Hello world and all it’s wonderful inhabitants. Oh me? Surviving, thanks for asking. Looking forward to a job interview but other than that the usual self imposed something.
So several months ago I was commissioned to do a commercial for Columbia College’s portfolio center. I managed to finish it despite my negative disposition which continues to linger on. Here it is:
My process. First were some sketches. Forgive the racism but everyone’s goofy looking. Then I did some line drawings for the backgrounds and colored them in Photoshop. Used those in the final animation.
This is a humidifier going on and off. I’m working on commercials for a college and a guy named David. Maybe I’ll upload them here if I have permission. Would you like that?
I met someone named Vaughnda. She’s nice, is my female doppleganger, and makes paintings. You can visit her site on the right or click here to go to her website.
Hello. This isn’t really anything new but I thought it might be interesting. I was involved in a student film called “Common Thread” at Columbia College last semester. I’ll let this quote summarize the story of the film for you: “A young boy travels from his village to a large city market, where he discovers a world he didn’t know. Upon his return he attempts to share what he has discovered and create change, but will the older generation accept these new ideas?”
The film’s more than that. The process of making the film was long, complicated, and exhausting. At first we wanted to make the film full of cut-outs shot directly under the camera as well as compositing of 3d models & stop-motion. Because of time constraints we had to use flash; A lot of masking, tweening, and scanning. The thing is though, the film was (almost) entirely ready for camera animation, so all of the art was already cut out, drawn on painted bristol board with color pencil, and edged with permanent marker.
The film’s in a couple of festivals targeted for kids. Both the Chicago and L.A. International Children’s Film Festivals, as well as Kids First! have decided its a decent film.
This is getting long. The clips above are parts of the movie I had my hand in the most, but as I said it was a group project and so I must give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Akira for composing the scenes and generally being a pleasant director to work with. Thanks to Adrian & Mei for making the sounds. Thanks to Shanna for being crazy enough to move around my pea-sized cutouts. Thanks to Gabe for painting those beautiful backgrounds. Thanks to Stu for making the 3d henna stone and clockwork oxen. Also thanks to the rest of the crew: Paloma, Andrew, Matt, and Curt. I hope you all do well for yourselves and keep being creative because you’re all great artists.
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