Inktober Day 2

You know what they say about having to go through 10,000 bad drawings...well this is certainly one of them.

First Ever Inktober

Hey everyone,
For the first time ever, I'm attempting to participate in Inktober! I've never done it before since I figured it was something for sequential artists and illustrators. That and my inking skills and line weight tend to suck due to my sketchy way of drawing. But the only way to improve at either of those is to practice, so I'm giving Inktober a try. This turned out surprisingly okay though. I was terrified of ruining my drawing, and while I did mess up in some places, I'm glad it's not a disaster lol. XD Also, it was really nice to work with traditional media rather than on the computer!

New Smurfs Movie

Hey everyone,
Things are busy at work, but I wanted to take a moment to post the teaser for the project I'm working on. I'm so glad this new Smurfs movie is full cg rather than vfx. It looks much more appealing and fun!

The poster is pretty neat as well. I hope they'll hand some out to the crew! =D

Nidoking Punch

I wanted to try this thing I see done in anime all the time, and am pleased to have pulled it off. There are volume and spacing issues throughout this, but it accomplished what I set out to do so I'm willing to overlook them this time. Finished, not perfect! =D 

TLP

Guess what's out on DVD! The Little Prince, and we all know what that means! =D

The Little Prince Animation Reel from Jocelyn Cofer on Vimeo.

Angry Birds Commercial

Hey everyone,
I'm a month late in realizing the Angry Birds commercial I worked on has been released, lol. I animated the shot of Chuck zipping around to read everyone's badge numbers, and the shot afterwards of Red saying "I'm getting on this show no problem, I know exactly what they're looking for". I didn't get to work on the movie, so I was super excited to animate the characters for the commercial. =D

Painting During Downtime

Oh hey, I still exist! Aaaaaand I did some art! As far as animation goes, I'm currently on time off between having finished on Angry Birds marketing and my start date on the next show. Outside of work, I'm animating on an awesome short that folks might have heard of called The Book of Mojo! =D

Canine Fighting Poses and More!

Hey everyone,
I have a friend from school visiting me here in Vancouver and she thought it would be fun to draw while listening to some music from Undertale. Everything sounded wonderfully whimsy and like something you'd hear in Skullgirls. So I figured I'd try some fighting game-esq poses for a quadruped character. It was a pretty fun exercise and it was great to draw creatively again. It's been such a long time!

A few weeks ago, I got to design a poster for an upcoming local qtipoc dance party. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out and am looking forward to seeing it posted around the city! =D

I also just realized I hadn't uploaded these drawings that I did a while ago. Oops, lol. XD

Back to Basics

I still haven't given up on learning how to paint! After much intimidation and failed attempts to paint something from my imagination, I figured it would be best to return to basics and work on more painting 101. So I watched some videos from cntrl paint.com and tried my hand at quick "still life". Unfortunately, I lack a desk lamp and am thus unable to set up a direct light source situation so I had to make do with the light that reaches over from the kitchen. Lol, I got tired towards the end (it is 1:08am after all) and didn't bother to work on Pikachu's feet, oh well. Hopefully I'll have more Pokemon figurine paintings tomorrow!

Whoa, Life Drawings!

Hey guys,
I went to Basic Inquiry this evening to do some life drawing and like what I did enough to post them here. I think reading On The Art of Drawing is helping out a lot!

Also, check out the teaser posters for Alice Through the Looking Glass from D23. I'm having lots of fun working on this project and still can't believe I get to animate such cool characters such as the Cheshire Cat and the March Hare!

New Little Prince Trailer

Hey guys,
Long time no post! I have a few updates to share. First, there's a new trailer for The Little Prince! I'm so excited about this film! It's really good and I can't wait for everyone to see it. We just don't seem to get sincere movies like this anymore.



My next two updates are that Friday was my last day on Pixels and I'll be starting on Alice 2 in a couple of weeks! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2567026/

More TLP

The Little Prince is in the news!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-little-prince-the-new-film-of-the-boy-who-fell-to-earth-9949079.html

Posters

Hey guys,
Pixels posters have been released! The Pac Man one looks pretty cool. I wish we could see the face on the centipede one though.

The Little Prince

Hey guys,
Check out the trailer for the film I worked on in Montreal. The Little Prince is one of the most sincere, heart felt movies I've ever had the privilege of working on. The crew was fantastic and the project itself was a great experience. I really hope it does well next Christmas!

Chimp Skulls

Studies for a painting I plan on doing before I start at Sony. I hope to do another fancy animals piece while I still have a bunch of free time.

New Character

Hey guys,
My recent visits to the gym and interest in martial arts has inspired me to come up with a new character. She doesn't have a name or back story yet. All I know is she is a tree kangaroo and is in martial arts training for a style more suitable for larger/heavier animals. It would be great to do an animation test with her too! Lol, I'll add it to my ever growing list of art things to do.

A Couple of Drawings

Hey guys,
I have two more drawings to share. Sadly, life drawing has been cancelled until the fall so no more model sessions on Tuesday nights at work. Some friends have started an unofficial lunchtime sketchbook club though, which is turning out to be really fun. It's super inspiring to see my peers drawings. I still have so much more to learn!

Abandoned Painting

I haven't drawn this guy in a long time! It would be great to streamline his design so I could do some animation tests with him. There are some shots from Space Dandy on vimeo in rough animation form and that inspired me to try to some of my own anime style animation. I never got that far though. Rather than coming up an existing with a character to use, I remembered Dae Dae and did a sketch of him. What was supposed to be a quick coloring job turned into an attempt at painting...which was later abandoned, lol.

Some Drawings

A random slug guy and an old man! I kind of want to color the first one since I have very few pieces that aren't just line art. It's time for bed though, so we'll see if I still feel that way after work tomorrow.

How Did You Find Me?

Drawn while listening to one of my favorite episodes of Welcome to Nightvale. It's really nice to be drawing for fun again!