tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46112219151805944402024-03-12T21:08:14.208-04:00Tito's JamsArt, Animation, and Sketch Blog of Tracy "Tito"Lynn MacLauchlanTracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-31610844196235883362012-08-25T10:51:00.002-04:002012-08-25T11:32:30.308-04:00Tracy MacLauchlan Now on Tumblr<br />
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Hey All!
Things are quiet here because I recently moved to <a href="http://titosjams.tumblr.com/">Tumblr.</a> I like the interface a <i>ton</i> more and I find it easier to upload my images and animated GIFs in an aesthetically-pleasing manner. I get my posting done in half the time I get it done here on Blogger. The only thing I miss is the ability to comment without "reblogging"!</div>
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Would some of you prefer I try to find a way to cross-post here on Blogger, or have you made the switch too? You can visit me at:<br />
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Veil from my project, <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Taffetas</i></a><b>, </b>sporting a hypothetical tat. The idea is that it would symbolize there is more to him than you expect, but he hides it a lot. The image itself was also just something I dabbled with whenever I had the five minutes to spare, purely for joy and relaxation. </div>
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Speaking of <i>Taffetas</i>, we have <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2012/07/setting-up-pitchbook.html" target="_blank">a new update on our to-do list for concept art</a>. Awesome! We're also on the lookout for background artists who would be interested to collaborate with us, as well as your opinions on which <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2012/05/season-1-synopsis-draft-ii.html" target="_blank">episode(s)</a> you would most like to see mock screenshot(s) of.</div>
<br />Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-55880567249733304122012-07-08T00:00:00.000-04:002012-07-07T08:05:16.493-04:00Fate Saga Animation<b></b> As promised, every other Sunday I'll be posting a new blog entry- showcasing some of my work, sketches, insights, and a tutorial or two.
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Today, I'm doing a little catch up and showing off what I contributed for Dana Corrigan's 2010 senior thesis, a trailer for her project, <a href="http://fatesagathesis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fate Saga</a>. <br />
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Dana was my roommate in college, and since I am a bit of a cartoon and anime nerd, I was excited for the premise. I did the color design for her film, some matte painting, and of course, animation.<br />
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I got to animate shots of Cyrus, the villain of the short/trailer, who is a manic, scythe-weilding fire mage.<br />
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It was <i>a lot</i> of fun!<br />
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I did everything from thumbnails to rough animation by hand using a cintiq. As always, I referenced a video recording of myself to study the motion and acting. I even made a double-bladed scythe by taping cardboard 'blades' to the base of a broom (my dad later found these videos of myself and laughed his ass off for about two hours). <br />
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Clean up was by Dana Corrigan herself (she also animated the first shot to the scene on the left- I always keep it in because my shots after don't make much sense without it), colors by Jay Miller, and fire effects by Zelda Vinciguerra. <br />
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All in all, these were a blast to draw, especially the smears:<br />
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I enjoy updating my blog, so I'm going to start a more consistent update schedule. After this post, I will post another post next Sunday, and from there on out <i>I will be updating every other Sunday</i> with sketches, drawing, artwork, animation, tutorials and hopefully insights into my professional work as well, now that some are starting to go public. <br />
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Co-creator Yesenia and I are hard at work on our proposed animated series, <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Taffetas</i></a>. In the past month and a half, we finished our episode synopsis, character bios, setting description, and today I'm happy to announce that we finally finished <i>all</i> of the writing for our pitch (the last bit of which goes live on the blog Wednesday, July 4th, for critique). Our upcoming job is now the artwork! I'll be hitting the character designs, mock screenshots, illustrations, etc. as hard as I can. Up until this point, I've been leisurely sketching between all the writing and brainstorming.<br />
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Sapphire is the main character's best friend (and sometimes worst enemy) from my animation series project, <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Taffetas</i></a>. She's a young, confident gargoyless who acts as a love guru, even though she can't hold down a half-decent relationship herself.<br />
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I draw her a little too 'cute' at times and I have a lot to experiment with, but I'll continue to explore through drawing and get it finalized. Since co-creator Yesenia and I are almost done with the writing for our pitch book for<i> Taffetas </i>(which
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<b>Things at work and at home </b>are hectic, and I find it difficult to find time to update this blog. However, I still draw every day! Today I'm showing off some work I did for (or inspired by) my and Yesenia Carrero's animated series pitch project, <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/"><i>The Taffetas</i></a>. <br />
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Right now I sketch just for fun for the project since we're not in concept art, but
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As far as the project itself, Yesenia and I recently released our first public draft of <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Season 01 Episode Synopsis. </a><br />
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The synopsis marks the tail end of all the research and story revisions we did these past months. I think the story we want to tell is a lot stronger and closer to our hearts now than it was when it first started. I'm excited to wrap up <i>all</i> the revisions soon and start concept art!Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-18246312067740469702012-03-16T18:56:00.000-04:002012-03-16T19:01:03.852-04:00Dioysus' Little Helper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Made in celebration of The Taffetas' F<a href="http://www.facebook.com/taffetas" target="_blank">acebook Fan Page</a> update! Yesenia and
I (mostly Yesenia) worked hard in our free time to see this to completion.
The work included completely new art, writing, and a whole mess of coding
and design work. Check out Yesenia's <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2012/03/switch-to-facebook-timeline.html" target="_blank">blog post about it</a>.Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-67339407638444078732012-02-26T09:00:00.000-05:002012-02-28T13:29:46.252-05:00Goals<div style="color: #666666;">
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<i>The decision to become an artist is sort of like finding God. You wake
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When I was a senior in high school, I wrote a goal for my future and a plan to achieve that goal. Five years later, I failed at a lot of the things I thought I would do and I'm way behind because of it. I'm not where I thought I would be by now.<br />
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<b><br />My new Goal List</b><b><br /></b> I want to make my own quality animations and be recognized for them.<br />
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- The Taffetas<br />
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- Art School<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> Figure out strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. Improve basic skills and use as a "jumping off" point.</i></span><br />
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- Internships<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Gain professional experience in the animation field. Learn to work with art directors, co-workers, and clients. Come to understand a more commercial aspect to art and animation.</span></i><br />
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- Work<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Become comfortable with an animation and illustrative process and learn from other artists. Gain new, unique skills to combine with animation.</span></i><br />
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- Learn from Job Experience<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gain knowledge from co-workers and art directors, become inspired by and implement critique and advice.</span><br />
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- Self-study<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Life drawing, art and animation history, seek out new artists and open mind to alternative styles.</span><br />
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- Stay on top of the business<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Know who, what, where, when, why. Subscribe to magazines, newsletters, and websites.</span><br />
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Exposure</div>
- Film Festivals<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">seek out festivals and submit productions</span><br />
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- Online Presence
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">online portfolio, deviantart, linkedIn, Vimeo, and Youtube</span><br />
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- Artistic Contests<br />
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- Money<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Get a job. Put a little money into a production fund every month. Look into grants, kickstarter, etc.</span><br />
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<b>The Short-Term Plan</b><br />
1. See <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Taffetas</a> to completion<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Make animated shorts to supplement pitch and gain support</span><br />
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(~2-4 year)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Pitch</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Submit animation work to Conventions and Film Festivals</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Gain acclaim </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Gain revenue/distribution opportunities for project</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Production</span><br />
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2. Expand artistic horizons, gain illustration and storytelling skills<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Produce personal illustration and animation work, experimenting in style</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Study art books on subject matter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Learn from alternative illustrators at work and within the art community</span><br />
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3. Continue honing animation skills<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Treat e-cards and other animations at work as short films and portfolio pieces</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Volunteer/Freelance animation for other productions</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Personal animation work (non-Taffetas)</span><br />
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4. Sell self as an independent filmmaker<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- production of personal short films (Taffetas and non-Taffetas) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- portfolio update (once to twice a year</span>)<br />
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5. Gain more popularity and a small name in the artistic/animation community<br />
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I put down a few things down that I already did (school, internship, etc.) because if it makes me feel less intimidated and more accomplished ;).<br />
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It's good to take a deep breath and feel like I'm on the right track again. There's still hope.<br />
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<br />Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-75343838902660022622012-02-06T22:40:00.000-05:002012-02-08T20:16:50.928-05:00Moving in, Taffetas, and Drawing<br />
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I realize about a month passed me by without updating this blog!</div>
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January was crazy. I moved to another state, settled into the new house, started my job, got in a car accident with a hit-and-run, developed a mild case of whip-lash, fell into an exhausting and frustrating sadness, snapped out of it, worked overtime for a big project at my new job, worked on <i>Taffetas</i>, and cooked homemade jam for my co-workers, among other things.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> The beginning of my cherry jam! Yum! </span></div>
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So just to give you guys a bit of an update: </div>
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<b>My Job</b></div>
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I mentioned before, but I'm a multimedia designer/animator working in the illustration department at Hallmark Cards.<b> </b>I interned there over the Summer as well. To be honest, sometimes I still wonder why I was offered a job, since the company is made up of extremely talented, seasoned artists that I can only dream to live up to.</div>
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But I'm learning a lot and I realized today that I love my job. I mean, I knew that during my internship, but I had that moment again where I was aware of the fact I spent an entire day drawing and that I was paid for it.<span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></span>The frustrating part is that I can't show off my work until it comes out (if it comes out), so unfortunately there is a decrease in artworks to post online.<br />
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<b>The Taffetas</b></div>
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<b> </b>If you aren't keeping up to date with <a href="http://tthetaffetas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Taffetas</a>, you probably missed my recent posts:</div>
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<li><a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/12/taking-stance-on-our-story.html" target="_blank">Taking A Stance On Our Story</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2012/01/drawing-characters.html" target="_blank">Drawing Characters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2012/02/outline-part-1.html" target="_blank">The Outline - Part 1</a></li>
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<b>We update every other Wednesday. </b>Our posts are about what Yesenia and I personally learned while working on the project, or just our new developments on the pitch. <i>The outline - Part 1</i> I'm particularly excited about because I feel like the story is finally coming together again.<br />
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Beyond that, I did light sketch work for our upcoming revamped <a href="http://www.facebook.com/taffetas" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. Above is the sketch for the ID picture and its earlier variants. I may not always get it right the first time, but I can rework it until I do :).<br />
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Did I mention I have another friend who is not Jess, my roommate/co-worker? She is totally real and I'm not making her up. </div>
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Her name is Dana Corrigan and I worked on her senior thesis in college. Now adays, Jess, Dana, and I skype every weekend to critique each others' work from our projects, we call it our "brain-jam".</div>
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This week, though, Dana couldn't make it. Is it because she's imaginary?</div>
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It's because the poor dear had laryngitis. <br />
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I felt bad that she was sick on a weekend, so I dreamed up a few comic ideas on what her project's main character, Cain, would do if he had her same ailment. I did not finish the full six ideas that I wanted to before the weekend was over, but I feel like I did okay for the time I had. Dana liked it, so I'm pretty happy!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Though I really wish I finished this one! </span></div>
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Jess arranged the type and word balloons for me, as well as designed the backgrounds. I also know this won't make as much sense if you're not in the know of her story, <a href="http://fatesagathesis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>Fate Saga</i></a>, but hopefully it's enjoyable to look at anyway.</div>
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<b>Coming Up</b> from me will be, inevitably, more Taffetas artwork and a long over-due Christmas art. Hopefully it won't take another month to post...but I better not get anyone's hopes up :).</div>
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<br />Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-30411307519944924682011-12-21T16:20:00.000-05:002011-12-21T17:14:43.844-05:00Her Favorite Animal is the Leopard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the leading image I did for <i>Taffetas</i> co-producer Yesenia Carrero's <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/12/research-research-research.html" target="_blank">post on research</a> which goes live today! This was a fun image, although very much a trial to complete as Yesenia and I are busy moving to Kansas City together (she also got a job at Hallmark!). </div>
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Anyway, I thought would be fun to show my process again like<a href="http://titosjams.blogspot.com/2011/11/gemini-in-rain-process.html" target="_blank"> my last pos</a><a href="http://titosjams.blogspot.com/2011/11/gemini-in-rain-process.html" target="_blank">t:</a></div>
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Gemini's outfit was inspired by <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-designs.html" target="_blank">Lucas Didelot's original clothing design</a> crossed with <a href="http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/90/d/AAAAAqYP_YoAAAAAAJDa3w.jpg?v=1195246755000" target="_blank">this awesome sweater</a> I found on google. I tried to make the picture a little more festive (it being that time of year) without getting out of character or making it feel forced just for the holiday.<br />
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<br />Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-63748763161065448932011-11-30T18:34:00.001-05:002011-11-30T18:58:01.697-05:00Gemini in the Rain - Process<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is another lead image for <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/11/character-creation.html" target="_blank">our newest Taffeta's Post</a> on what Yesenia and I learned so far about Character Creation. I wanted to draw our character, Gemini, being sad and pouty since I usually draw her smiling so much. </span><br />
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Usually it takes a few hours to go from thumbnail sketch to completion for a single character drawing and I use reference images and resources like <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/" target="_blank">colour lovers</a> to inspire me along the way.</div>Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-80068028484775521702011-11-26T11:16:00.001-05:002011-11-26T21:53:01.716-05:00Onward!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I created this image for the <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-progress.html" target="_blank">first of our upcoming posts</a> to The Taffetas blog, this one in particular is a conversational update on our progress so far. I'm pretty proud of both image and post, so take a gander. We'll be updating on Wednesdays for a while.<br /><br /> I managed to color and shade the image while traveling by train to be with my family for the birth of my niece, Isabelle!Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-37804675712572606672011-11-21T13:15:00.000-05:002011-11-21T13:32:16.301-05:00Sketch Dump<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A character named Bianca from my friend's story, <a href="http://fatesagathesis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fate Saga </a></div>
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Here's the concept work I sketched for the mini e-card I created at Hallmark Cards this Summer! I loved working there, and I'm fortunate to start my full-time position soon!Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-78148128861281196972011-11-05T02:24:00.000-04:002011-11-05T02:31:52.484-04:00Taffetas progression WIPs and silly sketches<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Things are going pretty good for <i>Taffetas</i> research. I finished some books relevant to our new pitch and our upcoming indie-production of the first episode(s) in a frantic attempt to better myself as a producer, director, concept artist, animator, etc. so as to live up to my expectations for the project. It's a tough thing getting through because I find myself sometimes procrastinating out of sheer fear of the task that lies before me (not the reading, but the responsibilities I have to making<i> Taffetas</i> a success and true to our artistic vision!).</div>
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All the while, Yesenia and I have also been researching mythology and pitching and are slowly working our way through finalizing details on Season 1 for our pitch book which has been an unexpected snag in my original let's-get-this-done-in-a-month schedule. We have a pretty nifty thing going on though in that we are basing the story of <i>Taffetas</i> to the hero's journey, but told through an interpersonal tale, from the female perspective.<br />
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Meanwhile, I've started up a small 5 second animation challenge where I'm pushing myself in Flash with some <i>slightly </i>tweaked, personally untested methods of how I usually go about animating. In the end, this animation will also be my ID and icon for my updated Deviantart presence.<br />
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I'm also trying to finish that forest sprite sketch to a cleaned up illustration...</div>Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-58530883263566358312011-11-01T00:50:00.000-04:002011-11-01T00:50:55.327-04:00Oct 31st Sketches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My pal Yesenia Carrero and I have been at work studying up on mythology, independently producing animation, and pitching for the last few days. We still have quite a lot of books to get through before we're done.<br /><br /> It's driving me crazy not really drawing anything for the project since feel like we're stagnating somehow, even though I know this writing/research part is of the utmost importance. So here's the drawings I've been doing in the down-time, some studies, practice and silly sketches so that I'll be ready to go when the concept art portion hits.<br />
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Exploring the siren character Elena for my and Yesenia's series pitch, <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/">The Taffetas</a>. I'll get down to the nitty-gritty with extensive silhouette and outfit studies and stuff in a bit, but for now I play.<br />
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If you read <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/">The Taffetas production blog</a>, you're probably aware of the revamping our story and pitch presentation is undergoing. I'm thrilled as this means a ton of new art for me to do. The above image is something I just finished off yesterday. It's our new Veil and Gemini couple picture which Yesenia is vectoring in our style. I like how it came out, and I love their outfits. I finally made veil's feet bigger which is something I've been meaning to do for a long time.<br />
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In closing, here's a drawing of baby Veil (or their son Licorice, really).</div>Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-45222662838011442322011-10-15T01:48:00.000-04:002011-10-15T01:48:53.205-04:00Can't Sleep<br />
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A few weeks ago I held a visitor contest on my deviantart, offering up 1 free drawing for the person who nabbed my 50,000th pageview. I had two winners in the end, the talented composer/sound designer James Dalby and one of my art-peer idols, Ruud Hendricks. </div>
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The latter's request is the one I chose to do first and just finished today. He requested a romantic picture of him and his girlfriend (or their avatars, at least). It was an honor for me because I really idolize both his and his girlfriend's work as designers and artists. You can learn about their self-run studio <a href="http://www.bumblebee.nl/">here</a>.<br />
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Also, on a related tangent, On October 2nd I received a <b>Daily Deviation </b>(a special feature<b>) </b>on devianart.com with my <a href="http://titosjams.blogspot.com/2011/05/veil-animation-test.html">Veil Taffeta test animation</a>. I am so grateful, as this is not only my second DD but The Taffeta's second DD as well (the first one belonging to <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/2011/04/birth-of-something-beautiful.html">The Birth of Something Beautiful</a>). With over 1,000 favorites, 30+ likes to The Taffetas facebook, and 300 new watchers to my deviantart I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm always so taken aback by how much support the Taffetas work receives, which makes me excited for more great work to come.Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-14576107711934040232011-09-26T18:53:00.001-04:002011-09-26T18:57:44.697-04:00Summer 2011 - Internship, post-grad employment, stolen car<br />
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What a crazy Summer this has been for me! As many people know, I've happily spent the first few months of my post-grad time interning at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO. It was an awesome experience working in such a creative, multi-talented environment of writers, illustrators, sculptors, designers, and animators. <br />
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Mostly, I spent my time both at work and outside of work glued to my computer screen as I had a lot of side projects going on in addition to my time at Hallmark. I had to learn the hard way that taking on more than you can chew is sometimes a very bad idea, especially in the working world where going to work half-conscious from an all-nighter just won't fly. Still, I managed to get a lot done this Summer even if I was stretched thin between my side projects and my 8-5.<br />
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I was fairly surprised when I was offered the job of Multimedia Designer II at the company. To be honest, I was constantly humbled all Summer at the sheer talent of the workers there, and although I possess animation skills not yet supersaturated there, it's hard to imagine me living up to those high standards of art direction and design! Ultimately, I'm excited for the challenge.<br />
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It also took a lot of consideration to fully decide whether or not it was something I wanted. A lot of my peers are either in California or New York right now and I needed to do a lot of soul searching as to whether or not I should try to join them. <br />
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It made me think of my time at SCAD. I walked in the graduation ceremony in June and was honored with an outstanding achievement award!<br />
I do think I did a pretty good job in school, although I'm not sure outstanding is the word I'd use! I could have done better with my education- used my resources more, planned out my classes better, and the like. I did take school pretty seriously and I loved it though because I was learning constantly. Over all I'm honored to have received the award.<br />
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I think the downfall I see in myself was that I didn't really know the direction I wanted to go with my art skills when I entered art school, and even now I'm torn between so many interests that I really can't sit down and master anything. I think if I could go back though, I'd focus more on storyboard and illustration,
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Besides that, the only other really big thing to mention is that my car was stolen from my apartment's parking lot two days before I was supposed to go home to Virginia! On a list of not-fun experiences I'd say this would be near the top, although it does give me some stories to tell and everything turned out alright at the end. We got the car back and I managed to drive safely home to Virginia (only after a grueling waiting period of getting my car fixed from the burglar's damages, of course). I'll be starting my job at Hallmark in January and until then I'll be spending my time tying up some loose ends. All the while, there'll be a lot of new personal art coming up which I'm excited to tackle and a lot to be done for <em>Taffetas</em>! <br />
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All in all, thank you everyone who generally supports me and my artwork, especially my good friends and family. Without all the encouragement I receive daily I do not think I would be where I am today- doing so many cool things and going to work in a place where I get to do my hobby for a living. I am really lucky and thankful for what I have and I hope to continue working hard to make my art and animation something to be proud of! I love you all <3Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-89484178097799019612011-09-16T14:11:00.000-04:002011-09-17T12:17:48.169-04:00The Taffetas Banner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's the beginning of a lot of new art coming up for <i>The Taffetas pitch project</i>! This one is going to be our new banner for <a href="http://thetaffetas.blogspot.com/">the production blog.</a><br />
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As usual, our production method consisted of Jess and I coming up with the concept together (in this case, the concept was Jess's), me drawing it (now with shading and color scheme ideas), and Jess finalizing it in our line less vector style in illustrator. She then does the graphic design, and both of us work on touching it up.<br />
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This quarter I had the pleasure again of helping my good friend Yesenia Carrero on her Run Jess Run project. I have worked on it previously <a href="http://titosjams.blogspot.com/2011/03/small-flash-videos.html">as an animator</a> for the ending sequence , and the talented Dana Corrigan is responsible for the fabulous in-game animations. This time around, Jess spent her time re-vamping the concept of the game- the look of each level, the villains, and the game as a whole. I helped by creating the two mock illustrations above under Yesenia's art direction and creating concepts for some of the villains, as seen below.<br /><br />
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The last of these two is a shout-out to Dana Corrigan's character Cain from her pitch, <a href="http://fatesagathesis.blogspot.com/">Fate Saga</a>. </div>
Tracy "Tito" Lynn MacLauchlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18265280187242642780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611221915180594440.post-2842039958951176792011-08-19T23:45:00.003-04:002011-09-16T14:14:26.011-04:00Elena<div style="text-align: right;">
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I'm hoping to make a brand-new villain concept lineup based on some new ideas Yesenia and I have come up with these last few weeks for our baby, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Taffetas</span>. There's a lot of cool new characters I hope people will find a fondness for.
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Here's one of the first completed ones (Yesenia might go through and vector the work in our actual awesome Taffeta style, but my end is done for the time being). This is of Elena, the young teenage siren girl with the power of persuasion over people of the opposite sex. She's supposed to be reminiscent of an angler fish. I made her look more young (and cute) than previously depicted.
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Other than that, I've just been busy with Hallmark and some other ( non-Taffetas ) side projects I do when I go home, neither of which I get to show any artwork from yet.
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