I've been using TvPaint for a few months now and finally purchased a copy for use in production around October.
Not only is TvPaint the best, paperless animation software but the company and it's online community are super active and approachable.
Especially Elodie and Fabrice, who have both been very helpful with some of my questions, inquiries etc.
My primary use is on the Asus Ep121 slate Pc Tablet. I use an Axiotron Studio Pen by Wacom
and a 12 dollar bluetooth keyboard that is as light as a pack of matches and about the size of an iphone. Mainly for some hotkeys and functions that would be a pain to use on the virtual keyboard. Aside from using it for production, I sketch out little animation tests that keep me limber and offer new or improved insight into timing, spacing, etc that I can apply to later projects, especially when I work in Maya.
And this little quote pretty much sums it up. It's classical animation moved into the digital realm.
It's important to note that, unlike Flash, TVPaint has no "smart" functions that "animates" for you. There's no automatic inbetweening or auto-correction/smoothing of lines. No actions, motion-clips or libraries.
Hans J. Sandnes
animator / director
Some helpful sites:
TvPaint
Paperless Animation Blog
Films made with TvPaint:
List from TvPaint Forum
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, December 26, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Dog play
Inspired by a comment that someone made on a friends Facebook page regarding their dog, playtime and it's perception of that time.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Plastic Skull
Usually these cheap, plastic skulls are inaccurate and thrown together. I was happy to find a decent, 5 dollar skull at Target. It's not perfect but hell, it's a glow in the dark Halloween ornament.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Claire at breakfast
Visiting Claire's parents in Chicago. 
She is reading about Corgi's on the ipad while I steal glances to sketch her lovely sleepiness in the morning.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Max and Buddy
I'll post the images of the actual environment where the final lit version is being played but for now here are the playblasts.
The animations were created for Bear Facts Entertainment, representing the Florida Hospital to be used in the kids area of the new patient facility in Celebration, FL.
Animation only. I do not have the final lit, rendered versions with bubbles, etc.
Max and Buddy Clips from Matthew Tardiff on Vimeo.
The models were created by someone else.
and this is a super rough video of the environment where the animations are playing.
If you squint really hard you might be able to catch them on the diluted recording.
The animations were created for Bear Facts Entertainment, representing the Florida Hospital to be used in the kids area of the new patient facility in Celebration, FL.
Animation only. I do not have the final lit, rendered versions with bubbles, etc.
Max and Buddy Clips from Matthew Tardiff on Vimeo.
The models were created by someone else.
and this is a super rough video of the environment where the animations are playing.
If you squint really hard you might be able to catch them on the diluted recording.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
asus
so i finally got my Asus and i could not be happier. I will post more in the coming weeks showing how Zbrush, Maya, Flipbook and PAP respond to little projects. And I'll dive in to any tweaks needed to make this the best digital sketchbook/PC in your arsenal.
For now, here is a little doodle created during a meeting this morning.
For now, here is a little doodle created during a meeting this morning.
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