Mother Christmas in OKIDO

Merry Christmas!

Hello...
Just want to send a wii update of my latest work.
You can check it out on Cbeebies BBC I player
"Messy goes to OKIDO - a night before Christmas"
I enjoyed working on this particular episode because it is Christmas episode! (Who wouldn't?!) :)
It's about Mother Christmas too. :)

Here is the link to BBC I player:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06srvg2/messy-goes-to-okido-26-a-messy-night-before-christmas

I haven't had a chance to put what I did in vimeo yet but will do that when the holiday is over!
Hope you enjoy it and Merry Christmas and happy new year!

X

What I did in "Messy Goes to OKIDO - Alien Telly"

Check it out "Messy goes to OKIDO" kids' animated TV series on CBeebies available on BBC I player

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b06h8fw6/messy-goes-to-okido-21-alien-telly

And here is what I did:
https://vimeo.com/fbako/alien

Messy Goes to OKIDO

Hello hello

I have been working on Messy Goes to OKIDO. It is the new animated TV series for kids on CBeebies. It is aimed for 3-8 years old kids. I like it because it encourages kids to understand a bit of science. Also, with the clever writing it makes science fun to learn. I am an adult and I am enjoying very much. 

You can watch the show on CBeebies every weekdays at 16:20 or if you miss it BBC i player will do.
I am quite proud to have worked on this project. Animating Messy and the other characters was such fun. I wish we had more time to polish it a little bit more....

One of the episodes I worked on is available on BBC i player http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b06g0fq1/messy-goes-to-okido-16-lollys-keys

The piece I did is https://vimeo.com/fbako/lollyskeys

Hope you enjoy it. :)

Timing and Weight #2

Hello world!! Happy New Year!
Hope you had an amazing holiday!

So here it is the animation I worked on last year. I finished it last year but I hadn't had a chance to blog it. I just had a baby couple of months ago in August. Proud mama, I am!

Anyway, the animation is to demonstrate timing and weight.
The story was that they both were chased by zombies. I know that there should be a sense of urgency in the animation but my primary objective is to focus on timing & weight.

Check out the link: http://vimeo.com/78159569

Hope you like it!
Have a great 2015!
Thanks!

Timing and weight #1

New animation reel is coming soon. I aim to finish it at the end of the year.
The two characters above will be in my latest reel. 

The rig "Morpheus Rig" created by Josh Burton.
Stay tuned!

Acting in "How to train your dragon"

Hi guys,
I thought I would share my thought on the acting in "How to train your dragon".
I liked the movie and I thought it was refreshing to see a different animation style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKiYuIsPxYk&feature=youtu.be&t=49s

Here is an example from a clip that I like (00:49 - 00:55). I feel the movie has shown very good acting there.
The action already gives a clear message - when the main character (the guy on the right) is trying to touch the dragon but he's looking away.

He knows the dragon is dangerous and probably he could die any moment. He wants to communicate with the dragon but he doesn't know anything about the dragon at all. He's willing to take risk not knowing what's going to happen to him.

The action is already strong, the line "It's Ok. I'm not gonna hurt you" probably not necessary anymore. Try playing it without sound and this piece of action is even better.
What do you think? Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for reading :)

More acting studies

Hi all,

Sorry for the long absence, finally I have some free time to open my blogger.
I'd like to update you with my latest animation reel in 2013.

www.vimeo.com/fbako/animationreel2013

Scene 1 and 2 are my personal acting studies
If you stumble upon this page, please I appreciate your thoughts on acting in animation.

Thanks