MAKKON

Got a few hours today to work on this one some more, hope that...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:00 -0600

Got a few hours today to work on this one some more, hope that I’m not overdoing it!
A few rendering issues, and the last verse still isn’t finished.

Back from my honeymoon! Commissions resume after some recuperation!

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:50:03 -0600

My wife is much more hardcore for walking around in 90degree weather for 12 hours and going on rides than I am. I got my butt kicked, but it was amazing and I’m ready to get back to work.

My commission model! Help us stay ahead of rent!

And what do you think? Is it time for me to publish an album? Should I do music commissions?

About that: if a picture is worth a thousand words, a song is worth a million. If I do music commissions, they can’t come cheap. I may need help from a few on negotiating prices and terms if I do music commissions (such as redistributing said commission in a published album or not etc).

anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How can I get into...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:46 -0600

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

Wise words from my wife’s friend Anthony Holden

Talk about uncanny! I randomly ran into Mic at Disneyland on my...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:53 -0600

Talk about uncanny! I randomly ran into Mic at Disneyland on my honeymoon!
Pictured from left to right are Kiersten, Ben, Mic, and markI

Commissions on hold for 1 week

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:07:00 -0600

Sorry for all of the delays thus far, there’s a lot of preparations to our wedding that I’ve been attending to and I’ve started a summer semester.

I will need to put all work on commissions on hold until I get back from my honeymoon. Thanks for your patience!

Feel free to take a look at my commission model until then
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlQvytGHWMUHdGd1V08tRF9GSW1GZVh1MkJGRlpDUGc#gid=0

I'm getting married this Saturday

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:12:58 -0600

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Was more thinking it corresponded to a certain artist's rant/fight with anons that took place like 15 minutes prior <.< >.>

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:24:40 -0600

Haven’t seen anything, I’d rather stay out of it.

While people often say offensive things, usually ignorantly or unintentionally, it is your choice to...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:24:00 -0600

While people often say offensive things, usually ignorantly or unintentionally, it is your choice to be offended. A calm explanation will ensure understanding without loss of respect.

#9 - how not to be a dick

(Private) by chance was that in regards to someone in particular?

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:19:33 -0600

No one in particular, just been thinking about the way I treat people and working on my own flaws. I see this behavior on tumblr a lot, and it makes me examine my character sometimes.

Sometimes the tone of your boiling-over passion sounds like ranting, or a lecture. People...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:17:00 -0600

Sometimes the tone of your boiling-over passion sounds like ranting, or a lecture. People don’t like to be talked at. Remember that you’re still having a conversation with a human being who isn’t yourself.

#8 - how not to be a dick

It’s great that you know things, but don’t treat people who don’t know what you...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:14:30 -0600

It’s great that you know things, but don’t treat people who don’t know what you know like idiots. Your knowledge is not always obvious or common sense, sometimes it’s acquired through study and experience.

#7 - how not to be a dick

REBLOG IF YOU WANT A MIRROR'S EDGE 2

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:14:51 -0600

pallid-pandemonium:

SERIOUSLY, LET’S SEE IF WE CAN GET EA’S ATTENTION.

Bloop!Doing lines like this is relaxing. I think I’ll make...

Sun, 05 May 2013 03:28:16 -0600

Bloop!

Doing lines like this is relaxing. I think I’ll make it a thing.

Had this sitting my on my harddrive for like 6 months, we never...

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:03:00 -0600

Had this sitting my on my harddrive for like 6 months, we never ended up using it for any of our project so far so I’m publishing it now at this time. It’s got an awfully cheesy melody, but it’s still got decent instrumentation. A lot of fun to work on, and I am happy with the solo trumpet.

2 from today, a couple of pony OCs. The top one was a lot of...

Thu, 02 May 2013 01:02:50 -0600

2 from today, a couple of pony OCs. The top one was a lot of fun.

Commission prices and contact
4 new slots open!

sfrfaceplant replied to your video: Trust me. You will be quite surprised. It turns… go...

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:53:00 -0600

sfrfaceplant replied to your video: Trust me. You will be quite surprised. It turns…

go away

Trust me. You will be quite surprised. It turns out this kid is...

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:53:00 -0600

Trust me. You will be quite surprised. It turns out this kid is secretly an ambient composer genius.

This needs to be orchestrated.

Update on commissions: removed lineart and flat colors

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:25:00 -0600

I have removed Lineart and Flat Colors from the commission list. Lines are arduous, repetitive, and tedious for me to make, and I just end up painting over the dang things anyway so it’s a total waste of time and completely draining (only finished the one, but it was still worth it). I had a lot of fun on today’s commission, but it was a lot more work than it needed to be, and didn’t look as good as it could have had I painted it. I’d rather not hike up the price for everyone, I’d just prefer to do paintings and colored sketches instead.

Instead, coloring over/under a sketch looks more natural, expressive, and it’s so much more fun to do.

If you’ve made a commission request to me and I haven’t yet gotten to your painting, the price you saw will be the same unless it’s now lower. Thanks so much!

Updated listing

Commission from today. I don’t know why there’s so...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:01:07 -0600

Commission from today. I don’t know why there’s so much art of Rarity battling a giant crab, but here you go.

Mind.Blown. The credits only mention 3d modeling and animation....

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:43:00 -0600

Mind.
Blown.

The credits only mention 3d modeling and animation. Whoa.