29 Dec 2009

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.


22 Dec 2009

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!

19 Dec 2009

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.

30 Nov 2009

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.


22 Nov 2009

14 Nov 2009

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.

12 Nov 2009

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.

28 Oct 2009

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

22 Oct 2009

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.






22 Aug 2009

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.

12 May 2009

Stag Shirt

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

7 May 2009

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.

30 Jan 2009

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.

14 Jan 2009

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.

13 Jan 2009

Man and a girl, with a monkey.


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

12 Dec 2008

Super Hero

I find that I slow down around 2 o'clock everyday.
So I filled that by doing this quick super hero.

8 Dec 2008

Sketches

These are all done just for fun. They are all digital!

Red Neck

Tired Guy

Under Attack

14 Oct 2008

Have had this image in my head for a couple days now... Now its out!