Animation Essentials

So I have been taking "Animation Essentials" a class at MassArt. These are a few of the animations I've been working on. The first assignment was supposed to be a loop that I made very roughly on the first day of class. Its of a frog sticking its tongue out and eating a fly. Its pretty much my first animation ever (which of course I seem unable to load at the moment).

The examples below are for an assignment to animate the eight actions (see "Acting for Animators", by Ed Hooks). The actions are: flick, thrust, dab, slash, wring, press, float, and glide. The ones I have posted below are slash, thrust, and I have combined press, float, and flick in the last one. I also quickly added sound effects using Final Cut Pro, first time with that. Yikes!

"Anomie"

Just got digital copies of the concept art I did for Amaranth Media. Will publish it to my website eventually but for now its easier to post it here. "Anomie" is a short independent film that is a psychological commentary on how the different sides of a person's mind perceive, define and act in different situations. The characters are faced with a world of abuse, both mental and physical. I worked on the art that was used as a template for the graphic effects. The website for the film is www.AmaranthMedia.com and it should be submitted to festivals sometime in 2010.

"These Goddamn Whispers"

"Multiple Selves"

"We Are All Separate"

"We Should Have Seen It Coming"

Racoon Fest!

I've been sketching around with some racoons, clearly have to look at what they actually look like but here's what I was able to draw up while at work yesterday.

'Hot Dog with mustard'

"Pioneer"

For my first actual submission to Illustration Friday here is "Pioneer".

Beginnings

As the new year is coming in just a few days I'm going to give this Illustration Friday thing a try. Here are just a few sketches I drew up in the last week or so.

"Hatch"

"Mouse wearing Cat hat with paws"

"Undone"