First test of a new style of 2D characters for Studio Hrimfaxi’s next animation: Pegasus X5: The Invisible Invaders!
Tag: Science Fiction
“Animated Me” for the 2020 Lockdown
Just prior to our city entering lockdown back in March, 2020, the company I worked for set up the entire staff to be able to work from home with little to no service interruptions for our company, nor any downgrade…
Starship Hrimfaxi Episode 01, Epilogues
It looks like the action in the Janus system is done for now… but is it really all over? Jump into adventure with the Starship Hrimfaxi! “The Hrimfaxi Adventures” are 3D animations, “Starship Hrimfaxi” are 2D. A dab of inspiration…
Starship Hrimfaxi Episode 01, Part 03
Do the nefarious goings-on in the Janus System come to an end, or is this just the beginning of something much bigger? Episode One, The Janus Jump: Part 3 of 3. “The Hrimfaxi Adventures” are 3D animations, “Starship Hrimfaxi” are…
Starship Hrimfaxi Episode 01, Part 02
Episode One: The Janus Jump, Part 2 “The Hrimfaxi Adventures” are 3D animations, “Starship Hrimfaxi” are 2D. A dab of inspiration from Star Trek: The Animated Series, a dollop of Fireball XL5, a pinch of Norse Mythology with a heavy…
Back to the “retro” Future, Toon-Style!
DC comics in the late 50s and early 60s had a strong Science Fiction vibe running through most of their titles, in many cases due to editors Julius “Julie” Schwartz and Mort Weisinger, both of who were long-time science fiction agents and…
de terra ad astra
My earliest genre influences, – as with many children at the time -– came from television, movies and comics/books. On the TV front, I was born too late to enjoy the runs of Space Patrol, Rocky Jones-Space Ranger, Tom Corbett-Space Cadet…
Webboid Evolution Part 1
One seed for what grew into Webboids began in the 1950s and 1960s with a number of Artifical Intelligences (“AIs”) that appeared in books and media at the time. Robbie the Robot (from Forbidden Planet), Gort (from The Day the…
Webboids!
This is a test page done a few years ago; the Webboid character is a morphed version of the 3D model “Chibi-Boy”, while the test page was assembled in Comic Life on an iPad. The Webboid featured in this sample…
Retro Science Fiction
Very, very loosely inspired by “The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree” series of children’s books by Louis Slobodkin. The scene here uses models from two talented DAZ Published Artists, the “Toon Rocket” model from 3djoji and “Humble Homestead in the…