Category: senior production
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Animating Imperfect Characters!
It’s been a little while since I’ve written about animation, so let’s jump back into it! A few years ago, I was practicing 3D animation by following along with Chiara Porri’s great beginner exercise list. Number 20 on the list was “drinking”, which had you focus on anticipation and arcs.…
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A Look Inside My Sketchbook
Over the last few years I’ve shared a lot of illustrations, from sketches to vector art, pixel art, and paintings. But up until now, almost everything that I’ve posted online has been created digitally. It’s all done by hand of course (no gen AI images in this house)! But I’ve…
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Creature Feature: Cryptid Posters!
While I don’t necessarily believe that any famous cryptid exists or ever did, I’m absolutely obsessed with their myths and stories. Steeped in folklore and classic americana, creatures like Bigfoot hearken back to a time pre-internet. A world where the mystery of what roamed the deep woods, or soared through…
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Pollinator Posters!
Let’s dip back into graphic design this month and talk about posters. I recently created a small collection of posters that highlight some of nature’s most essential workers; pollinators! Whether you’re stopping to smell the roses, or simply eating lunch, you can thank the thousands of pollinating animals who keep…
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Fun with Digital Markers!
It’s illustration time! A while back, I stumbled on this Procreate brush pack by Katsia Jazwinska. It’s meant to emulate the look and feel of alcohol-based markers, like Copics. This really caught my eye, since I’ve used actual, real-life Copic markers (and their much more affordable competitor brands) for while.…
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Happy Hatchday: Jumping Back into Motion Graphics!
Let’s talk about motion graphics! It has the communication and visual design principles of graphic design, the motion principles of animation, and the artistry and fun of illustration. Throw all of that in a pot, and you got a little motion graphics stew going! I’ve dabbled in motion graphics here…
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Listen Up: Animating Dialogue!
Back in 2023, I hopped back into blogging by sharing the first dialogue shot I had ever animated. Somehow it’s been over two years since then! Time flies! Anyway, it’s finally time to share another one! This time, I aimed to increase the amount of dialogue and animate some livelier,…
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My Website Redesign: From Blog to Portfolio!
It’s finally time to talk about the redesign of my website! If you haven’t stopped by in a while (or ever), things are looking a little different over here. Since 2017, my site has gone though a revamp or two…or three. Back at the start, it had one purpose: blog…
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Concepting in Vector!
As it turns out, July was busier than expected! The good news is that my website redesign is basically complete. But the bad news is that I still haven’t finished the blog post about the process. It’s coming along, trust me! But here we are, the month almost at an…
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Duck Deer Escape!
Last month I said that I was going to share a breakdown of my website redesign…Don’t worry, that’s still on the way! But there are a few more tweaks I still want to make to the site, so I’m pushing that back a tiny bit. For now, I want to…
Nick Kinteris 