I just competed in a 24 hour animation contest.  This was no ordinary contest however because this one involved over 1000 participants making up 200 teams from several dozen colleges located all over this big beautiful planet we call "Earth."  At the start we where given an unknown theme and then had 24 hours to make up a story and animate it from scratch.  The theme was "empathy" and "overcoming."

Here is what we came up with: Link to youtube video!!!

Concept sketch for Willy.  A cave man in there too because why not.  I had a lot clearer idea on how I wanted the cave man to look so there are only a few concepts.  Willy on the other hand I was not sure how cute or ugly I wanted him to be.

Willy Mammoth turn around

Character from a little something something I am working on.  Still in the pre-pro stages.

Chinese lady doing defensive Tai Chi

First post in a while, getting ready for Ottawa film festival.  Networking and so forth.

A poster I made for a local event called "Cardboard Challenge".  The Cardboard Challenge is based off of a short documentary called Caine's Arcade which was about a boy named Caine who built his own arcade from carboard in his dad's auto parts shop somewhere in LA.  This documentary inspired many kids and families around the world to be more creative.  The Cardboard Challege is an annual event for kids to use their imaginations for an afternoon and make some fun cardboard creations.

The poster was created using photoshop and some real cardboard.  The Robot was the first one I created so, in my opinion, he is my least favorite, but I learned a lot doing it so the next three went a lot quicker and smoother.

The compositing is loosely based on a plate my sister had as a kid.

Did a shot for Oliver Stone's new movie Snowden at work this week.  It is definitely reel material.  I just need to find out the protocol for using it in a reel since it is only rotoscope work.  Do I wait for the composited shot to be done or do I just show it on a solid background? I don't know yet.  But I am happy with it and everybody else was too.

Here is Mat the penguin.  The second part of my project.  it is not as successful as Joanna the panda I think it's safe to say.  The problem was I did not shoot nearly enough footage.  Having a back of the head shot would have improved things immensely.  Also I was unable to rotopaint out the beak because tracks only work when the tracking object stays in frame the entire time, as far as I know.  In conclusion this project taught me I have more learning to do.