hello. i’m aziz kocanaogullari. i’m a character animator who lives all over the place. i really enjoy drawing so I try and get better at it. you can reach my animation portfolio from here, if you want to that is.Tumblr (3.0; @azizk)http://blog.azizk.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/07fa37aa3a9e039576e40c7877ee582f/tumblr_mlf5rkpt9F1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/184c5912009e0a6c5eeab39a1e835008/tumblr_mlf5rkpt9F1qz5fsio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s been a while since I’ve done a <a href="http://cupodoodle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cup O’doodle</a> sketch.  So I wanted to draw a few but keep it sketchy rather than trying to polish the drawing.</p> <p>There you have it, 3 shapes - 12 heads.</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/48226134641http://blog.azizk.com/post/48226134641Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:45:20 -0700Artists on TumblrsketchCharacter DesigncharacterIllustrationcupodoodle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1647d8c728d03f06423b24d237f8578/tumblr_mlb25oGa2T1qz5fsio1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>51 Animation exercises #2 - Bouncing ball across screen.  I’m still using O’reilly rigs as I mentioned <a href="http://blog.azizk.com/post/47151359693/ive-recently-come-across-a-great-blog-post-about" target="_blank">in the earlier post</a>, and since there’s no ball, I used this little thing but doesn’t give the exact “ball” effect. </p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/48047808339http://blog.azizk.com/post/48047808339Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:36:00 -070051exercisesanimationDavid OReilly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d807557f230bd26684f8285d7790228/tumblr_ml7g1ftGQQ1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More experimental stuff with polygons etc. <span>which is clearly not working. </span><span>This is supposed to be a city landscape :)</span></p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/47878805227http://blog.azizk.com/post/47878805227Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:46:27 -0700Artists on TumblrIllustrationvisual developmentartart direction<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/641a84d839d01c97488ad5197adc687d/tumblr_ml7dggD5j11qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Experimenting with style</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/47874609490http://blog.azizk.com/post/47874609490Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:50:40 -0700Artists on TumblrIllustrationCharacter Designexperimentalstylepolypolygons<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/16bd38be5d055107fd933ba343ed7622/tumblr_ml3opsJ1591qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trying out a bit of art direction in environments to see if I can get a dull & broken look</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/47709586249http://blog.azizk.com/post/47709586249Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03:28 -0700drawingArtists on Tumblranimationvisual developmentbackground<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2187acabdd5a9f1b3510ad160d94749/tumblr_mkrbhp7xD41qz5fsio1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve recently come across a great blog post about <a href="http://www.animatorisland.com/51-great-animation-exercises-to-master/" target="_blank">51 Animation Exercises</a> and thought it’d be a nice idea to go through them.  Having seen <a href="http://davidoreilly.com/downloads/" target="_blank">David O’Reilly released his rigs from “The External World”</a>, I thought I’d do these exercises using those rigs which are great to work with because they’re very light.</p> <p>Here’s #1 - Bouncing <strike>Ball</strike> <em>Shit</em> in place (No Decay) </p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/47151359693http://blog.azizk.com/post/47151359693Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:46:37 -0700animationbouncing ballgif51exercisesthe external worlddavid oreilly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9eafe3ae47578fe9322f047757457533/tumblr_mk9vn9x9hR1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sneak-peek of the shortfilm</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/46337981947http://blog.azizk.com/post/46337981947Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:45:09 -0700storyboardsstoryboardstoryboardingshort filmshortfilmanimation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa845026cecca85599ebef1b89c9e1b3/tumblr_mi9skk4ovw1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grandpa explorations</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/43153681761http://blog.azizk.com/post/43153681761Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:31:32 -0800Character DesigncharacterdesigncharacterIllustrationsketchartists on tumblr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4aabd55ce31853fc7de2c1dc9fe0fc7e/tumblr_mi7tpefd8W1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another drawing for <a href="http://cupodoodle.blogspot.com/2013/02/got-milk.html" target="_blank">Cup’o’Doodle</a>.  Man, those shapes are really challenging. I’m also trying to get better at using light with color. Clearly it has issues, but bear with me, i’ll slowly get there.</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/43078057250http://blog.azizk.com/post/43078057250Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:00:50 -0800Character DesigncharactercharacterdesignIllustrationartists on tumblrart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/43fc2cd36b49901787891f47f077495b/tumblr_mht1veCBXL1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A few grandfather designs for an upcoming project, a few could very well pass as hipsters!</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/42431179234http://blog.azizk.com/post/42431179234Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:33:14 -0800Character DesignIllustrationsketchgrandpaartists on tumblrart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7ab481a55b483da5d63d8ea90fa2e65/tumblr_mhrqwkFSXP1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Some character designs I did for a pitch at <em>Robotika</em> which unfortunately didn’t go through. Really had fun designing and had some nice animation/movement ideas for these guys.  Maybe, some day…</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/42381589971http://blog.azizk.com/post/42381589971Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:38:44 -0800characterdesignCharacter DesignanimationIllustrationsketch<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/azizk/42307472585/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_42307472585" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A little intro for a new commercial demoreel I’m making</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/42307472585http://blog.azizk.com/post/42307472585Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:20:00 -0800demoanimationFlashIntroazizk<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/azizk/41397404337/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_41397404337" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="400" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.vine.co/" target="_blank">Vine</a> is really fun to use and I think it’s gonna catch on quite quickly.  <a href="http://t.co/YcclTETO" target="_blank">Here’s</a> my first try</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/41397404337http://blog.azizk.com/post/41397404337Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:14:58 -0800vinevideoartists on tumblrmonotonCharacter Design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c17ea8fdcf1945b969bf07b458b301dc/tumblr_mh3l92EViY1rjnvi6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.azizk.com/post/41302956578http://blog.azizk.com/post/41302956578Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:35:35 -0800monotonartists on tumblrdevelopmentshortfilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b0e0f4cfe79dcb0aa13ce1e6780a8ef5/tumblr_mgpwnk9Vn21qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More stuff for <a href="http://cupodoodle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cup’o’doodle</a></p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/40676336972http://blog.azizk.com/post/40676336972Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:14:08 -0800artists on tumblrCharacter DesignIllustrationsketch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2f8ed08cd6bd632404bb555e4e1433f0/tumblr_mfviy2Hu8A1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy New Year</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/39268584871http://blog.azizk.com/post/39268584871Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:02 -0800illustrationhappynewyear2013sketchnewyearcard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a8acbf116f932b70c41bb0a4b7c3dfa/tumblr_mfmvj08I2l1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e301ea7a4b97b2c919a893ef2e7264aa/tumblr_mfmvj08I2l1qz5fsio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I started contributing to <a href="http://cupodoodle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cup’o’Doodle</a> which is a great source of inspiration and really does push you to think out of the box using just the given doodle to come up with something interesting.  <a href="http://cupodoodle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Check the site out</a>, really great stuff by amazing artists.</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/38859573478http://blog.azizk.com/post/38859573478Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:23:24 -0800Character Designartists on tumblrIllustrationsketchdoodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a11e3ebba611821c89ea6b9d298eec3/tumblr_mfjx64j8XS1qz5fsio1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After a long long time, I could manage to update the header image for “<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/everythinganimated" target="_blank">everythinganimated</a>” channel I’m curating on <a href="http://www.vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p>It’s a great way to discover amazing animation, and I do all the work :) You just have to sit back and watch new stuff.  So <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/everythinganimated" target="_blank">go subscribe</a></p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/38736814370http://blog.azizk.com/post/38736814370Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:06:00 -0800Character Designeverythinganimatedvimeoillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00bd525896390fe7e2030b7c656fb895/tumblr_mfau7aGavd1qz5fsio1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>I made a tiny gif for <a href="http://www.ryantodd.com/" target="_blank">Ryan Todd</a>’s <a href="http://www.christmasgifs.org/" target="_blank">ChristmasGifs</a> project.  It was also nice practice to fiddle with some 3D/2D mixing for my short.</p> <p>In case you’re wondering, it’s a Russian Nesting Santa!</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/38332619245http://blog.azizk.com/post/38332619245Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:23:00 -0800gifchristmaschristmasgifsanimation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f98e1653c0b24991b1f852d37be9b4df/tumblr_mf1xehVqjK1qz5fsio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just a turn-around test with an existing character.  Had to modify him a bit for functionality.  Over and out!</p>http://blog.azizk.com/post/37953182087http://blog.azizk.com/post/37953182087Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:54:17 -0800Character Designsketchartists on tumblrart