animation – Oddbox Comics

The End of the Rainbow

Published on March 17, 2024 by oddboxcomics4 Comments

Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! You have seen this before, but I cleaned up the animation a little bit and added jingling coins and fart sounds.

Communications Breakdown

Published on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 by oddboxcomicsLeave a comment

This is the new animated ad for the ScribblePad. I did everything except the exceptional music.

Unphooey on Huion

Published on November 25, 2021March 19, 2022 by oddboxcomicsLeave a comment

When my Huion drawing tablet went on the fritz, I was saying, “Phooey on Huion!” I would like to take that back. I got it working again! The resulting Small Consolation that you see above was just me messing around with different line thicknesses and colors. A test, you might say. If you think it is funny… great! It wasn’t meant to be funny, though. It just happened. Art just happens, sometimes. I think it has a certain Anime flavor. Or is it Manga? Is Anime the moving version of Manga? That might be an interesting question. Happy Thanksgiving!

My first animation with sound.

Published on September 18, 2020January 19, 2022 by oddboxcomics6 Comments

This animation project has been a great adventure for me. It was just a straight forward doing and learning. I liken it to walking through a maze blindfolded. Of course, because I have a little experience with animation, perhaps I peeked here or there.

I explored three frontiers in the making of this video; Adobe Animate, placing sound in my animation, and a Huion digital drawing tablet. Animate is an animation program and I am like a kid in a candy store in there! Oh, the wonders…the wonders I have seen! At first, I was a bit bedazzled and confused, but soon, I was humming right along. My next challenge was to place sound in my animation. I had never done that before, but because of my enthusiasm for the task at hand, and the ease of working in Animate, I made short work of it. And to wrap things up, my brand new digital drawing tablet was instrumental in the creation of the video. With this technology, I can draw in the computer! That eliminates three steps: sketching on paper, inking, scanning. An incredible time saver.

Animate Project

Published on September 6, 2020 by oddboxcomics3 Comments

It is a bit of a mess right now, but you can see that I am figuring things out. I didn’t mean for it to move so fast!

Make it stop!

Published on July 2, 2020 by oddboxcomics2 Comments

This is my first primitive animation on the program ‘Animate’. That is a weird ball. I learned a lot from this stupid little experiment. I could actually improve on this, but I won’t, because I am working on a specific project and this lesson taught me all I needed to get started, so, I’m getting started!

P.S. The End

Published on February 29, 2020 by oddboxcomicsLeave a comment

The progression of color of the Flint River Collection design.

I made a copy of the b+w version and then painted it with watercolor.
Then, I cleaned it up a bit. Observe the rat’s tail and his tiny little rat-hands.
Finally, after some further Photoshop color manipulation, the finished piece.

P.S……….I have closed my Patreon. I would like to thank everybody for your contributions. You are awesome! Double thanks to my best buddy, Dave Pray!