alcohol + animators = hilarity

(I am so not happy with this drawing.)

I'm not much of a drinker, but I'm a huge draw-er (social or otherwise), and when I heard about this great animation jam event going on downtown I had to get in on the party (and of course invite everyone on my facebook friendslist who might remotely be interested). It was great hanging out and drawing with people I haven't seen in a while, and animating pretty much straight ahead on index cards within ten minutes was definitely something new and exciting -- and a whole lot of fun. I had a great time and I hope to show up at the next one!

The zombie sketch wall is a thing of great beauty, I'm glad there are pictures of it up!

my friends and I randomly decided to do our own really ghetto ani-jam while we were waiting around for people. I'll eventually put it together just to see what it looks like. (probably like crap, but oh well.)

preview:


I put up some drawings from the event, too. :) there were some great ones we found lying around and decided to just take home, heh. I would have run off with the bikinizombie wall if I could have.

post-college post

faces! I need lots more practice with drawing human faces well so I went and found some on flickr.com to draw from. I'll definitely be doing this a lot more.



some designs I did at internship for a Veterans' Day mascot! the pigeon and eagle were kind of fun but the dog's my favourite. he was inspired by the war dog Smoky, a Yorkshire Terrier that became an indispensable war dog -- pretty incredible for a so-called "lap dog" toy type.







and finally, art imitating life:


oh and I am 23 now. yay!

updated demo reel; summer '09

00:00 - 00:06 -- "Pulp Fiction Dogs", school project, pencil + paper, 2006
00:08 - 00:09 -- dog trot cycle for fun, pencil + Photoshop, 2008
00:10 - 00:14 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
00:14 - 00:17 -- clip from third-year collaboration film, did horse animation, pencil + paper, 2008
00:17 - 00:22 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
00:22 - 00:26 -- web animation for Scrawl Studios, Flash, 2008
00:27 - 00:28 -- school project, pencil + Photoshop, 2006
00:28 - 00:32 -- school project, pencil + paper, 2006
00:32 - 00:41 -- school project, pencil + paper, 2008
00:47 - 00:48 -- independent team project, Flash, 2009
00:49 - 00:55 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
00:55 - 01:06 -- web animation for Scrawl Studios, Flash, 2008
01:06 - 01:10 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
01:11 - 01:12 -- dance animation for fun, Photoshop, 2008
01:12 - 01:15 -- clip from third-year collaboration film, did horse animation, pencil + paper, 2008
01:15 - 01:24 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
01:24 - 01:27 -- web animation for Scrawl Studios, Flash, 2008
01:27 - 01:33 -- dog run cycle for fun, Flash, 2009
01:33 - 01:38 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009
01:38 - 01:40 -- clip from second year film, pencil + paper, 2007
01:40 - 01:42 -- monkey animation test for SVA Thesis, pencil + paper, 2008
01:42 - 01:44 -- school project, pencil + Photoshop, 2007
01:44 - 01:47 -- clip from "Durian Season", SVA Thesis Film, pencil + Photoshop, 2009

music: Ok Go, Don't Ask Me

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I know I've been using the same music since I first made myself a reel, but I've always been really conflicted about changing it whenever I update. I've heard from more than one person that the music reflects my personality well, and that is part of what I want to get across along with my technical skills. I figure my animation is more important to worry about, and I'll change the music when I feel like I need an overhaul. :)

feed the kitty

here, have a Flash exercise I did last year.
I can't find the original file anywhere, so I'll just have to link to it -- I still like it enough to do so. :)