Art and Development Blog
Posted by Markham at 2:19pm, 11/24/2005 (CST)
Dead RingerFile Size: 408.27kb

Dead ringer. Get it?

Posted by Markham at 1:55am, 10/29/2005 (CDT)
Gestural DrawingFile Size: 56.28kb

Recently, in a drawing class I am taking, we did some gestural drawings of one of those life-size model skeletons. In the later ones, we were told to just focus on the head and were given about 1-2 minutes per drawing.

Posted by Markham at 1:55am, 10/29/2005 (CDT)
Sketch Book Page - TSSN SketchesFile Size: 71.12kb

Concept sketches for the Sandwich Shop Ninja logo, as well as some sketches of the SSN, some guy with poofy hair, some guy with a buzz cut, and That Kid That Got Hit With A Sandwich! Oh, and at the bottom we see a Synj-esque character head. That guy's got a great character style.

Posted by Markham at 1:31am, 10/29/2005 (CDT)
Sketch Book Page - Futuristic StuffFile Size: 127.48kb

Science fiction is a genre favorite of mine. I'd have to say I find Robert McCall's art a huge inspiration when I try to think of how futuristic worlds would look.

Posted by Markham at 1:31am, 10/29/2005 (CDT)
The Sandwich Shop NinjaRun Time: 2 minutes, 6 seconds
File Size: 1.27mb

Atarashii o tabemasu!

The Sandwich Shop Ninja was released a year ago. Now that I know more about Flash and animation I went through it, updating parts, and properly synchronized the sound and made this updated version of "The Sandwich Shop Ninja."

Posted by Markham at 9:47pm, 10/23/2005 (CDT)
Altered Reality Collab EntryRun Time: 15 seconds
File Size: 320.87kb

An entry for an animation collaboration with a group of around 20 people.

Follow this link to see the complete collaboration.

Posted by Markham at 5:38pm, 10/17/2005 (CDT)
Watercolor MountainsFile Size: 293.93kb

A piece done for my digital painting class. Corel Painter 9 does a spectacular job simulating watercolors. Too bad it's so difficult to get them to look the way you want.

Posted by Markham at 12:18pm, 10/14/2005 (CDT)
SeekerFile Size: 366.86kb

What is it looking for?

Posted by Markham at 11:59am, 10/14/2005 (CDT)
TreeFile Size: 44.74kb

It's a tree. Corel Painter is an interesting program. It actually simulates the look of actual tools on many different kinds of paper and canvas.

Posted by Markham at 10:16pm, 8/24/2005 (CDT)
Futuristic Background 1File Size: 127.13kb

A background to be used in a very short animated clip I'm working on. It's not much, it's for a collaboration with a group of people. I'll post it in the Miscellaneous Animations section when I finish it.

Posted by Markham at 1:35am, 6/21/2005 (CDT)
The Sandwich Shop NinjaFile Size: 63.35kb

Recently I've been playing around with the idea of a different design to the Sandwich Shop Ninja character.

Posted by Markham at 2:10am, 3/10/2005 (CST)
Tales of the Exhausted StudentRun Time: 2 minutes, 22 seconds
File Size: 1.59mb

Every student feels like this at some point.

This animation was a finalist in the 2005 Sierra College Scollies Animation Festival!

Posted by Markham at 1:46pm, 1/12/2005 (CST)
Bomb AttackFile Size: 58.07kb

Catoman and some friends join in a game where to win, you need to blast your friends to smithereens!

Posted by Markham at 2:05am, 12/22/2004 (CST)
Outer-Space Game With Tiles That Fall When You Step On Them Too MuchFile Size: 184.12kb

The object here is to step on tiles to gain as much points as possible before exiting the level. The problem is, if you step on a tile too much it will collapse leaving Catoman to fall into oblivion!

Posted by Markham at 5:30pm, 11/30/2004 (CST)
Water DropRun Time: 3 seconds
File Size: 47.36kb

A small frame-by-frame water drop animation.

Posted by Markham at 8:15pm, 11/4/2004 (CST)
Halloween eCardRun Time: 3 minutes, 14 seconds
File Size: 1.06mb

Happy Halloween!

I tried to go for "creepy," but I think I ended up with more of "just plain weird."

Posted by Markham at 9:31am, 9/7/2004 (CDT)
The Sandwich Shop NinjaRun Time: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
File Size: 1.37mb

After the release of the updated version, I moved the original to the Animation Clips section.

Posted by Markham at 9:31am, 9/7/2004 (CDT)
SquirrelsRun Time: 1 minute, 25 seconds
File Size: 1.17mb

All we really are is squirrels.