Squid Shot Comped!

The squid I animated has now been composited by director Joe Daniels, amplifying its awesome-ness levels ten-fold. 





All Starfish Ninja work is copyrighted by Joseph Daniels. I do not own any of the characters, assets, or story.

Demo Reel Update: Squid Shot

Here's an animation update on the squid shot from my demo reel. The director had told me there wasn't enough weight behind the squid in the previous version, so I ended up deleting a bunch of keys and redoing most of it. The first time around took me about 1 1/2 weeks, whereas this took me about 5 days. It feels good to see the speed of my workflow steadily rising.

Old version:


New version:


Update 2/15: After repositioning the tentacles, adding more offset and overlap to tentacles, adjusting the beak, mantle, and fins, and fine-tuning the timing all around, this shot has finally been approved!



Man this squid was a pain in the neck, but I learned a lot from it. Creatures are no easy task, but with the help of Joe Daniels, the director, I was able to really push my animation farther. With that said, I hope I never have to work with tentacles again.

All Starfish Ninja work is copyrighted by Joseph Daniels. I do not own any of the characters, assets, or story.

Graduation

First post of the new year. Can't believe how long it has been since my last one. I'll definitely try to remember to update more often this year.

Well, I finally graduated from Expression College for Digital Arts this last Thursday. After 2 1/2 years being in the same place, around the same friends every day, it sort of feels surreal knowing I am done with school for what is hopefully the rest of my life. The only way to get better is to keep practicing your craft, so my primary goal right now is to simply stay busy. With Starfish Ninja, the Cinemagic "Olympics" project, personal work, and an upcoming interview, it seems I'll be doing just that.