Me being productive.

Maya background concept. This will be drawn onto but I figured it'd help me in terms of perspective and lighting/shading.

And here's some color ideas as well as some very basic background sketch. Not my best but I figured I'd show it primarily for colors.

Aaand Animation Spam!

Now that I know how to embed videos...

Have some of my animations!



This is part of an Exquisite Corpse project in my Experimental animation class, where we had to take our animation and transform it into the first frame of another person's animation, thus creating a loop of awesome.




Sand animation. It was really just whatever came to mind and it was very therapeutic. No story or bases to tie myself down to in this, just things.




This is a found objects project, where I decided to use a theme of faces and chaos.




This is part of my final animation for Tech II. This has been altered since shooting, but over all I'm pleased with this little test. This animation I am taking to final color and hopefully with cels.

Fox and Wolf

This is a short film based on a short story I wrote 3 years ago about a tricking fox that gets out-tricked. The film is pretty much just the beginning and ending of my story slapped together to keep it short and under a minute.

Why in German? I thought it would give it a more folk-ish feeling if I had my friend recite it in German.

Assignment Seven

Vehicle Assignment

This assignment was very tricky, as we had to create a vehicle and character(s) that correspond. (And I normally never draw or design vehicles of any kind.)

My initial idea came rather quickly as I was sketching random cars and one I added wings to. This gave me the idea of using the Greek god, Hermes, in some way as well as giving him a vehicle. However, I needed to look up more on Hermes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes

http://www.greekmedicine.net/mythology/hermes.html

I decided to use the Roman-ized name, Mercury for my character, as the name has less of a "known" characterization, allowing me some flexibility.

Next, I asked myself "What if the Greek gods lived in our time and age with our technology?"
After that I decided Mercury would be best suited with a motorcycle.


Ideation:







Mercury:


Mercury is a busybody who must know what is going on and with whom. He travels between cliques and groups, friendly with anyone to get the latest information on his fellow gods and goddesses. His thirst for knowledge has led him to become the line between groups as a form of communication.

However, Mercury doesn't mind much. He enjoys traveling at high speeds throughout the clouds that shroud Mt. Olympus. He rides a modified motorcycle, affectionately named QuickSilver, that allows him to travel the clouds without fear of falling. Two translucent "wings" attached to the sides of QuickSilver possess the ability of flight. Mercury's love of speed however can have consequence, for if he travels too fast, he'll break through the clouds that hide him from the mortal world below.


QuickSilver:


QuickSilver is Mercury's altered motorcycle. Large golden wings give the motorcycle the ability to fly. It is meant for speed and has a build of a racing motorcycle. The shield at the front is curved in a manner to not disrupt airflow and thus eliminating some wind resistance.