.Noir-Orangé.

.everynone.

2011-11-16T06:33:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share a filmmaking company that inspires me immensely.

Here is their latest breathtaking video:

made by Everynone

. week one! .

2011-10-16T15:25:00.000-07:00

Whoa!! It's already my first week at Blue Sky Animation Studios!
It's been filled with amazing-ness and breathtaking-ness!

. video blog numero quatre .

2011-10-06T13:12:00.000-07:00

<p>&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;My &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;</p>

I made this video blog during my last week in San Francisco. I feel so thankful to have met such wonderful and talented people during those 6 years.

I'm going to miss my friends terribly, but it's time to move on, and hopefully build other wonderful memories.

New York, here I come.

L.

. the king, has returned (in 3-D) .

2011-09-20T21:48:00.000-07:00

I was 9 years old when I decided I wanted to be part of animated movies. It was a couple of seconds after Circle of Life.

The Lion King was the only video cassette I had in English, so when I watched it again on the big screen this week, I got major nerd goosebumps on every single song!

Hakuna Matata!

. my pixar animation reels .

2011-09-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

I just finished my animation interniship at Pixar. I learned so much during my stay in this amazing studio. Here are the shots I did.

. the shining .

2011-09-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

I started to draw as fast as I can every shot of The Shining. I was really impressed by the sets and composition choices Kubrick used.

I'm not done yet but I thought I'd share the first page.

. some life drawings .

2011-09-13T14:41:00.000-07:00

. bass girl .

2011-09-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

.who knows if the moon's a balloon.

2011-07-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

. polish lullaby.

. video blog numero trois .

2011-06-05T21:01:00.000-07:00

Here's my second video blog and my first.

L.

.dragon boy nominated for the Student Academy Awards 2011!.

2011-05-03T17:34:00.000-07:00

update: Dragon boy tied the GOLD MEDAL with Defective Detective. Congratulations to the winners!

WHOA! DragonBoy is nominated for the Student Academy Awards 2011. I feel SO lucky to have been part of this incredibly talented team. It was great fun to work with my friends and directors Bernardo Warman, Lisa Allen and Shaofu Zhang. I hope one day I'll get work with them again.

Check out the film if you haven't seen it yet:

. messy workshop sketches .

2011-04-16T17:55:00.000-07:00

. what's your favorite animal? .

2011-04-13T22:42:00.000-07:00

A big MERCI to the generous Kavi who's been inspiring me a lot lately. Check out his awesomeness!

L.

. something that fits in the palm of your hand .

2011-04-13T22:40:00.001-07:00

I've been spending most of my nights with that little guy. DADGUM !

. acoustille .

2011-04-06T19:14:00.000-07:00

.song-sketch: girl in the fire.

2011-03-08T22:06:00.000-08:00

A quick and dirty song-sketch of "Girl in the fire" by the very awesome Pendulum.

. friends! .

2011-03-06T11:15:00.000-08:00

My friends drew me this week!:

by Fernando

by Gin

by Nicole

. random sketchez .

2011-03-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

Je n'avais jamais saute aussi haut.

Cats are evil and they will take over the world with giant robots. Mark my words...

A short story I'm developing ... in my brain.

. LYRICS of the souls of distortion .

2011-02-19T16:15:00.000-08:00

I searched the lyrics on the internet but I couldn't find anything so I made my own:

00:00 (intro)
wah x 32

00:20
wah awah awahaaww?
wahawa awaawahoow!
awah? awaah wah!
woh oww? waaaha woohow!!
awah!! eeweeh wah woh wah woh woh ... (wah akwwaaah!)

00:36
wahwo wah woohwo???
wahawho! ahwaah wehwoh!
akwah? ahwah wah!
waheh! akwahwah wehwoh!
akwah? awah wah wah wah wah wa!

00:52
waweb? awah woh??? wah awah awaaw!!
waweb? awaaah wehob!! aw! awaaaw!
Wahawahawahweb??? Wah awah awaaaaw!!
waheb? ahwaheb???? wah awah awah wah!
wahebh? awaaa weh?? wah awah awwwwaw!
waheb?? waaab wob? wah awWwWeEeEewww!

01:16
aweh a'weheb!
awah' awah wah!
aweh a'weheb!
awah awah wah!
aweb aweheb,
awahwahheb wahneneb

weh weh weh weh weh ...
awah wah wah wah wah ...
Weh weh weh weh weh ....

01:52
(solo)

03:05
wah awah awahaaww???
wahawa awaa wahoow!
awah? awaah wah!
wohoww? waaa woo!
wwaa ehh weeh eweeh weh wah weh weh weh weh ... (wakalak KWA!)

03:22
wahwo wah woohwo? (waneneb!)
wahah! waah wehwoh!
akwah? ahwah wah!
waheh! akwahwah? wehwoh!
akwah? ahwah wah! wah weh wah wah wa!

03:37
(waweb) waweb?? awah woh?!! wah awah awaeeew!!!!
waweb?! akwah wehob!! aw! awaw!!!!
Wahaw! aawaahheb? Wah awah awooh web!!
waheb? ahwaheb???? waheb!! awah wah !
wahebh? awah wah!! wah awah awooh? wah!
wahawahawaaaawaaow! awah! awah wah!
awak awahob! wah awah a wahwah!

04:07
wahob! akwaob !
wah awoh awah wah!
akwak akwahob !
wahawanawob!

wah (till end)

Music and Lyrics by Joe Satriani

. quotes .

2011-02-12T11:41:00.000-08:00

I watched Molière recommended by Carlos Banea and picked up a couple of interesting quotes about acting. I think they work pretty well for animation too:

L'enemi c'est le doute

Doubt is the enemy

C'est un metier du sentir, et non pas de l'apparence

Acting (animation) is a job of feeling and not appearance.

. union square sketches .

2011-01-08T16:18:00.000-08:00

. video blog numero 2 .

2011-01-04T17:19:00.000-08:00

High Quality:
http://www.vimeo.com/18444484

Merci a mes proches qui on fait de moi qui je suis aujourd'hui.

.le téléphone a sonné.

2010-12-14T12:49:00.000-08:00

I got a phone call today that made my day! :)

.fun times with the tablet.

2010-12-12T19:19:00.000-08:00

. we are animators .

2010-12-06T22:57:00.000-08:00

Anyone looking for walk cycle reference?

. patience .

2010-12-05T19:03:00.000-08:00

"Patience is a virtue", right?

. song-sketch: j'hallucine .

2010-10-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

"Que s'allume le ciel
Que se fende la terre
Devenir éternel
Tournez la poussière
Je gravirai les montagnes d'or
Et le corps dans le corps
Au sommet
Dans le sang unifié
De tes nuits sans frontières
Je serai la lumière
Comme un guerrier vaudou
Seul au milieu des loups
Que les tambours indiens
Nous montrent le chemin
Dans le paranormal
Dans l'animal instinct"

J'hallucine de Saez

. birthday scans .

2010-10-01T15:41:00.000-07:00

Today is my birthday! I decided to step away from my shot, relax and scan a few drawings.

Time to go back and animate.

.song-sketch. .crystalised.

2010-09-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

Things have gotten closer to the sun
and I've done things in small doses
so don't think that I'm pushing you away
When you're the one I've kept closest.

Crystalised, from The XX.

L.

.song-sketch. .anthem for a seventeen year old.

2010-09-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

Athem for a seventheen year old by Broken Social Scene.

. quick sketches .

2010-09-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

The quick sketches workshops are back, and it's awesome.

.song-sketch. .light the way.

2010-09-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

"Now the rain is turning red, As God is bleeding
When you are dancing
Your dress is covered in blood
But you keep dancing
And you keep dancing
As i watch you, I swear
I'll stay with you up there"

Song-sketch of Damien Saez's song: Light the way.

. song-sketch: so gorgeous .

2010-08-30T17:04:00.000-07:00

"Ne baisse pas les yeux
Et laisse les destins
Et le vert et le bleu
Se marient si bien"

A quick song-sketch of Damien Saez's song: So Gorgeous.

.recreated poses.

2010-08-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

Yo!

We had to recreate poses in 3d during my Class 5 of Animation Mentor. I had a lot of fun doing them, especially with the new Bishop 2.0 Rig:

Picture 1 source: The Greyhandgang

Picture 2 source: Dr.Horrible
Picture 3 source: Asterix Mission Cleopatre
Picture 4 source: Le Diner de Cons
Picture 5 source: My mentor Peter Kelley
Picture 6 source: Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf?
Picture 7 source: La haine

Picture 8 source: My lovely friend Mariana Pistone

. yerba buena park in august .

2010-08-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

I think it's time to buy a new scanner ...

. canif humain .

2010-08-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

. song-sketch: when I decide .

2010-07-31T11:27:00.000-07:00

"And when I decide to kill you
I'll do it with my hands
And fine gloves worth the death of a gentleman
My words may seem mighty hollow
But don't doubt that I can
'Cos I've got long fingers for a woman"

When I decide from My Terrible Friend

. fashion workshops and summer doodles .

2010-07-27T16:51:00.000-07:00

Those fashion summer workshops where fun. I am starting to miss male models.

. dragon boy .

2010-07-12T11:26:00.000-07:00

Dragonboy is a collaborative thesis created by three of my friends: Lisa Allen, Bernie Warman and Shaofu Zhang.

I helped out a little bit with animation. I am so glad to have been part of this.

Visit: dragonboythemovie.com for more information!

. premier workshop de l'été .

2010-06-25T16:37:00.000-07:00

. downtown quick sketches .

2010-06-25T16:33:00.000-07:00

. song-sketch : if you think you need some lovin' .

2010-06-02T15:04:00.000-07:00

Song-sketch from the song: If you think you need some lovin' from Pomplamoose.

. video blog numero un .

2010-05-25T09:45:00.000-07:00

. song-sketch: le commun des mortels .

2010-05-19T08:51:00.000-07:00

A song-sketch of the song Le commun des mortels of Pomplamoose.

. snatch rant .

2010-05-15T20:21:00.000-07:00

Last semester, JD had an eye opening lecture about eye-direction in a sequence/shot or demo reel.

I watched Snatch today. I'm such a big fan of the movie I thought I'd share what I've seen:

One of my favorite sequences of the movie is the 'chase'. I frame-by-framed it and noticed how briliantly this sequence was executed.

Check out the eye direction (it's a bit messy :D ):

Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rQiIF9Fun4

Notice the zig zaggy change of direction, to make it feel like a chase, this is too cool:

And then back again:

And again:

Finally, check out the line of action of those cuts. I watched the movie several times before but never noticed it until now

I don't think Guy Ritchie could have picked better then Mirwais' music for this montage. It's my dream to one day animate to music.

Thanks for reading.

. quick studies workshop ENDS .

2010-05-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

The quick studies workshops ended this week. I'm going to miss it.

I got so inspired by the teacher and the students, I can't wait for it to start again in the Fall.

Here are a couple of pages of this Monday's session:

. yellow tricycle .

2010-05-01T18:45:00.000-07:00

"Viens je t’emmène
Sur mon tricycle jaune."

Damien Saez

. song-sketch: les cours des lycées .

2010-04-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

I did this quick doodle while listening to 'Les cours des Lycées" from Saez.

I picked up my pencil when the song started and put it down when it ended. I call this: song-sketch!

. 2 - 4 minutes workshop sketches .

2010-04-27T10:10:00.000-07:00

. the cannibal's daughter .

2010-04-14T10:02:00.000-07:00

" La fille du cannibale
a mis du beurre dans sa Tefal
Elle découpe des morceaux de viande
Qu’elle lui prépare comme une offrande

Il arrive qu’elle invite des hommes
Mais ce n’est pas elle qui les consomme
Si tu crois qu’c’est facile de faire face
Et de faire disparaitre les traces"

Mickey 3d

Lisa did a drawing too! :

. peter-pan drawing workshop .

2010-04-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

Amazing theme this year at the costume carnival.

. workshop + heads .

2010-04-07T11:09:00.000-07:00

This week, I drew the students in the last 40 minutes of the workshop. It was so much fun I think I'm going to keep doing that from now on.

. wondercon .

2010-04-04T17:18:00.000-07:00

I just got back from Wondercon and got some awesome new art books to add to my collection.
I always ask the artists to do a quick sketch of me in the front page:

Artwork by Peter de Sève.

Check out his book.

Artwork by Stephen Silver.

Check out his book.

Artwork by Nicolas Villarreal.

Check out his blog.

. spring break jam .

2010-03-27T18:23:00.000-07:00

Quick and dirty cover of "Save Goddess" by Saint Seiya using my Iphone.

. open mic .

2010-03-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

I went to an open mic night with some of my friends this week and got reminded once again how many incredibly talented people there are out there.

. recycle .

2010-03-20T11:58:00.000-07:00

Look what I found!

Rrrogntudjuuu!! I almost forgot about this assignment!

L.

. monday workshops .

2010-03-15T21:03:00.000-07:00

I've been going to a quick studies workshop on Mondays with my buddy Eric.

I'm amazed how much this workshop grew! There are at least 50 students, all from different majors and backgrounds in the workshop. Very inspiring.

Feels refreshing to get away from the computer for a couple of hours.

L.

. playblast characters .

2010-03-15T20:38:00.000-07:00

I quickly do these while I'm waiting for my computer to log on and when I'm waiting for Maya to playblast.

L.

. more workshops .

2009-11-28T19:47:00.000-08:00

. weekly challenge: famous halloween monsters .

2009-11-04T19:43:00.001-08:00

. charlie huit .

2009-11-04T19:42:00.001-08:00

An early character design for one of my animations.

L.

. weekly challenge: B.L.T .

2009-10-25T18:50:00.001-07:00

Batman Likes Tetris.

L.

. 24 .

2009-10-14T14:43:00.001-07:00

. weekly challenge: beatles .

2009-10-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

Abbey Road.

L.

. weekly challenge: auto portrait .

2009-10-04T22:11:00.001-07:00

. more workshops .

2009-10-04T20:17:00.000-07:00

. cléopâtre .

2009-10-04T20:16:00.000-07:00

Drew this after watching one of my chilhood cartoon.

L.

. animation mentor assignment sketches .

2009-09-16T09:43:00.001-07:00

Strenght

Exhausted

Excitement

Despair

Concerned

Balance

. sketchbook stuff .

2009-09-09T21:22:00.001-07:00

. summer workshops .

2009-07-21T16:55:00.001-07:00

. meet: me .

2009-07-17T21:49:00.001-07:00

. vestres .

2009-07-09T18:17:00.000-07:00

. some sketches .

2009-07-06T13:07:00.001-07:00

. long lost oldies .

2009-06-28T16:15:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning up my hard drive today when I found these animations buried deep inside. AWESOME!

L.

. summer sketches .

2009-06-15T05:33:00.000-07:00

.4min.

2009-04-27T19:41:00.001-07:00

Some 4 minute sketches from class.

L.

.jumeaux.

2009-02-27T15:54:00.001-08:00

.sunday jam.

2009-02-08T22:10:00.000-08:00

A lousy interpretation of Joe Satriani's Ten Words.

L.

.bellydancer.

2009-01-23T18:21:00.000-08:00

I went to see a Bellydancer show this week. I was blown away by the flexibly of the dancers.

L.

.igor.

2009-01-18T16:18:00.001-08:00

.grand mère.

2009-01-11T20:15:00.001-08:00

.dogs rule.

2009-01-04T18:42:00.001-08:00

.coin d'enfants.

2008-12-23T17:03:00.000-08:00

While I was waiting for my flight, I thought it would be a good idea to sit in the 'kid's play area" to draw a little bit.
I saw on the floor, several colored arrows all pointing in random directions.
I realized it has been a while since I ran around all over the place without worrying about anything.

L.

.études d'oiseaux.

2008-12-22T19:18:00.000-08:00

Practicing with my tablet.

L.

.père-noël.

2008-12-15T11:30:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays!

L.

.weekly challenge: old people in the future.

2008-11-30T20:32:00.000-08:00

Presenting the: i-life 3000 (500 TB).
Coming to you in the near future.

L.

.Z.

2008-11-23T22:29:00.001-08:00

My favorite cousin.

L.

.workshop.

2008-11-22T12:10:00.001-08:00

Whoa! It's been a while since I went to a figure drawing workshop. Here are some 5 and 10 minute poses I made today.

L.

.weekly challenge: transportation.

2008-11-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

.port commercial.

2008-10-26T19:12:00.001-07:00

.tour de garde.

2008-10-19T18:20:00.000-07:00

An unfortunate warrior whom turn has come to guard the village gate.

L.

.(messy) workshop sketch.

2008-10-19T18:18:00.000-07:00

It was refreshing to draw the male figure again.

L.

.fumée venimeuse.

2008-09-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

.éphémère-eternité.

2008-09-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

"Que L'éphémère devienne Eternité,
Let the Ephemeral become Eternity, "

Damien Saez

.(messy) workshop sketches.

2008-09-21T17:34:00.000-07:00

Break's over! Back to the drawing workshops!

L.

.id.

2008-09-13T13:10:00.000-07:00

.workshop sketches.

2008-07-24T22:56:00.000-07:00

The Figure has always been my favorite subject to draw. Every sketch I do reveals something new. The anatomy of the Human body is so complex it makes me feel that I have so much more to learn.

L.

.henri le policier.

2008-07-24T22:51:00.001-07:00

This is Henri, a character I created for one of my classes. He is an overly dedicated cop who takes his job way too seriously. Unfortunately for him, nothing evil really happens in his small and peaceful town but the kids of the neighborhood keep him pretty busy.

L.

.vieux voyageur.

2008-07-24T22:47:00.000-07:00

Airport sketch.

L.

.vue de dos.

2008-06-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

20 min pose I did a while back.

L.