Here’s one of my favorite scenes that really can together in the inking phase:
This is what I remember all the high school kids looked like when I was younger!
“New Shoes” Ink
This scene was a very simple one, but those are the ones you still wanna try to plus when you are inking by adding more detail and character:
“Sister” Inks
I just wanted to share this scene. I’m super happy how this turned out. It really feels like those great helicopter shots from movies:
“The Grate” Inks
Here’s an example of what get changed by the inking process, not much of anything. Basically, I’m just trying to add some missing details, maybe some shadows, and BG textures.
Here’s the final episode:
“Dream House” Inks
Here’s an example of the color changes I make sometimes during the inking phase. The last scene is changed to purple. In the board, I would usually indicate that by using black. I always try to add contrast and interest whenever I can as long as it doesn’t compete with the story.
“Grandma Candy” Inks
The “candy fantasy” scene was the one scene that took the longest out of the entire cartoon. You might be be able to tell why—all that candy! I tried to load this up with as many different kinds of candy (circa ‘8o’s) that I could think of…
“A New Year” Inks
This is an example of some slight changes made when inking. His head looked really weird to me in the rough, and now the inks look really weird to me. Oh well, you can’t keep producing stuff if you keep going back and changing your mind, you need to move forward and do the best you can in the time you have.
See the final version here:
“Gypped” Inks
When I have an episode that uses a lot or reuse like this one, the flash files get really really complicated. A lot of times, it’s faster for me to just redraw everything from scratch then to keep searching and organizing through a “library” of stuff…
“Shooting Pencil” Cleanups, CTNX
This is an example of what I do when I clean up the storyboard panels: the perspective is there, but I just needed to add a little more detail. I don’t draw all of the details in the storyboards because I’m going to be cleaning it up anyway and it would be a waste of time. I have to move so quickly when making these. I do all the cleanup/animation for four shorts in a couple weeks just working mornings.
Also, I’m at <a href=”http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/”>CTNX in Burbank</a> right now! Come by and visit!
Hip Hop Farmboy pages
As promised, here’s the first four pages of Hip Hop Farmboy:
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