Buddy's First Shoes!

This is a few weeks old, but it is too cute to not post it. Look at him go!

First shoes! from Anthony Madden on Vimeo.

- Posted from my iPhone yo!

Drawing with Sketchbook Mobile

I got Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile for my iPhone. I am normally dismetrically opposed to buying anything from that company, as their products usually overpriced, however Sketchbook mobile is only 3 bucks. Here is my first work...of course it won't win any awards but as they say, you gotta learn to crawl before you can swim!






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Enjoying drawing and modeling

I have so much fun doing stuff on my table H here isn't enough hours the day for everything I want to do!

ALMOST DONE

Updates. Now I need to just model his mouth. But first I will texture and paint.






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Character Update

Still working on this guy in Hexagon 2.

3D Mesh Update

Coming along quite nicely.

Long Time No See

Where have I been? I've been trying to finish a mesh in Hexagon 2 that I was working on. I'm using my tablet.

Where have I been?

Wow! I want to be consistent in updates but I got distracted. Anyway I sold my PSP-1000 and bought a Used Motion computing Tablet PC Le1600. here is something I did yesterday. I'm not into Fantasy very much but as every one knows, It's easier to draw what is ugly than what is beautiful.Drawn in Mange Studio 4. Drawing on a tablet PC is awesome.

By the book

I'm copying illustrations out of the Simplified Anatomy for Comics book I bought. here is my first one.

Two Drawing Books

Well, I purchased the only drawing books I will purchase for this year. One is the book "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" the quintessential guide to drawing comics.
The other is a book by my favorite art instructor Christopher Hart. "Simplified Anatomy For the Comic Book Artist."

I will be using these books for my sketching and comic works.

For animation I have Richard Williams book (the only and best)
and the new book published by the guy to who animated the Genie in "Alladin" Eric Goldberg.

Just google their names for the books they published.

Distracted

OK. So I got distracted trying to get Manga Studio 3 to work in Vista.

So I decided to buy Manga Studio Debut 4. I downloaded it off their site. It is a big improvement over the previous version and it works under Vista and Windows 7.

Roughing the Thing

Well I'm finally back.
I had some software troubles. I was using Manga Studio at first, but then I started having trouble with precise drawing. It lags when I try drawing. So I went back to ArtRage 2.

Sketching in Manga Studio

OK. I did what I said I wasn't gonna do. I read some of the Manga studio manual while babysitting my son today. (I know, some babysitter, but I actually played with him until he fell asleep) Here is my first layer of my first sketch. I WILL FINISH THIS SKETCH!!!

Caught up in Software

My biggest problem is that I'm more obessesd with learning new software than actually using it. I try to learn everything about a graphics package before I do anything. That is really dumb.

For 3d software, I decided to use one and only one. That way I don't get distracted with playing with new software packages. So if you see any modeling or animation, it is in Softimage XSI 6. Nothing else.

Drawing is a different story. I draw on paper when away from the computer.
There are two packages I use or will use.

Foremost- ArtRage 2 It is simple. No learning curve. All of the tools are just like they are in real life. There is no shortcuts to drawing or painting in the program. So I can dive right in.

The other program I'm 'evaluating' is Manga Studio 3. It is complicated compared to ArtRage 2. It requires learning, which is a distraction from sketching and drawing. I will read about it by printing out the manuals and reading it on my long commute to work.

I Confess

Well I have been dabbling in penciling and 3d animation for a while. However, I haven't created much that I'm really proud of. That I plan to change. Here I will be posting my sketches and animations that I will be doing on a regular basis. I have a day job and a family and other more important obligations, but I do have spare time to give to these pursuits. Hopefully this will give me the impetus to finally get some stuff out there on the 'net, that I can be proud of.

Here goes!