lundi, janvier 21, 2013

Animation for a Deezer commercial

My last animation job on this great commercial.
Directed by CRCR
Design by McBess




My work.
Deezer Animation from Xavier Ramonède on Vimeo.

lundi, septembre 10, 2012

La newyorkaise


She pretty much looks like la parisienne, in fact...

vendredi, août 31, 2012

AWAAAAAAAY

There's 3 explanations in this picture about why I no longer post:
1- I'm married since the beginning of august
2- I'm in New York ever since
3- I brought an old computer and a wacom tablet to work on my short film project

But I'll be back in Paris in few days and I'll try to post more :)


And few pictures.




lundi, juillet 23, 2012

2D Traditionnal Animation Tumblr

That's it, the indiegogo campaign is over! The first goal hasn't been reached but I'm very happy of the result. A lot of people really liked the project, so I'm more motivated than ever. I can't wait to start animation.

To celebrate the beginning of the production I've created  a tumblr about 2D traditionnal animation, enjoy !

vendredi, juillet 20, 2012

FINAL COUNTDOWN

There's only 40 hours left if you want to help me fund my film project There's something in the house.
Go on the INDIEGOGO PAGE NOW !!!!

If you can't give money, don't hesitate to share around you, on your blog or facebook page.

Thanks a lot guys ! I hope you like those last researches.




samedi, juillet 14, 2012

It's almost over !!

There's only one week left to help me fund my short film project There's something in the house !!!

Here's a layout from on of the first scene of the film, please go on this PAGE if you want this film to happen !


lundi, juillet 09, 2012

There's something in the house: Character designs

Sorry for the lack of news those last days but I'm spending all my time planning my wedding the next 4th of august. I'd never imagined how much work it was !

Here are the researches and the final designs of the two main characters of my short film project There's something in the house.
If you want to help me and if you want to know more about the project, go visite my INDIEGOGO page ! And spread around you, thanks guys.




And some character dev.


vendredi, juin 22, 2012

Colors Script

Here's the color script of my short film project There's something in the house.

If you want to know more about it and you want to help me fund my project, go on my Indiegogo page and spreed it around you. There's a lot of nice rewards for the funders !




lundi, juin 11, 2012

TISITH: Animation test

My short film project There's something in the house fund campaign is now launched on Indiegogo .
If you want to know more about this film and help me you can participate and help fund or just like the page and share it all around you !  Thank you guys.

GO GO ON INDIEGOGO TO HELP ME ! 
www.indiegogo.com/somethinginthehouse

So here is an animation and render test for the project:

mercredi, juin 06, 2012

There's something in the house !

Hi guys! I'm happy to introduce you to my short film project called There's something in the house.

If you want to know more about it, go to the Indiegogo page .

If you like the project and you want to be part of it, check the rewards, they might interest you! Depending on how generous you're, you can earn DVDs, drawings, animations and even an animation class. Don't forget to like the page and share it around you, if I have a lot of pageviews I'll have more chance to fund the film. Thanks!


lundi, juin 04, 2012

mardi, mai 08, 2012

Naked Beauty 4: Step by step

For the ones who are interested on how I work, here is a step by step of how I've done my last illustration.

I always use photoshop CS3 and a Cintiq 21UX. I can't tell you exactly wich brush I use, it's just a random one I time to time change in the Shape window (it's always better when you try to find your own brush you really like).

Because of my poor skills in english, I'll explain only the important parts, you'll find more details the layers (I use a french Photoshop and name my layers in french too, sorry guys).

1. I start with the rough drawing, no need to do it too very precise.

2. I start with the skin (here I use two different layers, one for the back arm and one for the rest).

3. Then I add layers for the shadows.
  

4. Then shoes and hair (different layers again).

5. Then I make a new folder for the face and I make every detail on a different layer (it's easier if you have to change something).

6. I had highlights and shadows on the hair and shoes.

7. I make the last details and correct few things.

8. I make selections to had halos and shadows on the skin. At this stage, I spend a lot of time playing with the layer modes and oppacity to find the perfect match.

9. I use the gradiant tool to make a subtle color effect.

10. And once again I look for the best mode and oppacity to have the best effect.

11. I select the "light" areas and put a little bit of light in it with the levels.

12. I do the same with the shadows.

13. I make a subtle highlight on the background.

14. The signature.

15. I add noise on a new white layer for the background, and the I play with the mode and oppacity.

16. Then I do the same just for the girl, to have the perfect amount of noise on the image.

17. Et voilà !


I hope it's clear enough, don't hesitate to ask questions.

vendredi, avril 20, 2012

Sleeping Beauty Prince

To celebrate the new layout of my blog, here is a line test of Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty animated by Milt Kahl. The drawings are provided by Andreas Deja on his blog.

mercredi, mars 14, 2012

Bear

I wanted to make a new illustration using real tools and paper. I first made an illustration in photoshop and then I tried different technics (including potatoe print) and succed only with ink and brush.





I'll certainly do new ones, making something real is great !

mardi, février 14, 2012

The Artist

A tribute to Jean Dujardin and the all crew of The Artist, good luck for the oscars !

vendredi, décembre 30, 2011

Goonies 2D animation



I've done this just for my reel, with a character I've created for a futur project and using a line from Chunk in The Goonies.
I've done it using my cintiq, Photoshop CS5 and Ctp (the paper texture is just for fun).