My storyboard reel

My brand new storyboard reel for your inspection and (hopefully) enjoyment :-)

TS3 Buzz quick sketchin'

Some quick sketching from Toy Story 3. Buzz is so fun to draw!

HPI racing

First teaser for something.... Stay tuned, I think there is much more to come.

"Wrapped Up" wrapped up!

I just finalized "Wrapped Up", a short film I wrote and directed. The DVD is on its way to Annecy festival. Here goes... :)

"Wrapped Up" is the result of a collaborative effort of CG artists, who liked the premise and agreed to participate for fun. The film was co-produced with Crew972, who generously backed up the film with facilities, pipeline, a place to work in together, moral support and manpower.

Credits:
Written, storyboarded and directed by yours truely.
Design - me, Rafi Ben Aharon and Irena Tsibulka, plus some help from Elin Rozen.
Original Score - Assaf Shlomi.
Sound Design - Nati Zeindenstandt
Modeling - Irean Tsibulka, Jonathan Katzman and Roni Yahel
Shading - Irena Tsibulka and Dana Gussman
Layout - Paul Wolf, Yonni Arroussi and Kobi Levi
Rigging - Menashe Morobuse
Animation - Liron Aluf, Gabi Berger, Shuki Gamliel, Kobi Levi, and myself.
Render - Irena Tsibulka, Yanir Kleiman, Arik Jana
Composite - Yanir Kleiman and Irena Tsibulka
Produced by me and Maria Veskan
Executive producer - Dror Daliot

Special thanks go to Irena, who worked tirelessly and made the film possible; Gabi and Liron, who did a lot of work and also designed a poster and a website for the film; Crew 972, who had been very helpful and cooperative in every way; my girlfriend and fellow animator Elin Rozen, who listened to my ideas and added her own ideas and generally put up with me working on this film on weekends and evenings; and Dror Daliot, who was the first to notice and mention that the stars are aligned to allow a short film to be made.

Thanks you everybody, and see you in June at Annecy!

Merry Christmas!

Some drawings from a sketching session organized by my good friend Rafi Ben Aharon, featuring a hung-over Santa.

David Goreman painting

My 2nd Photoshop painting ever. I’m sure it leaves a lot to be desired, but I’m quite happy with it. As always, comments and suggestions for improvement are very welcome.

Edit: I realized the original painting was way too bland and also slightly green, so I played a bit with the values. The old version is down here:

Man gets in car - animation doodling

Having learned animation through working in the industry, I’m used to focusing on results. I decided to break away from that and try some “animation doodles” - just like I doodle on a piece of paper in meetings, where I don’t care what’s coming out, and just enjoy the ride!