2D special effects

Untitled from Paul Petty on Vimeo.

I did this with Flash and After Effects as a study in special effects.

Houdini shader/texture

space ships from Paul Petty on Vimeo.

I did the shaders/textures in Houdini--all of it is node based. Paul Gerla created the program that generates the random space ships.

Paul Petty's Demo Reel of Winter 2012

Untitled from Paul Petty on Vimeo.

Make what you imagine.

This was a fun project. It's a design for me and my imaginary friend. I've actually never had an imaginary friend as a child, but I was pretty good at making friends. I guess real friends are just better.

This guy is inspired by Daft Punk and FLCL. The toolbox is based off my own box, and the kid with the big hair was me at about 7 years old.

Textures

I'm taking a drawing for animation class. It's a lot of fun, so I'm going to start posting updates more consistently on what I've done. Feel free to leave a comment if you feel inclined.



This is a texture study. from top to right: grease burnt onto a cookie sheet, sand, finger print, bark, scales, feathers, plaster, fried chicken, and brick wall.

Me

I've just started taking animation classes. Life has been busy and I haven't taken the time to update this blog in forever. So here's a little assignment from my storyboarding class. We had to draw self portraits and write a paper about who we are as story tellers. I'm not going to put the paper on here but here are the drawings. They depict common expressions that I use that some people might recognize on me.

Climbing

I really like to rock climb, but hardly ever get the chance and the equipment can be pricey for my wallet. So here's some sketches of photos of people climbin'. Climbers give you the coolest poses. And that's the end of that sketchbook.

My Little Brother

This is Richie Petty. He's my brother and he plays the drums with mad skill.

Turtles and rats seemed like something fun to draw after I watched some of the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies. That was a trip.

There's no reason necessary to draw ninjas, they're just way cool. This one protects people in the subways of England as an urban ninja.

More Empirates

They won battle of the bands in the Wilk by the way. They've got a great stage presence and a cool sound.

EMPIRATES

This is a local band called Empirates. Scott Manning is the bassist. I heard of them because he's a friend of mine. They're pretty new and I like their stuff. If you want to, keep an eye out for them at the Velour. They've played there quite a few times, and they're better every time.

Hey. It's the rhino head from the Bean Museum.

This is an old mission companion. I served with him for two transfers and a week. That's the longest I have ever served with anyone, and he was one my favorites. It was a blast to serve with Elder Snow. He's married now. You rock Dan.

So this is some stuff from my sketchbook that help get me into the animation program at BYU. I got a lot of the animals from the Bean Museum and the bird were from photos. I basically get everything from real life or photos of real life. I hope you like it. It was a long and fruitful project that taught me a lot.

Animation Final

This was what I turned in for my animation final. I hope Kelly likes it. He's my teacher.

Ruff and Tuff Afro Puff

This was a walk cycle. I got an A on the first time. Yay. I can't get it to cycle though. Oh well.

My Ball Bounce

This was the ball bounce assignment for the intro to animation class.

hhrryeeaah!

This is my good friend Aric. He's funny and plays the drums real good. The drawing's sort of a belated in-honor-of-said-friend's-birthday thing. Also, I'm trying to switch to the bolder medium of ink... It's a work in progress.

Sunday Siesta

Sunday Siestas are the best. Here's a few quick sketches from last Sunday. That's Katelyn writing in her journal and Marie striking a pose. They're two friends of mine.

I'd like to clean these drawings up in the future. I'll post them again when I do. Drawing from life is really hard.