The Princess & the Frog!!!...and character designs!

Hey folks,

Hope you're still clicking, because there is some great news to tell! Today is the opening of Princess and the Frog, and you should take all your friends and family to see it. It's certainly the revival of 2-D animation!! Here are a few of the guys that I was fortunate enough to come to know while interning at the Disney studios: Aurian Redson, Paul Briggs, Bill Perkins, Jin Kim, Scott Watanabe, Kendelle Hoyer, Lorelay Bove, and many others... (these guys worked on the film).



As for these guys, they were done as a side project. These are a few of the many designs that were chosen, and that I particularly liked.

Cheers,

-HH

Reese & Lily Studies

It's been a bit dusty around here, and once again I apologize. I should promise not to make promises from now on to update regularly. Reverse psychology, ya know?

Anyway, this is not finished/polished work, and soon there will be. There are a few editorial illustrations that I have slowly been collecting, so those may possibly be featured soon. Alas, these are the developments of my thesis characters, Lily, the pastry chef; and our adolescent inventor who is now newly named, Reese. I have many illustration ideas that I've been developing between these two, along with the fanciful 1930's/Steam-punk/Victorian era that they live in. I'm thinking of possibly making them live on this island that has one large mountain that has the entire city carved into it like the Village of Eze. Although, the story is under heavy construction, since it's being remade and torn down day after day. They aren't kidding when they say story is everything!

Speaking of which, I had the pleasure of watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button recently and was completely blown away by the cinematography and heart-touching story. Usually I don't like to advertise, but this certainly is worth the boasting. At least for those who have not or are unsure of seeing it.

Anyway, please give me feedback on the characters. Personally I don't know what to think if Lily should have a braid or a pony tail. What do you guys think??

Until next time,

-H

Boys & Girls of Summer...

Hey there folks! I seem to be on a roll with this whole updating thing, so I'm going to try and keep it going!! These designs were done a ways back at the beginning of the summer for a summer course focusing on Indian marriages in comparison to American marriages. It was fascinating to study and helped me develope a deeper respect for the culture. Brittney Lee was a heavy influence for these designs, since I admire her sense of weight without the use of line, or very little of it. Summer is coming to a close fast--I better go get back to drawing (or in my case now: ANIMATING!!)!

Cheers,

-h.

Figure Drawing with Titans

Long time no post!! Wow--it's been quite a while!!!

Summer has definitely been an adventurous roller coaster ride since I've been interning here at the Walt Disney Animation studios. It's been exciting to meet the giants of animation here at the Studio of not only Disney, but Pixar as well. I'm making plenty of new friends and acquaintances that I hope will last a lifetime. Unfortunately, I can not speak of my goings-ons here at the studio---yes, yes....grumble grumble!! Although, I will share with you all my drawings that I've done in Karl Gnass' anatomy classes. These vary from 1- 5 min. poses and were completed with compressed charcoal. The very first drawing was done in a private figure session with James Finch and Bill Perkins.

I feel very small among these animation masters.