Tonal Panel

Always love turning off the lines and just looking at the shapes

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Last of the figures

Totally done with my 1st semester here in the animation program at California College of the arts. Everything has gone better than expected and I am really excited to be a part of this young program. As corny as it may sound one of the biggest reasons I wanted to come here was to be part of this small little program's journey to awesomeness, which much came from talking with Lyndon on accepted student day who seemed very passionate about this program. Which to me is what it's all about, sheer passion for what you're doing, that shit is infectious.

Anyway, here's the last batch from my figure drawing class with Yee Jan Bao. Great class after all was said and done, I also picked up one insanely helpful protip from him: shapes. 

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Ballkick II

Added in some overlap, a bit of acting (nothing to write home about), and I think that's all...


ballkick II from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.

Ball Kick

Didn't get time to polish this up with the overlap, anticipation, etc. Just blocked in I guess. Err, I also think I got caught up again with solely the movement. We were just introduced to the graph editor in after effects which was pretty fun experimenting; the smooth spacing you can get from those curves- awesome.

Acting! Acting! Acting! Mr. Demille! Bah.


ballkick from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.

Jumpstick deux

Ended up doing the whole thing over, really didn't like the previous one. We didn't end up critiquing this in class, which is alright; had a lot of fun doing it. Getting used to after effects a bit so I don't spend most of the time trying to figure out how to get what I want on screen.

Anyway, here it is:

Jumpstick_deux_machina from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.

The Day Buddha Shot the Sun

This is the second animation we were supposed to make, but a crazier version. I think I went too far off; Lyndon was not amused.


Untitled from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.

Overlapping action animation

Focus was on overlapping action, talked about in class a bit on Chuck Jones, Red Hot Riding hood, some looney tunes and how even in The Incredibles we see lots of overlapping action

Assignment was to give these shapes a sense of overlapping action, that one moved, then the other and as the first one is going back the top one is just getting to that side, etc. This was also in after effects.


Untitled from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.