Animate Pro!

Here is the first thing I've created using Animate Pro. He is the first pass of a design for a little bit of some animation I'd like too do. You get a screen shot because I could not get a decent picture from the learning edition.

I roughed him out on paper, and cleaned him and coloured him in the program. So far I really like Animate pro. After doing some of the tutorials and watching some more advanced examples online I'm pretty excited to learn more.

Just having the colours linked to the swatch was great. Saving gradients! Not having to deal with sync like in flash! And don't forget about Z-depth!

I should have lots of fun animating in it, once I figure out a few more things.

Barber Shop Sketch

My wife had to pick up some fabric for our youngest's stocking. (She has hand quilted one for each of our 3 boys) So I while she was in the store I was in the car and took the opportunity to sketch this Barber Shop. It is actually the one I remember my Dad taking me to when I was a kid.

I spent under five minutes on it. I wish I had a little more time with it. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!

My eldest son thought that Elves were called Christmas Goblins, so here is my take. I drew this Christmass Goblin in SketchBook Pro and coloured him in Photoshop. The background picture I found on the net and tweaked it in Photoshop to match.

Flamingo with colour!

First finished piece of art for a project I am slowly working on.
More of a concept than anything else. Fun too do.

Goat type of Guy

Drawing with the kids and came up with this guy.

Old Man

We were walking home from picking up my eldest son, and had my youngest tucked away in his buggy. It was raining and had the cover pulled over so he was leaning forward poking his head out and this popped into my head. So enjoy.

Picking Teeth

This was one of the first scenes I tried using Maya. Keeping the finger stuck in the teeth became a problem. I learnt quite a lot, and I think it is kinda funny even if it isn't finished.

Turtle

I am having trouble uploading my 3d stuff right now. So here is a turtle

Zekes Pad wip.

This is a little work in progress (work not going to be done actually).
Character and what not are from Zekes Pad

Real Live Drawings!!

Here are some good old Pencil drawings. I did these at the kitchen table while teaching
my kids how to draw. The Rhino and the Bird are some early experiments with an idea I'm developing.

New Demo Reel

Here is my new Demo Reel!

For a high res please email me at dennislevesque@gmail.com

I animated everything on the reel. Expect for the "quote buy print" shot,

I was only responsible for the girl on the right with the paint brush.

Cleaning out the computer pics.

Cleaning up the computer found some older pictures.
Enjoy.

Classical Animation!

Stag Shirt

A friend of mine had a stag a few weeks ago. Here is a shirt that I did for him!

Eye Guy

While cleaning up my computer, I found this little diddy. I did it as an example of eye blink and comps for a Van Arts class.

Finally slowing down... kinda

I've being super busy with things that I can't talk about about.

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Meeting Sketch

Meeting Sketching. I like to sketch with a black pen when I can, not worry about
all the "how to draw" stuff in my head.

Digital Post It Note

Cintiqs are awesome! Especially with (dare I say) Vista. It has digital yellow post it notes, which are yet just as fun to draw on and equally distracting.

Man and a girl, with a monkey.

Little doodle on real live paper! Through the monkey on as an after thought.
Carry on.