joonasjoonas

Rejected - timelapse of me working

2011-03-24T15:49:00.001+02:00

squirrels

2011-03-22T10:42:00.000+02:00

warm-up sketch from yesterday.

still posting, but in Tumblr

2010-11-30T13:44:00.000+02:00

Joonasjoonas.com is the new address. Here's my latest sketch

i moved my blog to tumblr

2010-07-16T12:00:00.000+03:00

Because of constant spamming I moved my blog to joonasjoonas.tumblr.com you can also go directly to www.joonasjoonas.com

i bought a mountain bike

2010-06-11T11:18:00.001+03:00

a gorilla

2010-05-25T17:05:00.000+03:00

birds

2010-04-20T17:40:00.000+03:00

fox killed 15 flamingos in Helsinki Zoo

2010-04-09T18:11:00.002+03:00

Don't believe it? check out this link

my girlfriend

2010-04-08T14:07:00.002+03:00

Kiesi playing guitar

2010-04-01T15:14:00.001+03:00

lifespan

2010-03-29T18:54:00.000+03:00

todays quickie

something we did a while ago.

2010-03-09T20:46:00.001+02:00

This was a superfast project.

Ilta-Sanomat / Raha from Anima Boutique on Vimeo.

sketchin

2010-02-17T13:15:00.004+02:00

Quick sketch in TVP Animation. It's a struggle to find time for sketching just for fun.

Vancouver!

2010-02-10T19:38:00.000+02:00

WIP, flaming head lion slapshot

More Figure Drawing

2010-01-28T08:13:00.002+02:00

Something else

2010-01-23T20:32:00.003+02:00

This one is not related to drawing or animation at all. This is my first ever knitting. My girlfriend or my sisters wouldn't make me a luchador mask, so I had to learn to do one by myself. It took about 2 weeks to complete it, and i think that I will stick to drawing in the future. ;)

vacation is over

2010-01-20T18:36:00.003+02:00

Back from Costa Rica! What could be a better way to loosen up your drawings (after long vacation) than life drawing?

PICK UP YOUR 3D GLASSES

2009-12-18T11:56:00.001+02:00

sorry for the lack of posting

2009-12-03T15:27:00.003+02:00

I've been super busy at work.

old guy in the jungle

2009-11-12T17:53:00.002+02:00

into the night

2009-11-12T17:29:00.002+02:00

sailor duck.

2009-10-29T08:23:00.003+02:00

I though I'd name him Donald ;). Little color tweaking in photoshop.

more markers!

2009-10-28T14:33:00.001+02:00

markers

2009-10-27T14:07:00.002+02:00

I hadn't realized that markers can be so fun to sketch with. I guess I've used wrong kind of paper before.

similar

2009-10-09T16:12:00.002+03:00

sketch

2009-10-01T18:49:00.002+03:00

Love in the Mountains

2009-09-18T09:01:00.003+03:00

This short film was Directed by Eliza Jäppinen and Falconauts, and we created it at Boutique. The film was created for Helsinki International Film Festival as an opening film. It was a really fun and challenging project to animate. You can see it on the festivals website HERE. The festival started yesterday!

100. post

2009-09-17T09:02:00.004+03:00

Yesterday I was sketching while watching tv. I used fiber tip pen and watercolors for this old fellow. If anyone has good watercolor or aquarell tips and tricks, please let me know, my method is just guessing.

walkcycle

2009-09-10T16:52:00.001+03:00

rough walkcycle, and I'm still working on it.

life drawing

2009-09-01T10:39:00.004+03:00

I'm going to take some life drawing again this fall. This is from last year, charcoal on a A1 paper. I'm aiming for good flow, better understanding weight and masses, and squash and stretch.

Drawn to Life by Walt Stanchfield should be a good help along the way.

something from my sketchbook...

2009-08-29T12:42:00.006+03:00

...and pieces of paper laying around my apartment.

That drunken fisherman was fun to watch, and to draw. Unfortunately I was a bit tipsy myself. You know, when you're not thinking about what you draw, you become a human-printer, drawing lines in your sketchbook without any planning.

I find myself drawing without thinking way too often, especially when I'm afraid of drawing. Sketching in public places is quite a lot harder than sketching in front of tv at home. When people see you drawing them they get uncomfortable, and sadly so do I at that point. And my drawings become a mess. Lines are just not flowing anymore. Drawing people from further away helps, listening to music helps a lot. It's funny that when you're wearing your headphones, you're in a different world, sort of unreachable. Then you can even draw the guy sitting in front of you in a metro.

I also get the fear of drawing when someone is watching behind my shoulder. I start drawing something that I already know. Or even only comfortable lines. This results in repeating myself. I really have to be alone (or at least feel alone) to get to the flow and learn and discover something new.

The first sketch of these result of a good drawing day, capturing the character with few strong lines. That drunken fishermans lines are all over the place. Finding the right ones by trial and error. Different approaches, both important I guess.

I wasn't going to show this but...

2009-08-21T17:24:00.005+03:00

... here it is. This is a mood sketch for a short film idea I've had in the back of my head for a while now.

Seems like the summer is over.

2009-08-20T20:22:00.002+03:00

don't drink and dial

2009-08-19T09:43:00.004+03:00

I had a good 4 week holiday, and I've been back at work for 2 weeks now. I'll try to get back to blogging sketches more often.

quickie

2009-06-10T11:33:00.002+03:00

old man

2009-06-09T22:30:00.001+03:00

doodlin in a meeting

2009-06-09T17:27:00.003+03:00

have nice friday!

2009-06-05T15:39:00.004+03:00

Girl

2009-05-12T19:56:00.003+03:00

Drinking couple of beers and sketching after work.

Elisa, Sauli ja Pauli Illustration

2009-05-10T11:31:00.005+03:00

This illustration was one part of a Pay TV campaign for Finnish telecommunications company Elisa. The campaign was created by Taivas advertising agency. They asked us to make cartoon versions of these two characters called Sauli and Pauli. They have been part of Elisas advertising for years now. I really admire John K's work. So his cartoon characters were a huge inspiration for this illustration.

Hyvää Vappua!

2009-04-30T14:13:00.002+03:00

friday afternoon sketching

2009-04-09T17:48:00.005+03:00

And the video is recording of drawing 30 sec poses non stop for 40 minutes. It's compressed to 2 minutes. I found out that I was a bit afraid when I knew that all the drawing will be recorded. I lost some confidence in the line. But I did learn something for next time: Less lines, bigger brush!

new the guys season started!

2009-03-17T15:40:00.002+02:00

Here's the latest the guys episode! Check out the other new one from www.theguys.fi or youtube channel HERE. You can also send us your own videofootage for future episodes!

this has been lying on my desktop...

2009-03-06T20:17:00.003+02:00

This has been lying on my desktop for too long, and I don't feel like finishing it anymore.

haven't posted in ages

2009-03-04T19:56:00.002+02:00

but I've been drawing a lot. Only the more traditional way, and I've been too lazy to scan them in. But this evil baby was a quick test with tvpaint watercolor tool.

sketching progress in TVP animation

2009-02-06T10:25:00.003+02:00

I promise to finish this one day.

I'm not a big anime fan...

2009-01-23T16:40:00.002+02:00

..but this friday afternoon sketch was fun to do.

Kummeli Alivuokralainen Title Sequence

2009-01-22T09:22:00.007+02:00

One of our works last year at Anima Boutique was this animated title sequence for the Kummeli Alivuokralainen film. Check it out! Visit Lineboil for some early development art. All the character animation was done in TVP animation, camera moves and compositioning in After Effects, background art is mix of hand painted elements and Photoshop.

darkness...

2009-01-15T22:01:00.001+02:00

Happy New Year!

2009-01-04T20:49:00.003+02:00

I made a promise to myself to draw a bit more this year. I drew these sketches while watching tv tonight. Fiber-tip pen, 2-3 drawings on a A4 sized paper.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-19T09:24:00.005+02:00

Pick up your red-cyan 3D-glasses! I found out that it is actually really easy and fun to make these anaglyphic images. I tried to find colors that wouldn't change too much when viewed with 3D glasses, so the whole scheme ended up a bit dirty. Thank you Florian Satzinger for the inspiration. Christmas to every one, and by the way it's "Hyvää Joulua!" in Finnish.

Ella ja Aleksi

2008-12-04T20:53:00.005+02:00

This is probably the first time I'm posting something else than sketches or unfinished personal projects. This music video is something we did in our studio Anima Boutique. The video was produced by the Bronson Club, designs are by Eliza and Antero. Please go and visit Elizas blog for more artwork. The whole thing was mainly animated in After Effects (bits here and there in Flash and TVP Animation). I did some of the animating and storyboarding.

Try to enjoy it even if you can't understand Finnish.

Christmas card from last year

2008-12-01T21:41:00.003+02:00

I'll try to find some time to do a new one before this Christmas.
Meanwhile "Hyvää joulun odotusta!"

i got tagged

2008-11-24T18:59:00.010+02:00

... I got tagged by Andrew, and so here we go.

Tag rules:

- You must link to the individual who tagged you and post the rules of TAG.
- Post 7 random facts about you
- Tag 7 bloggers and link to them
- Let them know that they have been tagged by leaving a message

7 random facts about me:
-I think know that canned tuna is cat food. And for cats only.
-I own 7 Flogging Molly band shirts
-I like sitting on the floor (rather than sofa) when I watch TV
-I often do my shopping subconsciously.
-I hate board games, in which you have to act, sing or perform in any way, even drawing.
-I lied my birth date in facebook
-I pay monthly to use public transports, yet I walk 40 minutes to work and back every day, taking the same route as the tram.

And the lucky bloggers getting tagged are co-workers and persons commenting my latest post:
Eliza Jäppinen
Teemu Jäppinen
Mel Milton
Ken Chandler
Andry Rajoelina
Matias
Matthieu Forichon

and then some sketches, the first one was for a game concept, the second was drawn while watching nature documentary.

more angry monkeys

2008-11-07T16:54:00.000+02:00

I just had to do more!

This last banana is mine!

2008-11-05T17:34:00.003+02:00

Scene at work was rendering for 17 mins. I spent that time sketching this.

and check out the latest episode of "the guys"

sketch post

2008-10-16T21:07:00.005+03:00

I'll try once again to be more active with posting in my blog. It's sometimes just hard to find the energy after a days work.

Here's some picks from my sketchbook and random sheets of paper. I'm trying to do more sketching with pencil and paper, markers, and other more traditional drawing methods. Cintiq is a great tool, and I couldn't do my job without it, but it's nice to try doing something without it. And I actually find my left hand looking for "undo" every once in a while after a horribly drawn line. I try not to use eraser either. I hope that helps to realize how much there is to learn. And possibly over time I get more confident lines.

skydiving

2008-09-14T15:46:00.005+03:00

Ready to go skydiving without a parachute?
edit: another picture

cold

2008-08-29T09:13:00.001+03:00

quick sketch using lasso-filling tool in tvpaint.

skateboarding loop---

2008-07-14T17:19:00.002+03:00

a lot to fix in this one, it needs work on pretty much every aspect. But there's something that I like so here it is.

seamonster and sketches

2008-06-29T16:37:00.005+03:00

Seamonster, some character sketches for flipbooks and random shit.

Control

2008-06-24T20:34:00.003+03:00

I'm the laziest blogger around...
I saw the movie Control couple of weeks ago. It was great. Here's a sketch of Ian Curtis.

sketching, lipsyncing

2008-04-24T08:48:00.006+03:00

I visited Manchester couple of weeks ago. The whole weekend was brilliant. Thanks! These sketches are from Manchester Piccadilly station. I was waiting for a friend for about 45 mins and luckily I had my sketchbook with me. It was really nice, drinking beer, sketching and watching people coming and going. (all size A4, 2-3 sketches per page, fiber-tip pen, 4 pints of lager ;) )

I have to say that I like large sketchbooks more, I bought this Moleskin sketchbook. It is nice and tiny, but I really don't feel comfortable drawing that small. Here's couple of sketches from that sketchbook too.

Here's a short lipsync test I did using TVPaint. I want to use them cowboy characters in something.

friday afternoon

2008-04-11T17:45:00.002+03:00

Don't you just hate punks like him?

Amusement Park in Berlin

2008-03-26T20:58:00.007+02:00

We went to Berlin last November to visit Pictoplasma animation festival. I was walking around the city in the evening and saw this closed amusement park. It was nearly a full moon so the lighting was incredible. It's a pitty that I didn't have tripod with me. But you can feel the mood in this blurry photo. I didn't bother to adjust colors afterwards, I just added this little monkey character in TVPaint. I hope you like it.

sketch

2008-03-10T19:11:00.004+02:00

I wish I had more time. Here's a little sketch. I did clean it up, but it wasn't worth scanning in.

Sketching

2008-02-08T20:52:00.001+02:00

character

2008-01-20T15:19:00.000+02:00

... year 2008 and still being lazy at posting. Not good. Anyway, here's a character I was planning too use in a personal project. Now I decided to go to another direction so I'l lpost this sketch. I hope you like.

It has been too long since last post.

2007-12-10T21:44:00.000+02:00

I'm waiting for the new years eve so i can make a promise to post more stuff in my blog.

A lot has happened past few months. Now it really looks like I'm finally graduating, only some paperwork left. I've been even more busy with this: www.animaboutique.fi. Check out our website. And I just moved to Helsinki. I'll try to find more time for blogging from now on.

sketches

2007-10-23T09:21:00.000+03:00

I'm graduating somewhere around December, so I'm a bit busy with that. Here's some random sketches from my sketchbook and hard drive.

time-lapse painting

2007-10-04T22:22:00.000+03:00

This is a time lapse video from last weekend. The big picture lost everything I liked about in the sketch. I had to memorize the sketch because I had it only on my hard drive. But at least the painting was fun to do. My younger sister helped me. Kiitos Iida!

childhood photos

2007-09-18T09:00:00.000+03:00

I found some childhood photos. The best moment captured was propably me opening the package of my first He-man masters of the universe figure. I can't believe I've managed to lost that one. But another photo was as reference when doing this.

bringing back more old characters

2007-09-09T22:35:00.000+03:00

this is a quickly made model of a character I've posted some time before. It's about 15cm tall.

clowns for class

2007-09-03T17:20:00.000+03:00

I've posted these clowns quite a long time ago, now I made some new studies of the characters for my animation classes. I thought they had something worth developing.

learning lipsync

2007-08-26T14:48:00.000+03:00

I need to practice more and more animating. Here's what I did for practice last night and this morning. No inbetweens yet. I have to do some real projects too. The quote is from "V for Vendetta". I hope I'll find the time to finish this one.

sauna

2007-08-23T16:47:00.000+03:00

quickie quickie quickie

tvpaint stuff

2007-07-24T18:53:00.000+03:00

I'm going to Barcelona (vacaciones!) in the end of this week so I thought I'd post something before leaving.

it's been a while

2007-07-13T16:00:00.000+03:00

I haven't been posting much lately. It's because I've been doing other stuff. I can't believe how hard it is to create anything if you haven't been drawing for a while. Would a cat feel bad eating a catfish?

cintiq stuff

2007-06-27T15:02:00.000+03:00

TVPA limited lipsync test. Movie quote from Snatch.

Scribbles with Cintiq. The girl in the picture was supposed to be a "caricature" of my sister. To be honest you couldn't recognize her from this, I just wanted to test if I could do any Photoshop painting. It's not looking good. As you can see it's not even nearly finished piece so all pointers and tips using color and Photoshop are welcome. Maybe I'll finish it someday... or I'll stick to burning wood ;)

one more fish.

2007-06-25T10:56:00.000+03:00

I've been out of town for the last couple of days. I'm embarrassed to tell that I forgot my sketchbook to city. So here's what I burned with aid of magnifying glass and sun on a piece of wood. I did plenty of these but most of them were just rubbish.

fishy quickies

2007-06-12T14:52:00.000+03:00

If you go fishing in Finland, one of these might end up in your frying pan.

such a nice day...

2007-06-04T10:53:00.000+03:00

It's so nice weather outside so I can't stay in. I was going to clean this up this morning, but it'll have to wait. I'm not much of a poker player, but I enjoy watching it every once in a while. I was drawing caricatures of pro poker players one day and yesterday I decided to try quick animating too. Image is a snapshot how it could look when cleaned up.

cat with stripes

2007-05-31T19:45:00.000+03:00

quickies, rotoscope test

2007-05-29T10:13:00.000+03:00

Here's some sketches and a rotoscoping test. Rotoscoping was done with pencil and paper. video was projected to a seetrough plastic piece via projector. Original video is from gettyimages.com. This was just a fun test if a video projector can display small enough screen for rotoscoping.

30 second poses

2007-05-16T14:36:00.000+03:00

These are all 30 sec poses shrinked to fit the page. they're all done in 800x800 pixels with Cintiq. The poses are from here Pose Maniacs. And I did all them in a row, no pauses nor erasing nor deleting the bad ones. It is actually quite fun even though these cg models don't carry their weight like a real model would.

Fishing hook and machete.

2007-05-08T22:44:00.000+03:00

The guy with the machete is for my friends short novel. Actually it's just a test to find the right style. The other picture one is a illustration of an accident from my fathers childhood.

guess what? quickies again

2007-05-04T09:25:00.000+03:00

I really should post something else but quickies. soon. I haven't been drawing a lot lately anyways.

quickies

2007-04-26T09:53:00.000+03:00

Reference for these are from the blog that Mel pointed out a while ago. Thanks, nice place to visit when you're in need of some reference.

quickies again

2007-04-12T00:01:00.000+03:00

keeping the same theme. I'm just a bit busy right now. so my run cycle for the monkey has to wait. Here's a quickie/warm up that's done while waiting for feedback from client.

run cycle for that monkey

2007-04-04T11:02:00.000+03:00

Here's that gorillas (or monkeys, what ever) run cycle. It still needs some work. File has both rough and cleaned up versions. I need to add some inbetweens and make some fixes to the keys too. By the way, this is done just for fun :)

quickie

2007-04-03T08:25:00.000+03:00

that's a quick monkey

woods

2007-03-22T22:02:00.000+02:00

Background for a one little scene I'm animating soon. I've started it already! I've never really done backgrounds and it is very hard. Harder than I thought it would be.

Oki the hooligan

2007-03-19T20:19:00.000+02:00

Cintiq+Photoshop+Stockphoto from stock.xchng

I had forgotten about this

2007-03-08T07:16:00.000+02:00

This is something I did a while ago. I like to see the process in peoples work. so this is my little try to show it.

sketchbook #1

2007-02-27T18:26:00.000+02:00

I picked few sketches from my sketchbook. These are all done during the past two days. Some from tv, some from Tampere city (-8 celsius). All fiber tip pen.

flash character

2007-02-22T22:50:00.000+02:00

her legs are not the same lenght, posting this one anyway. It's a ferret???

boy with a floating head

2007-02-01T16:47:00.000+02:00

I'm planning one project of my own. I'm just afraid I have no time for it now. This could be one character in it, but I'm not too happy with the style yet. It kinda lacks something. nothing new in it I guess. But here it is anyway.

live model

2007-01-31T17:43:00.000+02:00

it's been more than a year now since my last live model drawing classes. I started again 2 weeks ago. Once a week. These are both carbon on A1 sized paper. We're doing after 2 weeks some croquis drawing, can't wait...

3 drawings, run cycle test

2007-01-24T20:18:00.000+02:00

a variation of 3 drawings run cycle.

nerds n clowns

2007-01-22T15:10:00.000+02:00

Little something with Cintiq+TVPA.