Santa needs a new computer

Ho ho, ohhh-!

Oh by the way...Copyright!

Pandora's Box, the airship "Utopia" On the Road to Utopia, Lamby, Obsidian the Dragon, Herman Bear, Pandora, "Cubcake", the "Mother Earth" goddess and the "Bio-Soldier" are all copyright © 2006 by Ken Roskos.

Pandora's Box, found on the road to Utopia!

Its getting there, still doing a rough cut in After Effects, will do more over Christmas

Between Thanksgiving and Now

I had lost the latest file for my poster for the Guild 839 party. Here was the last backup file. Its pretty close.

I wish you the Bestest and Brightest!

Pandora's Box, found on the road to Utopia!

Lamby, "Bear" (just "Bear" for now), Obsidian the Dragon-guy, "Cubcake", Pandora herself and the Bio-soldier. On a trip like this, you find out who your friends really are.

A talking toilet

This was done in "layers", not pose to pose. Its been a long time with this one. Enjoy!

Hello ma Baby, Hello ma Honey...

Warner Bros. Classic Animation...Man, those were the days...Just needed a bit more savvy in dealing with the animation world before the big meltdown.

From the depths...

Sort of E.C. meets Fearless Fosdick meets the Spirit..?

Halloween is over, but-

The party is not over: We still have the election coming up, and then the Holidays! (this is part of the Road to Utopia universe)

Whoopee!

Still working on it...

Maybe "Road to Utopia" is not working. Part of the plot is that the heroes create so much trouble for each other that all the bad guys have to do is play it cool and let the heroes destroy themselves. Let's see if "Pandora's Box" works as a catchier title.

Utopia: the Airship

Captain Kirk had the Enterprise, and the Doctor had the Tardis; so I tried to match one of my characters to the vehicle that was right for him. In this case, my bear built himself an airship that's part rocket-ship as well. He's a nice guy, so the ship isn't loaded down with weapons. But he will find a way to build in other gadgets, and give it super-speed too!

Guilty pleasures

Donjon! Best new comic I've seen in a long time.

Road to Utopia, really ruff!

The cast...A Dragon, a bear and an android. And the mysterious beauty.

On this trip, what could go wrong?

One more time

All right, they say "don't die with your music still in you". Well, I've been turning it over on how to make my private world palatable to the public. A good story, and characters people can identify with, and care about, that's the trick ain't it? Whether this will just be a comic, a Flash project, or a full fledged motion picture, all I can say is...

Watch this space!

Wonderfulness...

I miss this style of drawing...Things had volume back then.

The real McCoy!

Here's the old trooper..!

Ancient CG Part II

First time making goblets on the old IBM PCs. I was floored...! Back then, that is.

Good ol' pen plotter print out too, I think.

1987

It was 20 years ago today...Next year. But I drew this with a mouse on an IBM PC at Lakeland Community College in my first computer graphics class. Couldn't wait til next year!

This planet is just a bundle of nerves.

Something from a 1990 sketchbook. Helping a friend in Florida using Deluxe Paint while I was still living in good ol' N.E. Ohio at the time. I was also the first time I ever used a modem to email the artwork to anyone. I think this was just Rapidiograph pen and ink.

Real Heroes

'Nuff said. No more arm-chair "country club" generals.

Please.

the MetroCel days

Here's a sketch I did for the company T-shirt when we were digitally painting some Ren and Stimpy shows. The shirts were never made. But those were great times, even after the Northridge quake.

Still here

Survived dental work, the coffee pot burn and jury duty. Just some slices from my little dramas this year. Now my computer lab job is in trouble again. But Woodbury University has resumed classes for the Fall, so I have to get going.

Aye Aye Captain

Ok, I don't work at Nickelodeon, but I had fun drawing and then warping good ol' Spongebob with Photoshop. Took this from my sketchbook during my trip to Canada.

Pencil Test Animation

Here's some work I did at 1on1animation this spring. Still needs more work. But I owe this success to MIKE POLVANI. Have a look!

1 on 1 animation

Landscape

Quick sketch, colored in Photoshop. Kind of mixed California and Canada together...

New Sketches-Yes!

Yay! New art finally! Its not Siggraph or San Diego Comicon, but sometimes nothing beats doodling on the porch at a cabin up in Ontario, Canada.

King of the Hill, Hank's dad.

Cotton Hill. Selfish, hostile son of a gun. That's why we like him! (Copyright Fox)

King of the Hill

Here's one of my first scenes when I worked on the show's 3rd season. Wish I could have done more funny stuff like this. (Copyright Fox)

Cool School

Thou sayest that thou wish to breathe life into the passive page? Check these guys out:

1 on 1 animation

http://1on1animation.com/about_us-biographies.htm

"Breakin' my money-maker?!?"

(Art by Hayao Miyazaki)
First I took a spill on my old ten-speed a few years ago, and banged up my right elbow. Then on this 4th of July I had my own "internal" fireworks by spilling a cup of coffee straight from the machine onto my right wrist! Very clumsy, very painful. Can't damage my main "graphic interface" too much more. Made me sit down and think, and be grateful.

It could have been much, much worse. Still hurt like Hell. Before this happened, I was watching the "Princess Mononoke" and I kept noticing how Ashitaka's arm became scarred fighting the giant boar who took on the curse. Premonition? Didn't get the message I guess.

Animated 3D Logo

Here's a nice reacreation of the Brentwood TV Funnies I did for Tom T Animation...

Taliesin

Just wish "Denny's" architects didn't swipe so much from this design.

More Maya Character Animation

Gittin' back on it!

Click down below to stream it from YouTube:

Animation Homepage updated

Accidently lengthed the url for my homepage. Getting a better website strictly as a demo reel/portfolio site is on my to-do list. This blog is turning into more of a scrapbook, but I'll try to keep it centered around animation. The trouble is, animation spreads over into other art fields. But being flexible doesn't hurt, right?

Ken Roskos 3D

The Biggest Star at E3...

At least the only one I instantly recognized was Optimus Prime.

My Maya Animation for "Mars Bar"

Please click on the link below to see my latest Maya character animation.



Hope you enjoy it!

Important Fortune Cookie

Got this after treating myself to an all you can eat buffet. Made sense after I started work again at Woodbury University in Burbank CA.

http://www.woodbury.edu/

Bubble bubble...

Quick thumbnail colored in Photoshop. She's got something cooking in that lab...

Graphic Novel roughs

Something I did over a year ago, couldn't get it to crystalize with the writer.

Great Photoshop Demo

Yep, Christophe Vacher was a hit on June 5, 2006. I'd say 839 Animation Guild members want more Photoshop training.

Just my humble opinion...

TAG Blog: PhotoShop ace at the TAG Computer Lab tonight

Mars Rover Short Film link

Check out our film on this link:

erniemerlan.com

Unibot's New Head

Actually he's had it for awhile. Check out the nifty pneumatic lift cylinders that allow him to talk. Kind of looks like a pie? (The previous head looked like an old radio. Our director had me change it.) I think I did the texturing on the head; his eyes have lights with shaders. Gibran Jimenez did most of the modeling and texturing for the Unibot. Its been a long project.

...More Los Feliz work...

...from Diana Coco's gesture class...

And...Daffy Duck! from my Warner Classic Daze.
Daffy's beak is out of joint from some mishap.
Wabbit Season! Duck Season!

And more...

Life Drawing

Life Drawing at the Loz Feliz Drawing & Painting Workshop sponsored by Ben Fried!

More fun with bump maps

Still had to mirror it in Photoshop.

One more planet

More fun with bumps and camera.

And one more of my "Enterprise"

Star Trek. When will it return? Strange new worlds. Leave that to me.

More space stuff

And... When "Enterprise" came on TV as the "prequel" to the original Star Trek, I made my own ship that was more primitive than the Enterprise...but still cool to look at! Hey, the gauntlet was thrown.

Couldn't resist it, I did some outer space stuff. This is a few years old, will have to go back over all the camera stuff I did.