tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42312989919469934802024-03-13T08:22:35.064-06:00The Captive ExileTom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-70032277448493645522021-08-10T10:05:00.006-06:002021-08-10T10:05:46.226-06:00Bird<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G5sujVBmp2g/YRKjnTUechI/AAAAAAAACB4/hoki-ZNSd4gV7_CFjMGXxMawJQ8SPeZmACLcBGAsYHQ/birdie_A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G5sujVBmp2g/YRKjnTUechI/AAAAAAAACB4/hoki-ZNSd4gV7_CFjMGXxMawJQ8SPeZmACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/birdie_A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-8381225006433935402013-04-07T22:50:00.002-06:002013-04-07T22:54:13.920-06:00Canteen Tie and Flask Tie Illustrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some new characters I did for a new product from the makers of Pillow Tie.</div>
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Here is some more Pillow Tie stuff. Introducing their newest product, The Canteen Tie. Also included are some outline sketches of old illustrations and some concepts for a new character.</div>
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<br />Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-65894270627589502312012-01-22T18:23:00.000-07:002012-01-22T18:23:58.586-07:00WantedI've been working on a live action short film that is a parody of an awesome short film called <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuUwvUUPro">Nuit Blanche</a></i>. Our version involves a cowboy and an unlikely love interest. On the side I've been tasked with making some promotional posters to hang up on campus.
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It's suppose to resemble the Flynn Rider posters from <i>Tangled</i>. There will be several different versions with different noses. The film has to be done by early February so maybe I'll be able to show it by then. This semester is going to be a busy one.</div>Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-38027197632942106972012-01-16T20:27:00.002-07:002012-01-16T20:27:47.425-07:00Bouncing BallI'll tell you what you will see if you click play on this embedded youtube video. Just so there are no surprises. You will see a ball coming out of a pipe that bounces a few times before coming to a stop. There is no color and you will probably not smell anything. It is my wish that this experience will be enjoyable for all who participate. Proceed.<br />
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A snippet of some storyboards I did for a school project. I actually don't know if I'm aloud to be showing these, but no one said otherwise, so here ya go. This scene is somewhere in the middle of the story so it's a little out of context. It was very fun to draw. Part of me thinks that storyboarding is the route I would like to go in the animation industry.</div>
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Buy a <a href="http://www.pillowtie.com/" target="">Pillow Tie</a> for Christmas. Buy several. They make great gifts.<br />
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I guess it's kind of cliche to apologize when a lot of time goes by between posts. The internet doesn't really care. And my devoted few don't seem to mind. So I'm just going to pretend it never happened and forego the apology.<br />
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This semester has been extremely busy. I've since joined a traveling circus, invented a sequel to the internet, and defeated evil (it came back the next day). I've also done a handful of art type stuff that I will be posting in parts over the next few weeks.<br />
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Also, you might notice a few advertisements (pronounced the british way, ad-VERT-ismentz) here and there on my blog. Does that mean I've sold out? Regardless, I'm now confident my financial future is secure cause I'm earning an average $1.86 every month. That might be enough to pay for my drinking habit. My water drinking habit. One 16 oz. bottle every thirty days.Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-4620500102345518482011-08-25T17:03:00.000-06:002011-08-25T17:03:42.603-06:00SQUAWK!This one fell into the archives without much notice. Thought I'd pull it out and show it just for fun. Only took a few hours to do. The assignment was to practice asymmetrical movement. Apparently beginning animators have a tendency to move limbs and such at exactly the same time and direction and it makes things look too robotic and boring. (Sentences have a way of sounding weird when the word 'and' occurs too frequently.)<br />
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<div>A couple weeks ago I was minding my own business when I got an invitation by email from a professor at UVU to attend an animation workshop in L.A. and visit DreamWorks, Sony ImageWorks, and Nickelodeon. "Wait, What?!" I'm still a bit confused on why I got to go. It was awesome. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>We drove west Sunday morning in a large van. Attending were a professor, a coordinator, two seniors, and a lowly freshman (me). Monday we were greeted by the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-ACME-Network/69417353741#!/pages/The-ACME-Network/69417353741?sk=info">ACME Network</a>, a non-profit organization that provides training and integration into the animation industry. We then went to the DreamWorks Animation Studio and I was in shock. </div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the tour we had a complimentary lunch where I caught a glimpse of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001877/">Hans Zimmer</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Katzenberg">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a>. Hans was wearing gold pants. I happen to have a friend that works there as a story artist, <a href="http://clockroom.blogspot.com/">Steven Macleod</a>. After lunch he took me on a private tour and showed me all the studio offices. He even showed me a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willosimages/sets/72157624182685229/detail/">secret room</a> that was hidden behind a bookshelf on hinges. It almost felt like hallowed ground. Then Steve introduced me to <a href="http://www.cgmwonline.com/Nicolas-Marlet.html">Nicolas "Nico" Marlet</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If all goes according to plan I should have it done by Monday or Tuesday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wish me luck.</div>Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-81209917190957787842011-04-09T11:36:00.000-06:002011-04-09T11:36:19.008-06:00Shrub-a-dub dub...Let me introduce you to Shrub. You may have seen him lurking around my blog <a href="http://captiveexile.blogspot.com/2011/01/monkey-thievery.html">here</a> and <a href="http://captiveexile.blogspot.com/2010/10/speed-walking.html">there</a>. Incidentally, he's been posing as my profile pic for quite some time. I'm not quite sure why he never got a formal introduction. I created him for a character design class last summer. He's a nomad in search of answers.<div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe in some distant future he'll get some screen time. But for now, he's staying with me until the weather gets better.</div><div><br />
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Sat in the corner,<br />
Eating a Christmas pie;<br />
He put in his thumb,<br />
And pulled out a plum,<br />
And said 'What a good boy am I!'</span><br />
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Can anyone tell me why he puts his thumb in the pie? I'm sure he has a good reason. And why does this make him a good boy? Is it because of his hand-eye coordination?<br />
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This was an assignment for school. I was trying to figure this problem out before I started, but I couldn't understand why he does it. What is his motivation? What does he gain from butchering the pie? Is Jack some sort of sadist? I should like to think not. Any input?Tom Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363823646003707415noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231298991946993480.post-89626859695746651652011-03-04T18:30:00.000-07:002011-03-04T18:30:45.175-07:00more trippingthis happened to me once.<br />
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