FATM: Update 2

We have gotten our shot list all outlined and have begun production! Here is my first contribution. I was charged with designing the title text and background. I composited a few public domain images from the NASA website for the background and the text is made up of two public fonts from dafont. The texts are 'Jungle Juice' and 'Chopin Script'. Any feedback at this point would be appreciated everything is easily changeable at this point.

Lip Sync Assignment

Here is an Assignment I had for my Digital Frontiers class. We had to take an audio clip, at least 10 seconds, and animate a character saying and acting the lines. My subject matter was a drunken vlogger. I choose to do hand drawn and I ended up compositing onto a live action background. Be careful what you post on line, it may end up as some animators cannon fodder. :)

Fox And The Monkey: Update 1

Hello everyone. Some of you know that I am working on a collaborative animation with Sakari Singh and Laura Ambrosiano . We've been working on the story and story board for about a semester now and are just starting to get into production. This is my part of a render test that we are in the middle of.




And Here is the final test, colored by Laura Ambrosiano

Coraline (2009)

Well well well. Henry Selick has done it again. The stop-motion magic has once again dazzled the minds of the mainstream viewers. I saw Coraline two nights ago and it blew my mind. The story was oddly cute and disturbing all at the same time. This movie just goes to show that 3-d computer animation is not the only option when it comes to feature films, Disneys 'Frog Princess' will hopefully hold the same prestige. Here are some screen grabs and promotional posters, Enjoy.... I did!
Also be sure to check out the totally bomb site for Coraline http://www.coraline.com/

A Little While Ago

Here is an animation I did a while back for an i-phone application. It was a web commercial so there was no sound.

Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW

So I Guess I Can Read...

I've been doing a lot of reading this winter break. I've read "Setting Up Your Shots" by Jeremy Vineyard, "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams and for pleasure "Ender In Exile" by Orson Scott Card. Right now I'm in the middle of "Timing For Animation" by Harold Whitaker and John Halas, "Juxtapoz Illustration" and "The Animation Bible" by Maureen Furniss. The Animation Bible is by far the best animation book I've read so far. It explores areas that were untouched by most traditional animation tomes such as Kit Laybourne's "The Animation Book" and even Richard Williams' "Animators Survival Kit. "The Animation Bible" is a wonderful resource that not only explains each animation technique, but also who uses the technique and how they do it. There is a history that is married with the subjects written about in this book and I cannot wait to finish reading it. For those of you out there who are pursuing or hope to pursue a career in animation, at any level, should pick up this book.

Geoi

Hello. This is my Junior first semester final for my main animation class. Our project, which I didn't care for much, was to create a character animation that conveyed a story but we could only use primitive shapes. We also had to use Maya. My project ended up being around 2 min. long and i utilized Maya After Effects and Hand-drawn animation. I composed all of the sound in this piece and note that the sound is very important to this piece. So if you have a nice pair of headphones, I would suggest putting them on to watch my work. Enjoy "Geoi" and let me know what you think of it. Thanks!

Exploding Dog

Oh how I love you ExplodingDog.com ! You brighten the gloomiest of days with your witty antics.

Let It Begin

I intend to use this blog to post my personal animations and those that I find influential or interesting. I am an animator currently taking classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. I'm a junior and can not wait to get out into the buisness. Here is my reel to get you caught up on where I am right now. I've done quite a bit of animation in Maya but not too much of it matches the quality of my hand-drawn, but it's getting there :)