Animation Demo Reel 2015

See Blue. See Inspiration.

Stickmen's Short Adventure

Stickmen fight

Fetch

The Magic Sketchbook

AH expression sheets

Expression sheets are used as reference for animating. 

Revised AH Storyboard

I liked the majority of the storyboard but after some reflection I decided that the story needed a better opening scene; which is why I changed the storyboard. The reviewed and edited storyboard can be seen below:

the new opening scene

'AH' Turnabouts

Below are turnabouts (diagrams of each character from different angles) of the characters in 'AH'.

bad guy 1

bad guy 2

girl bunny

mayor

super bunny

Potential Project Ideas

In no particular order, here are some ideas I've had for video/animation thingies* that may or may not become reality at some point.- The projects that are done can be viewed by clicking on their name.

Yodeling Bagels  DONE
Dancing Burrito  DONE
Badass Productions  DONE
Dunking Donut  DONE
Accidental Hero  IN PROGRESS      
Sketchbook Dog  DONE           
Wii Harry Potter
Animated Jumps  DONE
Mischievous Stickmen 1 and 2  DONE
Computer Gnomes
Black and White  DONE
Mission Friend
Lemonade Man
Sketched Life
Richo video  DONE
Shadow People





*These may or may not be the final names of the videos

Another Animation Project

Recently I finished a short animated project. This animation was less about storytelling and more about just practicing animating in general and potentially creating a piece I could put in a demo reel later. In this animation I simply used a rigged model I found on blendswap and animated the character to run and jump over boxes. Below are screen shots from the project. And the full animation can be seen here.

the scene in blender

wireframe mode

a close up of the graph editor

How the final video looked in premier pro.

color correction

before color correction

after color correction

My other work can also be seen here (Vimeo) and here (YouTube).

Other projects (Black and White)

I've talked a lot about AH, but that's not the only project I've been working on. Recently I finished a conceptual video that I think turned out pretty cool.  You can click the here to watch the final video: Black & White.

This project required a lot of work. Here's just a small taste of what was involved in this project.

Dem layers though

The butterfly scene

dem effects though

Fav scene right hur

After editing

Before editing

AH Character photo-op

I made some clay models just for personal reference for animating. Then just for fun, I posed them and took a few pictures. These are not the for sheer colors of any of the characters, but here they are in all their glory.

The hero of the story

The Damsel in distress

The mayor

   

'A H' Animatic

An animatic is an animated storyboard. Animatics can help flush out the story, keep animators on the same page, and help with the timing of a sequence. Click the link below to see what the animatic for 'A H' looks like.

Accidental Hero Animatic

'Accidental Hero' (AH) characters

The hero of this story

Bad guy 1

Bad guy 2

The Damsel in Distress

The mayor

A minor character

Storyboards for 'Accidental Hero'

'Accidental Hero' Cartoon Underway

The next cartoon I'll be making is about a bumbling bunny superhero. This young bunny stops the bad guys and saves the mayor's daughter... accidently.

The character sketches and reference clay models are nearly done and I'm about ready to start creating the environment in this cartoon world and digital versions of the characters.