Animation Reel 2012

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

 

Reel Breakdown

Shot 1: Stars n’ Stripes Gal
Tools/Techniques Used: Maya 4.5, Photoshop
I modeled, mapped, rigged and animated the character.

Shot 2: Cadillac Mood
Tools/Techniques Used: Maya 4.5, Photoshop
I modeled, mapped, rigged and animated the character. Dialogue from 1991 film “Twenty-One.”

Shot 3: Penny Priddy
Tools/Techniques Used: Maya 4.5, Photoshop
I modeled, mapped, rigged and animated the character. Dialogue from “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.”

Shot 4: Bouncing Balls Test
Tools/Techniques Used: Maya 4.5, Photoshop
I modeled, mapped, rigged and animated this test.

Shot 5: Crow Flight Cycle
Tools/Techniques Used: Toon Boom Studio, Photoshop
I designed and hand animated the crow, then used Toon Boom for ink/paint and compositing.

Shot 6: Crow Walk Cycle
Tools/Techniques Used: Toon Boom Studio, Photoshop
I designed and hand animated the crow, and used Toon Boom for ink/paint, camera moves and compositing.

Shot 7: ChaChaCha Animatic
Tools/Techniques Used: Toon Boom Studio, Photoshop
I created the storyboards and limited animation then cut them together in Toon Boom. Audio track: Ruben Gonzales, La Enganadora

Shot 8: Wilbur the Dog
Tools/Techniques Used: Graphite stick
I designed this mascot character for an independent congressional candidate.

Shot 9: Sketchbook Drawings
Tools/Techniques Used: Various media

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warm wishes

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Fire cycle

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This cycle is part of an animated torch logo.  I credit the masterful work of John Halas & Harold Whitaker, whose drawings I referred to in creating this piece.

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crow walk

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

a bouncy shuffle walk based on R. Williams’ subtle skip walk

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Cadillac Mood

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Dialogue from 1991 film “Twenty-One.” Modeled and animated with Maya; funkaliscious groovy mood lighting done with Photoshop.

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Stars ‘n Stripes Hildy

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

I created this piece for a friend who is running for Congress in 2012.

I modeled, mapped, rigged and animated the character with Maya.  My old version has some serious bugs with animImport, but I discovered a great freeware mel script for importing animation curves.  It’s called dkAnim, and it worked flawlessly.  Thanks D. Kramer for making such a great tool available!

The sneakers are Nurbs objects which I animated with stand in geometry since they were fairly memory intensive.

Hildy’s large head called for small movements to avoid looking wobbly.  A little went a long way.

The walk cycle is based on a Milt Kahl strut/walk.

Power to the People!

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bouncing balls

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

For this test, I had an idea of what kinds of balls I wanted to use, but didn’t think about how they could interact until I saw a smiley ball on eBay.  Then things started to come together bit by bit.

To prevent the balls from slipping as they roll, I used an expression to establish the relationship between the ball rotateZ and the translateX of a parent cube node which drives the Z rotation as I drag the cube along in X.  I was surprised this equation wasn’t clearly spelled out on any site I searched, so here it is:

Sphere.rotateZ = -360*Cube.translateX/(2*3.14*r)

In the case of the smiley ball which bounces on his head and then starts to roll, I had to use the inverse of the equation:

Sphere.rotateZ = 360*Cube.translateX/(2*3.14*r)

software used: Maya & Photoshop

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