Animation - 3D, stop motion & 2D

3d

SOLDIER WAYNE

The Maya rig was a combination of an Adobe Mixamo Fuse rig (which I decapitated) and the Victor facial rig from http://facewaretech.com  with the video from Videoblocks.  M-16 model by Studio Lab provided by Turbosquid  and the  sound clip of John Wayne is from the film "True Grit" provided by dailywav.com

Bunny run

An animated walk/run cycle I did for Portfolio class.  For the run, I added some smear frames to give it a bit of a faster feel.

18 CaRROTS

This is a mini animated short I did for 3D Visual Effects & Compositing  class.

11 Second club: honey wars

I submitted this for the 11 Second Club competition in Oct. 2015. They provided the sound clip and asked entries to use that clip in their own animation. The Bee Rig was provided by Steven Hughes for free non-commercial use.

Fish 'n Chips

I always wanted to so something like the famous "Dogs Playing Cards" but with fish.  I animated this and created the environment.  The Patrick fish rig was purchased from Long Winter Studios.  Shark rig by BFX Animation and Effects on Creative Crash.  Audio clip provided by the 11 Second Club.

Gemini twins

Lip synch animation with Castor voiced by Jaime Escanellas and Pollux voiced by Johnathan Istre.  Dog sound effects by my dog Hershey.  I designed and rigged the Gemini Brothers with Adobe Mixamo Fuse and the mech dog was my own design and rigging.  Used Blendswap "Old space corridor" by Yougo and the space imagery courtesy of NASA JPL. 

The sandmen

Demonstration of  weight.  ARS Infinity Ship designed, modeled, and textured by Johnathan Istre.  Blendswaps with Creative Commons Licenses include: (1) "Desert Demon" by Mutte; (2) "Shaman hut" by Facuhead; and (3) "Sand Landscape" by BMF.

Lip Sync in Space

The sound clip is from Arnold Schwarzenegger's part  in the film "Terminator."  I used the Joe rig by On One Animation School and the Ocotmall rig by nmchary on Creative Crash with sound effects of Long Alien Invasion from Audio Blocks.

Walkcycle: Toxic Avenger

I did this walk cycle animation with a 3D rig provided by Adobe Mixamo.

Spiderman Jump Animation 

This is a jump animation I made for the Intermediate 3D Animation class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.  Credits are listed at the end of the video.

Squirrel with Attitude 

This was my first voice lip sync animation I made during 3D animation class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.  The Squirrely rig was provided by Josh Burton on Creative Crash.

Galactic Rube Goldberg

This is my Rube Goldberg animation for 3D animation class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.  A full list of credits for the rig and environments is provided at the end of the video.

Moving Day

This is my claw animation to show weight of moving a heavy and a light object without using the claw grip to move it. I did this for 3D Animation class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.  The Claw 3D model was provided by the school, but everything else (animation, texturing, and modeling of the safe and stool) were my creation. 

STOP Motion

The meaning of life

This is a rather simplistic stop motion animation I did for class using an iPad with iStopMotion and the JoyFactory tripod mount for iPad.

Cloister Cemetery in the Snow

This was my first stop motion animation, which I created for Art History class.  It's an animated recreation of the painting "Cloister Cemetery in the Snow" (1819) by Caspar David Friedrich.  Music courtesy of FirstCom.

2D

Soleil et La Lune

Animation about the Sun and Moon I made with Flip Boom Cartoon for iPad from ToonBoom.  I drew this in preparation for a flipbook for class in homage to three films from George's Melies, the father of special effects: 
  • A Trip to the Moon (1902)
  • The Impossible Voyage (1904)
  • The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

Keystoner

This is a 2D animation I made on a modern day topic with some rather old school characters.

My Dogs iz Tired

This is a 2D Flash animation I created for 2D Animation class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.  I tried some different things with this to have fun with it and learn how to use the 2D technique of limited animation.

Showdown in Clowntown

This is a 2D Flash animated short I made for Digital Ink and Paint class at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach.

Island Food Chain

This is a 2D Flash animation I did for Digital Ink and Paint class at the Art Institute.