you better don't...

look who's back! makin a post on the blog of blogs. it's a me... caroline!

so lots of stuff has been going on in my world; visited the family in arizona, went camping on the beach, been working with some crazy dogs, been chased by some dogs, had "no naked!" in a few festivals (more i hope!), finished up the animation for "a plumbers tale" with jasser, been working on a few gigs here and there and now i'm starting on a fresh new animation project with jasser for a nickelodeon contest.

here's a little snippet of a peek:


the contest is called "15 seconds to fame" and the idea is that you have 15 seconds to make them laugh. we have until september 8th to get it all done and looking snap-tacular. i feel pretty good about this.

... that's candy in his mouth by the way.

I HAVE ANOTHER BLOG!

hey everybody! want to see all my stop motion fabrication work in one place? well now you can! because i have an all new blog just for that sort of thing. so head on over to the bare bear workbench. your happy times will be thankful for much fulfillment!

fun with cardboard

troll

fee, fie, foe... uh... gimmie your lunch money, squirt!

ANGRY HAMBURGER!

i just uploaded my "angry hamburger" design to the patched together website. if it wins it goes into production to become a vinyl toy! please tell all your family and friends and everyone you know to vote for me! and don't forget to vote for it yerself here

photoshop is amazing

i animated and rendered this as a quicktime... in photoshop. PHOTOSHOP! i have been dreaming of this moment for years. why didn't anyone tell me CS3 had animation capabilities sooner!?!! granted, it is a bit clunky but it is soooo worth it.

look! it's a flying "T"!

tea time

i was playin around with some tea water and pens then added some color in photoshop. i rather like the technique.

little prancing unicorn

little unicorn for a music video greg http://chickomon.blogspot.com/ is working on. i would have fixed the follow through on the tail but i ran out of time so i left that fix in the hands of greg.

BISON!

i can't believe i actually rode around on a bike wearing this thing. i had to do it all one handed because the other hand was needed to control the head (guess which arm is fake!). this was an amazingly fun costume/puppet to build and i learned a lot. i have so many ideas for other puppet costumes now!

i have some video of the costume in action but my after effects is acting up and doesn't want to render things out properly. hopefully i can upload that soon!

a weasel, a mule and a cat

more fun stuff!

more plumbers tale animation

waiting for carol to pick me up so we can go to disneyland!!!!

updated 2-d demo reel

with a side of super special sauce

Caroline Foley 2-D Animation Demo Reel from caroline foley on Vimeo.

party town party for party people!

flyer i made for an upcoming event

be there or kindly be somewhere else

the wind wolf

old sculpture! geez, i haven't posted in a while. but i have been busy animatin and doin art related stuffs. i have two new demo reels, fabrication photos, animation footage and other crap so i will steadily be uploading that here whenever i can remember.

so for now, enjoy the wind wolf! made in... 2006? maybe? somewhere around there.

baby mammoth and friends

oh look, i made a crappy little title thing for my blog :o

so i was up until about 4 in the morning watching this thing on the national geographic website about a frozen baby mammoth. the thing looked like a giant hunk of beef jerky shaped like an elephant. needless to say, i was inspired. but in a cute way.

i made the little mammoth pretty quick since i opted to use hot glue instead of hand sewing it. it is just a bit chunky but really not as bad as i thought it would be. definitely passable.








i am also now working on a series of monster paintings for a gallery that will happen in two months. the theme is monsters and robots. oh boy!

i made a hand puppet

i based the pattern from a hand puppet i already have. i am really on a puppet kick right now, i think i am going to try to make another one of these little ones. sewing things by hand takes a long time though so i am gonna bust out the old glue gun on this next one. i hope it doesn't turn out too chunky...




scrunchy face!

sad and indifferent animals wearing scarves

i couldn't sleep...

i think i like the tiger and the mule the best.

dancing televisions, cockroaches and butt shakin

more animation from that short film i am working on with jasser and javier. the film has a plumber in it so of course you have to show plumbers crack.

the easter bison

happy easter from the easter bison! well it is just about 3 am here so if this post is incoherent you can guess why.

progress is being made but i am finding that the problem with controlling the head with my hand is that my hand is attached to my arm on the side of my body. if i had an extra arm coming out of my stomach things would be just swell right now, but i don't... so i'll just have to make one!

diabolical plans that need more planning. it needs to be able to sway from side to side and up and down if possible and also needs to be able to open and close the mouth. it must also be made with things i have laying around or can get for very cheap because i am dirt ass poor.


the awkwardness! see, it looks like the head is shooting out of the side of the body. it also KILLS my hand to try to get it into a semi decent position. i also need more fur.


good news is the head is almost done now! but it is kinda small i think. hopefully i can stuff the top with enough fluff to fix that problem without giving him a neanderthal forehead.

hummingbird colored

this is the hummingbird footage i did for that film i am working on, but it is a bit confusing without the rest of the footage and the background which jasser has. the hummingbird flies down to smell some flowers, there is some rumbling which he reacts to and he flies away as some pipes shoot out of the earth. the timing on this test is going to be different from what is in the film but you get the idea of what is happening. i am pretty excited, this thing is coming together pretty fast and it is looking really nice.

c. bison

so i am making a bison costume for some reason. it started out as a puppet and things just escalated from there.



the head


the horns



first stage of hump, made out of lycra for stretchy bonus


i sewed the rest of it together and stuffed it with fluff. the hump is complete!

PILLOW FIGHT

on saturday there was a giant pillowfight in pershing square in downtown los angeles. can you believe that? a giant pillow fight! in los angeles! there were so many feathers in the air i was literally inhaling them. good thing i had my bandanna, i put it on cowboy style and used it as a breathing mask. my camera took a beating but it amazingly is still working (check out the video for proof). i have no idea how long the event lasted, i was there for maybe an hour smacking people around and it was still happening after i left. there is something rather satisfying about slamming complete strangers with the pillow you rest your head on at night.

and apparently there were pillow fights all over the world, it was global pillow fight day!

hummingbird test 1

my friend jasser asked me to help him on a project he is working on. this is the first test from the opening scene, which looks very different from the rest of the film.

i love going over to peoples houses and animating with them :D i love it so much! this was a lot of fun. good thing there is more work to do :)

care bear STARE!

i have had this idea on my mind for a few days now and i simply couldn't do anything else until i had shat these out of my brain. thank you google images and cheap photoshop techniques! what i really want is to get some taxidermy animals and have an exhibit of "real" 80's cartoon characters. unfortunately taxidermy animals are very expensive. i need a sponsor or something.