Stuart Bury

A poem and drawings for my birthday.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:45:00 PST

I am 24 today.

Yes, I am now a man.

Next year I will be able to drive a rental car for no additional fee.

Feels good...

Feel free to submit your own prose acknowledging my birth.

blank-ity blank: Drawings from my mind

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:01:00 PST

I took a couple week break from ye ol' blog. When I sat down again to draw this is how I felt. I was reminded how important it is to keep drawing, even when I am "on break".

I'd also like to give a shout out to AnimateClay.com for doing a little report on me, thanks guys!

A few more drawings for your viewing pleasure are below. Hit me up on twitter if you want to keep up!

I did it for the mooks.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:47:00 PST

@themooks told me he'd like to see me draw a robot with the liquid acrylics, so I obliged.

And some more design from that short I've been thinking of. I really like how the older brother turned out. Click the picture to make it bigger.

Hit me up on twitter (look below here for a button). I love talking to people.

More drawings and paintings.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:14:00 PST

Here are some more drawings/paintings.

Familty affair: Drawings and character designs.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:50:00 PST

Here are the family members that may, or may not encounter that baby bigfoot I posted on friday. I've been enjoying drawing these character designs. It was fun to try to make them look similar but unique.

Not much else to say, just a lot of drawings to look at. (six more drawings after the jump)

Mom and Dad:

Older Brother:

These drawings are extras. Everything above this line of text is the "family".

I do this blog to connect with other artists, and anyone else that enjoys drawing, animation, or really any other art from, so please follow me on twitter and interact! There is even a button for you right below this text.

Bigfoot Drawings.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:00:00 PST

A new short film idea has been bouncing around the ol' noggin. One of the main characters is a baby bigfoot!

I think best when I draw!

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Wacom's Inkling Review and Drawing Comparisons

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:00:00 PST

I've had a little bit of time to test out Wacom's Inkling. Below are some comparative drawings and a full review of what I thought about it.

I was really excited to get my hands on the Inkling. I had grand ideas of trying some animation all on one page with the frames separated by layers, but I thought I should try some test drawings. I put the drawings side by side so that you could see a comparison (click them to see bigger versions).

As you can see, the drawings turned out less than wonderful. Some lines ended up off register, others just failed to show up at all. I was worried about having to keep my hands out of the way of the receiver, so I don't think that is what screwed it up.

Wacom states that the Inkling is for rough concepting. The problem is that pen and paper is also good for rough concepting, but you don't have to drop $200 on it. (You can get an ok scanner for $100 right?)

I wish that Wacom would partner up with another company and give us the tools to have our Ipads and other tablets able to operate like a Cintiq. I would gladly pay more than $200 for that.

Sadly I will not be purchasing the Inkling. I just don't see the point in it.

Let me know what you think of the Inkling if you've tried it. Or if you haven't gotten your hands on one, and still have a question I'll try to answer, just leave a comment below.

Check out my other (better) drawings and films, and follow me on twitter!

Sketch Dump

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:44:00 PST

black brush pen

I've been getting really into this liquid acrylic and a brush for my line work. I haven't felt much like drawing lately, but I've been forcing myself to. I bought this huge sketch book. I really wish I hadn't. I usually go through a sketch book a year, but this one is probably going to take twice as long. So I am drawing as much as possible to get done with this one as soon as possible.

Enjoy!(more after the break.)

Character design and compositing.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:54:00 PST

liquid acrylic

I have been enjoying draiwing with a brush and brown liquid acrylic. I just started doing it yesterday, but I am hooked. I love the range of value I can get out of it

Bellow is a little comp run through that I put together for a talk I did last spring about Dried Up, I always enjoy seeing compositing reels, so I thought I'd give you a little taste. Enjoy.

More drawings below

I am still trying to get these dang characters down. But the more I draw and paint them the more I get a handle on them.

acrylic

coffee, liquid acrylic

india ink and brush

Character designs, or rather trying to design a character.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:02:00 PST

This is a painting I did when I was trying to get a character design down for the Hiker for a new film I am working on.

I don't think that I have found what he is supposed to look like yet. I've feel like I've been grasping at straws trying to figure out how to design this guy. How do you go about designing your characters.

Do you have any design tips for me?
More drawings bellow.

My new short film is begining pre-production.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:00:00 PST

Our script is soooooo close to being done. So I have started working on some drawings of one of our main characters. More drawings bellow.

This character still doesn't look like how he does in my head. My painting skills are definitely lacking here. But I will press on!

Also I hope to start setting up a production blog for the new film I am working on. So get your rss subscriptions ready!

Drawers drawing faces.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:00:00 PST

Just some face exploration for another character in my upcoming film.

I thought this was interesting how I went from super cartoony, a weird mix at the end(from left to right).

Dragons, Stags, and a Monk

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 PST

My friend told me a story about an orthodox saint that would feed a group of deers that came to his monastary every morning. One morning he notices a stag missing so he set out to find him. He finds a dragon eating the animal. The monk rebuked the dragon and ordered it to leave the land. The dragon complied, but while he was still visible in the distance a lightning bolt came out of the sky and killed him. The monk became angry with god for killing the dragon, because it still was a beloved creature. God reminds the monk that he knows the future and what evils the dragon would commit if he continued to live.

Its a weird story, but I really liked it and it stuck with me long enough for me to draw these little sketches.

Tickle tickle.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:00:00 PST

I don't know where this came from, but I like it.

And sorry for the wiener...

Stop-motion Puppet: how to create on a dime.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:59:00 PST

This is a stop-motion puppet I built last week. He has an aluminum wire armature and simple paper mouths and eyes for lip sync and acting. I'll probably put a test up here at a later date.

All in all the materials for this little guy were less then $50. What I love about stop-motion is that if you don't have the money you can make up for with hard work and a bit of creativity.

After the jump I give you a short step-by-step on how I built this guy.

First I took some trusty alluminum wire.

Then twisted a few strands together and bent it to fit my design. That little nut is called A T-nut. I use it for tie downs in the feet because the metal it thin enough for a Dremel to easily trim it down.

Put the t-nut in the loop of the foot, and epoxy the t-nut in place

I made the "hip bone" out of Paperclay. It is an air hardening paper clay. This is the first time I've used it. It seems light weight and strong enough to be good in puppets. The only draw back is it takes a day or two to fully dry.

FOAM! Usually I would put some sort of epoxy to act as bones on the armature, but with this guy I wanted to get some pretty cartoon-y movement out of him so I left out his bones.

I use Platinum Web Spray 150. It forms a permanent bond between foam with minimal seams. It is great for stop-motion puppetry.

Cutting down the foam, and gluing (JB Kwik) on the head.

I had some old balloon rubber laying around so I decided to try some latex build up technique. It was my first go at it, but it seemed to work out. Here I started on the boots here.

Getting the hands ready.

I bit of colored balloon rubber on foam. I'm putting on the first of many layers.

I just mixed acrylic paint into the balloon rubber. It seems to have worked out fine.

I forgot to document me putting his close together. It was very simple I used felt and the foam spray adhesive. then I took a felting needle to the seams of the pants and sweater. This way the seams were hidden.

Do you have anymore questions? I'd love to try to answer them.

I'm always looking for new ways to make a puppet, so please let me hear your tips and tricks.

Hit me up on TWITTER if you want to chat.

Faces

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:10:00 PST

Just some doodle faces for you to enjoy.

Staying Fresh w/ Life Drawing.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:05:00 PDT

Have you ever felt like you forgot how to draw? Don't put down that pencil, just draw from life. It will inspire you do create other work.

Also if you want to hit me on TWITTER.

Phoneme Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:17:00 PDT

This is for an e-card I am doing for Hallmark. I thought I'd load up some work in progress stuff.

They really have me working!

I will stop-motion!

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:00:00 PDT

Its almost the time of year when I realize I need to update my reel. So I thought I'd procastinate by turning this guy into a puppet and animating him so I can put him in reel.

Updates will come soon and tutorials will come soon.

Warm-up Drawing and Stop-motion Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:11:00 PDT

Just a little warm up I did.

I'm super excited because we just got most of the stuff to set up a little stop-motion studio here at work. Now I can stay after and animate some puppets!

Speaking of stop-motion check out http://realstopmotion.blogspot.com . Ben Whitehouse does a great job of putting together great content for all of us stop-mophiles. He is very deticated to the craft.

Stop-motion with paper.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:39:00 PDT

This is just a bit of practice animating cut paper under a camera. My friend Mirna and I have been pushing for more stop-motion here at Hallmark*. I think she also may have done the stars, I forget though, we made this a while ago.

*full disclosure, everyone is pushing for more tactile, great animation at Hallmark.

Four seasons.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:22:00 PDT

A few backgrounds for an ecard I am doing. Each of the seasons.

I felt like this was a good project for me to experiment with different lighting and colors with the same subject. It was fun to see the different emotions that came out of each.

Keepin it fresh.

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:16:00 PDT

Just a bit of life drawing with a brush pen for you today.

cheers.

The most magical thing I have painted...ever

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:00:00 PDT

Photoshop

This is the first of some exploritory drawings for a new film called CONSTELLATING that I am working on with Thomas.

For those of you that are curious the film will be a short stop-motion film. I'm going to be starting on the visual design, so expect to see a lot of drawings/paintings/sculptures.

I am really happy with this even though I wouldn't usually consider myself good at landscapes.
I think its time I stop telling people that.

The Work Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Stuart) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:55:00 PDT

This was a part of some concepting for a short commercial. ENJOY!