SHIPS: Illustration and Song Video

Whoop, time for an update. This one's a little different because I'm going to include a video of me drumming (Wow, who knew I don't only sit in front of the computer...? =P). But first, another illustration work:

This is one of the illustrations I did for an upcoming book for young adults called "SHIPS". This specific illustration won't be used in the final book because the author wanted to decrease the number of drawings, so I'm showing off here. =P Though I kind of cringe looking at this drawing... Working on this project has made me realize just how sad my drawing skills are. Anyhow, for more information about the book, visit the website(WIP), also linked on the right side under "SHIPS".

Next is a video of me playing drums for a song called "Creator of All" inspired by a character in SHIPS. The song was written entirely by the author of the book. My drumming is not anything to boast about (and I mess up a couple of times), but it was fun playing a great song on a nicely sounding drum set with musicians who actually know what they're doing. Make sure to change the quality to 480p since Youtube doesn't provide an option to embed in that resolution.

Now, if you viewed that without noting that the camera angle from behind the two guitarists was from another take, then I must've done a pretty good job. =P
The video itself looks pretty simple, but it actually took a while to get it looking and sounding like this. I had to learn a whole new software to edit the audio (called "Audacity") mainly because the recording wasn't the best (everything was recorded using one microphone). I tweaked the audio (and actually cut and extended very small portions of it) to make it more "perfect". Then I went through a process of using Windows Movie Maker (which I initially chose to use because the expensive After Effects refuses to play audio back with the video on demand), then using After Effects (because the exported video from Windows Movie Maker had problems due to a weird source video), and also using a video converting software called Format Factory (which actually became integral for me to finish this video because that weird source video still caused problems when exporting with After Effects). Whew.

Adieu for now. =)

Pumpkins, Donation & Failed Golfer Video

I thought I was kind of overdue for an update. =P
Three things to make up for the lack of updates. The first one is another old work. It was an assignment to take a photo of a pumpkin and render it in different artists' styles using Photoshop. I forgot the names of all the artists except for Dr. Seuss (#7). #8 was to be done in my own style.

This next one was actually part of a bigger drawing but this was the only portion I was able to salvage... Eh, more like the only portion I'm willing to show. =P A rather touching notion of those who have practically nothing giving what little they have to help other unfortunate people.

And this last one is a simple project I did for fun in After Effects. I took the video of my friend hitting a golf ball and turned it into the following:

Oopses, how'd that dot get there? Okay, see you next update. =)

Children's Book Illustration: The Wolf and the Lamb

I was looking through some of my old stuff the other day and decided I'll upload this. It was a project to reinterpret and illustrate a story for children. Mine was one of Aesop's Fables called "The Wolf and the Lamb". Enjoy. =)

Mac OS X Desktop Fight

Hi, everyone. In a previous post, I mentioned that there is another piece I worked on in After Effects that I wanted to post. It was a joint project between Howard and me for a class, and we were talking about working on it some more afterwards, but I don't think it's likely to happen anytime soon, if at all.
So... well, here it is. =P For the few who have seen it, you probably won't notice much difference, but I did tweak some visual elements. For what it is, it's pretty much complete, minus a few visual and audio hiccups. A very short, experimental project done in After Effects... Here is me (on left) and Howard (on right) duking it out on the desktop of Mac OS X on a computer at CSUF. =)



At the end, it's supposed to be me as a "digital ghost" getting even. Oh, and if anyone knows the name of the girl in the picture we fight over, feel free to let me know. All I know is that it's a Korean celebrity. xP Okay, see you next update. =)

*The video looks a lot better full screen... Trust me. =)
*Edit: Looks like the girl's name is "Han Ga In". Thanks to Youtube user "halfnhalf030387" who pointed this out.