Mui´s Blogg

Clay model

2012-01-24T07:22:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since I updated, so here is a clay model of Orville I made last week.
I only had three colors, so I had to compromise a little.:)

Sunshine Kathy

2011-11-01T17:33:00.001-07:00

I was one of the character animators on Sunshine Kathy, a children's series I worked on for about 9 months. Here is a short reel.

2011-10-22T15:55:00.001-07:00

2011-10-17T13:10:00.001-07:00

Orville & Ottos house. I put Orville there to look for color contrast.

Concept art

2011-10-13T15:02:00.000-07:00

I have been working with some key Concept arts for Orville & Otto, here they are!

Home to Orville & Ottos nemesis, Mr. Falcon

Gnome village out on the sea

"Nøtteskogen"/"Acorn Forest"

2011-07-23T13:48:00.001-07:00

Orville - Linetest

2011-07-23T10:11:00.001-07:00

Otto turnaround

2011-07-23T10:08:00.001-07:00

2011-06-04T07:44:00.001-07:00

2011-05-17T05:11:00.000-07:00

Orville & Otto sneak peek

2011-02-05T18:14:00.000-08:00

A little sneak peek from my pilot episode, which I recently finished.

2010-08-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

Showreel 2009/10

2010-08-04T03:34:00.000-07:00

2010-02-15T16:05:00.000-08:00

Final Setting test before I start to animate the "Pilot" of Orville & Otto

2009-12-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

God Jul og Godt Nyttår til alle sammen!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

- Kindly Regards, Orville & Otto

2009-12-08T14:56:00.000-08:00

Forest Gnomes: Are overeager, mischievous little creatures who lives deep in the old Troll Forest. Gnomes are magical creatures, and use this to their advantage causing havoc on passers by, who usually first takes them to be small children. They usually dont mean any harm, but if they see something they want, they usually dont give up until they have it, which is mainly food and everything else shiny and valuable. One would even argue that they are a bunch of no-good kleptomaniacs and hoarders.

A poet ones said that their mythical powers include re animation of plants, sniffing out gold and levitate. They live a secluded life, their homes shrouded by the forest itself, but even looking for them is a hard task. The Gnomes are usually the ones that find you.

This will be one of many characters in Orville & Otto

2009-11-30T10:55:00.001-08:00

The three following drawings are concept arts for Orville & Otto

2009-11-26T17:46:00.001-08:00

2009-11-24T03:31:00.001-08:00

Orville and Otto Intro

2009-03-18T09:33:00.000-07:00

Here is the first intro I made for Orville & Otto, this was made in the early stages of concept work, so I will probably make another Intro in due time, but this also shows how the characters interacts with one another

Orville and Otto, House (interior)

2009-02-13T18:18:00.000-08:00

Another background layout, this one of Orville and Ottos house interior.

Orville og Otto House

2009-02-12T18:19:00.001-08:00

I wanted to add another background layout, this one depicting our characters house under the "Redwood" tree. I'm also going to make an interior design in color before starting on the animated trailer.

Orville run test

2009-02-10T04:52:00.000-08:00

Heres a animation test on how Orville will move around in different perspective. I want him to be quit clunky and wobble like a penguin.

Orvillerun
Uploaded by mubba

Orville & Otto Poster

2008-12-10T07:57:00.000-08:00

Heres a poster I did of Orville & Otto

2008-11-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

This picture shows the biggest tree in the "Troll Forest", the "Redwood". Its vaguely humanoid in its shape, which might indicate that this tree was an ancient troll, which roamed the forest before time itself. It is said that the troll loved the forest so much that in the end, it became a part of it, and turned into this tree.

2008-11-12T12:14:00.000-08:00

Picture 2: I like the color and atmosphere in this picture, and it also shows the gigantic contrast between a person (person sitting on the stone) and the forest itself.

2008-11-11T10:46:00.000-08:00

2008-11-06T14:38:00.000-08:00

Okay! Here's another background layout. The lines are getting better, but its still too detailed

Background layouts

2008-11-03T17:57:00.000-08:00

I'm gonna start creating different background layouts for Orville & Otto. The series will draw some inspiration from the Norwegian woods and the old fairy tales of "Askeladden", made by Ivo Caprino. Birch trees, dark and naturalistic colors. This one, I feel is too detailed i think.

2008-10-27T17:20:00.000-07:00

Heres my final color pallet for Otto. I quite liked the bottom left.

Falcon body

2008-10-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

A few sketches for the falcon character. Just pinpointing his body symmetry and color

2008-10-20T16:32:00.000-07:00

some color and shape samples of falcon wings.

Falcon colorsketches

2008-10-20T11:29:00.000-07:00

I was thinking of having three characters in my animated series, Orville, Otto, and then a Peregrine Falcon, which will be a recurring character in the series. He will be in the pilot episode and then act as the "main enemy" in "Orville & Otto".

Here is a few color sketches of how he could look like. I'm thinking of making him more "realistic" then our two heros, Orville and Otto, hopefully it will give him more of a menacing edge.

Owl plasticine statues

2008-10-18T10:40:00.000-07:00

A model I did of Orville, made of plasticine and painted.

Character: Worm color pallet

2008-10-07T18:06:00.000-07:00

Heres a color pallet of my other character, the worm, in my upcoming short-film. I'm thinking about going with the top right, I think it has a nice natural color, and not so overly "cartoony" look.

2008-10-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

Old rough sketch - work of Orville the Horn Owls friend, Otto the Caterpillar.

Orville & Otto Turnaround

2008-10-02T18:44:00.001-07:00

Here is the final outcome of weeks of character design. Picture Nr. 1: Otto, the Caterpillar
Picture Nr. 2: Orville, the Green Horn Owl

Owl color and face test

2008-09-29T18:32:00.000-07:00

A final color compilation for my "Orville & Otto" project, and shows how the owl could look like. I myself really liked the last one to the right. Green Owl with horns and orange eyes.

Sketches

2008-08-28T08:28:00.001-07:00

Here are some new sketches for my project, Orville & Otto, a children's series I've been working on
since late 2007.

Storyboard

2008-08-26T18:13:00.001-07:00

2008-08-26T14:10:00.000-07:00

I've been working for Kool Produksjon, an animation company in Oslo, for about 4-5 months, and I just wanted to show you some of the things I've been working on with the animators. These are all clips from the children's series "Hubert:

These are clips from a music video called "Monster", where the scene takes place in Hollywood, and on movie sets.

Scene 1: I had to draw big expensive Hollywood mansions in the backgrounds, where all the stars and rich people lived. The Characters in this scene were animated by other animators.

Movie Clipping 1
Uploaded by mubba

Scene 2: I animated two of the characters, the SOUND GUY and the GUY with the FILM CLAPPER.

Movie Clipping 2
Uploaded by mubba

Scene 3: In this scene I had to animate Hubert and his bullies trip over the director. I had to make the scene dynamic and the director had to look very angry.

Movie Clipping 3
Uploaded by mubba

Hubert Japan design

2008-08-26T07:28:00.000-07:00

The company I work for asked me if I could design something for a new musicvideo which takes place in one of the episodes of "Hubert", the children series. The whole video took place in japan, and I had to design something respectively. Here are some of them.

Intro

2008-08-20T11:29:00.003-07:00

I was given the task of creating an intro for a new children series. The monkey loves to dance, a mixture of James Brown, and John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Babbointro
Uploaded by mubba

Showreel 2007/08

2008-07-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

Okey, I wasnt too happy with my past showreel, so I came up with the idea of combining some of my work, from 2007 to 08, and I was also told to be as critical as possible, and keep the length to be 1 -2 min.

Showreel Updated:13th july, 2008

Shot Breakdowns:

- "Thief": A flash movie I made as a personal project. The whole idea was to make an animation, with thorough character animation. To give the character a personality and comedic physical movements. The whole film is animated straight from flash. Its a about a thief who, without luck is trying to steal a red rube.

-"My precious work": Made in Flash. A animation I as an exercise my skills in acting with the help of a movie dialog.

-"The Dentist": Made in Flash. As a University project, we had to make an animation with the help of two sound files. I picked "heavy breathing" and "drill", and made a short of a guy whom waits (with dread) in the dentist room.

-"Im fat": Made in Flash. A animation I as an exercise my skills in acting with the help of a movie dialog.

-"Water Water": My minor university project, which explores the contrast in water, both the tranquil and the force of the element. Its hand-drawn with charcoal, scanned, cut in photoshop and edited in After Effects and Final Cut.

-" Cycle of Life: My Major film, which explores the human life, from birth until death. We follow our protagonist where he goes through many stages in life. Its hand-drawn with charcoal, scanned, cut in photoshop and edited in After Effects and Final Cut.

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Dialog test

2008-05-25T10:40:00.000-07:00

This test, in retrospect, was intended to be for the 11 seconds club competition. I couldn't send it in for this month, but decided to finish it for my Showreel.

Program used: Flash CS3

Short Walkcycle

2008-03-08T19:33:00.000-08:00

A short walk cycle study on a character I´m gonna use for my website. Made in Flash

Character sketches

2008-02-26T11:25:00.000-08:00

A few character sketches for a possible graphic novel project called "Meat-Man". The sketches are mainly of the main character in the novel.
(co-produce with brother)

Animated Short "Thief"

2008-02-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, this is a short I made called Thief, in flash. It´s basically about a thief whom has his eyes set on stealing a red diamond in a museum. Now thats said, I started out with this short with the intention of making it longer or at least with a better ending. Other projects came in the way however and I had to finish this up pretty quickly,(hens such an abrupt ending). Thus I came to the conclusion of making this a character animation study, and therefor spent longer time on character movements and design.

In the end, It kinda became a homage to the old pink panther animations so, I hope you enjoy.

Program: Flash CS3

Thief1
Uploaded by mubba

2008-01-31T06:45:00.001-08:00

Although I wont animate for this months 11 sec. club competition, but I was gonna use rats as characters for the dialog and scene. So heres a sketch of the three characters.;)

2008-01-30T17:04:00.000-08:00

Wanted to study the movements of the Thief. Stretch and Squash, and particle movements such as hair and cape.

2008-01-30T03:40:00.000-08:00

A few stills from my personal project called "Thief". About a museum thief trying to steal a diamond. It will probably be more of a character study then a animation with solid story;)I have also added a few rough character sketches and drawings

2008-01-11T18:12:00.000-08:00

Some sketches for this months January, 11sec. club competition

2008-01-11T09:08:00.000-08:00

a short character study for my website

2008-01-10T14:42:00.000-08:00

Some sketches for a possible graphic novel;) called XP which me and my bro´might create in the near future.

2008-01-10T14:39:00.000-08:00

2008-01-04T05:35:00.000-08:00

2008-01-04T05:32:00.000-08:00

2008-01-04T05:24:00.000-08:00

2008-01-04T05:23:00.000-08:00

Character animation test

2007-12-13T07:43:00.000-08:00

Initially done for the 11 second club competition, but didn't finish, so I just finished it for my own benefit.

Program: Flash CS3

2007-12-03T20:18:00.000-08:00

2007-12-03T20:03:00.000-08:00

2007-12-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

2007-12-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

Showreel 2007 and Cycle of Life

2007-11-11T06:08:00.000-08:00

Its called Cycle of Life and chronicles the life and death of a human being, through the perspective of a soap bubble. The bubble (representing the fragility of a human life) floats through a dying mans memory, chronicling ceremonial events, before arriving at its final destination along with the protagonist, as he takes his last breath.

Medium: Hand-drawn
Charcoal

Program/Editing: After Effects 6.5
Photoshop CS3
Final Cut Pro

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First Post

2007-11-11T06:04:00.000-08:00

This is my first post so, here are some of my films which I made during my years at University.

First film is called water,water and the other one cycle of life.

Water Water: The film chronicles the story between a daughter and her father, where the element of WATER is a central point. The viewer gets a chance to see both contrasting sides to water, and also what water means for our protagonists in the story. I made this film as tribute/inspiration from Micheal Dudok De Wits, "Father Daughter".

Medium: Hand Drawn
Charcoal

Program/editing: After Effects
Final Cut Pro