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movin' pictures

2012-02-06T01:02:00.001-05:00

Uhh...Happy New Year?! Where the eff did 2011 go, been forever and a day since my last post.

Saw something neat over the weekend, some promos for the upcoming WordGirl movie, The Rise of Miss Power! This will be the first time I'll have seen any of my work on television, so I'm pretty excited. A couple really quick shots from some of my scenes are in the video below, one at 0:07-0:08 and the other from 0:11-0:13 (I'm also creepin' in the crowd shot around 0:05, CAN YOU FIND ME).

The movie premieres February 20th on PBS (not sure if that's 5 pm eastern or central in the promo..will update again before it airs!). Please check it out if you have the chance!

...NATALIE!

2011-10-24T23:34:00.009-04:00

This was a lil' something I started back in August. Was an exercise I meant to finish off and on within a few days, but put it on the back burner fo' a while and finally finished it up tonight.

Took the sound clip from Episode #92 of Comedy Bang Bang, featuring the lovely Jessica St. Clair as Marissa Wompler.

Surfer

2011-09-29T00:48:00.002-04:00

JUST DOODLIN'. Going to leave this as is, not really feeling it anymore (think the pose is pretty weak).

GOODBYE BEACH WEATHER.

Rocky M. Walsh

2011-09-25T23:48:00.003-04:00

In honor of my cat Rocky, who passed away on September 12, 2011. Rocky was the first cat our family ever had, and I can easily say he was the best cat around. I had always wanted a cat when I was younger, but due to my mom's allergies, I settled for 'Kitty Kitty Kittens' and various other stuffed animals. After my parents divorced, my mom played with idea of adopting a kitten, and thus in the spring of 1997, Rocky became a member of our family. He was as great a support system and source of unconditional love then as he was through the rest of his days. He was a part of our lives for close to 15 years, and I'm extremely grateful for every one of them. He brought so much happiness and joy into our family, and I will miss him dearly. No other pet will compare, he was the sweetest and most loving companion we could've ever asked for.

I miss you, Rock.
R.I.P.

Amy, Amy, Amy

2011-08-07T15:43:00.004-04:00

Haven't had much time for non-work related drawing, but wanted to do something to commemorate one of my favorite musicians. Tried an Augenblick-ish sort of style (just referenced Callie's 3/4 view), figured it suited her better than my usual stuff.

Found a drawing of Amy on my laptop from '09 (also found a small project from '07 that revolved around her, but that one's way too crappy to share), so figured I'd post it for old time's sake.

GON' MISS YOU, GURL.

burn notice

2011-07-14T00:34:00.005-04:00

Might be going to the beach this weekend, so hopefully this won't be me...?!!

Started out as this guy down here, but want to start practicing putting characters in environments instead of just floating in a blank space. The background is really simple and lame, but it's a start.

ATTRACTED TO US

2011-06-29T00:35:00.005-04:00

Inspired by The Lonely Island's Attracted To Us. GONNA BE MY SUMMER JAM, think it's adorable.

freelance-aversary..?

2011-06-16T21:05:00.003-04:00

Feel like this is gonna be a busy weekend, so just wanted to make a post to commemorate a year of successful(?!) freelancing!

I started my first ever paid/non-internship position at Soup2Nuts on June 18, 2010, so hooray for animation gigs putting a roof over my head and plenty of take-out in my stomach for the past year. Who knows how much longer I'll last around here, but it's been a great experience so far. Definitely feel more confident in my animation skills than I did this time last year, so here's to getting even better in the future!

Also, I don't think I've ever mentioned it specifically here, but I've been animating on PBS's Word Girl since February. It's very cute and well written, and has a great cast of comedians (including Jeffrey Tambor, PATTON OSWALT, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, ETC.). The theme song's pretty catchy, too :)

CHECK IT OUT!

doodlin'

2011-06-09T00:02:00.002-04:00

Some pre-bedtime/heat wave doodles.

"why is there a chicken on your head?"

2011-05-31T22:48:00.003-04:00

That was the first thing my mom asked me while she was recovering in the SICU. Only later did she reveal it was a something she'd planned on asking others rather than actually having visions of chickens, but thought it'd make a cute image.

cat burglars

2011-04-18T17:28:00.002-04:00

MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME AND POSTING AGAIN TODAY.

So yeah, this was my afternoon. Perhaps inspired by catching the tail end of Ocean's 11 on television the other night, in addition to Cats 101.

THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW.

UPDATES

2011-04-18T11:28:00.008-04:00

I SUCK AT LIFE, New Year's resolution has long flown out the window at this point.

Haven't had much drive to draw lately (MY FIFTH OR SO QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS?! IDK ANYMORE), but here's part of a piece I started before the weekend. The turd may or may not make it into the final version, and color scheme is also subject to change.

Some other things I've worked on have been posted up on Fizzy's Lunch Lab site in the past month, as well, so here we go:

First up is the introduction to the game Hectic Harvest:

Also from Hectic Harvest is the Store Clerk's animation:

And finally, the Lunch Lab Live with Bella Basil short:

This one was animated during my eerily long "ease in and out of everything" period, something which I think I'm getting better with, BUT WHO KNOWS.

ALSO, one of my pieces will be up for sale/your viewing pleasure at the Yes Oui Si gallery in Boston, MA from April 28th - May 1st.

If you got nothing going on, come out and support your local artists! Not even making any sort of profit (piece will be selling less than what the entry fee cost), but wanted to participate. Just found out it's being sponsored by PBR, so should be interesting..?! At the very least, come to look at some fucking hipsters.

Hard Boiled

2011-03-06T14:55:00.003-05:00

Another project I worked on while over at Cloudkid is up.

For this one, I animated Fizzy's introduction, along with most of his cutaways that occur after each round.

Check it out!

VALENTIME'S

2011-02-18T23:56:00.002-05:00

FOR VALENTIME'S, NOT VALENTINE'S. Kept it exclusive for a week, but wanted to post it here 'cause I think it's pretty cute.

Started a new animation gig on Monday, so updates are going back to once a week again.

FREESTYLE FIZZ

2011-02-12T00:46:00.003-05:00

The first project from Cloudkid I've worked on that's a secret no mo'!

Did a bunch of random things on this one, with a lot of help from Mike Annear, who animated the three main skating loops (normal, fast, and tired). I tackled all of the other moves and tricks in between, which were crazily boarded by Kim Hui.

I also did the introduction animation, two of the idle animations (the arm stretch and skate test) on the level select screen, and integrated the 3 main costumes on to Fizzy (THE TRON ONE'S MY FAV BTW) for the level select screen and throughout the actual game play.

Here are a couple progress stills, just to show what this stuff looks like before clean-up.

CHECK IT OUT, Y'ALL.

hot girl at the bar

2011-02-09T22:13:00.004-05:00

Another drawing taken from a random shape.

Concept inspired by Louis C.K's bit.

kid designs

2011-02-09T20:43:00.003-05:00

Designs I did while over at Cloudkid.

SUPER BOWL

2011-02-06T22:30:00.001-05:00

DIDN'T WATCH IT 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE, just wanted to draw something stupid.

the magician...

2011-02-02T19:34:00.002-05:00

Have a two-week hiatus between freelancing gigs, so even though it's two weeks without pay, it's two weeks I have to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Going to try and post every other day during my break to keep motivated, SO LOOK OUT WORLD.

inside the mind of a fresh

2011-01-23T22:48:00.004-05:00

"Draw a cloud holding a briefcase looking at a duck in a pond smoking a pipe."

STAND-UP

2011-01-16T16:43:00.003-05:00

ALREADY OFF THE WAGON, FML.

I DON'T PRIDE MYSELF ON CARICATURES, but just wanted to pay homage to these guys. Their specials have been getting me through the work week for months now, and no matter how many times I've listened, they're still funny.

Seeing Patton Oswalt this Saturday, so getting excited with an update.

2011

2011-01-02T20:20:00.006-05:00

HAVEN'T POSTED IN FOREVER, going to try and change that for 2011.

It's crazy how freelancing has put the kibosh on my desire to draw anything outside of work, BUT GOING TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT THIS YEAR. Copying Justin's resolution to try and update mo', shooting for at least once or twice a week.

9/10/10

2010-09-12T14:12:00.004-04:00

HAPPY. BIRTHDAAAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

9/6/10

2010-09-05T19:48:00.001-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRO O' MINE!

HAM

2010-08-24T22:08:00.005-04:00

GOT THE URGE TO DRAW AFTER BEING SO INSPIRED BY MY SUPER INSPIRATIONAL LAST POST.

Going to try and animate a 9 second sound clip in the same vein as the studio I'm currently freelancing at. Figure if anything it'll be good practice, get something new going for my reel.

~INSPIRATION~

2010-08-24T19:56:00.004-04:00

Haven't been drawing much outside of work lately, so thought I'd post THIS LITTLE GEM (stolen from Shane Glines' Cartoon Retro).

So yeah, no big surprises here, I guess.

MAD MEN

2010-07-11T23:52:00.004-04:00

Been watching a lot of Mad Men lately, thanks to my brother! The whole look of the show is so stylized in itself, have been itching to draw some of the characters for a while now. Figured I'd start with Joan, just cause she's mad curvy and more interesting to draw than everyone else.

Still need to catch up on Season 3 before the 25th, WISH ME LUCK, Y'ALL.

LONG TIME, NO UPDATE, HOT DAYUM.

2010-07-07T23:09:00.005-04:00

Haven't been doing much sketching on my own lately, so just wanted to post some stuff I've worked on over the past few months. These are all character designs I did that weren't chosen for their respective projects, wish I could share the ones that were more successful, BUT THESE WILL DO FOR NOW:

Senior Animation Pieces

2010-05-25T10:34:00.005-04:00

After struggling with Vimeo for the past couple weeks I FINALLY have my shorts up online.

DOOSH

DOOSH from KatelynW_Portfolio on Vimeo.

HAX (the one I am most proud of)

HAX from KatelynW_Portfolio on Vimeo.

And for the hell of it, here's my demo reel:

Katelyn Walsh Demo Reel from KatelynW_Portfolio on Vimeo.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET, HOPE YOU ENJOY.
IF YOU HAVE, HOPE YOU ENJOY AGAIN.

senior show aftermath

2010-05-14T09:44:00.006-04:00

So the Senior Show was a big success. I still can't get over the positive reactions I got from the audience. Was honestly not expecting that at all, considering every time I'd show my progress for group crit no one would laugh. It really meant a lot to hear that my stuff was so well received, definitely a huge confidence booster.

Thank you to everyone who went last night, can't thank friends and family enough for all of their support. The whole day was just so surreal, thanks again for all the kind words :)

AIB SENIOR ANIMATION SHOW

2010-04-28T18:13:00.007-04:00

So the annual Senior Animation Show is just about 2 weeks away. TERRIFYING.

It'll be at the Brattle Theatre on May 13th from 3-5 pm, AND IT'S FREE, SO IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS, YOU SHOULD COME.

There's an after party following the screening at 601 Newbury in the Animation Basement starting around 7. THERE WILL BE BOOZE. And food..most likely just cheese. And apparently the after party is ~Jail House~ themed, so here's a caricature of myself I did for a prison line-up poster.

kick-ass

2010-04-18T22:52:00.006-04:00

Almost done with backgrounds.

Haven't really drawn anything non-school/internship related in a while, so here's something quick I did today after seeing Kick-Ass. It wasn't cinematic gold or anything, but it was still entertaining. If anything, go see it for Hit Girl.

BAD. ASS.

4/14

2010-04-14T23:16:00.003-04:00

Long time, no update, so here it goes. Animation for this piece is complete, aiming to finish backgrounds this weekend.

first background

2010-03-17T22:31:00.004-04:00

Started on them today, SO EXCITING.

Backgrounds are not my thing at all, we'll see how this goes.

3/12/10

2010-03-12T22:34:00.006-05:00

SPRING BREAK, WOOOOOOOO~

Finished 2 more scenes before heading home, including this one:

The other one kind of gives away the ending, don't want to post any ~spoilers~.

But yeah, this break has not been as productive as I'd hoped. I don't know if it's because I'm out of the city or what, but I've definitely lost some steam on this thing. I was doing good schedule-wise, but now I'm a bit behind again. I know I would've gotten more done if I'd just stayed in Cambridge, but whatevs, I'm grateful to have had some down time.

After this scene, I think there are 4 left with very minimal animation. I created a bunch of textures for backgrounds today, will scan them tomorrow.

scene 1

2010-02-28T17:13:00.004-05:00

DONE.

knork

2010-02-27T19:54:00.004-05:00

UPDATE!

Just about half-way done with scene 1, the last scene with a fair amount of animation. We're presenting our stuff for the first time this semester on Wednesday, so ideally all scenes will be animated by then. After that, I'll just focus on making/plugging in backgrounds, then sound. Theoretically this project will be 100% complete by March 16th, and if it gets done sooner, even better.

scene 12

2010-02-24T17:26:00.001-05:00

Scene 12 complete, scene 1, you're next.

scene 12: run

2010-02-23T14:26:00.003-05:00

LAST RUN CYCLE = COMPLETE

He's barely on-screen during the actual animation, so I'll give him some ~time to shine~ up here.

scene 10

2010-02-21T21:48:00.005-05:00

Didn't realize I took a cap with the V-Cam, but whatevs, now's a good chance to mention it. I downloaded it here, and it's been pretty helpful with making scenes a bit more dynamic. I haven't used it for zooms or tint changes, but it definitely helped make panning/camera jitters a hell of a lot easier.

But yay, two more fairly extensive scenes left, then I'm onto the quick stuff.

scene 6

2010-02-16T21:53:00.003-05:00

Another scene all set, even though it's pretty much just one giant short-cut.

CARRY ON.

happy anna howard shaw day

2010-02-14T21:04:00.004-05:00

These caps aren't very exciting, but I had a pretty productive weekend, so here's an update. Still behind, but slowly catching up to where I should be. The top scene is all set, the second is only half-done, still have no idea how I want to animate the rest. 2 out of 3 scenes that involve running, glad they're almost all out of the way.

SNOW DAY MINUS SNOW

2010-02-10T17:30:00.005-05:00

DOOOOOOOOOOOONE.

And I already effed up schedule-wise, so hopefully I can catch up over the weekend.

kitty half-time show

2010-02-07T19:04:00.003-05:00

STILL NOT FINISHED WITH THIS SCENE :(

About 3/4 of the way there.

Also got started on two other scenes, cleaned up half of one. Really trying hard to stick to the schedule I made. I wish I would've done this last semester D:

color

2010-01-30T14:40:00.008-05:00

Just a few color comps for the characters. The guy's supposed to be a loser, the girls are meant to be way out of his league, so I'm using the cool vs. warm colors to try and sell this. I'M SO ORIGINAL, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

Here's part of the first scene I'm working on. It's one of the longest, so hopefully the animation for this one will be out of the way relatively soon. Just an example of what a "cleaned up" character will look like:

maya rhymes with ~sanjaya~

2010-01-27T10:07:00.007-05:00

Model sheet for ~Maya II~. I still might change it before class, I don't know.

And first day of Senior Animation Projects today D: Even though I'm so close to being done with the animation from my last project (never quite got around to finishing it over break :\), I really want to try and get a jump start on my next short. I feel like I've learned so much at my internship for only being there a pretty short amount of time, and I'm really pumped to apply what I've learned to my own work. Hopefully I'm not digging a hole for myself by doing this, but I think I'll be okay.

conebone69

2010-01-10T21:25:00.009-05:00

A quick drawing to represent my current attitude towards NBC.

The way things are going now, if it wasn't for 30 Rock, NBC and I would be effin' done professionally.

hax

2010-01-02T22:19:00.003-05:00

Just some sketches to try and get a feel of how I want the characters to look for my next short. I originally planned for them to all have beady eyes like the guy up there, but the girls' faces ended up looking too similar. I still like him better with those eyes, so I'm not sure which direction to go.

never a year like '09

2009-12-31T10:28:00.005-05:00

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

JibJab brings it every year, but this one just blew me away.
I've never been one to prefer traditional over digital, but I love the way this one looks. It's a good source of inspiration (esp. with every scene laid out in the behind-the-scenes blog), and I really want to try doing something with cutouts if there is any time to be had next semester.

YOU GO JIBJAB, FOUR FOR YOU, JIBJAB.

HOLIDAY. CELEBRATE.

2009-12-28T21:01:00.004-05:00

Forgot to post this before, lines all colored.

And a quick drawing welcoming my brother back to the states.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday!

green eyes

2009-12-19T12:46:00.013-05:00

Had to make a six-page booklet for a project in inDesign, so I copied my TA's idea and decided to illustrate a song. I used Coldplay's Green Eyes because it had some pretty cute visuals I could work with. Don't even begin to think about judging me (haters can take a big ol' step to the left), but Chris Martin really does write some of the most romantic songs out there. So are 2 of the 6:

That green eyes, yeah the spotlight, shines upon you
~~And how could anybody deny you~~

~~I came here with a load,~~ and it feels so much lighter now I've met you

But yeah, got some really sad news the other night, have been trying hard to keep busy and get through the end of the semester, but that hasn't been going too well. Had my heart set on having the animation for this short done before winter break, but right now it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Going to do my best and try to finish strong, love and miss you Mimi.

FOO

2009-12-14T01:40:00.007-05:00

Currently not even halfway through an overnight session at AIB.

Another scene all set:

The guy is supposed to be reminiscent of my brother.
He's been hanging around airports a lot lately.

But he comes home for Christmas in 9 days!
I'M EXCITED LIKE WHOOOOOOOOOA c:

8 seconds

2009-11-20T17:07:00.004-05:00

Time's a wastin', want this done before winter break.

ETA: Seeing this up here made me realize I forgot to do the blurry thing, so fixed that c:

booge

2009-11-13T22:20:00.004-05:00

NA NAAAH NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAAAAH

A belated birthday drawing for ~The Booge~ :)

spaaaaace

2009-11-12T20:10:00.006-05:00

Been drawing a lot of space things recently..I blame the astronomy field trip to Nantucket I went on last weekend.

Lower drawing done in Illustrator. For the first time EVER I finally feel like I know what I'm doing with that program. THANK YOU TOM BARRETT.

happy halloween!

2009-10-31T14:34:00.003-04:00

Digital Trio has made me realize I can't paint for crap in Photoshop.

I'll keep experimenting, but for now I'll stick w/ my no lines/solid colors schtick.

another one bites the dust

2009-10-28T20:52:00.008-04:00

Another scene all set!

13 seconds, awwwwright.

I might embellish the background at a later date, but as of right now I'm pretty satisfied with what I got.

baggage claim

2009-10-25T12:36:00.004-04:00

Finished ~~the more difficult half of~~ a scene.

Just for comparison, trying a different color scheme for the background. It wasn't working with some of the other characters' palettes.

Also changed this kid's skin tone, hopefully now he'll look less jaundiced on other monitors D:

Still have a lot to do before presentations tomorrow, I want this one dooooooone.

waiter

2009-10-19T22:45:00.006-04:00

Working on a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

Just got back from the Ottawa International Animation Festival last night after a 10 hour bus ride, I'll be sure to make a post about it here :)

The Bear Jew

2009-10-07T18:21:00.003-04:00

Inglourious Basterds fan art...can't get this movie out of my head D:

1/18/10 ETA:

LOL just saw this posted on the Inglourious Basterd's official Facebook page, and on The Bear Jew Facts tumblr promoting a poster contest...?

I'm dying reading through the tumblr at the moment, I don't know who posted it, but thanks to everyone who liked it :)

9/25/09

2009-09-25T14:42:00.008-04:00

progress shots

The one above is from the first scene I've officially "finished".

Complete with a cameo appearance from my trusty suitcase c:

what the doodle?

2009-08-30T09:18:00.003-04:00

WTD is a biweekly event that occurs at the Fablevision, the studio where I interned for the past couple months. They'll generate a random word from some online generator, and then everyone there has free game to interpret the word in any medium they'd like. I missed the first one, but here are the 3 I've done during my stay:

July 31st: Vehicle

August 14th: Stubble

August 28th: Extinguishable

This past week's was the last one I'd do while officially being at the studio (my last day is this Monday), but I hope to keep participating when I can.

skidoosh

2009-08-22T00:08:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple screenshots from a short animation that I started working on at the beginning of the summer. I haven't had very much time at all to work on personal projects due to my summer job and my internship, but I figure with Wednesdays and Fridays off this semester I should be somewhat productive.

But yeah, the animation for this one is not going to be very elaborate, so once I get back into the swing of things I don't anticipate it taking very long. I want this one to be more about character design than anything :)

night of the conchords

2009-08-21T22:21:00.001-04:00

So apparently I've had this blog since last November.

That means I'm not as behind on the times as I had originally thought, yet I'm still pretty lame for never posting anything at all for almost a year. I'm even more full of fail when it comes to my actual website, but that's a whole 'nother story.

My first semester as a senior (WHAT THE EFF) starts in a couple of weeks, so I figured a blog would be a good way to keep myself motivated.