Breaking Bad Art and Other Drawings

 Hey all Breaking Bad fans out there here is two Walt drawings I did in Illustrator and colored in Photoshop for my friends MJ Diller and Chris Savine.  I am a huge fan of the series and I am so nervous about tomorrow's ending. I hope Walter kills Jack and Todd and debases his old company, Gray Matter, some how.  These are my goals for Walter so when he dies he goes out with a vengeance.

Aside from fan art of Walter White, here is a piece I did for my uncle's avatar in his war games.  Yes, it is a pose from a Napoleon painting.

Here is an alternative version of my uncle as a centurion, I just put it up because it was fun to do and made me laugh.

Lastly, here is a snake drawing I did for my friend Max, I may start a website to do portraits of people's pets so I will have more information about that later.

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember tomorrow is the season finale of Breaking Bad, it has been one heck of a ride, but all good (or bad) things must come to an end.

Animation at Gobelins

This summer I had the privilege of taking an animation class at Gobelins.  There I learned

various techniques from wonderful teachers, guest animators and fellow peers.

It was an experience that will always be remembered.

Here is the animation I did there.  I am going to ink it and color the work one day so it is very rough at the moment.

Gobelin Animation

Here is a description of the assignment...

This summer, I went to Gobelins and created a project involving a character interacting with a cube. I chose Danny the cat from the film, "Cats Don't Dance."

The project emphasizes on depicting specific poses to describe the job of the character such as an aristocrat or spy. I chose a scientist for the role of my character and so all of the movements are methodical and contemplative.

This is a rough animation and I will clean it up with the inking and hopefully color it one day. Any feedback is appreciated because I plan on exaggerating some of the movements prior to the inking so that the timing and poses are more fluid and direct.

Thank you for your time and enjoy!!!!

I really do appreciate any feedback.  I have met tons of supportive animators
 and even if you do not animate, your opinion matters a lot to me.  

Thanks for stopping bye! 

Society of Illustrators and Living Gallery

Hello, I have more figure drawings to share....

First is from Society of Illustrators, it's a great place to draw in the city on the upper east side

1st Day 

30 sec and 1 minute poses

1 min to 5 min poses

10 min

20 min ( I missed the second 20 minute this day because a contact fell out)

2nd Day

30 sec to 1 min

I think the top head on this figure looks like an anime character and the face below looks Madam Medusa from "The Rescuers"

5 minutes

5 minutes

10 minutes

10 minutes

20 minutes

I also am going to the Living Gallery in Brooklyn that my friend Jenny Penny hosts.  The model was funny and wore lots of bizarre outfits, here are some drawings...

8 minutes

10 minutes for each full figure and about 3 minute for head

That is it for now.  I will upload my animation soon and some other art.

Musee d'Orsay Drawings and Digital Drawings

Hey Everyone, this summer I went to France to visit my sister and also to take a summer course at Gobelins for Animation.  I really enjoyed it a lot and learned many principles in animation.  I will post the animation that I did there on this blog soon.  

During my program at Gobelins, I went to Musee d'Orsay and copied so masters art to help my figure drawing.  Here are the drawings I did when I was there...

These quick poses were done from Degas sculptures in d'Orsay.  They are very gestural and fun to look at.

These next drawings are digital, I did it on this website called http://artists.pixelovely.com

I wanted to draw figures in photoshop and in September I plan to do them from a live source next time I figure draw at society of illustrators.

These two are 30 sec and two 1 minute poses

This is a 5 min pose

5 min pose

30 min pose

30 min pose

5 min pose

5 min pose

The next three are more 30 sec/1min poses

Next two are 5 min pose

30 min

I am also going to draw more animals, this all helps when I animate.

I have some more figure drawings from Society of Illustrators I am going to upload soon.

Any advice on these drawings would be very appreciative.  I am new to drawing figures in digital so any friends or fellow artists feel free to suggest some photoshop brushes or advice on how to improve these drawings.

Thanks for stopping bye!

Animation Portfolio

My name is Robert Schachter and here is my animation portfolio for a position as an animator, storyboard artist or character designer.

After graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art, I was accepted to the Summer Program at Les Gobelins for character development.

I am skilled in Maya, ToonBoom and Adobe Photoshop.  I am a graduate at MICA, Maryland Institute College of Art, and I have a Masters in Art Education and Bachelors in Fine Art. With my background in both animation and education, I am able to create meaningful animations that intrigue both children and adults.

Character Development

Animations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYwzkLg7UDE - "Stranded Animation"

A drunk janitor wakes up from a hangover and realizes he is stranded on an island.  Out of fear of dying, he befriends a mop and soon finds himself to have feelings for this inanimate object.  Animated in ToonBoom StoryBoard Pro 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLjZt4e1kI - "Crocky Walk"

Walk cycle of a cartoon character I created in Flash CS3.  The design I used to create the character and background were inspired by the talented artists of Hanna Barbara from the early 1960's like Ed Benedict and Art Lozzi.

Storyboards

Comics

Backgrounds

Murals and Large Paintings

"Devil Boy and Angel Dog" 8'x10'
 I did the devil, Stephen Booth did the dog http://stephenbooth.tumblr.com

"Western Cat and Dog" 4' x 5'

"Bull and Dog Sheruff" 4'x 6'

"Deep Thought" 4' x 5' (Work in Progress)

"Tongue-Tied" 3' x 7' (Work in Progress)

Close up shot of shape and things

Close up shot of shape and things

Close up shot of shape and things

"Shapes and Things" 4' 7' (Work in Progress)

Caricatures

Thank you for stopping by!!!