I just did this for fun this while working on APU’s Interactive Christmas Card. It did manage to make its way into the concept art gallery, but ended up fairly small. I thought I’d post a better version.
Bob and the General
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Self-Explanatory
Stickman Bob in a Boat
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Well, I thought I should try my hand at a little old-fasioned animation, and here’s the result. (The beginning with the blobby things was just a bit of playing around until I decided what it was I actually going to do.)
Actually, the entire thing was pretty much made up as I went along. The next one will have more of a plot, I promise. Though it won’t necessarily be any longer. Or have water, since that’s rather annoying to animate. Then again, I like how some of its reactions worked out, as when the boat falls in.
Lumpy Slug
Some Creatures are Never Satisfied
Yes, those do seem to be slippers. Maybe that’s the problem.
Introducing the Sketchbook
I just recently got a small sketchbook and pen, which, thanks to their aforementioned size, should be able to accompany me places where my other ones couldn’t have. This should (theoretically) allow me to practice the art of… art, I suppose, more often than previously. The sketches from this book, then, are also going be pretty quick and rough, as I’m not using a pencil to do a bit of preemptive work before putting ink to page.
Anyway, here’s one of the first entries: A hasty tribute to the last vestiges of the Christmas season and to furry-hatted men with polearms everywhere.
The Bob Chronicles: Imitating the Masters
If you look closely at the third figure to the right, it’s interesting to note that this may actually be a hermaphrodite by the name of Jamie rather than the Apostle Paul as was previously speculated. This revelation of course turns many traditions on their heads, including that of the Holy Grail, which, rather than being the goblet used by Christ at the last supper to smack Peter in the face, actually turns out to be a beer stein crafted by a guy named Hans during the Franco-Prussian war.
The Pope’s only comment was, “Oops.”
That’s the Jingle Bell Roc
Just a bit of bad mythological Christmas humor.
The Other Side of Santa
Really, though, he isn’t quite as dangerous as he looks. Santa’s new toy is simply the Sparklemaster 3000 “Making glittering easy!”
Then again, those who’ve ever managed to get glitter on themselves would probably tell you that it’s easier simply to commit suicide and just let the glitter fall from your rotting corpse than to try and remove it any other way.