Happy (Belated) Holidays + Mini Update

Happy (Super, Duper Belated) Holidays! I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas/Hanukkah/ Kwanzaa/ etc.

For a bit of holiday fun this year, I participated in a secret santa among my peers. I drew up some eight tiny (or should I say, 8-Bit) reindeer as a gift for Paisley Manga. You can check out her art here!

The reindeer were inspired by a pun, and David O'Reilly's work. If you haven't heard of him, definitely check him out (especially his short, "Please Say Something").

Ciao for now!

One Week Sketchbook Self-Challenge

Hey Everyone!

Just recently, I decided to challenge myself and complete a sketchbook in less than a week--it was surprisingly easier than I thought it was, and I think I'll attempt to do it again with the next one. After all, it used to take me forever just to fill one book. But now that I've proved that it is possible, and that there is no reason not to finish one within a deadline, I'll definitely attempt it again.

Anyway, below are some of my favorite sketches from the sketchbook. Happy looking! :)

Robo-Chris from Bravest Warriors! The day I got my new sketchbook was the day they released the episode with him starring--I thought drawing him would be a good exercise.

Sketches of Friends/ Strangers

Story ideas/ Randomness

Sketches of "Muffin-Mike" Excalibur, the Ringling squirrel loved most.

More Story Ideas/ Randomness

Sketch of my friend, Millie. :3

Sketches of Armand Serrano when he came to visit. Such an inspirational guy!

More Story Images

My concept teacher, Billy Merritt, and some panic sketches of me during one of the classes.

More Story Images

One of my DFA characters--I call him the Crow Killer, despite the fact that he's super adorable.

A drawing of me as Darth Vadar and R2-D2...because why not? Haha!

Also, I'll try to post my latest DFA work, as well as my concept work (?). 

Until then, ciao for now!

Animatic Dump: "Desert Before Dinner" and "Night Feast" + Sneak Peek

Hey Everyone!

I'm excited to share with you some of my animatics so far from this semester. The first one is a short comedy called "Desert Before Dinner"; the second one is an action sequence called "Night Feast".

Enjoy!

Dessert Before Dinner from Rachel Doda on Vimeo.



Night Feast from Rachel Doda on Vimeo.

Also, here are some storytelling images alluding to the subject of my next animatic, oh yeah!

And some accompanying music, for the tone of the piece.




Ciao for now! :)

Artie Waiting Project

Hey everyone!

Here's an animation I meant to post a while back. It was the second warm-up exercise we did with the Artie rig. The goal was to have Artie waiting for something--I decided I'd have him waiting for a message from the beyond...!

I wish we could have had more time to work on this--I'm pretty happy with how it did turn out in the end, though.

Enjoy!




Artie Waiting Project from Rachel Doda on Vimeo.

Design Lab Paintings

Quick little ol' update--I just finished up my design lab paintings for my Drawing for Animators class, and thought I'd share it.

It was really fun rendering the designs--I ended up doing somewhat-realistic rendering for most of them except the last two (which are soft cel-shaded). I'll try and post some the the process work later. But for now, enjoy the final renders!