clayton tsang's blog

New Site!

2010-05-06T10:41:00.000-07:00

Made a new site to use for portfolio. Check it out under the links tab or at this address:

http://tsangclportfolio.blogspot.com/

And heres something that started off as a simple title card but one thing led to another and I ended up Michael Baying it. Its way too flashy to be taken seriously but it was still fun to do especially the sound mixing!

demoreel title animation from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

Demo Reel 2010

2010-05-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

a mix of old and new stuff.

demoreel animation 2010 from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

BRAN work in progress

2010-05-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

Some rough animation from my short film which I probably wont get around to finishing anytime soon. I was pretty overwhelmed by that one scene which ran on for almost 24 seconds. It was important to me that there be no camera moves or cuts to distract from the performance. It was difficult tracking the pupils and expressions so that it feels like hes conscious of his moms presence yet is improvising to find places to hide his cereal. It was also important that he places all the hiding spots in such a way that would result in the freak accident later on in the story without being too obvious. Theres still plenty of things to fix but I hope you like it.

BRAN trailer from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

BRAN - seq2 5 from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

character studies

2010-02-03T22:29:00.000-08:00

getting used to drawing my character before i dive in....

Costumed Life Drawing

2010-01-19T21:47:00.000-08:00

10 mins / water colours + ink = fun

Leica Final (for now)

2010-01-19T20:31:00.000-08:00

For better or worse, this is going to be the version I go into production with. No more time to tweak and make adjustments, I need to start layouts and animation! Hopefully this reads clearer now, I redrew some of the boards so the plot no longer requires dialogue. let me know what you think and best of luck to all my hard working peers!

BRAN leica reel from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

Brooklyn's Finest

2009-12-09T01:00:00.000-08:00

just saw the trailer and it looks every bit as good if not better than Training Day. and I'm a fan of pretty much anything Don Cheadle touches.

Oink.

2009-11-18T19:09:00.000-08:00

some animation I did for our 3rd year group film.

Hogwild - seq3scene7-8_ALL from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

Hogwild - seq4scene20_ALL from Clayton Tsang on Vimeo.

What we do in life

2009-11-15T13:37:00.000-08:00

echoes in eternity.

More Watercolor Concept

2009-11-13T14:19:00.000-08:00

Leica Thus Far

2009-11-11T23:18:00.000-08:00

Didn't submit this on time for the screening so I'm posting this here to get as much feedback as possible. Missing the dialogue and in the process of tightening up shots and reboarding the ending.

Some things unclear in the leica:
during the cartoon comercial, his mom yells at him offscreen to go eat breakfast before tv, the cereal he initially pours is branded the same as his favorite show, and the cereal his mom gives him is nasty, dry, pasty bran.

Looking at this now, it feels that I spent all this time worrying about whether or not things made sense that the entertainment part is missing. I really need help so any comments or suggestions would be awesome!

Just for Fun

2009-10-13T21:53:00.000-07:00

Just to be clear, I hate furries but Guarnido's Blacksad is just way too awesome! Needed a break from my short film and I wanted to play around with water colours again. Drapery is hard!

4th year film concept

2009-09-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

Some exploration drawings for the main character/locations and a quick colour study. Drew a lot of inspiration from Brad Birds Iron Giant and Calvin and Hobbes.

Concept for Hogwild

2009-04-30T20:04:00.001-07:00

Watercolour concept art for our 3rd year group film Hogwild.

demo reel 2009 updated

2009-04-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

ramp up the volume to watch with the music, it really helps!

WIP: lifting test

2009-01-19T18:36:00.000-08:00

My 3d animation always look so slow and sluggish. Its not until the third attempt at lifting the bowling bowl does it feel more urgent. hopefully I can go back and finish this piece when I get time.

arrested development lipsync updated

2008-12-29T21:37:00.000-08:00

first year stuff

2008-03-20T23:19:00.000-07:00

this is so embarrassing but I love Blacksad so whatever lol

WIP: Maya Audi TT model

2008-02-01T15:12:00.001-08:00

I love and also hate Maya. It makes the hard stuff simple, but complicates the easy stuff.

Realistic vs Stylized painting assignment

2008-01-30T16:56:00.000-08:00

Medical Drawings from U of T

2008-01-30T16:52:00.000-08:00

why so serious???

2008-01-09T19:25:00.001-08:00

too tired to go to school today..... PAINT JOKER! this is going to be an awesome movie I just know it.

And so it begins

2008-01-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Finally caved in to peer pressure and made a blog.

Anyways, i guess ill begin with stuff from highschool. Also the Lord of The Rings trilogy are THE most awesome movies............. EVER.