Thursday, May 25, 2006

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So I'm back in Vegas with nothing proper to draw on. Whats a guy to do? Commission (read: FORCE) his wordworker dad to build him an animation desk! Thankfully he agreed! It actually saved me a bundle, and is a huge step up from my portable one I bought a few years ago for about $300! This one can be angled at different degrees thanks to the little notches in the folding legs. The lighting setup we used uses 2 flourecent bulbs and bruther, IS IT BRIGHT! The most expensive part on it was probabaly center disc itself. $45 worth of translucent white plexiglass bought from a sign shop (its not available at hardware stores, in case anyone was wondering). And I still plan on buying a fancy pants ACME drawing disc once classes start back up, but this will do the trick for the summer for sure. I'm so happy to use this now!

33 comments:

GHGraphics said...

Cool!

I guess you won't be needing to work in the studio if you have this! :P That does seem really handy. My Dad's a carpenter as well so maybe I should get him to help me make one of these as well. hmmmmmm...

Miss Withers said...

ooh fancy and handy! we can get plexi at hardware stores here...weird that you couldnt.
Nice router too! I want to get one. I love how they look like funny little spacemen.

brockorama said...

You can get white translucent plexi at hardware stores in LA? I hate you.

I originally wanted this to be made entirely out of bamboo. With a built-in spot for my mp3 player. Scrap particle board was our comprimise. And there's gonna be a pencil rest at the bottom! YESSSS!!!

Mitch K said...

Beautiful, Brock! It looks so solid. And that light -- how great! You'll be able to see through friggin' card board with that thing. I'm jealous.

It's so NEAT and TIDY too. If I made it, there'd be rough edges and mismeasured planks... and probably electrical tape (because you can never find the good stuff when you need it!)

Is moving both of those props to angle your board a hassle? It might be good to add a horizontal bar linking the two. That way, if you move one, the other will move too!

You've inspired me to do a post about my drawing board.

brockorama said...

Moving the little legs is really simple, you can just grab the sides of the desk and lift up and you'll hear up to 3 clicks, as the legs fall into place one of the 3 notches. Having a bar connecting the legs is a possiblity still, it would add stability, but it works so well already. It would add to the bulkiness and one of the things I like about this is it folds up real nice and portable-like. Plus I think when its at the 60 degree (the steepest) angle the lighting might get in the way of any horizontal bar. Nice idea tho, maybe in version 2!

Mitch K said...

I thought that the light might get in the way of that.

I didn't consider the fact that it's portable, though! Wow!

It looks sooo nice. How's it working for you? Animate any prize-winners yet? ;)

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Mitch K said...

Hey Brock, do I see a little gray scruffy poochie in one of those pictures?

brockorama said...

At first I thought you were referring to my dad's hair but then I saw there actually WAS a dog in one shot!

Thats the family dog, Bear. Izzint hims the sweetest??! YES he IS! Whozzagoodboy?? Bear wanna go walkies?

Letz said...

<333 wow

Jinny said...

That is one impressive animation table you have there! =) I guess you will be animating all summer and when not in the studios starting in fall, you'll be animating at home! =D

Shane Jensen said...

Wow, Bock! That is a really cool home made animation table. I really like that. Did you get that ACME one yet now that summer is over?

Mandy said...

Wow, I want to make one! 8)

and to one of the previous comments..your dog is SO cute! Schnauzer is he? I have a couple of those.

how much about in total did it cost to make the table?
(And you go to sheridan :D)
was everything cut by you and your dad? I wonder if I can convince my dad to make me one...

Neville said...

Brock:

I'm building something like this with my son - having trouble finding the lights (we're in Toronto) - any hints?

brockorama said...

Hey, sorry I havent gotten back to you guys in the questions. Feel free to email me at brockorama@gmail.com. This summer I'm gonna try to write up detailed, step by step instructions with lotsa illustrations and stuff. And a specific parts list. I'll post about it here, and try to get it listed on a good resource site like animationmeat.com for anyone else to find useful.

David Nethery said...

Brock,

Are you going to post the detailed plans on Animation Meat ? I think that would be really cool, so students would have a ready reference on how to make a good, functional animation table.

Okapi Figment William said...

wow very cool!

The Precursor R!$H! said...

pretty awesome....just wonder if this desk that you have ccreated a moveable one or a permanent one.

elmany said...

Hi,

Man, that's looks fantastic, can you post mesures and things like that?

Thanks in advance

DannaItza said...

Thank You!! I want a have one and now I can!! =D

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