The Flash Short “Taco Fiesta” that our class did as a project while doing “Point of Power”. I handled the background special effects/animation. I also animated the starting headbanging scene.
Posted at 8:45am PermalinkFor our first animated short “Nan vs Nature” I researched and tested a set of dynamics for the clothesline character. Based on the input the director (Jim Grace/Teacher) gave me about how he wanted it to look, I refined and changed the clothesline till it met his approval.
Posted at 8:23am PermalinkThis is the shot for the MC character that I did the animation for.
In this scene, Cindy looses her audio and tries to get her assistant Denis to fix it, before finally giving up and telling him to roll the student reel.
A collection of created textures used in Shell Game
All textures created from scratch, or from photos not requiring credit/royalties.
My character, Chef Aggplent. He is a poor angry chef, frustrated at his eggs that will not break! Designed as a combination of both french and English outfits, and a grumpy personalty, Aggplent is all fired up and ready to cook.
I was inspired by the great works of Pixar, their animation is always perfect. It is a hard standard to live up to.
He was drawn and modeled over a one week period. Then he was rigged the second week. I am still not quite happy with how the joints bend. I feel that there must be a better way than 100%/50%/100%.
All well, I am looking forward to creating my next character while I look for a job. Here is hoping someone will take an interest in this student.
This is my personal demo reel for 2010. It was created at my last term at the College of the North Atlantic Mac Program. It was created in Softimage XSI.
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