Kevin Herron's Art and Animation

Drama - Formula 1 Giraffes in Arabia

2011-12-08T20:21:00.000-06:00

It's that wonderful time of year again, where all the animal/Formula-1 racers have an around the world race, and in the lead is #12, Giraffe, Leading by a neck!

So, warm light and cool shadows, and the temperature on local colors was a brutal endeavor, but I came out a better artist! :)

Push Pull Exaggerated - Jimmy Grand

2011-12-08T12:56:00.001-06:00

You don't how much you don't know till you know it.
Thank you so much Billy Merritt/Paul Downs for your great advice/suggestions.
This exercise really drilled in spacing, arcs, and line of action for me, as well as helped me expand on learning the difficulties of polish. Good Times.

Push Pull Natural - Jimmy Grand

2011-11-14T22:31:00.000-06:00

I learned quite a bit from this project, like about how one way of conveying weight is letting things slowly slide, or not letting things budge at all, or the importance of shoulder strain which I feel I could of done more on, and choosing what would lead and follow to best describe the pain of the weight. It was a real back and fourth project the whole way, but in the end I really feel like I took some big steps in my modeling, and learned a lot of not-to-do's in blendshapes and weighting/rigging.

In a Jam - Animatic

2011-11-13T20:14:00.002-06:00

Great experience, wish i had more time to milk the sincere moments (had to be <1m).
I'm glad i finally did a serious piece over a comedy, It was really difficult and I had an epiphany moment about the little gestures that connect between characters and let you empathize with them (aka the rubbing the door does).

DFA B&W Illustration

2011-11-13T20:02:00.001-06:00

This was our "Valueables" project for Drawing For Animators, It was great learning and observing how to use value to control the viewers attention, but more importantly where to take it away to control interest.

Captain Fantastic - Animatic

2011-11-03T19:47:00.001-05:00

Here is an Animatic of mine I did this year,
I never thought of posting these till two people told me they liked it, so here it is!
It was cool seeing how to make every shot flow and try to connect seamlessly, while trying to make an understandable and entertaining story.

(Music from Cowboy Bebop OST - Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts)

Huge Update; Junior Year so far + Summer

2011-10-20T13:35:00.002-05:00

Junior Year so Far;

This is my turn around model sheet for my self caricature lip sync I will be doing next semester. I'll be modeling this bad boy over winter break! I hope it uploads in high res because i spent a long time on the textures! I think it could look a little bit more like me, and develop the hands into a more cartoony/simplified form, but i'm sure Stevie Lewis' critique will help with that :)

Thanks Stevie~

As far as animations go, here are the two first warm up assignments for the year!

First is a silhouette assignment, I think I took away "cheating things to camera" the most from this project, to make this more easily readable;

Then a "waiting" assignment; It was great learning how less poses are more, and I still wish I did less, but besides that I think a little less straw chewing and a bit more sipping should be in order.

Last Summer;

I had an amazing summer, I got to intern at a wonderful studio called Element X Creative, who were very kind and offered me an internship, visit Paris and participate in the Gobleins Summer Program, and do two 11 second club assignments; Finally! :D

In reverse order, Here is one of the 11 second club assignments; I got an amazing critique after this submit from "Q" and Aaron Wernts over at EXC and I'm hopping i'll have the time to use it! I need to remove the pose where he hits the table and keeping him at the monitor so it dose not feel forced. I also agree with the online critiques that the lip sync was off. So hopefully i get to fix those things before i put it in my reel this year. (Placed 23/195)

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/july11/entry/jFpiSa

Before that I went to Paris for the Gobleins Summer Program; It was an amazing experience, and really opened my eyes to a global view on animation, from my limited knowledge in the states. I made lots of good international friends, learned a lot, and experience a fabulous country!

My and my new Brazilian friend Humberto R. (awesome animator btw)

And the first thing I did this Summer;

Element X Creative internship and books!

I read two great books this summer;

Creating Characters with Personality by Tom Bancroft, a great short and sweet book with several sweet styles and explanations for fluid character design and economy. I highly recommend this cheap book!

http://amzn.to/qCBkBR

and a book written by two of my professors here at Ringling College*,

Ideas for the Short Animation by Gary Schumer*, Karen Sullivan*, and Kate Alexander. It's a hefty book with a lot of repeat information in the front for Ringling students but a good long read. I still need to finish a few chapters, but I liked it!
http://amzn.to/rjRTaS

Element X Creative, is a very cool and down to Earth Studio with a lot of great people located in down town Dallas, I learned a lot from them and I am eternally grateful for this great first experience that I hope opens many doors.

I assisted in creating run cycles for several characters, that the animators could later on use in their shots, and not have to worry about the locomotion. My favorite feat I did here was animating a biped running as a quadruped in less then half a day! I've never done a quadruped run before so i was dying to try it out and did it, the day before I left to Paris, walking out the door! :)

The other thing that I am very proud of from this summer, and most proud of everything I have ever done, is the best animation I have ever created! Thank you guys at EXC for all the great help. Unfortunately I can't post it online, but you can see it in my Demo Reel. It's the other 11 second club animation I did (I was unable to submit it for the competition since i did not have the rights to the rig).

(http://www.elementxcreative.com/)

All Righty! Thanks for the time, I hope I can do more updates like this, I think this style of huge uploads and abbreviations works better for me and is more fun!
Soon to come, my progress and final animation and development of my PushPull Assignment! C:

Modeling - Robie

2011-04-08T21:08:00.000-05:00

Thanks Paul for all the Lighting help and crash course in lighting.
This is a Nurbs modeling project Sophomore year here at Ringling

Flat Portfolio - 2011

2011-04-08T21:01:00.001-05:00

DemoReel 2011 - Animation

2011-04-08T20:57:00.001-05:00

Here is my first Demo Reel, Sophomore Year (2010-11) @ Ringling College - Computer Animation

Reel Break Down:
1) Animation
2) Everything
3) Animation
4) Animation
5) Everything
6) Animation
7) Everything
8) Gorilla char. design and animation

Ink Blot Doodles

2010-12-16T01:58:00.001-06:00

Ink blot doodles from earlier in the year, inked and colored for the lulz!

Pantomime

2010-10-23T00:50:00.001-05:00

Cohen The Conductor - Pantomime from Kevin Herron on Vimeo.

Will be adding face and fixing conducting cycle before i submit it for Goblein's Summer Character Animation program! :)

Primitive Theater

2010-10-23T00:41:00.000-05:00

Bird Brains Primitive Theater from Kevin Herron on Vimeo.

TA Quadruped + Char. Desg.

2010-09-16T01:19:00.004-05:00

So I know I owe you (and by you I mean myself, because I know i'm the only that hops on here :P) quite a few updates!
I have summer sketches at the zoo, and a mole skin i paint in. I also have animation notes in several sketchbooks i would like to get scanned to share and have a digital copy. So harass me to get that stuff up or it may never make it to the internet!

For now here are two things I've done in Traditional Animation so far. An exaggerated Quadruped walk-cycle and a character design sheet.

p.s- remind me to switch from YouTube to Vimeo...i hate seeing these videos cropped.

Summer Doodles

2010-08-16T23:31:00.005-05:00

More summer sketches to come, but now just this digital sketch i never uploaded because i was not so content with the face.

Digital Sketch; Professor Fart

2010-08-12T02:10:00.004-05:00

Not digging the coloring i did earlier, so Black and White for now till i go in there and try again on the paint job.

Forgot to Post Animation

2010-07-16T17:25:00.004-05:00

I guess i forgot to upload my last walk cycle and Character Jump!
Here they are...

P.s- can't figure out why Youtube videos get cropped...i guess i'll have to start using vimeo or another player

Digital Sketch; Big Angry Dude

2010-07-01T05:03:00.004-05:00

Did a sketch during Psychology and really liked the rendering, i could feel the 3d forms in each part of the face. I took a pic of the sketch on photo booth and then colored it in Photoshop. Hopefully a few more on the way once i get time, Summer Psychology is haaard :C

P.s- he kinda reminds me of the big gay guy from Mission Hill

Head Turn Animation and Character Sheet

2010-03-20T18:32:00.005-05:00

oh'kay! So here is my head turn animation, we had a week, and my character model sheet! Enjoy :)

Painting Dump

2010-03-01T00:31:00.004-06:00

These are all paintings for Observation Color;
-Self Portrait ~2.5h
-Small Blue+Yellow landscape was 25m
-Pixelated thing is a Self Portrait of adjacent picture

Sack #2, Acting Jump

2010-02-24T00:25:00.004-06:00

So this is the second flower sack animation we do at Ringling College of Art + Design (Freshman Computer Animation of 2013).
At any rate, i see the timing is fast, and it's not my fault it's blurry - i'll fist those next time :)

Illustration + Doodle

2010-02-22T20:13:00.004-06:00

Hola! So i got two doodles for you today! The Green Girl is dedicated to Rodger Swan (RIP), and the other was for Bobby Chiu's Sketchoholic site here >>http://68.71.33.133/

If you have DA and want to :+Fav: it, here are the links;
http://k-herr.deviantart.com/art/Birddd-155105790 (Dodo Bird)
http://k-herr.deviantart.com/art/A-Lovely-Binary-Strumpet-155106957 (Green Girl)

Jiminy Cricket's Evil Scheme

2010-02-08T23:09:00.003-06:00

Can't go to sleep, figure i would upload my doodle today. It's just shy of 2h or something like that.

It's suppose to be Jiminy Cricket telling Pinocchio to preform a diabolically evil plan.
A "What-If" story if Jiminy was a sadist per-say.

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DIPC Sketches

2010-02-06T12:39:00.004-06:00

DIPC is the Digital Illustration and Painting Club we started at Ringling this year (It's more of Character Design, but whatever). Every Friday we will get together and draw for an hour over a random topic, and then dare to share at the end of it.

These are from the first three in order; Smoking Monster, Space Viking, and Animal God

as you will see, i need too focus more on both words, normally i latch onto one and forget about the other.

Animations; Jumping Balls and Flowers Sacks

2010-02-05T20:02:00.002-06:00

This is my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th animation ever here at Ringling College (Freshman CA/13' ).
Bouncing ball assignment was to have a Heavy, medium, and light ball or different surfaces. Also we needed a ball to bounce in perspective and another to hit an object and both react.
The Flower Sack animation just needed to bounce across the page, and i'm working on the first acting Flower Sack now, expect to see it in 2 weeks.

Vertical Ball Bounce

2010-01-18T17:31:00.006-06:00

I have Finally met the criteria for naming this an Art & Animation Blog!~

Dogs

2010-01-11T14:36:00.003-06:00

These are my wonderful dogs, the Scaredy Cat Chico, and Tobi the Tinkler. I will draw them from life next time and we can compare my impressions of them to what they look like drawn from life :)

Cafe Sketching

2010-01-02T00:33:00.003-06:00

December 2009', cafe sketching! The cat was just a straight doodle though, started out as a dog mech! :)

Perspective

2009-12-24T20:08:00.001-06:00

Still Lives

2009-12-24T20:05:00.005-06:00

The Skull still life is just shy of 3 hours, and the simplified puppy dog skull is about 15 minutes.

40m, Longer Poses

2009-12-24T19:29:00.002-06:00

I think they are around 40 minutes, i'm not sure.

15 to 20 minute poses

2009-12-18T00:14:00.003-06:00

Hands, Figure Drawing

2009-12-16T15:36:00.002-06:00

Portraits

2009-12-16T15:34:00.001-06:00

40 to 45 minute portraits.

OC Figure Drawing Homework

2009-12-15T21:25:00.005-06:00

This was a figure drawing homework for Contextual Figure for Computer Animation with Mr.Forgard. The assignment was to draw the skeleton of the model who was posing in 5 minutes. Then chose 3 of the skeletons from the several we drew, and create an original character in the skeleton poses. Here are the 3 Original Characters and Skeleton references.

30 second, 1 minute, 2 minute Gestures

2009-12-14T22:52:00.003-06:00

Sequential Gestures

2009-12-14T22:20:00.004-06:00

Here are a few sequential gestures, they are 1 to 2 minutes each. The last image is one of my first sequential gestures, not the best figures but i love the poses, and most of these are read right to left.

First Post!

2009-12-13T21:28:00.001-06:00

This is my First POST!
Hopefully more will come featuring my artwork and animation done at Ringling!

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