Year End

I've been very, very busy lately with work and the graduate exhibition for college! While the stuff at brown bag is still super secret, I can show you some of the college stuff I've been working on.

Here's a quick look at some of the things I've been doing:

DVD menus (in 4:3 and 16:9 setups) for our end-of-year DVD

The Poster for my little film, Pandamonium (click to view)

 

It may not look it, but I really worked hard to get my film finished for the exhibition. With working full-time it's been a real struggle -  I'm not planning to make another film all by myself again any time soon!

I still think it will be an amusing watch to anyone who doesn't know the twists and turns yet!

I've also been working on bios for people in the class, to be put up for the exhibition:

Here's my bio! The bears were supplied by Joe Loftus

Animation Cycles: in-progress

Work-in-progress from my film - some cycles:

The baby flying cycle, three-quarter view

Alva's run cycle, side view

(With the main movements keyed, I will now look at getting the secondary motion on things like the head and hair.)

Redo

 

Some fixes since yesterday.

That'll be all for now, I think.

To Start as I Mean to Go On

My first blog post - where to start?

Since this is going to be primarily an art/animation blog, I think I'll start by posting a link to my latest short film, Real Vampires:



This was my third year personal project in IADT, and took roughly 12 weeks to complete. The characters were animated in Flash using the brush tool (no lines), with different sections of the character on different layers, in a similar fashion to ye olde cel animation.
The backgrounds were made in photoshop, using a mix of painting, my own photography, warping stock images, and layering textures. Many of the backgrounds incorporated elements from the scenery in Nosferatu (1922) ~ which is now, of course, in the public domain (which is why the titular character - also known as Count Orlok/Orlock - can appear in my film).
Everything was then composited using After Effects, one of my favourite programs - AE just gets me, ya know?

I'll be posting some of my favourite sketches and background designs here for viewing by the curious/foolish among you.

Fun Fact:
(Well, I think it's fun) 

The voices were provided by three of my friends and classmates ~ the older girls were voiced by Niall and Lee, who are in fact not women at all. Jess, who provides the voice of Claudia, was the only female cast member.
A big thank you to all three for some great performances!