Andrea's Chill Art Blog

Come with me to the Ghibli Museum!

2023-09-07T06:43:00.000-07:00

I made a video for my youtube channel about my visit to the Ghibli Museum this past March.

Carmy from The Bear drawing - SAG-AFTRA / Writers Guild on strike

2023-08-21T21:03:00.000-07:00

I love Carmy, I love The Bear, I love drawing. Looking forward to watching more Jeremy Allen White on The Bear. Currently he is on strike with SAG-AFTRA while the Writers Guild is also on strike.

Here is a link with some ways to help support the actors and writers, even just discussing it online is a help.

same link written out:

https://mashable.com/article/how-to-support-wga-writer-strike#:~:text=Share%20your%20support%2C%20vocally%20or%20in%2Dkind&text=Join%20the%20SAG%2DAFTRA%20movement,for%20the%20guild's%20contract%20negotiation.

2001: A Space Odyssey film study Part 2

2023-08-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

I wondered why I was having such a hard time drawing compositions correctly into the thumbnails in my last film study page of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I realised that I was using the wrong aspect ratio! I've fixed up my thumbnails here to match the film.

That is a good lesson to use the right aspect when studying a film. Without the correct ratio, you can't properly place object and compositions. I did thumbnails until the jaguar finishes off a hominid. I like those tapirs.

First Film Study!

2023-08-16T09:36:00.004-07:00

This is my first time doing a thumbnail film study! It's only page one. My next mission is to DRAW FASTER and get two of these done in the same amount of time it took me to do this one.

Big thank you to Travis Marks for his Film Studies for Storyboard Artists Guide. I found it while searching for some tips on starting a film study. I emailed Travis who is super nice. He asks that you make a donation to Inner-City Arts and then send him the receipt. He'll then share with you the guide. What a cool way to raise money for a cause you support and share knowledge with other artists.

I found an article titled The 100 Best Movies of All Time (and while that's subjective) they're all great and I decided to just start studying from the top of the list. So here we have my first page of studies from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Take a Deep Breath...

2018-07-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a small taste of a big scene I've been working on! It's been so addictive to work on this. I hate doing a bunch of work and having to go do life for a few days only to come back to a scene and not really remember what I was doing. So I skipped out on life for a few days to finish up this little section of animation.

The Happiest Day of Her Life?

2018-06-12T18:39:00.000-07:00

It is a DANCE PARTY over here because I have just finished some full color animation for Pickled!

I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to all out fully hand animate every shot in my short because let's face it, that will take me the rest of my life to finish by myself. So I'm using Harmony rigs for a few shots and some shots will have minor amounts of animation. The big juicy acting and storytelling shots will be fully hand animated for sure, but this one is done with a rig. It was actually a lot of fun to animate something fast and simple for a change. However the mouth, which is the focus of the shot, is hand animated. So this is a small taste of what Pickled will be like.

The neutral bride! Pencil test for scene 4.

2018-04-09T07:05:00.000-07:00

Progress on Poster Painting

2018-03-25T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here's the progress I made this week! I'm wondering how much further I should go... if I should add some light? I keep pulling back and trying to keep it simple.

Adding Colour

2018-03-18T18:07:00.000-07:00

I had some fun making this rough colour study of my short film poster on top of the updated line art. I wasn't too happy with my last line pass so redrew the whole thing. Her skin looks just a bit too cadaverous doesn't it? I mean, she is dead, but only recently so. I will fix up all my colour choices. As well, I think the blood dripping off the knife currently looks like the knife is floating in the air, so I'm going to adjust it a bit to make it look like everything is lying on the floor.

I will probably go with a "cartoony" sort of shading, or at least something that isn't too fancy.

Film Poster Work in Progress

2018-03-12T06:14:00.000-07:00

I've had a concept in mind for a film poster for Pickled for a long long time and am finally working on it. I need more art for my social media platforms and I want to start promoting Pickled more soon. I'd also really love to get my official Pickled website and my company websites up. (Those are pickledfilm.com and mingothings.ca respectively.) I've been listening to an amazing podcast recently called "Being Boss" by Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson. One of the things they discuss is how consistency is really important for any brand and I totally agree. I'd like to get my poster done and maybe a few more pieces that can grace the front pages of my Facebook, Instagram and all the place I share Pickled online.

Here are some of my rough concepts for the Pickled poster:

My first colour concept test.

This second version is more simple shapes. I really love boiling down an image to it's essence.

My first attempt at painting this poster. I'm going to repaint it however as I feel the drawing needs some work and the painting really needs some work.

This is the first little scribble I did to get my idea on paper.

Scene 10 - Progress Update

2017-09-17T14:51:00.001-07:00

I've been polishing up this shot for a little while and was happy enough with it to put it on a demo reel. It's not %100 done yet but it's almost there! Although then I need to decide on clean up and colour...

Have some pickles!

2017-06-15T21:52:00.001-07:00

A wee bit of rough animation I managed to get done while my kiddo is asleep!
Have some pickles! from Andrea K Haid on Vimeo.

Rough key sketch of Babette!

2017-03-24T19:13:00.000-07:00

I'm currently rough animating this shot.

Scene 10 - Progress Update

2015-07-19T15:37:00.000-07:00

A bit of an update on rough animation for scene 10!

Without sound.

Pickled: Scene 10 version 3 from Andrea K Haid on Vimeo.

Scene Planning

2015-06-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Often times, especially for a technically complicated shot, I start planning a scene like this:

Wow. Go baby naps. I got painting done!

2015-06-23T16:37:00.000-07:00

I can hardly believe how quickly I made progress on these backgrounds. The babeh has had a few good naps and I got some work done!

4 backgrounds Left to Paint!

2015-06-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

A long time ago I took a break from painting backgrounds since I basically felt like my entire life was painting backgrounds. I've got 4 bgs left to finish up now. I think that using Corel Painter really slowed me down... It's such a laggy program! But I love the brushes and so dealt with the extreme lag. (There are a few awful things about the layers window in Painter as well that make organising files tough.) Here is a screen capture of the 4 leftover bgs in Bridge:

Seeing the 4 of them at once is motivational. I like being able to see the big picture when I can, it helps.

Babette Before and After

2015-05-31T20:46:00.003-07:00

Pose tweaking! I love comparing before and after pose tweaks... It really makes the good and the bad obvious. I like to see when I can successfully improve a drawing. It helps to use a software that you layer the images over top of each other and then you can turn on and off the top layer to really see it for what it is.

Slow Progress on Scene 10 While my Baby Sleeps

2015-05-30T15:00:00.000-07:00

These days I've been able to nab between 5 minutes and 1.5 hours a day to draw while my baby takes naps! Progress is slow but it's there. I'm just posting this to feel good about making enough progress to make a post about my short since about... September 2013?? Yikes! That's almost a year and 9 months! That's what learning a new toolset and having a kid will do I guess.

Time off

2015-04-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

I'm currently taking a break from animation on Pickled to focus on my family. :) We just moved to Vancouver. I'm coming up with new story ideas, I may do some freelance work and I'm practising my French.

Temporary Desk Setup

2015-03-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

I'm packing up my apartment for another big move... This time I'm heading to Vancouver, BC! I already disassembled my desk and sold it. So this little record holder is my (very temporary) desk setup!

Absense

2015-01-27T06:14:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the long absense from my production blog here! In 2014 I gave birth to my son and he has been my priority through my pregnancy and beyond. It will probably be another 3 or 4 months before I can do another update. Much is changing in my life so it will take some time for me to settle and find some routine. Right now I'm in the middle of packing up my home for a move. I physically can't even get to my desk these days due to all the "stuff" piled around it. I can't wait to have comfortable desk access again someday.

Podcast interview with Deanna Marsigliese!

2014-10-15T10:56:00.001-07:00

As promised, my interview with Deanna Marsigliese is ready to go at my podcasting website; The Animation Workout! There's a bit of me yamming about my experience at The 2014 Animation Show of Shows at the front of the podcast. Here's the link: http://www.theanimationworkout.com/stream/the-animation-workout-episode-3-chatting-about-design-with-deanna-marsligliese/

a concept sketch by Deanna

Coming this Wednesday…. PODCAST WITH PIXAR’S DEANNA MARSIGLIESE!

2014-10-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

I recorded the portion of this week’s podcast with Deanna in February 2014 about a week or so before she took off to see the world for a year. Finally I share it online! I didn’t have big plans for the podcast while I was making it but I wanted to grab Deanna for an interview before I wasn’t going to see her for a full year at least. I can’t wait to see all the amazing artwork she’s making on her trip and the photos she’s taking!!! So visit theanimationworkout.com on Wednesday Oct 15 to hear my interview with her!

Here are a couple of drawings that Deanna has done while on her travels:

Deanna's incredible travel blog: http://dmexplores.tumblr.com/

Deanna's website: http://www.deannamarsigliese.com/

Sax - animated short by Dean Heezen

2014-09-18T00:09:00.001-07:00

Check out this amazing short film animated by Sheridan grad Dean Heezen!

Gorgeous and inspiring stuff.