12/17/08

well today, i made some play back buttons for the IREs. they are gonna be important for we need them to go into the resume and look at the different pages. i already made the buttons for the places we go to, but Fitz insists we include Audio buttons. this is good for i got sweet audio to put in!

12/16/08

Today I got done with my custom bike. its looks pretty rad to me! Its gonna look killer for my Character!

I was also thinking about the "extra animation" I was planning to do. I still don't wanna give anything away until I got some more work done, but I was planning to insert yours truly in the animation. I got the illustrations in my head and I plan to draw them out on paper but yeah. the cartoons gonna be great!

12/15/08

today, i started designing AR's Custom ride for the IRE. West Coast Choppers style!

i got a pic of a chopper from flickr and started tracing over it using lines and circular shapes. i say its about half way done but when it is done, ill show you the final product. i also had plans to go along with my secret easter egg. i wont sell you what it is but its gonna involve all 4 of my characters. i hope to get the animation done and fit to go along with the resume.

12/11/08

during our time in fitzers class, we learned that we needed to create icons for our resumes. of course i wanna keep the MM buttons, but i also need to create a set of buttons thats not been hand-drawin. I was suggested like a chrome-like button set, so i think ill go along with that

12/9/08

Aside from getting some sound clips and audio, i continue to work on Awesome Rebel. i need to make a sweet bike for him to ride and a sweet bg and everything. i can say that this animation is gonna be the backbone of my entire resume.

i had a crazy idea for fun. im thinking about of adding an easter egg to the resume to show off some other animations i have in mind, including an animation involving all 4 characters. its just an idea, but i hope Fitzer approves of it.

Get well soon Fitz!

12/8/08

today was something a little different than animating. we have to find ourselves some sound FX for our projects. no problem, i kinda need this to keep going with my project anyway. i even found a killer sweet MM theme. AWESOME!

12/5/08 (ABSENT LAST 2 DAYS) part 1/2

the last 2 days i was out of school for stomach pains for eating some bad beef tuesday night. i was so bored... I couldnt even go on computer without someone home, so while i was in bed, i was daydreaming about my resume and what kind of sounds it need (just my luck to see that was what we were doing wednesday and thursday!) i already have the mexican hat dance playing on the menu of Awesome Libre, I wanna have "Corona" play in the menu of Awesome Stuntman, i want some Party/Techno/Rap playing for Awesome Gangsta, and i want western/rock play for the upcoming awesome rebel.

Speaking of Which, i never really showed off my illustration for Awesome Rebel (AR). well, its this kinda cowboy with a facemask like an outlaw, with a west coast chopper kinda riding off in the sunset. nice setting to kinda set a rebelish mood, no?

12/1/08

back from thanxgiving break, i had a relaxing break, got to play some Guitar hero World tour and i enjoyed it but now im back to talk about IRES...

today i continued working on Awesome Stuntman and all of his stuntlyness. i recreated a wrecking ball scene thats gonna knock stuntman out of the picture in time to show the portfolio. i was also thinking about some BG music to play in the bg but yeah... ill enjoy watching this over and over again!

11/24/08

during our Interactive Resumes, i worked alot on the BG for AS. its basically a nice surreal background with just simple clouds goin by and theres a nice fence there just to add class. its a peaceful place... until Stuntman comes.

11/21/08

Ok, today i worked on the basic look for Awesome Stuntman (AS) and basically, its loosely based off my younger brother if he were to have a missing tooth... not much creativity there but its works. He kinda looks like a young gun whos ready to throw his body on the line of danger. Daring... yes. Exciting... yes. Clean... maybe...

11/20/08 (AG is done!)

oh yeah! AG is done and its gonna look sweet at the end! all i really have to do now is to put audio in the flash. but for now, im gonna start working on Awesome Stuntman (AS). hurrah!!!

11/18/08 (neon lights are niiiiice!)

today during our work on our IREs, i worked mostly in photoshop to make shapes to make into Neon Lights which will appear during the AG menu. I found out that the "Neon glow" feature doesnt work as well on text as i hoped so i manually made it from color overlays and a soft glow. nicely done if i say so myself!

11/13/08 (funky!)

Got the disco ball done. I wish I could show the animations, but the computers is being slow so ill just post up a picture of it instead. once again continued to work on AG, hes was kinda complicated to make up from the sides, especially the neck area where his neck should be but its not. no problem now though.

11/12/08 (ballin shoes)

got the shoe design done and it looks killer! we didnt get enough time today to acually work but i worked on a shoe design, finished the disco ball, and turned an arm into a dancing arm! not bad for 30 minutes of work!

11/11/08 (happy vets day)

Today, I worked on more pics of Awesome Gangsta, including the disco ball thats gonna lower down and spin and light up. it was pretty difficult to figure out how to light it up but i used the fill color thats goes from black to the color of your choice. its gonna go in a diagonal position and theres gonna be at least 3 colors going off. its gonna be sweet!

11/10/08

today in our daily IR work, i got my flash animations evaulated by Travis, and i evaulated his. his resume was creative and unique, but his work was out of place. try to keep organized. i scored 9/10 on art. (YUSH!) and 8/10 on organization. afterward i started working on animations for Awesome Gangsta, now all i need is some inspiration for a shoe that hes gonna wear. To the Nike's Website!!!

11/7/08

today i got evaluated by Alex in our IMD class on my Interactive resume, Likewise i looked at his Song word animations. nice kid. he was impressed by my resume and likewise i was impressed at his animations. continued working on AG and made a back button for all side menus. thank goodness.

11/5/08 (give me a hand)

i continued to work on awesome gangsta for IRES. For some reason i cannot draw hands properly. they always end up crippled. at least i got one good hand for it. screenshot shows which. we didnt even get enough time today but its ok. we have long periods tomorrow.

Right hand- good hand

11/4/08 (animations done!!!)

i got done with the animations for awesome libre today (hurrah!) and i started working on the character models for Awesome Gangsta. im using photoshop to add a team logo and number on his shirt (no copyright intended), im also working on the mouthing animations that will go with AG, hes gonna be yelling alot, so i got a bit of work to do.

11/3/08 (SO CLOSE!!!)

its been a while since we have been working on our resumes, last week we were doing word animations for a song. today i put in the finishing touches for awesome libres animation. i almost got the thing down before the menu appears on the ring skirt. i consturcted the ring and began working on an opponent for AL to land on. i hope to finish everything tomorrow so i can go to work on Awesome Gangsta!

10/22/08

i was still working to make an awesome crowd to go along with my awesome libre. i finished the still frame animation in tune to start working on expressions to AL. its close to high time that he soars into the next frame but until then, hes poised and almost ready to take off!

10/21/08 (flash fans)

we took a quiz today in class and then i started working on the background of awesome libres enviroment. it will involve many flashes and many adoring fans cheering for him. what i also want to do is find some mariachi music to play in the background while he salutes to the fans. it has to be a dramatic kind too. i have some marachas to play in the title animation i can record at home. im so ready to work on that tomorrow!

the little guys on the right are my fans and the little ball is my flash. AWESOME!!!

10/20/08

today during our interactive resume time, i once again continued to work on my awesome libre and started designing awesome gangsta. i actually figured out that awesome libre works like an acutal human. one arm or one leg must have its own layer to move properly. i acually got him all the way to the top rope with no problems and now i want to make him jump off there. i have a little time left here so ill see what i can do. i enjoyed making the excited awesome gangsta. i have to make him look as crazy as possible. ok, back to work!

10/15/08 (inked)

today i worked more on awesome libre, as well as some photoshoping for him. what i did is make a tattoo thats says "AWESOME" is gonna wrap around his abs and out the sides. i also tempted to start animating him to go to the top rope, but as this was happening, one of his arms keeps disappearing on me. ill fix it up for tomorrow.

10/14/08

today, i desided to work on some body parts for awesome libre. it was interesting how many combos of colors and designs could work on a mexican luchador. i finally desided to go with lime green, yellow and black to capture a unique combo. i then made arms and legs and anything else that will move with my character as he climbs the turnbuckle for the animation. i leave you with a screenshot of what i did.

10/14/08

10/13/2008 (done with the MM!)

today, I took the liberty to fix up the energy bars and gave them some quick BG movements. It looks pretty cool if you ask me. also added animations around the Character's faces on whenever you click them and when you rollover them on your mouse. i still wanna work on the VO in the beginning but thats the last of my worries at this point. i even started working on Awesome Libre's Enviroment with is a luchadors wrestling event. its pretty tough to do in photoshop, let alone in flash, but im ready to take that challange. tomorrow.

10/10/08 (surged up)

Now done with the heads of my characters, I recorded my voice last night and put it on my IR at the beginning. it sounds pretty cool but needs work. i also started working on my stop animation on my main menu. its a sort of energy surge going through in the BG but i only finished one up. Ill keep working on it monday.

10/09/08 (characters make me number 1)

Today i finished the base of my characters and colored them in. it was somewhat time consuming unfortiatly, but it was satisfying. i also try to add my first piece of audio tonight on my home computer. not an official piece but a test peace. Screenshot coming soon.

10/08/08 (characters welcome)

Today in 3rd period class, we worked on our Interactive resumes and i finished the illustrastions leading up to the Main Menu. All I need to do there is audio and audio editing and it will be epic. i also started working on the character buttons for the MM and finished one as of 2:53pm. its a rough copy of the character AWESOME REBEL (the dude with the cowboy hat and bandana). ill post screenshots later with all of the characters in order.

10/07/2008 (1st blog day)

Today in the limited amount of time we had today to work on our Senior Projects (Interactive Resume), i finished my beginning illustrations leading up to my main menu screen.

I desided to rename my resume from AWESOME MEN to AWESOME 4. i think the name sounds more appropriate for my IR.

here is a screenshot of the logo im "borrowing"

ill come up with a better design later.

Welcome to the blog of myself!

this is Nick Blevins blog of myself, im Nick Blevins, and for the next year, i will be posting my daily routine at the imd program at SWCA. thats it... see yas!