Thesis Render

And now for an exciting update in the world of thesis! A render for those hungering to see. It's still mostly animatic and the sound is no more than a rough scratch track. But it will surely entertain you to some extent!

Thesis Storyboards

The storyboards for my new thesis. It's about a mother and daughter going to get a new puppy. There's lots of "undertones" and "meanings" in it, but I know you're really just interested in the puppies.

My REAL Thesis: Characters

Hey, you knew all that "thesis about suicide" stuff was a joke, right? Because here's what I really meant to do my thesis on!

Wanna see what my brain looks like?

A few silly characters and whatnot, as seen in "Tara's Sketchbook for the Poor and Incurably Strange"

My Very First Sotryboard (for that OTHER thesis)

Thought it'd be a real hoot to put up my very first storyboard for my original thesis concept. I drew this at the end of my junior year, that's how old it is. (They grow up so fast!)

And now for something completely different...

Interested in what I do all day while you're out working hard? I didn't think so... so I'm posting all pre-production jazz!

That's so last thesis

The mysterious law of MICA animation seniors dictates that there must be one in every class. I am the one. I have changed my thesis- YES! Scandalous, I know, but ultimately a very good choice. So this will be the last of "The Old Thesis," and I bid it a very fond farewell.

Character Sketches and the like:

Ballet Girls animatic

Starting to reconsider the direction of thesis. Perhaps it's less about people killing themselves and more about why the characters don't kill themselves. Interesting....

Here's another animatic for "The Ballet Girls"

Rough animatics for "The Bros"

Here are 3 very rough animatics for my "Bros" skit. I'm trying to pick the "funniest" one. Gawd only knows why I can't embed the damn things, so here's a temporary fix.
GO, YOUTUBE POWERS!

Version 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcwtuH6rcC4

Version 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqhGnoIlw2k

Version 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90bdkTkH3iM

Thesis Storyboards 02

Smokes:
Bros:

The following are several varied endings for the "Bros" skit. I'm going to do very rough animatics of each and see which one is deemed funniest by the senior class. Oh lala!

Thesis Storyboards

Ballet Girls:Valley Girls:Sad Face:

Thesis sketches- thrilling. Simply thrilling.

Here are some quick character sketches for my thesis idea. The basic premise: a dark comedy consisting of a variety of shorts on suicide using a friend's personal experiences.

Pure, unadulterated shame

After reading only a few of John K's blog posts about cartooning techniques and theories, I feel absolutely, 100%, devastatingly ashamed I ever called myself "an animator."

As penance, I am posting last spring's 3D final for your uncensored ridicule.

That being done, I am back to the vacancy of the ether-webs to scrounge any and all knowledge from much smarter people than I.
AVAST MATEYS!

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-cat-turnaround-toy-construction_19.html

Patience, my boy, patience.

Please be patient. I am currently taking care of my mother in the hospital, and shall resume my posts as soon as possible.

THINGS OF THE FUTURE!!!
- My 3D final
- Concept work for thesis
- Spam mail created with a powerful blinding light show built into it

That is all.

ZOOM.

Here, take this random word and animate it..

An animation of the word "clean" in 5 hours. This is NOT my character, it is a fully rigged and ready character by Jay Gillen.

Graphic Design Portfolio PDF

Here is a link to a downloadable version of my graphic design portfolio. As a formality, I must remind the people of the world that all these images are copyrighted by me and not to be reproduced or used without my express consent. And trust me... I'll KNOW.

Portfolio PDF

3D Motion Studies for Charlie

Mmm, tasty TASTY motion studies. Yeaaa, taste their tasty goodness.
These animations are the first I've done on a character that I made, rigged, and skinned (also of a "first time" nature.) And while Steve points out that everyone's first character is... a "struggle" shall we say? I really enjoyed finally getting down to business and makin' some movement go down- OH YEA!
Enjoy my 1st 2 3D animations (so many numbers- dang.)

3D work in progress: Charlie picks up ball

You want some more animations- YOU SHALL RECEIVE NOTHING!!! ... nah, jk-sies (yea, I WENT there.)

This is my 3D character class exercise to learn how to link objects to bipeds- aka: we learned how to make things pick up other things!

NOW WATCH IT!!!

Festival Image promotional animation

This is an animation made for the Festival Image that will be taking place at MICA next week. The festival is a collaboration of both animation and comicbooks as well as being a collaboration between MICA and the French school The Alliance Francaise in Washington, DC and Supinfocom. It went so SO many changes (it started out as a stop-motion style animation with a huge hand... what?)

Hopefully the final product will be shown both at the festival and online as promotion material. Only time can tell... and my teacher, I suppose, will tell me...