Pickle Gif

I wanted to test out animating on the Cintiq so I made this pickle.
The export quality isn't the greatest but here it is!

ANIMATED IN FLASH FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED

Mermaids

Recently on twitter some friends and I were drawing mermaids for #MermaidWeek - here are the Merms that I Maid: 

Thanks to Nichole and Cheyenne for initiating what turned out to be an awesome art-filled week! 

Space Frog Scene Test

A test scene from my film-in-progress:

HEARTS

I just realized that I never posted this . . .




Noam and I collabed on a 24 Hour Film for Ashlyn's MANIMATE challenge! Yum.

Brittany - Dr. Pepper

I love Glee. Perhaps too much. Here's a quick lip synch I did the other day (you can tell it's a quick one because it could def. be better).

Bouncing Face

Animating is funnnnn

Moon Walker Man

Another animation done during some down time at work. i love doing this.

Another Dog

When there's down time at work I animate little dogs. Here's a mini cycle.

Animation Challenge! The Dog!

I was at work and Matt challenged me to animate a dog jumping and grabbing something in 10 minutes. We went over the 10 minute mark . .but it was still a really quick animation (as you can tell). wweeeee! also - lurk Matt's Blog for his awesome version!

H I MATT

It's summer and i feel like it's crucial for me to keep animating so I'll be prepared for my grad film.
Here's an animation I've been working on. Clearly much effort went into this.   I Animate Good.

ACTION ANALYSIS: REDUX

I made a few changes to my action analysis. Probably not even noticeable (other than the background). So, here it is! You can play a game where you try to find the things i changed :)

Also - the audio isnt really synched in the right place. I don't know what's up with that...oh well! Just press mute!

ACTION ANALYSIS

Here's my action analysis. Time is something not a lot of us had, and I really wish i had more of it so that this final scene could look a lot better. I may revisit it, i may not. So here's what i've got for now!

ANIMATION GRAVEYARD or POST #100

the following are animations that i never thought would see the light of day. But I caved and somehow...they're here now...

FIRST - lip synch; 2D and cleaned up. Completed last year. (Audio: Willy Wonka)



SECOND - Expression change done for a second year assignment.




THIRD - A muzzle lip synch (second year assignment) (Audio: Back to the Future)

STOP MOTION

I've finally had the chance to play ...Stop Motion Animating! Intimidating, nerve-wracking, but so much fun! Here are a few of my first-ever attempts at making inanimate objects move via straight-ahead animation:

Car Crash Assignment:

On friday we did a lighting workshop. We had fun playing with the lighting after completing an in-class assignment:

I know lighting is important and can definitely add a lot to (or even take a way from) a scene but i think if it weren't for this workshop - and playing around with different angles, gels, etc. - I would definitely under-appreciate the value of good lighting. 

Year One Finale

Hello friends,
My first year of Animation officially ended today.
This means I finally have the time to upload a bunch of artwork and animations that I've been meaning to post.
Brace yourselves and enjoy.



My flour sack interacting with some (used?) dentures.



For this assignment we had to choose a passage from a novel that described the interior of a room and then complete a painting of said interior. This painting was based off of a passage from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in which they describe his "Laboratory + Dissecting Room".




Character poses and expressions. no need to elaborate.


And now for a few things from one million years ago that I completely forgot about:



Pink Panther walk cycle




A painting of a a Utopia / Dystopia. You can choose which one's which.
I had a ton of fun experimenting with the colour swatches! I want to do a painting of only swatch squares. Maybe I will. keep your eyes peeled.


I hope you enjoyed this tremendous update.
Stay tuned 'cause it's summer!

P.S. Congratulations to all of the 3rd and 4th year Animation students. I attended the screening (4 hours, was it?) of the films and there were a lot of funny, creative, unique, and enjoyable films. Great job everyone and good luck with your future endeavors, 4th years. I am now even more nervous / excited for 4th year.

A Promise is a Promise

Good morning friends,

As promised here are my animations (so far) of first semester: