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more drawlings

2011-05-25T15:11:00.000-07:00

At the behest of my best friend Joe Cappabianca, I'm posting more warm up drawings. It's probably best to click on this one and view it at full size...lots of little doodles.

Drawlings

2011-05-23T14:35:00.000-07:00

Some warm ups from work

Brang-Dang

2011-05-04T22:44:00.001-07:00

Portfolio

2011-01-22T19:57:00.000-08:00

Been meaning to do this for a while...now that Venture season 4 is done airing I figure it's safe. Head over to dannyhynes.tumblr.com to check out my portfolio in progress.

Also, a teaser for some work I'm doing for my brother...

Rupert Takes On Love

2010-06-08T00:44:00.000-07:00

Rupert : takes on love from Joey Azoulai on Vimeo.

Sorry for the long absence...this is some of what I've been working on. I made this video with Yuri Fain and Joey Azoulai over the course of the last three weeks. Hope it makes you laugh!

-Danny

ps-if anyone's interested in seeing some of the process of building my next puppet let me know and I'll throw together a post about it. I might do that anyway even if no one wants to see it...but then again I might not. I really never know with me.

F*ck bad news...

2010-03-14T11:22:00.000-07:00

I got some frustrating news on Friday. So I decided to take it out on my Cintiq.

These two are from the future...the big guy is a giant....the little one flying is normal sized.

I can post some of my development sketches of these two if anyone is interested.

Hip Young Teacher Type

2010-02-11T23:28:00.000-08:00

This guy totally has inappropriate relationships with his students...it's probably why he got into substitute teaching in the first place. gross.

Moleskine Sketches

2009-12-23T09:13:00.000-08:00

Just can't stop drawing lately!!!

Unfinished Film...(it'll probably stay that way)

2009-12-15T08:27:00.000-08:00

So I've been super busy lately...but I wanted to post something. This is the pre production work on a short that I was going to do about a month ago. The idea was to tell a story in 3 shots. I'll probably do more of these...it was a great exercise. I'm working on a new film now though...which has waaay more than 3 shots...so this is obviously on the back burner.

i love technology

2009-10-20T20:47:00.001-07:00

trying my hand at airbrushing in sketchbook pro...I understand now how Disney movie covers got where they are. It's like crack...you just want to make everything shine.

Okay this is exciting to me...these are just some sketches I did for a possible short idea...they're supposed to be self portraits to varying degrees of exaggeration. The exciting part is this...

I sent a jpeg of the designs to my phone, and then used Autodesk's (Totally worth the $2.99) Sketchbook mobile app to draw these additional sketches...with my finger! And THEN I was able to email myself a .psd of the file...because the app supports layers!!! I'm STILL geeking out!

Wake Up Rupert

2009-09-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Rupert In HD from Danny Hynes on Vimeo.

Joe and I made this over the weekend. Still testing things...still learning how to do stuff.

Doodle

2009-08-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

Heres something...

Puppet

2009-08-11T07:38:00.000-07:00

So, Ive decided to fulfill a lifelong dream and start building puppets. Here is a little video of the first one. Its insane how rewarding it is to do this kind of thing.

Unused Design

2009-06-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

This was for a friend of mine. It was a project that never materialized but I'm happy with the way it turned out. It's always nice to bring a piece to finish...I should probably do it more often.

More of what I've been drawing

2009-05-12T12:56:00.000-07:00

Here's some more stuff.

I've been drawing a lot!

2009-05-06T10:50:00.000-07:00

I've been doing a lot of drawing, which is great...because now I can actually update this somewhat regularly! This is all just stuff I've been doing at work whenever I can sneak 15 minutes or so.

Scurvy Dave

2009-05-04T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a little Scurvy Dave drawing for you...been drawing him a lot lately.

Rynda Gets Ripped Off!

2009-04-23T13:57:00.000-07:00

Okay...so I did this after looking at Phil Rynda's blog and all of the wonderful black and white studies he has up there. It's a total knock off, but it was a lot of fun to do, and it made me think about the whole piece instead of just doodling. So this is what happened to me this morning. Yes, I killed something that was on it's back already and yes, that is my ass.

Los Angeles, I'm Yours

2009-03-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

I'm in LA for a bit to work on DJ and the Fro! It's awesome out here, but NY will always be home. Here are some old phone paintings (made with Brushes on the iphone) that I have lying around and a flash doodle page. I know, I know...more Harry Potter. What can I say? I'm a huge effing nerd.

2009-03-03T13:38:00.000-08:00

This is my thesis from SVA '06. There's so much that I would change, on top of the fact that I never finished....but all in all I think it's a good mark of where I was at the time, so here it is. For posterity.

HE WAS THEIR FRIEND!!!

2009-02-06T10:22:00.000-08:00

So I've been geeking out HARDCORE on some Harry Potter lately and these are some doodles that have been borne out of that. The blue ones are recent...the Hermione sketches on the bottom are from about a year ago.

Happy Birthday Joe!

2008-11-13T11:34:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was Joe's birthday, so Yuri and I made this for him. Happy Birthday Joe!

Brock Samson!

2008-10-30T22:47:00.000-07:00

Now that I'm doing character design I haven't drawn Brock in a long time. And I used to draw him every day, for hours! And what can I say...I miss the big guy. This is officially the most carried away I've gotten with a doodle.

Hello Again

2008-10-13T13:09:00.000-07:00

Just a sketch I did today. I don't really know where it came from, except that Joe and I were talking about politics last night and I guess this guy is talking politics. Anyway. I regret shading it...but oh well.

New Reel

2008-09-09T11:24:00.000-07:00

I updated my reel again. Here it is, complete with breakdown of what I did. Enjoy!

Econolodge- Char. Design, Storyboard, Layout, and animation of the Princess

Tickle Me Silly- Lipsync and Animation

Tek Jansen Pitch- Layout and Animation

Sugar Gliders- Storyboards, Animatic, Layout, Lipsync and Animation

Billy Liar (personal film)- All

Just Goofin'

2008-07-25T13:38:00.000-07:00

I was just goofin' around. Here it is.

WIP

2008-04-11T10:05:00.001-07:00

So, I was looking at Phil Rynda's blog at his beautiful warmup sketches that he has up...and I decided to do a warmup of my own. My only real intent for this was to loosen up, and try to turn off the thing in my brain that limits most of my drawings to things that will strictly work in animation. I just wanted to draw for drawings sake. This is just a section of an 8 by 10 psd file. My plan is to eventually fill the whole thing, adding a little each day. Anyway....check out Phil's blog philrynda.blogspot.com ...there's a lot of amazing work. I hope I didn't rip him off too much

FAN ART!!!

2007-11-27T13:11:00.000-08:00

Check out nockFORCE! www.nockforce.com and check out the blog that inspired this post. yurifain.blogspot.com

Stuff I had (digitally) lying around

2007-09-12T11:21:00.000-07:00

It's been a while...so i figured a post was in order...these are just some random doodles I had on my computer at work. I'll try to be better about posting in the future...but no promises...never make promises...it only gets you into trouble.

From Russia...with love

2007-07-02T15:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a work in progress. I've been watching a lot of Bond movies lately...and working on Venture Brothers. So I wanted to do something that incorporated both of those. It's definitely a departure in terms of style...but I'm happy with how it's turning out. It needs work, so any criticisms or critiques are welcome.

Aaargh!

2007-06-14T11:44:00.000-07:00

I did this at work to try to loosen up. Work is kicking my ASS. Hard! But I'm getting better really quickly. So it's good.

Sketching at Work

2007-05-17T15:46:00.000-07:00

Just some more of the things I've been doodling. None of these are really anyone in particular, except of course Harry Potter. I'm a nerd.

p.s. I'm officially dropping the "let me know what you think" sign-off. It has come to my attention that although I see it as an obnoxious sarcastic joke...some people might think I'm just corny and attention seeking. We can't have that...so no more sign-off.

Holy Sh*t! I'm Back!

2007-05-03T14:57:00.000-07:00

Sorry for my long leave of absence. I've been drawing a lot more lately, so here's a bit of what I've been working on. Let me know what you think.

Bear

2006-10-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted anything in quite some time...so here's a little photoshop doodle. Let me know what you think.

Sammy Flatcap

2006-09-01T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is one of Joe's characters. I liked him so much that I figured I would take a stab at him. Some of the personality and charm of Joe's original sketch was lost in translation...but I kind of expected that. Anyway...what do you think?

Double Post!

2006-08-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

Just some photoshop doodles I did at work. Enjoy!

Chick with Boobs

2006-08-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

why you ask? i have no idea, sez I.

flash...this is what it does to me.

2006-08-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

i wanted to do a self portrait...and this is what i feel like at work sometimes...tell me what you think.

i've been reading "lolita"

2006-08-16T12:55:00.000-07:00

and i think this came out of the conflict caused by really enjoying a piece of artwork and being repulsed by it at the same time...i did this in a new drawing program i've been fooling around with called artrage. let me know what you think.

Moleskin Doodles

2006-08-09T18:40:00.000-07:00

I just got a new moleskin pad and I had a pretty good drawing day. Let me know what you think.

Stiff Fingered Sam

2006-08-08T15:09:00.001-07:00

just a cowboy doodle...man do i want to make a western.

Stiff Fingered Sam

2006-08-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

just a cowboy doodle...man do i want to make a western.

2006-08-03T15:02:00.000-07:00

Joe and I were drawing superman at work...I came up with two ideas for an illustration. These are some sketches for the first one...I'll post the second one soon and continue to post my progress as I go. Let me know what you think.

Danny

2006-05-13T23:08:00.000-07:00

these are some keys for a piece of animation that I never completed...I'm hoping to do a similair exercise over the summer with a new character and stronger keys. In fact...I think my next post will be some designs for that.

Love Always,

Danny

Welcome!

2006-05-13T22:53:00.000-07:00

So, I finally made a blog...I'm going to try to be good about posting sketches and stuff here...but I make no promises...especially since I haven't got a clue about how to do that. But I'll figure it out eventually. Here's hoping I can actually keep up with this.

Love Always,

Danny