight.

In with the old

2011-01-01T23:53:00.003-05:00

Not the most exciting update, but here are a few drawings I have scattered around my desk right now. Happy New Year!

Old Comic Page

2010-09-14T22:22:00.003-05:00

It came to my attention recently that "Helping Hands" is no longer on the Fakeheads website, so I figured why not post it here? I abandoned drawing this comic after a page and a half (back in 2009); for whatever reason, the story just never came together for me. I still like drawing the main character, maybe I'll re-purpose her for another project later on.

Cartoon Network Ident

2010-08-24T21:54:00.006-05:00

C is for... Magnet? from Meg Hunt on Vimeo.

Check out the Cartoon Network ident I helped animate a few months ago! Style frames by the lovely Meg Hunt. The sister ident (I didn't work on) is available here.

Post-It Update

2010-08-24T20:00:00.000-05:00

Here's a Post-It drawing I like. I hope you like it too.

Sketches Update June 30th

2010-07-01T00:15:00.009-05:00

I'm really bad at updating this blog. Here are a few scraps I gathered from my office today.

Coming Soon

2010-05-24T19:17:00.002-05:00

New drawings - check back soon.

Links

2010-02-11T03:13:00.002-05:00

A couple of illustration projects to keep you occupied until I update again.

Picture Book Report

Spera

I'm currently working on another "Midsummer Night Toons" intro, hopefully I'll be able to put some concept drawings soon.

Sketch Update January 10th

2010-01-10T01:28:00.003-05:00

Drawings from the last few days. Not much has changed around here.

Sketch Update 10/31

2009-10-31T01:53:00.003-05:00

Wish I could post more, but I've got a plane to catch!

Helping Hands - sketches

2009-09-10T16:47:00.003-05:00

More sketches for my comic in The FakeHeads Anthology. I may not continue with this project.

Midsummer Night Toons UPDATE!

2009-08-25T23:48:00.006-05:00

Midsummer Night Toons from Kat Morris on Vimeo.
(~~Audio is currently out of sync, will be fixed soon~~) (Can't seem to fix the audio.)

It seems most of the early sketches disappeared when I moved, but I managed to find a couple of pages.

Moleskine Update July 10th

2009-07-10T11:04:00.007-05:00

A few pages from the Moleskine until I get something more polished to show. The last page was a collaboration with Aleth during a freelance gig. He drew the baboon-hermit crab-bird thing with the ghost fish. (I guess it's sort of James Jean meets Avatar?)

The comic is on hold for now, but a small animation project has taken its place, so check back soon.

The FakeHeads Anthology Website+Preview

2009-06-04T22:06:00.006-05:00

The FakeHeads Anthology website is now up and running thanks to the brilliant Suzan Choy. Check out the site for some preview pages from the upcoming book.

We'll also be handing out a printed version of the sample pages at MoCCA this weekend! Exciting times.

Comic Sketch

2009-06-01T18:48:00.003-05:00

A few sketches of characters from my contribution to the upcoming FakeHeads comic anthology.

Hidden Flash Files

2009-05-08T18:06:00.005-05:00

Looking through my old Flash files today, I came across a few drawings I had completely forgotten about. There were also a few animations that were almost interesting, I might fix them up a little and post them in the future.

Helping Hands - Girl design

2009-04-21T11:38:00.001-05:00

A more polished design of the girl.

Helping Hands

2009-04-20T17:58:00.003-05:00

The beginning stages of a comic I'm doing for FakeHeads. The girl came easily because she has the same basic structure as most of my characters (I still intend to tweak the design a little), but I haven't figured out what the spirit/god should look like.

Moleskine Update 03.25

2009-03-25T16:26:00.009-05:00

Old drawings from the Moleskine. I don't especially enjoy drawing in this sketchbook, nor does it seem to scan well... I keep it around because it looks pretty.

Four Days with Dan Haskett

2009-03-15T16:28:00.010-05:00

I attended a character design workshop with Dan Haskett at SVA this past week.

First we were asked to design a character that we connected to emotionally, or at least appealed to us in some way. I didn't manage to come up with anything that I really loved, but over time I developed a "loser knight" character that sort of encapsulates what I draw.

We were asked to draw Mickey Mouse, and everyone failed miserably. I think my redesign is way cooler than the Disney version.

Other than that, I just doodled a lot while Dan regaled us with stories of the animation industry, past and present.

I really liked drawing this skull spaceman/deep sea diver.

It's too soon to tell how much or how little I learned from this workshop. It occurred to me that when I'm designing characters, I don't consider how well they work for animation. Basically Dan said round, simple characters work best for fluid animation, but I think ideas like that can be limiting. It would be terrible if everything looked like a Disney film just because that's what moved best. Animation is an art like anything else - the more diverse the better. Even if I didn't agree with everything Dan said, he had a lot of great insight from years of experience, and though the change is subtle, I'm definitely thinking about my drawings differently.

The End.

Small Post

2009-03-04T23:37:00.003-05:00

A drawing I found at work today, probably done between projects sometime last year. I plan to update with more sketches later this week.

End of Year Wrap-Up

2008-12-31T00:46:00.004-05:00

New Year's Resolution: Draw fewer women.

Some of these drawings were copied from the following: Coleman Engle, Mai Nguyen, and WJC.

The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson

2008-11-04T16:30:00.004-05:00

My thesis film, "The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson" is now available to be viewed online! Visit Cartoon Brew TV to check it out.

Moleskine Update

2008-10-17T14:29:00.002-05:00

A couple of pages from the sketchbook. Moleskine books don't scan well.

Old Sketches

2008-09-26T10:46:00.002-05:00

A bunch of drawings I found. There are probably more on the way

Quitter

2008-08-21T12:09:00.006-05:00

Tried to start an improv comic at work today, and lost enthusiasm by panel 4. I'm just really tired (I hope). Drawn in MS Paint.

The Unexplained Silence

2008-07-02T23:46:00.001-05:00

Haven't drawn anything of consequence in a while. Stay tuned.

A few more color tests

2008-05-11T23:39:00.003-05:00

This will be the last of my thesis related posts for a while. Thank you, everyone who came up to me after the screening to tell me how much they liked my film, it definitely made my night. For those who didn't get to see it, I might post it on YouTube somewhere in the near future.

Ophelia Jackson

2008-05-04T19:00:00.000-05:00

The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson from Cartoon Brew on Vimeo.

My thesis film, Spring 2008.

More Layouts

2008-03-26T22:00:00.005-05:00

I'm trying to figure out a quick and dirty way to color this film. It ain't quite there yet, but we'll get it together somehow. Thanks to Jake Armstrong for layout help.

More Color Tests

2008-02-16T21:22:00.003-05:00

The first three were done in Flash (using a tablet - maybe it'll look better with a Cintiq?) and the last is a scanned drawing colored in Photoshop. Thoughts?

In Progress

2008-02-02T16:35:00.001-05:00

Currently animating.

Sketches and Layouts

2007-11-25T03:21:00.001-05:00

Having barely animated a single scene so far, one could say I'm rather behind at this point.

Color Tests

2007-10-15T16:30:00.000-05:00

Trying to figure out the final look of this film.

More Storyboards

2007-09-15T10:06:00.000-05:00

Still storyboarding. I've never had to revise this much, it's fun.

Thesis Sketches

2007-09-08T11:24:00.000-05:00

In the storyboarding phase of my thesis, things aren't going too well thus far, but I haven't been trying my hardest, either. Oh well.

Ophelia and the Witch

2007-08-16T20:59:00.001-05:00

More character sketches I've been meaning to post.

Sample of Thesis Storyboards

2007-08-03T15:09:00.001-05:00

Not the entire set of boards, but these are my favorites. The story is about a sailor with a gambling problem who loses her captain and her right eye to a sea witch.

Discarded? Character

2007-07-15T22:05:00.000-05:00

A character who no longer seems to fit in the story. But there's still hope.

One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson

2007-07-05T19:38:00.000-05:00

Probably the main character of my thesis film. Now all I need is a story.

Still floating

2007-06-10T12:02:00.001-05:00

I still have "The Seven Ravens" as the back-up story for my thesis film, but I really want to come up with a story of my own. So far, I've got nothing, so instead I doodled part of the penultimate scene of "Ravens" in Crayola marker.

Twist

2007-05-25T21:07:00.000-05:00

Analysis of my drawings would indicate I believe summer is about dancing and naked people.

End of Semester Drawings

2007-05-08T17:27:00.000-05:00

Some stuff that was sitting around my desk, scanned now that finals are over.

Commercial

2007-04-30T10:39:00.002-05:00

The final product. It's not very animated or especially nice to look at, but at least it's finished. Now I can start worrying about my thesis film.

Clean Up

2007-03-29T22:12:00.000-05:00

Some stuff still needs to animated/revised, but I've moved onto the clean-up and color phase of production. This is the look I'm thinking of going with - strong blacks with yellow and white for contrast. I've never been good with real color.

Last Leg of Animating

2007-03-20T23:39:00.000-05:00

I've got three scenes left to animate, and none of them have been completely fleshed out. My brainstorming sessions are always a mix of business and pleasure, thus not all of the drawings in this post are directly related to my commercial.

Layout Switching

2007-02-08T23:06:00.000-05:00

Fooling around with layout compositions, because I hate some of the current ones. Everyone thought this was a comic...

Animatic

2007-02-03T18:54:00.001-05:00

I was finally able to somehow cut this thing down to a minute.

Commercial - Storyboards

2007-01-11T23:36:00.000-05:00

Still working on the thumbnail storyboards... I'm somewhat displeased with how this is turning out, I may rewrite the script.

Thesis - Seven Ravens

2007-01-02T20:48:00.001-05:00

It's never too early to be completely terrified of senior year. These sketches are character designs/brainstorming sessions for an adaptation of a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, The Seven Ravens, which may or may not be my thesis film.

Commercial - Initial Sketches

2007-01-01T17:05:00.000-05:00

For the Spring 2007 semester, my animation class is required to write, direct and animate a one minute commercial. I thought it might be fun to do an intergalactic internet dating service.