Cactus Loop

Just a little loop I animated in Storyboard Pro and cleaned up in Photoshop. The linework is too thin and I don't really like the design, but it's the only non working drawing thing I've finished in quite sometime. 

 

Was poking around in an old PC and found a couple of animation cycles I made for a game I tried to develop in 2012.

Dotted Shirts

Some random drawings I drew last year.

 

Drought

The animation industry is experiencing a bit of a drought right now after 5-6 years of plentiful work. I’m currently out of a job and facing the reality of having to apply to studios that don’t know me. It has been a long time since I have had to make a showreel or portfolio, so I’ve been going through my old work, which has been both validating and depressing. When I watch my storyboards I have an almost physical negative reaction, as if my body still remembers the punishing long hours it took to make them.

The drawings above are just mindless practice, getting used to the act of drawing again. Initially the drawings came quite easily and the process was borderline enjoyable, but my usual apathy soon returned and drawing has become an aimless chore again.