Onami Dialogue Test [WIP]

Here's a piece I started working on about two months ago. It is a dialogue test using audio from Karate Kid 2. I ended up taking a break for a while to focus on applying for jobs before starting up on it again about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I ended up redoing a large portion of it from what might as well have been from scratch, but I'm happy to say that the quality has really grown exponentially because of that. I'm just about done with it sans lip-sync, which still needs a fair bit of work. I'd like to have this done and on my reel by tomorrow, so be looking for an updated demo reel (finally) very soon.

I'm exited to try a new workflow used by Michael Makarewicz, a Pixar animator who recently came to Ex'pression to give a lecture/demo on animating. His workflow really seems in tune with the way I'd like to work, but I was never sure how to go about efficiently. I'm hoping that will help really overhaul the speed at which I work. My goal is to be able to finish something like this within a week of 8-10 hour work days and this new workflow might be just the ticket I need to meet that goal.

Da'mu

Da'mu is a character I created and modeled for the "Creative Pre-Production" class at Ex'pression. The class entailed creating armatures for our models, sculpting them with super sculpy clay, baking them, and finally painting them. Additionally, we had to create a short animatic that told a story about the character, which I will post later once it's uploaded to Vimeo.

"Olympic Whispers"

I worked alongside over a dozen fellow students at Ex'pression College for Digital Art to create this short film from scratch in 2 weeks for presentation in the Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People.

The project is part 2 of 3 in a series of films, where each segment was required to begin with the last frame of the one that preceeded it. Instructors were not allowed to offer any help beyond introducing us to the project. 

My roles on the project included animation, painting skin weights on rigs, and providing troubleshooting help.

A part of "Olympic Whispers" from Cinemagic's International Film Festival for Young People from Michael DiNocco on Vimeo.

New "Tommy"

Second strip done for Firecracker Weekly, a print/digital newspaper aimed at children in the 6-14 age range.