Rocky Kev's Blog

Check out my new website

2011-11-17T10:01:00.001-05:00

I have a new website at

www.Rockykev.com.

I'll be updating from there.

-Rocky

Missed Connections

2010-11-14T16:58:00.001-05:00

A short story I was working on during my break. The story is not mines. I was hoping to create a comic book filled with short stories like this. Maybe I’ll get back to that one day.

Pink Martini – Ohayoo Ohio

2010-09-01T00:47:00.001-04:00

My most recent release. Something I’ve been thinking of doing for a while. It took a full 2 weeks of work nonstop. 5 hours left, I was lucky to have my friend’s powerful laptop render it for me.

Jook Song

2009-12-04T13:36:00.001-05:00

The latest version of the Jook Song project. It’s one of the many pieces of animation that I am providing. This is still rough on the art, as the focus was on object placement and flow. This is far from the final copy.

Famous International Variety Show

2009-12-04T13:34:00.001-05:00

I was recruited to make a postcard design for a comedy performance. The one below is the final look. The 2 with girls in it is original art that the director wanted but later gave up to go for a more simplistic design.

Birthday card

2009-11-10T05:05:00.001-05:00

A card I made for a birthday. Spent about 7 hours putting it together. Cost me 3 bucks to print it out on cardstock glossy paper.

L4D2 Versus the Beatles

2009-11-10T05:03:00.001-05:00

A poster I did for this forum competition. I spent a lot of time just getting the instruments to look right.

Jook Song project

2009-10-30T12:37:00.001-04:00

A animation project. This is a basic coloring idea on how the overall animation should look.

Art Pieces

2009-10-28T02:03:00.001-04:00

Some art pieces I did this month. Very quick work. 2 hours tops. The Dog unicorn one is intentionally ironic, to poke fun at Wolf Shirts.

Wendys Fever

2009-10-28T01:59:00.001-04:00

A very quick animation I made for a Wendy’s competition. My free time seems to be committed less on personal pleasure and more on winning stuff. :)

Steampunkish

2009-10-28T01:51:00.001-04:00

A steampunk piece I did for GameX. Spent a good week on it.

Flying to the Movies

2009-09-14T01:16:00.001-04:00

A 30-second trailer project completed in record time. It took a day to plan the idea, a week to create the artwork, and 2 more weeks to fine tune the process. Accompanying it is amazing music by Wayne Hsu, and directed by Gary San Angel. Artwork and animation by me!

Children’s Book

2009-07-07T13:36:00.001-04:00

Took about 4 days – 20 hours.

Background art

2009-06-26T17:02:00.001-04:00

From the Mika Film. The first picture is a expanded market scene, with a lot of action going on. It took about 3 days – 15 hours. The other two only took about 3 hours a piece.

Mika animations

2009-06-11T12:06:00.000-04:00

Here are two of the rough animations in the Project Mika. It’s using placeholder art in order to capture the timing.

Batman Always helps

2009-06-11T10:12:00.002-04:00

Did the layout during work a month ago. Pretty fast if I do say.

Art Style

2009-06-10T13:05:00.003-04:00

I didn’t forget about this place.

Random Comics

2009-05-19T00:51:00.000-04:00

I made these comics last year. Thought I put it into the archives.

Commercial pieces

2009-05-08T01:02:00.000-04:00

These are some pieces of art that I was requested to do – and I did it on my free time.

Concepts

2009-04-29T01:07:00.000-04:00

Here are some recent pieces that I wasn’t too fond off outside of the sketch stage. It didn’t go where I wanted and I sort of nodded off afterwards.

Roughness

2009-04-26T01:00:00.000-04:00

Some Rough art that I sketch out. I always like this stuff. Sometimes more than the final result. Click HERE for finalized version.

Postcards and Cards

2009-03-25T01:10:00.000-04:00

Here are some cards I’ve made a while back. I’m still catching up on posting up the various things I’ve done over the years.

Beach House Comic

2009-03-12T16:22:00.002-04:00

Something I worked on during May 2008 after a fun trip at the beach. This is the pdf file here. http://www.mediafire.com/?t2slqtxzdlj

It’s pretty low-quality. If you want the high-quality version, just toss me a email.

Mika

2009-01-19T18:37:00.003-05:00

This is significant because I drew this maybe 2 and a 1/2 years ago (Mid 2006. I’m still kind of proud of how it turned out. I didn't have a plot, and drew it one page at a time, scripting in the process. It captures a lot of how I draw now.

I’m excited to say that I’m bringing her back, only this time – in animated form.

Balloon Story Good

2009-01-19T17:18:00.006-05:00

It's finally done. I probably put in about 120 man-hours working on it. A lot of time was spent just trying to find the best way to organize it. That last push today was a good 10 hours.

This is my first project ever using the Adobe Suite. I'm proud of it.

Big Eyed Photos

2009-01-15T04:05:00.002-05:00

I made this in October 2008, as part of a project involving my 2008 Summer. The goal was to complete it in less than a week.

Rollercoaster Comic

2009-01-15T00:07:00.001-05:00

Rollercoaster Comic. Done in December 2008.

Koaloha Comic Poster

2009-01-09T12:10:00.001-05:00

The flow is much better. It feels more coherent. And, I starteed really playing with a bunch of new brushes.

Balloon Rough Draft 5

2009-01-03T06:11:00.001-05:00

The most recent render.

Koaloha Comic draft

2009-01-03T06:07:00.002-05:00

Finished the demo Koaloha comic. It's still in beta.
It's extremely colorful. Maybe, too colorful.

Balloon Story Rough 4

2009-01-01T16:54:00.001-05:00

This is a early morning build.

Fixed a lot of little things. Cleaned up the paths. Made little animations, such as birds flapping. The flow is better. But it's reached the point where the backgrounds I make will determine the overall feel. The fireworks are just dandy.

A lot of the little issues have been corrected, such as the windmill not panning. I'm currently working on the backgrounds right now.

Balloon Rough Draft 2

2008-12-31T03:53:00.001-05:00

Newest vid. I stupidly keep trying to make true-HD animation videos, resulting in super-lag on my end - both for rendering and for just using the workspace. Next video project, I'm bringing the res to something more manageable. (like 1/4 of the size)

Originally, I compressed it in Rough Draft/Quarter size. Result? 1.5 gigs. I tossed it in virtualDub with a really lame compressor to bring it to 50 megs. Quality doesn't matter. The focus was seeing the overall flow. The backgrounds are all Googled. I was using both the colors and settings to help plot out how the real background will look.

Notes :
-Clean up the dog motion
-Change the 'sky' movement.
-Color Jetpack girl.
-Don't make the Windmills move in the composite. Move them in the Full Copy.
-Don't make Roof Girl move in the composite. Move them in the Full Copy.
-Clean up Balloon Boy's path before meeting Roof girl.
-Stretch out Balloons Flying composition.
-Fireworks. Use After Effects fireworks.

Balloon Rough Draft

2008-12-28T16:31:00.001-05:00

Balloon Rough Draft.

This is a rough draft of a short video project I'm working on.

Rollercoaster Title

2008-12-28T16:27:00.000-05:00

Drew this today. Finished the Rollercoaster comic. It's pretty sweet.

Rollercoaster Draft

2008-12-11T00:51:00.000-05:00

A 16-page rough draft of Lucinda : Rollercoaster Dreams. Spent 4 hours rough drafting the first half, then I spent the rest of today to finish the rest. About 10 hours of work.

Updates : For the inked version, visit this. HERE

Rules of Dating

2008-12-07T16:48:00.000-05:00

A facebook entry I thought about it in the shower.
It had some comic parts. I spent about 2 hours drawing, then 2 hours posting. I hate how it takes that much time to do things.

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Everybody always uses baseball as a analogy for their relationship status. I feel that's bullshit. I am NOT a baseball player. I am a video gamer. And we gamers are accustomed to stages, not bases. Without further adeu, I provide you with the Stages of Dating.

The 'Meh. I can do worse' stage
The stage where you decide you want to date this person. And you may not know why yet. Disregarding his previous arrest records and the last relationship he had, she turned missing. But there must be something mysterious about him that you want to know. And hence, let the dating begin!

The hand-holding stage
With early daters, this is a stage that brings about a lot of excitement. This is the first time you guys bond. Look at her - She's so pretty, with her circular head and her eyes... and ear... and nose... and other ear... and mouth. So pretty that you want to reach into her pants-- I mean, hands . Yes. Hand-holding. It's so sweet.

The photo stage
It's like, you want to tell the world, but you don't want to outright say it. It's like saying that you're dating, but you can deny it if you want. It's comparable to peeing around him to mark your territory. You sort of want to remind people that he's yours, and he reeks of your pee.

The 'I speak french with my mouth' stage
Probably the most daring stage. Where when the two are lip-locking, and either one decides to thrust their tongue into the other's mouth. Of which, she backs up and goes, "What are you talking about? I didn't french you. My tongue slipped."

The home run
You know what I'm talking about. The field goal. The touch down. The hole-in-one. The slam dunk. The SHAZAAAM! The bow chicka bow wow. The Giggidy giggidy. Yeah, I'm running out of things to say.

The 'I'm dating him on facebook' stage
It's not complicated. Hell, you weren't even single. But you finally have the balls to tell the internet that you are, indeed, DATING this guy. It could be that you're no longer embarrassed about the way he dresses, or the way he dances, or how he smells like a tree. And I've seen fluctuations with this stage. Some people put it up instantly, while others don't even bother - even after 10 years. It's a serious sign of serious commitment.

The sexual fetish stage
The stage where you start experimenting. You're comfortable with each other. You start sharing things that you never wanted to share. You jokingly bring it up while holding each other on the couch - just to see if he's interested. And to your surprise, he is! And then it only goes downhill from there.

The awkward 'we can talk in the bathroom' stage
It's the stage where you guys are SO comfortable with each other, that you guys can talk anywhere. But pooing? The bathroom is a PRIVACY ZONE! I don't want to talk to you while excreting my droppings! But if you want - then power to you. Yeah, I won't be surprised if it's part of the 'sexual fetish' stage. OOOOH! CHEAP SHOT! BURN.

The 'I can't do anything without her' stage
Probably the most destructive stage ever. Where, you no longer want to cook because your lover just cooks so much better than you. Or maybe it's not cooking. Maybe it's doing laundry, or bathing, or milking cows. Whatever it is, you just stop doing it because she's better at it. And now you can't even think of living without them being there to do it for you.

The 'I'll still love you even if you were thrown until lava' stage.
That's some real serious commitment. Even if he burned his arm off? What about his lower torso? How about if he looked all creepy-like, like Freddy Kruegar?