Full Circle

2010 is proving to be a year of transition.

Transition of consciousness, of health, of appearance, of attitude and now I'm making the transition into a new animation project...

I'm not going to go into all the details, but the general story is based on interpretations of the Medicine Circle.

Here are some initial character sketches for now.

"Bobby" ver.1 dimensions

"Bobby" ver.1 emotions

"Bobby" ver.1 Ink Trial

"Bobby" ver.1 tone map

"Spirit Kachina" ver.02 Character Dimensions

First page of the new sketch book for 2011-2012

...which I took out of the book to prevent damage (go figure)

-PEACE-

New Pencil Test

Here's a few seconds of the long 3 minute sequence from "MKT"

Lunch Box Update

I finally had some time to kick out the lunch box track into the computer so I could give you this update of Mankind Triumphant progress.

Some of these Pencil Tests are mine and some are from my student workers at VCU.

The Studio...

After taking a break from the light box, I decided to take some shots of the good ole home studio so you can see where the revolution currently goes down.

Above you can see the hole punch, the sequence organizers and a bit of the lunch box and copy stand where everything is shot in pencil test or in final. You might also note all my father's books lining the basement walls, in all we have about 10,000 now lining every inch ong the little house.

Here is the "Cock pit" where I draw everything. Currently I'm working on a WS sequence, so i have the bulky light box in place. I have a table top wheel I use for my regular sequences. All my x-sheets are lined up on the music stand and my character prop charts are on the left. My storyboards are printed out in a little booklet that I keep on a clipboard that I move around the studio. There is not one single wall in my house big enough to pin up all the boards.

Upstairs we have the comfy computer room where the Cintiq lives for all the touch ups. This is also my main editing machine, thus the mixer and monitors.

Here's a closer view of the machine with the wheel in the background being prepped for some ink transfer to pass the time away.

The Revolution goes on comrades!

Sketch Book Update I

Been filling up my sketch book like a good little animator...

It's Fall here

Bears in Submarines

My Dream Dragon origional

Greetings and justifications

01/12/11 Note to the reader: The only constant in the course of life is "change" and this blog serves as more evidence to support that assertion. Below is the original mission statement I typed up upon creating this journal on Hand Drawn Animation, yet as you read along you will note the focus on Animation begins to spread out into other areas...

Right now I'm taking a Sabbatical from the craft, but hope to return to it when my energy is renewed.

-RP

Greetings to you, the random soul who has stumbled over this hastily created blog know as "Hand Drawn Revolution." So you may ask yourself, "what is the Hand Drawn Revolution..."

HDR is a communication blog set up by Rodger Loren Perry to:

1. communicate to his students about...
2. relate his progress in his pursuit of...
3. make critiques and share his personal views upon...
4. serve as a public archive displaying the technical guidelines and blueprints relevant to Mr. Perry's...

Hand Drawn Animation!

As for the "Revolution" part... well, in the course of my various disjointed rambling essay's, lectures, tirades and brief fits of absolute madness, my personal manifesto about the state of Hand Drawn animation in the era of the computer subsidized society will eventually shine through.

At this moment in time all that is relevant is that, I am an animator by night and employed with a Community College by day and as I get free time, this blog should (God Willing) grow and evolve into something more informative and entertaining. For now, I have no flashy graphics at my disposal, no videos ready to display and no knowledge of blogging what so ever.

All I have is my words, so enjoy, come back here now and then and be well...

-Rp