Helix Christmas Pencils

Here is the pencil for my Helix Christmas greeting. I'm really not liking the scan line along the center. I really have to get a better way of scanning things. The problem is that this piece is 17 by 22 inches and I only have a regular scanner. The Photoshop "Photomerge" function tried its' best but these things can only do so much. Hopefully I can scan it properly and color it by Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone.

Leather jacket

Project Hippoh Update

Hi all! A mix of having a steady 9 to 5 and my computer being in a whole other city has made it very difficult for me to update this blog. For now though, I just thought I'd post this clip of my project hippoh animation so far. It's been going at a snail's pace but better slow than nothing I guess.

3D Animation Test

I just thought I'd share an animation test that I'm currently working on. There's still a lot more to be done but I think this gets the general message across.

Flash Dog

Hi all. Here's a quick animation that I decided to do in Flash. I expect to do a whole lot more flash animation in the future. Also, if any one knows how the best way to get flash animation into youtube without losing much quality, could you tell me how? Just leave a comment down there. I'd appreciate it.

Project Hippoh

For fun, my brother likes to make music. He and his friends decided to make a group and call it Project Hippoh. He describes the logo to me as a hip hop squirrel (Don't ask me why). To help the both of us, I've decided to make a little animation of a squirrel jumping into scene and doing a little graffiti art. Here's some of what I have so far...

Initial Design

Rough Key Animation



Rough Key and Breakdown Animation



I'll keep you guys posted.

Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles Fan Art

Here's a sketch that I did around the time of the Terminator TV show. I was at wondercon and their bags had this ad on it of the the female terminator hanging by thin pipes and wires. Had to try to get it down on paper.

The return of Disney 2D animation

Just wanted to geek out about the art of animation for a bit. In a world flooded with 3D, It's a breath of fresh air to see a studio do a film in 2D, even if it's for a little while.

Coat of Arms

Here's a design I was working on for the coat of arms of the Philippines. This is definitely a first pass at it. Thought it was a good idea at the time but now that I look at it, it seems too plain and the focus is unintentionally shifted to the right because of the eagle's wings. That's what happens when I try to take shortcuts I guess. What do you guys think? Leave a comment or IM me via that Digsby messenger on the right of the screen.

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A boy and his carabao

Here's a drawing I started before the other water buffalo drawing. Not having worked on this drawing for months, I finally decided to finish it up. I literally finished this drawing half an hour ago. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger image.

Kristin Kreuk

Here's a portrait of Kristin Kreuk that I did for a friend. Just thought I'd share it with you guys.

Helix

Here's something that I did back when I was going to art school. I've always wanted to make a comic book out of these characters. It'll happen someday. I hope.

Just thought I'd post this one up. I've recently just designed a shirt with this little guy on it. I actually intend to use him more as a mascot in my portfolio designs and demo reels so hopefully you'll all get to see more of him in the near future.

A piece for fun

This character's sort of been in the back of my mind for a while. I did this to get his design down on paper that aren't just scribbles and rough sketches. The bits of armor on his arms and legs are there to keep his hands and feet from blowing up when he fires of whatever power he has. I should come up with a name for this dude.

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A girl and her carabao

Here's a piece I worked on a while back. I was planning on having some kind of Philippine tribal tattoo run down that arm and the girl would have the same. In the end, however, I decided that I still didn't know enough about the Kalinga to do their designs any justice or respect. This is okay for now.

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Young Indiana Jones and Friends

A little fan art of Indiana Jones and crew I did right around the time the latest movie released. Actually, the characters are, more or less, from the Temple of doom.

11 Second Club March Competition Rough Animation

Hi All,

Here is the first rough animation of the 11 second Club March competition. Though the competition is over, I decided to keep going with the project. The ending seems to stop too soon but I'm hoping to work in some overshoots to finish it off. Sorry it's so flickery towards the end. I hope no one gets a seizure or anything.

11 Second Club March Competition Keys and BDs

Hi All,

Here is an animation I did for the 11 Second Club March Competition. Unfortunately, I only managed to finish up the keys and the breakdowns by the deadline. Oh well, better than nothing I guess.

Animation Archive

Hi All,

Here are a few animations that I've done while I was in school. Just thought I'd show them to you all while I'm working on some new ones. See you guys later.

Philip

It has finally BEGUN!!!

Hi all,

As my profile on the right side of your screen mentions, My name is Philip Cruz and I am an animator. I started this blog with the hope that it would help me stay diligent with the personal projects that I have going on here. The plan is to post all of my work in their different stages of completion and maybe to even get tips, tricks, and general advice from you guys. Nothing can get posted if nothing's done so I guess better get cracking.... Wish me luck.


Best,
Philip