Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor pounds of X-Mas cards...

Bringing a Tiny Bit of Life to Tim

Rudolph the Studly Reindeer

Emulate: to strive to equal or excel...

A rough scene from the story

I've framed out a sequence, and this is just one I did to get it on paper...here we see his partner in crime, a bucket-wielding hunchback (someone that has been with him forever).

Executioner Tie-Downs

Nailing some facial expressions down to a final as well as a couple more hero poses

Tighter on the hero pose

Expressions Sheet

After seeing Tim Burton's show at MoMa, NYC not too long ago, I have so much respect for his creative process. Here is a page from his book, "Tim Burton's The nightmare Before Christmas - The Film, The Art, The Vision." I was attempting to do an expressions sheet of my new character for this CGMA class, and this page lives comfortably in my cobweb-filled memory for reference!

Another Wanderlust Executioner

Daydreaming Executioner

Assignment No. 1 in our Character Design for Production CGMA class:

"Character based off of a Profession & Attitude."

Day in, day out; lopping off heads from dawn 'til dusk. What's an executioner to do? There's got to be a better life, another hobby, another job! Until then...

Deep Sea Crunch

...and here are the sketches for the animators to go by.  They were able to construct these drawings into 3-D props so impressivley.